1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
#11
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
Originally Posted by Tad
How bad was his dizzy adjusted?
I'm alil scared cuz I cannot hear pinging. loud exhaust and a supercharger SCCREAAAMIN y'kno
no EGT gauge either ..
I'm alil scared cuz I cannot hear pinging. loud exhaust and a supercharger SCCREAAAMIN y'kno
no EGT gauge either ..
#12
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
not sure if i just missed it, but what are you using to tune? and yeah, adding 4° base timing via the distributor will make a BIG difference in the timing maps, and you should prolly get it retuned when you get a change. as far as your a/f ratio, i wouldn't lean it out any more, like mentioned 11.5 is pretty safe, and you won't notice much if any buy just leaning it out .5 i would however invest in a good header if i was you, you would prolly notice a nice difference with a good header considering your shoving all that air in there and it can only get out as fast it can flow throught the shitty stock header. one easy way to check for detonation (not all detonation is audible) is to check your plugs. do a wot pull in 3rd gear, then shut the car off at the top of the pull and coast to a stop, then pull your plugs and check for any signs of detonation, if there is some, i would back the dizzy back down until i could get back on the dyno unless you have access to the tuning tools you need to make the changes your self, if so, just keep pulling a little timing and checking your plugs until they look good. seriously though, get a good header nice numbers though
#13
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
ok thanks guys,
one more thing about the timing though.
I understand that adding 4degrees(dizzy) to a setup thats not tuned for that would be a huge difference.
but heres the thing.
even though it was set to 12 when they tuned it,
they thought, and tuned around the assumption that, it was set to 16deg!
SO then bringing it back up to (or close to) 16deg at the dizzy afterwards, would that still be such a huge change?
or would it more or less run as it should?
I'll do some plug checking, still have to decide between 3 things though,
hav'em check it on the street with a WB(cheap or free)
a couple runs on the dyno(around 60)
retune on the dyno(around 200)
and i'm prettymuch tapped out for cash now..
one more thing about the timing though.
I understand that adding 4degrees(dizzy) to a setup thats not tuned for that would be a huge difference.
but heres the thing.
even though it was set to 12 when they tuned it,
they thought, and tuned around the assumption that, it was set to 16deg!
SO then bringing it back up to (or close to) 16deg at the dizzy afterwards, would that still be such a huge change?
or would it more or less run as it should?
I'll do some plug checking, still have to decide between 3 things though,
hav'em check it on the street with a WB(cheap or free)
a couple runs on the dyno(around 60)
retune on the dyno(around 200)
and i'm prettymuch tapped out for cash now..
#14
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
Yeah what kind of management are you using? I hope not just a FPR. And your tuner doesn't sound too good, from what you say it sounds like you need a new one. And a good header will help. Kamikaze's are good, hytech's are better, but cost quite a bit more. What size exhaust are you using. If it's smaller than 3"s you'll find some power there. I'm assuming you're using a smaller pulley? If so, at those revs the charger is losing efficiency big time. And I'd lean it out as much as possible. I think it'd be worth it. Hope we helped. I love supercharged D's.
#15
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
Originally Posted by Tad
ok thanks guys,
one more thing about the timing though.
I understand that adding 4degrees(dizzy) to a setup thats not tuned for that would be a huge difference.
but heres the thing.
even though it was set to 12 when they tuned it,
they thought, and tuned around the assumption that, it was set to 16deg!
SO then bringing it back up to (or close to) 16deg at the dizzy afterwards, would that still be such a huge change?
or would it more or less run as it should?
I'll do some plug checking, still have to decide between 3 things though,
hav'em check it on the street with a WB(cheap or free)
a couple runs on the dyno(around 60)
retune on the dyno(around 200)
and i'm prettymuch tapped out for cash now..
one more thing about the timing though.
I understand that adding 4degrees(dizzy) to a setup thats not tuned for that would be a huge difference.
but heres the thing.
even though it was set to 12 when they tuned it,
they thought, and tuned around the assumption that, it was set to 16deg!
SO then bringing it back up to (or close to) 16deg at the dizzy afterwards, would that still be such a huge change?
or would it more or less run as it should?
I'll do some plug checking, still have to decide between 3 things though,
hav'em check it on the street with a WB(cheap or free)
a couple runs on the dyno(around 60)
retune on the dyno(around 200)
and i'm prettymuch tapped out for cash now..
#16
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
thats what I don't get,
how do you turn the timing up till it starts to ping when there is no device capable of monitoring pint/knock,
only thing monitoring anything was the wideband..
And my car is FAR FAR FAR FAR too loud to hear pinging.
I know, I melted a piston on my last motor from detonation, and didn't hear a thing until my car lost power and shut off.
how do you turn the timing up till it starts to ping when there is no device capable of monitoring pint/knock,
only thing monitoring anything was the wideband..
And my car is FAR FAR FAR FAR too loud to hear pinging.
I know, I melted a piston on my last motor from detonation, and didn't hear a thing until my car lost power and shut off.
#17
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
Originally Posted by FURACERMAN
Yeah what kind of management are you using? I hope not just a FPR. And your tuner doesn't sound too good, from what you say it sounds like you need a new one. And a good header will help. Kamikaze's are good, hytech's are better, but cost quite a bit more. What size exhaust are you using. If it's smaller than 3"s you'll find some power there. I'm assuming you're using a smaller pulley? If so, at those revs the charger is losing efficiency big time. And I'd lean it out as much as possible. I think it'd be worth it. Hope we helped. I love supercharged D's.
Using a 3.4" pulley, stock is 3.8.. it makes 9-10psi, well within the blowers efficiency range, I dont know if you're trying to say
a smaller pulley will have a different effect than a bigger crank at the same boost or something? Pretty sure boost is boost tho
#18
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
OK I just did a few runs and examined my spark plugs.
I'm running 1step colder denso's.
This is how they looked(info good for ppl in the know about checking plugs).
the groundstrap had it's color change point very far down the strap, just slightly before the strap joins the threads of the sparkplug, but there
was alittle buffer there..
the porcelain was bone white, most of hte plugs were completely white,
but a couple I could notice very few VERY tiny black spots, looked like soot or something.. hard to tell
if they were just part of the porcelain or not.
the top threads were jet black, from what I read in some sparkplug reading articles you want those to have good color but not black..
but honestly I don't know if I've ever seen a honda plug NOT be jet black, and I've seem my AFR it is good.
I was mainly looking for signs of detonation or too much advancement.
from the look of the ground strap, i'm probably advanced as far as I can go before things get sketchy.
Those little black spots on the porcelain worry me though, not apparent enough to prove detonation but can't be taking chances.
I'm thinking maybe move to a 2step colder
I'm running 1step colder denso's.
This is how they looked(info good for ppl in the know about checking plugs).
the groundstrap had it's color change point very far down the strap, just slightly before the strap joins the threads of the sparkplug, but there
was alittle buffer there..
the porcelain was bone white, most of hte plugs were completely white,
but a couple I could notice very few VERY tiny black spots, looked like soot or something.. hard to tell
if they were just part of the porcelain or not.
the top threads were jet black, from what I read in some sparkplug reading articles you want those to have good color but not black..
but honestly I don't know if I've ever seen a honda plug NOT be jet black, and I've seem my AFR it is good.
I was mainly looking for signs of detonation or too much advancement.
from the look of the ground strap, i'm probably advanced as far as I can go before things get sketchy.
Those little black spots on the porcelain worry me though, not apparent enough to prove detonation but can't be taking chances.
I'm thinking maybe move to a 2step colder
#19
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
There's so much friction that the effect of "boost" isn't enough to overcome it. It's like how you lose power when you turn on the AC.
As far as knock detection goes, there's the J&S safeguard, which can also retard timing at detonation, and the MSD knock alert. The only problem is that you're going to have alot of other noise from the supercharger, as opposed to a NA combination. But with proper calliberation it can work.
One thing no one looks into is lobe timing. Those M45s are capable of 15psi with the stock pulleys. I don't know how hard it is to adjust, but you might want to look into that too.
As far as knock detection goes, there's the J&S safeguard, which can also retard timing at detonation, and the MSD knock alert. The only problem is that you're going to have alot of other noise from the supercharger, as opposed to a NA combination. But with proper calliberation it can work.
One thing no one looks into is lobe timing. Those M45s are capable of 15psi with the stock pulleys. I don't know how hard it is to adjust, but you might want to look into that too.
#20
Re: 1.5 suprcharged dyno and tuning Q's.
Originally Posted by Tad
thats what I don't get,
how do you turn the timing up till it starts to ping when there is no device capable of monitoring pint/knock,
only thing monitoring anything was the wideband..
And my car is FAR FAR FAR FAR too loud to hear pinging.
I know, I melted a piston on my last motor from detonation, and didn't hear a thing until my car lost power and shut off.
how do you turn the timing up till it starts to ping when there is no device capable of monitoring pint/knock,
only thing monitoring anything was the wideband..
And my car is FAR FAR FAR FAR too loud to hear pinging.
I know, I melted a piston on my last motor from detonation, and didn't hear a thing until my car lost power and shut off.
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