I just put another 25 on mine today, to total 50+. (accidentally hit 14psi.. oops)
I'm following the "break it in like you stole it" method. *shrug*
Must be nice having money to burn at a dollar a mile!
p.s. If you feel like rolling some fender, I actually fit 275/40R17 MT DR's on the back of my car...
600 Miles
Only up to 6psi
I switched to e85 now, can't afford more than two tanks of 111, not to mention it fried my o2 sensor, had to replace it because the leaded gas.
I picked up a set of Beyern Mesh *silver* 18x8.5 front 18x9.5 rear for the Ti, so I'll be getting those mounted up possibly this fall, but more than likely this spring.
BTW, the car's name is Bella, prior owner named it that, and he's a good friend of mine, so the name stuck.
I'm going to try and get a good photoshoot in soon, and try for the Calender this year.
Installed the 9psi spring a couple days ago, lone behold the boost creeps straight to 12psi and holds there. Haven't tuned timing yet, so it's pretty conservative right now, and keeping my AFR's near 10 to 10.9 under full boost.
Car pulls so nice, unfortunately I have issues with my cam or crank sensor wiring which causes the AEM to give timing errors at RPM's higher than 5700, or so.
So the rev limiter is set to 5400 rpm's which is very speed limiting with the 3.73 rear end. Hopefully I can figure it out, it's been pretty much trial and error with this AEM setup, but it'll be worth it in the end.
New wheels mounted up: Beyern mesh, staggered setup Front: 18x8.5 and rear's are 18x9.5 had to cut and hammer my body, and rear quarter panels needed a roll. They still rubbed after all that, so I bought a 6 dollar spring spacer kit, and it sits about stock or little lower *H&R race springs* but progressively stiffens my spring rate, and the rear doesn't tuck nearly as much, so no more rubbing.
Edit: 275's in the rear 225's front for now, the tires came with the wheels, and are junk but have lots of tread, so I'll be burning them off and then I'll get some stickies. Not sure yet what I'll pick up.
NICE! Get that 5700 RPM stutter worked out kid! (7k it's going to feel amazing, trust me)
I'm still having slight rubbing issues with my 275's. Around a tight, off camber turn it pushed the tire into the well. Keep working at it. They'll fit!! (Still keep an eye on the "stuff" though)
Sweet, can't wait for pics of the rear and a vid or two
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NICE! Get that 5700 RPM stutter worked out kid! (7k it's going to feel amazing, trust me)
So I tried fixing the stutter issue the other day after a car show. And I fried my AEM
I think when I was trying to rewire the cam sensor, I burned out the sensor too. Basically sending 12v directly to the signal ground pin on the AEM.
Opened up the AEM and diagnosed the board is burned, I tried a fix but I won't know if it worked until tomorrow... however the cam sensor doesn't ohm out well anymore either, so I think this car is gonna be parked early this season.
Sucks because I've put so many hours into this AEM crap, and all it's giving back is more frustration. Except the corvette and Trans AM I beat the other day
I soldered a wire between the two points on the board, I'll attach some pics. OF course it probably won't work because who knows if that's all that fried.
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Originally Posted by bubela
What RPM are you hitting 12psi at?
Around 3800 standing on the throttle for awhile in 5th gear. Otherwise I'd say 3900, could be improved with tuning obviously.
I can build 6 psi at 2500 rpm and then it doesn't build much untill 3500.
Also, now that I had the 9psi spring in it for awhile it started loosening up, and only hits 11.4 psi, and then drops back to 10.5 ish.
Crappy picture of the wheels on the rear. I spend too much time working on electrical crap and no time enjoying the car yet, well not as much as I'd like.
Let's just say 11psi @ 6500 rpm feels freaking awesome!
1st and 2nd traction = none! 3rd is very limited too, love it!
It was a bad crank sensor all along!! bummer it took this long to diagnose, but it was worth it though, because it has been such a great learning experience.
1st and 2nd traction = none! 3rd is very limited too, love it!
What diff are you using? I went for a 3.15 LSD to help with the traction issues. 3rd seems to just hang on.
1st gear is just ridiculous. I don't even bother trying launching hard in it, and 2nd I try to be gentle.
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What diff are you using? I went for a 3.15 LSD to help with the traction issues. 3rd seems to just hang on.
1st gear is just ridiculous. I don't even bother trying launching hard in it, and 2nd I try to be gentle.
I'm using a 3.73 lsd, but I'll be changing to something more like yours in the near future.
I agree about first gear!! I launched a few times with 2 step set at 3700 2/3 throttle, then lay into it for about 1 second, then shift to second and it seems to work decently! Top speed is 120ish.
yeah, the youtube page says "This video is not yet processed."... whatever that means.
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