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May 21, 2013 | 02:13 PM
#891
Haha it's getting spends whatever it is. Hope the belt and double checking all the alignment takes care if the issue. Nothing worse than idling through a parking lot in a hopped up truck and all I can hear is the chirp lol
Thanks, little man is doing great. Just got weighed this morning and was 10lb5oz.
Oh and already loving the big red. Need to get the belt back on, do some more tuning since I just figured out a table that was pulling timing that's been stumping me for a while. Tomorrow night is test and tune at the track and looking forward to shaking the cob webs out and getting a good starting point. Shooting for low 12's. will then fine tune the tune, little weight reduction and start working my 11sec goal
Oh and already loving the big red. Need to get the belt back on, do some more tuning since I just figured out a table that was pulling timing that's been stumping me for a while. Tomorrow night is test and tune at the track and looking forward to shaking the cob webs out and getting a good starting point. Shooting for low 12's. will then fine tune the tune, little weight reduction and start working my 11sec goal
May 25, 2013 | 03:59 AM
#892
Well I was debating posting this till later but hell I have posted up every thing i have done, or not done to my truck so why stop now.
Went to a T&T on the 23rd. Finally got a the false knock issue figured out that was showing up in logs, got the tranny shifting close to how I wanted it to and got my MAF and fueling pretty close to spot on. Figured I would use the T&T to dial it in more and have some solid logs to see how small changes compared. Ended up making 3 passes, each time adding a little timing and making some minor changes. Logs were looking spot on, no knock, nothing funny was up for the first two runs. On the third run nothing sounded out of the ordinary for the entire run till I got to the return lane and was idiling back and heard a slight ticking noise. Went and got my slip, pulled back into the pit and started logging knock, missfire, oil pressure, fuel pressure, everything. It all was perfect.
Popped the hood and listened around everywhere and could not hear it inside the motor. I crawl under the drivers side door and can see some fresh oil on the bottom of the motor/trans and can really hear the ticking now. Kill the motor, check oil level (perfect), check tranny fluid (perfect). Truck still shifts fine, goes through all the gears, builds boost (didn't go crazy). Clueless as to what I broke I drive it nice and slow back home and then drop it off at Rogers the next day. I then flew to work Friday so will see what Roger reports back with. I am fairly certain the motor is fine (could just be very optimistic) but I am thinking (Roger suggested it may be this) that it's the flex plate. Dunno, hopefully it's nothing to major. The flex plate makes sense since it's still stock and is taking quite a beating.
Anyways, hate breaking stuff but it's part of the game. Hopefully it was nothing major cause I was starting to see some good gains and still had lots left in the tune to crank up
Pics and vid of last run. Best run so far is 12.68 at 106.25 MPH with a 1.65 60'. Pretty pleased with the 60', still want to try and get it to low 1.6. I was playing with different launching techniques and pretty sure if I stall it up a little more I can get it...maybe even see a high 5
Truck was full street trim minus tailgate removed. Full tank of gas and still on winter rims but with my summer tires (still haven't gotten the centerlines back on yet).
I had quite the crowd coming and checking the truck out after a few passes so I am eager to get it back on the road, make some changes and start working down to deep 12's. I know it has it in it.
Pictures.
This thing was surprisingly faster than I thought it would be...
And the video. Just realized I didn't edit it and shorten it before uploading. No wonder it took so long.
Listening to it a few times now the launch does sound a little funny compared to the two previous ones.
Pass 3 at ARP. Something broken? - YouTube
Went to a T&T on the 23rd. Finally got a the false knock issue figured out that was showing up in logs, got the tranny shifting close to how I wanted it to and got my MAF and fueling pretty close to spot on. Figured I would use the T&T to dial it in more and have some solid logs to see how small changes compared. Ended up making 3 passes, each time adding a little timing and making some minor changes. Logs were looking spot on, no knock, nothing funny was up for the first two runs. On the third run nothing sounded out of the ordinary for the entire run till I got to the return lane and was idiling back and heard a slight ticking noise. Went and got my slip, pulled back into the pit and started logging knock, missfire, oil pressure, fuel pressure, everything. It all was perfect.
Popped the hood and listened around everywhere and could not hear it inside the motor. I crawl under the drivers side door and can see some fresh oil on the bottom of the motor/trans and can really hear the ticking now. Kill the motor, check oil level (perfect), check tranny fluid (perfect). Truck still shifts fine, goes through all the gears, builds boost (didn't go crazy). Clueless as to what I broke I drive it nice and slow back home and then drop it off at Rogers the next day. I then flew to work Friday so will see what Roger reports back with. I am fairly certain the motor is fine (could just be very optimistic) but I am thinking (Roger suggested it may be this) that it's the flex plate. Dunno, hopefully it's nothing to major. The flex plate makes sense since it's still stock and is taking quite a beating.
Anyways, hate breaking stuff but it's part of the game. Hopefully it was nothing major cause I was starting to see some good gains and still had lots left in the tune to crank up
Pics and vid of last run. Best run so far is 12.68 at 106.25 MPH with a 1.65 60'. Pretty pleased with the 60', still want to try and get it to low 1.6. I was playing with different launching techniques and pretty sure if I stall it up a little more I can get it...maybe even see a high 5
Truck was full street trim minus tailgate removed. Full tank of gas and still on winter rims but with my summer tires (still haven't gotten the centerlines back on yet).
I had quite the crowd coming and checking the truck out after a few passes so I am eager to get it back on the road, make some changes and start working down to deep 12's. I know it has it in it.
Pictures.
This thing was surprisingly faster than I thought it would be...
And the video. Just realized I didn't edit it and shorten it before uploading. No wonder it took so long.
Listening to it a few times now the launch does sound a little funny compared to the two previous ones.
Pass 3 at ARP. Something broken? - YouTube
May 25, 2013 | 05:23 AM
#894
Thanks. Umm I think around 10 lbs. Ill have to stick the gopro in the truck angled at the boost gauge. To busy paying attention to other stuff LOL.
Hopefully it's nothing to major as far as what's broken. I will get the Centerlines mounted up next time, do some weight shedding and tweak the tune some more and start working that MPH up.
Hopefully it's nothing to major as far as what's broken. I will get the Centerlines mounted up next time, do some weight shedding and tweak the tune some more and start working that MPH up.
May 26, 2013 | 01:22 AM
#897
Thanks guys, I imagine I will hear some info Tuesday after the 3 day weekend. I hope it's nothing major also.
Andy, I just might take you up on one of those. Have a 4.1 on it right now and it looks like a dinner plate LOL
Andy, I just might take you up on one of those. Have a 4.1 on it right now and it looks like a dinner plate LOL
May 26, 2013 | 02:14 AM
#900
12.5-13 at 6700. still have 200rpm that I havent seen since ive moved. the air is denser here. Atmosphere in Tucson was 12.9psi here its about 13.5. Hopefully I can get it to the 1/8 here and see what it will do.