Dyno, Tech, Tune Day/Lemons Pre-Pointless Party. Feb 13th (Page 2 of 5)

I'll be there. Remember, good barbecue is considered a bribe applicable for future races!

As for the dyno record, I'm pretty sure the most powerful car in Lemons history is the Police Brutality Lincoln (though a couple of the cheaty small-block Chevy engines that blew up in South Carolina might have made more power during their 40 minutes of life).

What about that fiberglass turbo Porsche that was at t-hill? That thing had to be put out some high numbers.

Oh i thought most of its problems involved keeping the fenders on it!

Most turbocharged engines fail at Lemons. The junkyard/ghettocharged ones that run very low boost seem to hold together better than the factory turbos. That means that it's better to add junkyard turbos to your Country Squire than to race an XR4Ti or Starion.

Aw they just arent doing it right, i want one of our next egr projects to be ghetto charged, im talking to you Richard!!

Ok i though i should also throw out a few more things for those of you bringing cars to dyno. please add anything you feel John.

1. Tow hooks, if you dont have any good, strong, large, easy to reach one, install them!!! this is the #1, again the #1 thing that slows us down when dynoing a car, BMWs are usually the best at not having a good set of rear hooks, and no we wont grab on to the bodged on bumper you tack welded onto the plastic trim, it aint safe.

2. Exhuast, if your car needs new exhaust for the race it needs it for the dyno, low hanging or dangerous exhaust is more thatn just a pain because the "max super flow" mufflers are being ground to bits by the  roller of the dyno. when the lift on the dyno goes down the car must have at least 4" of ground clearance around the drive axle, we had many head aches with slammed vws and nissans, etc bottoming out on the dyno center. So raise those cheater "eBay" coilovers to max if you can.

3. Gauges, does you car have them? of course how silly of a question, i ment do they work??? Im not talking about speedo or the clock, we need a working tach and a temp guage that you know to be somewhat accurate so we can all jump up and run out of the building and press the record button on the camera as the car explodes from doing that driving thing these cars should be able to. oh oil pressure would help too but then again its not my car and im not cleaning it up... we need a tach to help calibrate the dyno rpm to the engine rpm, if you absolutley can not get one, we can use a timing light to do it but we wont be nice about it.

4. Your cars Stats, its your car and you know it best so please feel free to let us know what it limits are. Such limits we like to know is the safe RPM range ( just becuase your super duper sunpro tach goes to 11k doesnt mean you shit box can too, that is unless its a downshifting Diahatsu) the temp at which the very center core of the  30 year old clogged radiator with begin nuclear Fusion and start the substantial chain reaction that explodes the cooling system, rotarys like to do this well. Which gear you wish to test in, usually its 3rd or 4th, whatever is 1:1 or closest to that. On a simular note for you poor souls stuck with an autobox, please, if you can, find a repeatable method to make your tranny stay in the test gear for a full pull, find the minumum RPM you can drive at in test gear, and floor it or roll on it heavily and it will NOT downshift, this will save alot of time and make getting a clean reading so much easier. weather its a modified kick down cable/switch or just a secret handshake with the shift knob. Finally those with FWD cars if you can get the front end aligned prior to the test, it will make controlling the beast a less difficult chore eliminating the possblity of eliminating your fellow racers. Oh also bring some good ear muffs if you wish to be in the same room as the tourturing, it gets noisy.

Just use fingers like I do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_9lljhXBtc

Or trailer.

What?

KT

Thanks Phil for the clarification.  LOL.   Although I still got voted one of the "3 Most Head Slapping Drivers" of 2009 Lemons in GRR Mag.
    I want to take a special moment and thank the Academy and my Agent.....  You like me, you Really like me..... NOW WHERE'S HALLE BERRY?
 
     Just for Lemons whom don't know, those photos are from Thunder Hill '08 and our second race.  The second one really makes me cringe. The car was basically stock, with the exception of cut and reformed V-12 750 iL front springs and a $25 Computer chip.   Thank goodness for those V-12 springs when Grinch Civic decided to ride me into the tire barrier. Not sure the stocks could've handled that slam. There has been much cutting and redesigning since then.
   Not sure what the Shark would do on the Dyno.  A 528e brand new is listed with 120bhp.  Our engine has 350K+ miles on it.  It would be interesting to see what difference the Ghetto Charger Dodge K Car turbo does.
   Wish this gathering was closer.  Just getting to Infineon is gonna be an epic challenge.
  But I would be willing to guess that that bad ass V8volvo would put up just a bit higher numbers. Dean really had that bad boy movin.

The estate made 193.3 days before the race....and probably stayed close to that until about noon on Sunday when the bearing started to die..... closer to 0 at the end  :>(

I'm optimistic that a less rich tune might get 200whp....that would be nice..but I'd rather have more power below 5000rpm than above it.....

Emailed.  We'll try to be there.

So Here's the list so far:  watch here to know where you are in line, please contact me if you have to cancel  or whatever.   This space is the official dyno list: you're not on it, you're at the back of the Queue....   

1.  Chris Robertson   240SX
2.  Shawn, Bunny with a pancake on its head, Rabbit
3.  Chris,  Lemons Demolition  Honda?
4.  Chris, Pit Crew revenge, Honda?
5.  Craig, Cannonball Bandits, FX16
6.  Brian Klein, 1971 Dodge Demon (sweet!) 
7.  Armand,  Sunbeam Alpine
8.  Pete, Killer ZomBees, MGB
9.  Trekkor, Filthy Faux Ford, Escort
10. Dan Pressey, 1990 Jetta
11. Red Rocket Racing, 85 t-bird turbo coupe