2012 tear down rebuild - Going to the track July 4th

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[Ninja Performance]

Guess the engine is all broken in. Or it better be....Just ran around at 28PSI LOL. Pullin like a freight train but only about 750AWHP give or take at this low boost. Of course, I still need to turn up the wick and blast to 36psi, but 28psi will do for today. Good times.

-Chris

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Glad you're getting to have some fun!

Jeremy

[Ninja Performance]

Back from our family reunion rip in WV yesterday. Yeah, we were caught in the storms in the corolla on a back road. Car got pummeled. Dented hood, a pillar and fender. Missed VERY large tress falling in road by minutes. Crazy..

So, Finished the break in on the New engine. Tested out some two step setups. I easily build 20psi in a second sitting around 5K rpm, impressive for large turbos and no anti lag turned on. I don't even allow it to start cracking and popping since that ant good for any parts involved. 2step limiter 3500 and fuel/ign cut 5000 LOL so I can 3/4 throttle, it hits 3500 rev limit then slowly climbs towards 5000 making boost and I can roll out. She launched like a scalded ape. Very impressive. Of course, I just need the kahonies to do that at the track Wednesday.

-Chris

[Ninja Performance]

Tomorrow I will change out the Brad Penn 30W Break in oil and pour in the Brad Penn 10w/30 semi synthetic, cheapest place to get Brad Penn these days is amazon.com believe it or not. Especially if you opt for the PRIME free 2 day shipping program. And it's free for 30 days to try. Works great. Brad penn is the only oil I stand behind 100% seeing my engine tear downs over the years. Others are great I am sure...but I just can't believe how the internals are after beating it to death using Brad Penn. And always an OEM oil filter.

I also took a few degrees out up top just in case (meaning te 25psi lines to 36psi lines), going to be very hot, 100F during day, at the track. So I think I am now at 25.9 degrees at 8800rpm and 36psi. Will also back down boost to 28-30psi then maybe 32psi and see where see it is at with track times/speed and logs.

I did tighten up the ring gaps a tad this go round. And after some fine tuning on the AEM, even in the 100F heat today, she seems (to me) to be a tad stronger and more responsive then she used to be. We shall see. I know back in the day, a few years back, she ran 115mph in the 1/8th. All of the last track appearance runs 109mph 1/8 every run. If I can get back that 6mph in the short track, launch well with say 1.5 would be great seeing that last month 1.8 was the best I was doing. But 1.6 would be good, that would be in theory .4 better in the 1/4 and 10.5 would be 10.1 but my whole short track should be better with the two step and tighter engine. Ahh...bench racing...

-Chris

[Sin'sVr4]

sick man! absoluetly amazing what you can do in the short time. How do you have all your settings on your 2 step? im trying to get my 2step dialed in but not sure if im setting it correct

[Ninja Performance]

sick man! absoluetly amazing what you can do in the short time. How do you have all your settings on your 2 step? im trying to get my 2step dialed in but not sure if im setting it correct

I have my two step setup a little different so it doesn't pop/bang/explode cause that is just hard on parts.

Set to 1 - soft cut
I have two step limiter at 3500, and both fuel and ign cut at 5000. Switch always on so I don't need a switch, and off above 5mph.
I then don't even hold he throttle at 100%. I do about 75% throttle, it hits the 3500 then starts to climb from the 3500 to 5000. Before it gets to 5000 I am well into boost and can slide into the clutch and at the same time go to 100 throttle.

-Chris

[j2k4]

I have my two step setup a little different so it doesn't pop/bang/explode cause that is just hard on parts.

Set to 1 - soft cut
I have two step limiter at 3500, and both fuel and ign cut at 5000. Switch always on so I don't need a switch, and off above 5mph.
I then don't even hold he throttle at 100%. I do about 75% throttle, it hits the 3500 then starts to climb from the 3500 to 5000. Before it gets to 5000 I am well into boost and can slide into the clutch and at the same time go to 100 throttle.

-Chris

Reading your methodology, Chris, I can't help but wonder what it would be like to hear Nelson describe his painstaking "technique" for getting into the 9s.

How would you make driving an ATX sound as demanding as a manual?

[AdamVR4]

May have to give that Brad Penn oil a shot. Good luck tomorrow!!!!

[DuTTch]

Big day tommorrow