went to new england dragway wed and was only seeing 3lbs of boost think my tuning is off can anyone recomend a shop some one mentioned ***** in nh, anyone here any goodthings

 

SC or Turbo?

I lost 2lb boost & it turned out to be a belt loose, easy fix.

 

If you are loosing boost then it is not your tune, check your hose and pipe coz there is gotta be a leak some were.

What EMS are you running? If you are willing to drive a little then check Ballistic.

Ballistic Motorsports
15 Merrill Street
Manchester NH
603-520-6622

http://www.ballisticmotorsports.org/

 

Is this Chris's car? check the belts!!

 

it was Chris's car called ballistic they in the middle of a move so appt. are tough good guys there, belt is tight, was going to dyno it at holley roler dyno
but people seem not to like there dyno, ***** uses a dynojet? gonna flip a coin when the dyno time comes, but ? cant find a leak,

 

theres a excellent guy in Epsom NH. his name is Giles. a few peeps on here used him and got GREAT results. he lives down the road from me and i see G's and Z's w/ PA, NJ, NY plates all the time. so if hes worth traveling that far.. give him a call. lemme know if you want his number.

 

oops.. i guess i missed that. Giles is the one that tunes for them too, right?

 

Correct, Giles at Holy Roller dyno is the tuner for most Ballistic cars. He has his own "shop" now so you won't be seeing cars at his house anymore

 

Why do people not like their dyno? It's actually better than a dynojet for tuning because you can put load on the engine at varied rpm's, whereas on a dynojet you cannot...

I dynoed at 370/330 when I had the Vortech with the 3.12 pulley on that dyno and 400/400 with my current Greddy TT at 9.2psi

 

have you run it at the track yet? whats times did you pull with each setup?

 

No track time unfortunately...I got the Vortech late in the season and it was already too cold...I'll be running the TT in the spring with the new tranny

The Vortech should be high 12's and the TT low 12's.

 

hmm.. it almost doesnt seem worth the extra cash for TT. I may be going FI in the future, and have been thinking about the vortech for reliability reasons. any input?

 

Sorry, but you'd be wrong

It's night and day between the Vortech and twins. I can't comment on the drag strip because I haven't yet, but the difference on the street is HUGE. You're looking at an even 320tq on the Vortech and 400tq at 3k rpms with the twins. The low end tq is the reason why the 335 > G35. It doesn't matter what gear you're in, you always have tons of tq available. The car just moves, period.

The Vortech also hits a wall and you can't go any further. With the built motor, the Greddy is in the mid 500whp range easily.

Take it from someone who's had both...TT > Vortech all day every day, and yes, it is worth it, especially with the price of the twins being pretty much the same at the Vortech (unit that is). Yes, you will spend more on install and other small components, but it's worth every penny!

Here is my dyno with the twins: The low end tq and midrange is insane! Draw a line straight across at 320 for the tq the Vortech would have and you can see the difference. The whp on the Vortech was about 370. The dotted line is 7psi and the solid line is 9psi.

 

yeah, I see what youre saying. thats pretty sick! so, by chance.. is this how you broke your tranny?

I know what you mean about the Vortechs limitations. but at the same time, im not looking to get to 500 Whp. (but i know myself, and too much is never enough) id probably be shooting myself in the foot if i was to go vortech. i dunno.. ive still got some time to think about it. thanks for your input.

 

yep, 400tq at low rpms is exactly how I broke my tranny LOL although I was having issues when I was still N/A and got screwed by the dealer telling me it's normal That, and I beat the **** out of it with the Vortech

It's alright, new tranny = power powah! ...and I can actually open up this forged motor