Well... if you lost, then I don't have ANY chance. So you beating a SS gives me some hope. I'm going to give a shot anyway. The DC Maxima Club is getting together at Capital Raceway this Friday. Looks like a lot of new guys are going to show up. I hope some old school shows up too.

 

Kev ... U're MAD at Me aren't ya????

 

Yes, very!

 

DAMN YOU KEVING ... You Are not ALLOWED to Be Mad at Me ... I did not Give you Permission!

hehehe

 

ahhh auto trannys suck o well.. there are advantages.. i think..

 

FEAR AUTOMAGICS

sorry, just felt it was necessary in this thread

 

 

Heck yeah, I'd give it a shot if I were you, let me know how it turns out. I went to the DC website and saw the info about the meet, I'm so out of touch I didn't know unitl you mentioned it! As it turns out I won't be able to make it so take lots of pics and give everyone my regards. I'll be sure to make the next one.

-Mike-

 

i dynoed at 180 to my wheels when i had the y-pipe intake UDP and high flow cat........i know have custom b-pipe and HKS rear section and wish for more ........ i am also planning on gettin a computer ugrade and the torque converter from level 10 so the number will be rather impressive i will let you know when i get the money to get the TC but the chip upgrade is a go and is said to give 15 to the wheels but i doubt it so we will see when i dyno it i am dyno'in it before the chip with my exhaust and after the chip so we will see what it really does for me....... i will let you know when i do....... hope i get a good number!!!!!!!

 

I hope you do well too. Please let us know. Do you have a Fed or CA emissions car???

 

fed spec i think but i should break 200 with the TC and chip so we will see i might go by a dyno tomorrow to see with my exhaust...... my torque is completely shot but the high end is bad ***!!!!! so we will see the numbers when i get them!!!!

 

fed spec i think but i should break 200 with the TC and chip so we will see i might go by a dyno tomorrow to see with my exhaust...... my torque is completely shot but the high end is bad ***!!!!! so we will see the numbers when i get them!!!!

 

What chip upgrade? I know of only one - the Program (and it is a piggyback unit to the ecu; not a chip) - unless you are planning to swap out your ecu for an older 4th gen. The Program requires dyno tuning and would probably run $1,000 total with questionable results from what I understand.

 

it is a chip upgrade...... sorry for the wrong wording!!!! it is through jetchip it costs 399 through them but through stillen it is 315 so u send it to them they up grade it to what you have done to ur car and program it the day that they get it and send it overnight to you so it is a 2 day turn around so ur car isnt out of commission for a long time i think it sounds good but i dunno....... they claim a 15+ gain to the wheels which i doubt but i will pay 315 if it gives aroun 7-10 at the wheel so ill let you know when i get it!!!! probably around next week if i can talk my mom into it!!!!!

 

I don't think that chip upgrade is for the 5th gen. I'm pretty sure it is for older models that are not OBDII compliant. I think you have to go back to 3rd gens for that to work. I know that Jim Wolf has an ecu upgrade for early 4th gens.

 

well i know for a fact that it is for the 5th gen b/c i talked to them on the phone and made sure of it....... it is upgrading the ECU in it now with better sh*t than stock....... so i guess they would know sorry to sound sarcastic but that is what they told me

 

Hey Will, you might want to do a search on that chip through the entire Max.org forum. There have been many discussions that might interest you.

 

STOCK (FED. EMMISSIONS):

Outside Temp. = 66.1 F
Max Power = 174.3 FWHP at 115 mph
Max Torque = 172.6 ft-lbs at 80 mph

With Supercharger (but no y-pipe yet):

Outside Temp. = 76.3 F
Max Power = 250 FWHP
Max Torque = 217 ft-lbs

The guys at my shop had the baseline for the graph set in miles per hour instead of rpm. (They said the graph looks all screwed up if the baseline is in rpms when dynoing an automatic tranny)

 

Yep...look at my last plot.
http://homestead.juno.com/madmax2k/f...omarch2001.jpg

The blip happens every time as the car slams into the rev limiter. It give a peak reading a few hp north of what it should be.

 

Read my post more closely. The Cali spec car was fitted with a Y-pipe and CAI while the Fed spec cars were stock.

 

Which gear gives the best dyno reading.

 

they always seem to use 3rd OD off...... it hits 125 at redlin in 3rd!!! not to bad i wonder what 4th would be

 

With third gear being so long would it be more accurate to dyno in 2nd or 1st.

 

i asked them that and they said that the lower gears wont push out as much hp as the higher ones so i dunno..... it calculates how fast ur car spins the drums so 3rd i think is the most accurate.... i dunno

 

Aw ok, the reason I asked is because with cone intake and new muffler I dynoed 175hp in 2nd and 160hp in third.

 

thats funny i am going to get them to do 1st 2nd 3rd not 4th because it scares me to hear my car working like that..... i wonder if it will be different and what gear will be higher hp!!!!

 

Let us know what you find. It seems that most places want to get up to at least 100mph on dyno runs, but I'm not sure why. Maybe 2nd is dynoing higher than 3rd because our torque converters aren't slipping as much because there isn't as high a load being place on it in 2nd. Also, when you do this test, be sure to let the car cool sufficiently between runs. I'd hate to have that confuse the issue. I think 3rd might dyno a little less because of this also. Since it takes a longer time to dyno in 3rd vs 2nd, there may be some extra heating taking place which is lowering the HP numbers (just like when you do two dyno runs back to back... the 2nd is always a little less).

 

Just wanted to add a comment:
a while back there was a thread (in the General Discussion forum I think) which dealt with how to get the most accurate dyno numbers and I think the conclusion there was that you have to run in the gear that is as close to 1:1 ratio as possible or 4th in a manual and 3rd in an auto, otherwise you will get corrupt numbers . I don't remember ther exact reasons for this (I think it was given in the thread)

 

sounds right to me!!! i have heard that before but wasnt sure!!!

 

Where can I find information on how the 02+ cars dyno. The faq hasn't been updated....

Thanks!

 

wait do you have an auto or 6spd? your sig says 6spd but for some 'reason' your post is making me think otherwise. either way 180 is low..

 

hmmmmm great new to learn....

 

I wouldn't think he's around anymore. I ressurected this thread from 4 years ago. I found it through the faq. Sorry.

 

Dman,
Did you ever take your car to the track? Your mod list looks impressive. What did ut run?

 

Cali spec, GRRRR - lol missing out

 

2/2k 2/3k Max Gets 245 To The Wheels Manual Automatic 240

 

how do you figure? unless the 5.5 came tuned w/cattman headers out of the factory.

 

is this?

Let's just bump this out of the .org history museum.

 

while spewing incorrect information.

 

More like gushing...