My Vtec Gives Hugs mmmbah
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Ok this post is gonna be long heh heh.
Got to the dyno and started strapping cars down. Lots of cool cars, and I had a ton of fun talking to everyone. I put in 100 octane and cranked the dial of the boost controller. "HIGH BOOST".
We get to putting my car on the dyno, and got to spinning the rollers with the VVL hitting at 6k rpm. First pull was 409whp. Boost ran up to 18psi or so, then dropped to 10psi. WTF?
Ran it again, this time the knob was all the way up... again 409whp. Not holding boost up top. Peaking boost at 6k and dropping back to 10psi by 8k.
I had the gain turned all the way down on the profec. So I bumped it to the middle and made another pull... backing the boost controller down just a little bit. Now, my boost gauge started reading boost 2psi higher than it is supposed to. When the car is off, it reads 1psi and my 10psi runs showed boost hitting 12psi. There is no way that boost is hitting 12psi with 10psi springs in 2 38mm wastegates.
So... what boost was I technically running? I am not completely sure on that. I will be investing in a map sensor electronic boost gauge down the road. I was hitting 19psi on the gauge solid to 9200rpm rev cut. This is PSIG and since my gauge reads a bit high... at least it is conservative on the numbers right?
So I did a pull to 9200rpm, car felt amazing and sounded great on the dyno. The engine sounds oh so sweet revving out to over 9k.
So I got my results and went for a drive. With the VVL hitting at 6k, the top end pull is amazing. Drop out of VVL and the engine turns into a stock VVL, which lugging 4 people around becomes a chore until the VVL hits again.
On the way home, I put the VVL shit at 5k and it feels a ton better in the mid-range. Finding the perfect point to transition may take a while of driving to perfect.