Not for Nuthin' But Close!

[Dwight Southerland]

Billy, there are those of us who are totally envious because you have stepped out to do something we have all wondered about, and so generously carried us all along for the ride. And you were successful beyond our expectations! The story related in this thread is rich! Thank you for including us in your fun!

Incidentally, my first race car (57 Chev 150 business coupe 283 2-barrel 4-speed in O/S) ran 15.08 on its maiden sorting-out day. Back in 1968!)

[Billy Nees]

Dwight, I couldn't have done many of the things that I have done in my life without the help and support of friends.

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Dwight, I couldn't have done many of the things that I have done in my life without the help and support of friends.

All of us are in that category! But doing it together is where the value is (including the fun!).

[JakeB23]

We might need to start a new thread regarding HPtuners. It might be more fitting on Classracer since dial in racing is going to have a pretty different tune rather than a fast street car tune, which seems to be moderately common on the repository.

My question is, how "simple" can I make a car for the strip only? Lock timing, RPM only shifts, no spark advance or retard, No IAT adjustments, etc..

[Doug Hoven]

Basically what I did was find out what was varying run to run and locking it out. The timing is now locked because it did some wacky stuff from run to run before. I also disabled the knock sensor because even though it wasn’t pinging, it would randomly take timing out to try and mess with the air fuel ratio. I put it in open loop so it didn’t try and tune itself going down the track, and the shifts are set by rpm.