Not for Nuthin' But Close!

[JakeB23]

Awesome, thanks for the advice. One more question - Did you make any transmission shift adjustments that really picked up the car? or what about the torque management? IE: I messed with the torque management, but it seemed to slide into gear, so I went back to factory settings..

[Doug Hoven]

Originally Posted by JakeB23

Awesome, thanks for the advice. One more question - Did you make any transmission shift adjustments that really picked up the car? or what about the torque management? IE: I messed with the torque management, but it seemed to slide into gear, so I went back to factory settings..

This car had the same problem after getting rid of the torque management, so I added about 5psi at a time to the shift pressure table until it felt good.

[Ron Middleton]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I got a package in the mail yesterday!
It looks like I'm gonna spend the day trying to learn how to tune a car with a laptop!

Which HP Tuners setup did you start with? Picked up my 2005 Sunfire on Friday. Previous owners says it jumped timing so first thing is to get it running and see where to go from here. Having to bring shop equipment from home shop 200 miles away to get started on it next weekend. Just trying to get my ducks in a row on this project. Thanks for posting this thread. It should be interesting if I can match your results.

[Billy Nees]

I've spent a couple of hours removing the power brake booster and making up an "adapter" to mount the master cylinder in the stock location and not have to mount it under the windshield. I haven't changed the pedal ratio yet as I want to give it a try as it is first. The power assist was really giving me issues when I was staging the car. It didn't seem to bother Doug though. Hmmm.
The next step when I can find some "me-time" will be getting going on a header.
I sure would like to find out why I can't post pictures on here anymore. It never used to be a problem...

[Doug Hoven]

I got an update from Mr. Billy the other day with news that the header is done. He was unable to upload the pictures, so he sent them to me to see if I could get them uploaded, so here they are. Couple miscellaneous pictures of the car in here as well.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Doug Hoven

I got an update from Mr. Billy the other day with news that the header is done. He was unable to upload the pictures, so he sent them to me to see if I could get them uploaded, so here they are. Couple miscellaneous pictures of the car in here as well.

That's not Billy's trailer, is it? ;-)

[Glenn Briglio]

Originally Posted by Doug Hoven

I got an update from Mr. Billy the other day with news that the header is done. He was unable to upload the pictures, so he sent them to me to see if I could get them uploaded, so here they are. Couple miscellaneous pictures of the car in here as well.

How long are the primary pipes?

[Billy Nees]

35" and that's not the collector that I'll be using.

[Doug Hoven]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

That's not Billy's trailer, is it? ;-)

Someone vandalized it and took off the patina when he wasn’t looking....

[Billy Nees]

Hey all of you "Dime Rocketeers"! We got a mention on the latest Class Racing Today podcast! The one with the Autumn Greene interview. Good kid and a determined Racer. We need more like her!