I went to do a dyno run this past friday . I drove to the very nice guys in Mahopac, NY ., Driversportinc. First off, very nice bunch of guys, know what they are talking about and do their job right. I had a nice tour of their project cars and as well some of their customer cars. Place is kept clean, organized and in tip top condition. Highly recommended for any repair or custom jobs.

Going back to dyno. With All ALTA pipes, Ragazzon downpipe, Stratmoshere exhaust and K&N Drop in intake ( with gutted bottom portion of it ) , i managed to pull 172hp and 176tq on a Mustang DYNO.

I am waiting till monday , to talk with a special gentelman , and if that person will bring me good news on monday , i will be heading back to the driversport garage, to go back on dyno , and also swap in the tyrolsport intercooler and recheck my gains

I dont want to spoil the surprise just yet, what that special person will bring me, just becasue , im not 100% sure myself if he is able to pull that off. Till monday night guys

 

how much boost is the car runing?

 

stock boost

 

IS he going to dyno tune your car?

 

YES

 

ok what is your is stock boost?

 

LOL , and how am i supposed to know that? i dont have a boost gauge in my car. Whats a stock boost for an R56??? anybody feel free to chime in at any time

 

any cel's? or are you using a o2 sim.... spark plug defouler?

 

spark plug non-fouler for past week and few days, no cels yet

 

How is he going to tune your car?

 

as far as the o2 sim. which way did you use? go into detail! there are like 1000 combos! long sp-nonfouler.. short one... combo of the two? =] any drilling?

anyways, i wish our mini's were stronger on the dyno... o well =[

 

regular non-fouler from pep boys, if you look for cat-less downpipe , i posted some photos there. it has a long shank. as far as power is concerned, i dont complain. my mini is in the stock e46 m3 category as far as acceleration. 172hp and 176 tq wheels numbers translates to about 210hp/tq after calculation about 15-17% drivetrain loss ....i dont complain at all especially knowing the fact that this is before an intercooler upgrade and software

 

Nice, but judging from your low torque number....overboost never engaged...

 

i wonder if traction control had anything to do with it ?

 

Note it's a Mustang dyno, so it reads significantly lower than real life. It's still useful for deltas in terms of percentage, but only on the same Mustang dyno, as I've seen significant variation in Mustangs' numbers from shop to shop.

Having no datalogging, we can't know if overboost was induced or not.

 

heres a photo of my graph



blue is torque and red is horsepower

 

You still haven't answered how is this guy going tune your car using what method.

 

i cant let you in on it, just yet, until proven

 

Well I live in Rhode Island and it's about 170 miles from Mahopac, NY. If this guy can really tune your car I wouldn't mind making a little road trip to his shop.

 

thats why i dont want to reveal anything yet, just be patient, one more day , tomorrow afternoon ill get the definite answer. I dont want to hype people up with number and what not and then tell you , its still isnt ready yet. All i can say that he can do cars prior to end of 07 production cars meaning november of 07 and down ...mines is feb of 08 , hence the extra waiting time. And from what i seen he can make impressive numbers with tuning

 

Well mine is an early 07 so I should be good to go.

 

Yeah I know they read pretty low, but don't R56's typically have a much higher peak torque number than horsepower? In mine it was...and others I have seen.

 

.....continuation from another topic ....

Anyway, tonights adventure proved to be a wrong turn at the performance tuning road, while i tried the infamous " tightening of the nuts at the wastegate " trick. Skipping that here, as you can read all about it in my other post. Now for more cake . I just got back from being reflashed with a brand new software. So far im liking it. Power is nicely delivered, way more playful on the highway. Another words step one is complete , owners of 08 minis can get their tune ON ....Now if youll be little bit more patient, im heading back to the dyno shop ( driversportinc.) on wednesday , and ill let you guys know the numbers that reflashed added, and also with the bigger intercooler upgrade made by tyrolsport. Hang in there

 

Glad to see you guys getting some ecu tuning options available to you. Cant wait to see the numbers.

 

The way you make it sound... more "playful..."

That doesn't sound like an awesome ECU tune everyone has been hyping. Playful is what I would call the boost tubes... or an intake... or the exhaust.

I thought the ECU was holding all of these parts back, and a truly unlocked ECU would put the PnP ECU to shame? I hope there is a noticeable difference. It'd be a shame if it came out to be just 10-15hp a little bit more torque.