aLmk's 400whp budget build

[aLmk]

Ended up going to the track last night instead. I only did two passes, first pass was with no launch at all and ran a 13.715 at 108, the second pass I tried a little launch and ended up running 13.433 at 109 with a 2.237 60'. Overall I'm pleased with how the night went as this was my first time at the track with this setup and first time at the track in over a year. I was also on my street tires (dunlop star specs) at 40psi. Was hitting just about 9 psi in first gear about 10 in 2nd and 13 or so in 3rd, 4th, and 5th. My IATs were getting up to about 130 at the top of 3rd gear through 5th gear. Also note it was at least 85* ambient at the track last night. Plan to go some more this summer and see if I can get that 60' lower with a more aggressive launch and with lower psi in the tires. Last night I was just testing the water! Here are some pics:

First pass:

Second pass:

[Si Speed 317]

That's great! Congrats on testing the waters, now it's time to dip into the 12's. That'll be easy, just a bit of practice. Any videos from the runs?

[aLmk]

My friend took a video of my first pass with his iphone, but its really not worth seeing, you can't really hear my car either because of all the muscle cars and the shitty honda i was running that had a fart can on the back. My car is very quiet even at WOT with the full-race exhaust and internal gate.

[aLmk]

Also I got the sending unit I sent to AEM for them to fix back this morning (my boost gauge wasn't working), and I put it back in place and it still doesn't work. I just got off the phone with them, and they think it might be the gauge itself that is not working properly since when the sent me the unit they tested it and it worked fine. Hopefully tonight I can check it with a voltmeter when my roommate comes here.

[fre$h si]

That happened to me before but it was replaced and sent back just days after I sent it in. Mite have even been in the same week if I remember right. But mine was the sensor and it would just read --- about 80 percent of the time and sometimes start reading right if I gassed it hard.

[aLmk]

Yeah mine always reads ---. So he thinks its the gauge not the sending unit. I already sent the sending unit in and they repaired it and sent it back. You're lucky because you live in Cali where they are located, I am on the east coast in Delaware.

[aLmk]

Took a closer look at my datalogs and my IATs were as high as 145* at the top of 4th going into 5th. Mucter and I have been discussing intercoolers in my build thread on the 8th and he suggests I get a different one considering the one I have (SRT v1) is small. Posting this here to get your thoughts on a possible new intercooler for next summer, since this one is almost over
Here are some dimensions:
SRT v1: 24x6.4x3
SRT v2: 24x10.5x3
Then there's this:
http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...rcooler++500HP
Which has 2 options:
12.5x6x3.5 and 12.5x9x3.5 (Core size)

[fre$h si]

thats odd because when i was emailing them they said that its either a bad sensor or a short.....



how about this one? better to go big so u have breathing room later on.
http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...rcooler++720HP

[aLmk]

Yeah that's what AEM said I mean they just sent me the sensor and said it was tested and in working order prior to them sending it out to me....

I may look into that one as well, but if I were to ever go for that much power I'd probably just buy a full-race kit and sell this kit since so much would need to be changed anyways.

[Si Speed 317]

It's better to have a larger intercooler with your situation. Our cars aren't exactly set up properly for an intercooler to work effectively. You'd either need an aftermarket front bumper, or do what VTECFRED did. I'm running a CXRacing 28x11x3 and it works nicely. I'll pull up a datalog in a minute to see my IATs