Thanks again. If funding allows I may be prepared for next winter.

 

Ohhhh shiny!

 

Oh ****! great! You already have the tune and upper pulley or stock?

 

Already have their tune, but currently I'm running stock for my next dealer visit. Car won't make it out of storage for a few weeks, but after the dealer service I'll install this and the new tune for the lower pulley. I see no need to do the upper pulley.

 

That's very exciting!

Are you going to install the lower pulley yourself, or have someone do it?

I would love to hear how it goes and who's doing it because I live local to you and it's a mod I would like to add.

 

I didn't put that hoist in my garage for nothing!

 

Nice; I love having a hoist;




I look forward to your report. I'm dangerously close to VAP......already cost me once! LOL


Dave

 

Planning to throw this setup in the car this weekend; thankfully the new hoist will come in handy. Working with Chris from VAP on the tune. We're going to put in some 1 step colder spark plugs to help prevent knock and try to push things a little further within the safe limits. At that point i'm going to get some logs on the road and at the strip. Will keep you guys posted!

 

Will you have before and after power figures, interested in this as thinking of doing it to mine

 

No, we've tried this once before but couldn't find a linked dyno anywhere near me. Honestly power numbers just don't interest me enough. The quarter mile times will tell me everything I need to know as far as power gains go.

 

Just ran the new pulley/tune combo out to get gas for tomorrow's drive to work. While it wasn't a long trip, the changes over a stock tune were extremely evident. Torque comes on more quickly than before, as it should with a bigger pulley. It feels as if the entire powerband has been moved down in the RPM range. I didn't max the thing out, but I'm willing to bet peak power is in the same place; which makes for a more usable powerband with a larger area under the curve.

Also the supercharger wine was there like I hadn't heard before, but that's probably just in my head.

 

Hey, Stohlen - I'd love to see a 10 in your signature line!
(Yeah, I know, .64 is a lot, but...)

 

You and me both, but I think we both know that won't happen. I'll just have to settle for second fastest F Type for now haha. Don't think I'll be able to match Philly's 11.02 on motor.

 

Yes, but you don't have to stop by an Air Liquide terminal to fill up every quarter mile.

 

I just built a 600 sq ft detached garage and heating it with a 6000 btu electric heater. I keep the temperature around 10 C, around 50 F and it's added about $50/mo to my electric bill. It's a harsh and cold part of Ontario here but it's worked pretty well so far...

 

Thanks for the info, Ali. What did the heater cost you?

 

After a long day at the track in which I only got 4 runs, I've learned two things... 1.) don't go on a Saturday and 2.) I need better tires. Two of the four runs I got wheel spin in 1st or 2nd gear and traction control kicked in to steal power. On the other two runs I did best my stock 11.63 quarter mile time as expected with the new VAP tune/lower pulley combo. Temps were in the low 80s with a pretty moderate cross wind; once I switch over to MPS4S tires and get a better day weather wise, i believe i'll lower this time by a tenth or two. I'll also continue to work with Chris at VAP to fine tune the car; i got a datalog on each run which will hopefully be of some use.

 

It costed about $350 CDN but needed to provide 220v and hard wire it. Total cost probably around 500 but totally worth it as I kept it around 50 F all winter and not too much hydro was added to my monthly bill.

 

Here's a picture of it,

My garage is 24x24 so around 600sq ft. Plenty powerful for its size

 

That's clean looking space, nice!