Hey guys,
I'm looking for one of the tuning gurus to lend me some advice so I can get the slam running decent. Then hopefully I can drive somewhere in WI to have it tuned properly. The poor car has been begging for me to find someone that actually knows what they are doing to help adjust for the new turbo and I am stuck once I complete all of the FAQ's from Shifted. I live 45 minutes North of Green Bay in Menominee, MI. I really wish Ron was still around Marinette but its just my luck that he doesn't live up here anymore. Anyways, on to the specs...
Vehicle info:
1997 Pontiac Grand Am 2.4L
Engine Mods:
complete rebuild with all new Felpro seals
Wiseco pistons 9:1CR .20 over
Eagle rods
Clevite Bearings
polished crankshaft
RSM underdrive pulley
JBP high flow oil pump
Cometic .074" boosted headgasket
Ported and polished Head
CC stainless steel valves
bronze valve guides
2.3L HO valve springs
Secret Cams
AEM alternator pulley
HO Intake manifold
56MM 2.3L TB
Custom Stainless turbo manifold
38mm Tial Wastegate with 15lb spring
Garrett T04e Turbo 50 trim
Crusty OBX manual boost controller
Turbo XS RFL BOV
JDM Intercooler
HTS silicone couplers
2.5" charge pipes
Walbro 255 fuel pump
Accel AFPR
Ford Brown top 35lb Injectors (I just bought a set of 84lb injectors off the org but have not received them yet)
Autometer fuel pressure gauge mounted in fuel rail
Innovate Wideband LC-1 with dyno tune gauge
2200 coil conversion w/ MSD Blaster coils and Accell plug wires
NGK TR6 spark plugs
Glowshift - boost, oil pressure, and volt gauges
Bwoody catch can
Hayden Trans Cooler
Yank 3000 stall convertor
Modified TTR upper engine mount
Modified RK Sport Lower dogbone mount
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head. I am trying to tune with hp tuners standard version. I should have bought the pro but didn't realize until it was too late. I have 1, 2, and 3 bar map sensors and I cannot get the car to even drive unless I leave the one bar in. I have scaled the injectors according to Shifted's how-to and revamped all the tables for the fake 2 and 3 bar maps with no luck. For starters, my new constant came out to be .12565 at 40 psi for the brown tops. I thought I did this properly but maybe not? The A/F gauge is reading 10.3 and I cannot get it to change from that (I need to buy a new usb adapter b/c I don't have a com port on my laptop) so until then, I cannot see what is going on with the W/B or change it from lambda to Air/fuel. For some reason, the gauge jumps back and forth between lambda and a/f by itself lol. I have asked numerous Q's and read some much that my head wants to explode and a lot of this still is not making sense. I am hoping one or a couple of you guys can shed a little light on me and steer me in the right direction.
P.S: Sorry about the life-story.
Here is a link to my injector constant thread with all the calculations laid out:
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=64&i=11423&t=11423
Here is a link to my engine build thread:
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=6&i=163081&t=163081
Thanks to anyone willing to go out on a limb here and try to help me out.
bump...I will be home in a few days and will be installing my fmu. I'm hoping to get this running well enough to drive somewhere in WI to get properly tuned. Anyone know a good shop or tuner?
I can do it. I just need to find time to do it.
That would be awesome. It will probably be a while until I can get it running well enough to take on a road trip anyways. I'll send you a pm so we can exchange info and I can give you more details. Thanks Tom!
