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Ghetto garage goes back to school
Posted by on October 27, 2011
I hated school!!!
everything was irrelevant to my interests, the teaching methods were polar opposites to the way I’m able to learn, I got far to many detentions and there wasent a dyno room.
so why would i decide to go back to a place of education in my spare time and also pay for it…?
because “learn how to use a dynometer” course is one of the best things i have ever done!!!
Ash and I are both doing the course and this was a second week. This week were looked into ignition timing and the effects it has on torque , power, and was also interesting looking at the changes in the exhaust gas temperature.
this was all done on a holden 5lt which made around the 135-140 rwkw mark.
got the chance to quickly have a run with the Beams, I was playing around with the laptop but it froze on me (computers and I don’t have a stable relationship…)
ended up making 109 rwkw.
The tune seems to have plenty of room for improvement, possibly might get the chance to change it over to TPS X RPM instead of the current MAP sensing.
Its an awesome course and the lecturer Jamie is an absolute champion!
highly recommend it to any one half interested in cars
spring cleaning
Posted by on October 23, 2011
been doing a few tidy up jobs on the coupe of late, also returned it to a bit more of a street acceptable appearance.
I have raised it up to max height at the rear, removed the front lip, and repainted the front bar and grill.
chucked some new tyres on, replaced few busted globes, gave her a good vacuum inside (still had a fair amount of dirt from the Tailum track day)
One of the rear lights had a small crack when i purchased the car, had a fellow SA 86 enthusiast have another set lying around so I snapped them up. Turns out they are a different style of light to my original set, but i think these ones suit the car better.
The longer I own the car the more attached im becoming, its a great little car to drive and always brings a smile to the old dial
best car I have owned to date!
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