Im going to Coastal Dyno, around lunchtime... Car is pretty much stock, just IC and 3" exhaust, and MBC. Going to set her at 14psi to be safe, although it should have enough fuel for 18.

I hope to put down 210-220whp.

Wish me luck, I'll post numbers and maybe the sheet after I get back.

 

If I had the time, I would be going to SS. However, Coastal is 10 mins from my work in Brandon, and Im going durring lunch.

 

Glenn is a good kid, but SS has much more expierence under their belt, they've just been at it so much longer, they know what to expect, and what to do.
I've gone to Glenn a few times, and he's been a great help.
I have not met Sam @ Coastal yet, and I figured I needed to get this done anyhow.

Theoreticly I should be able to make about 260whp before my injectors go 100% and 270ish before the turbo gets out of it's efficiency range... So that's somewhere around 18psi. I should be safe.

 

Welp, here are the numbers.
Interesting story to go along with the dyno....

198.3whp@4350rpm
247wtq@4200rpm

Before showing up, I did a quick sprint in 3rd, set the MBC to 13psi and got to Sam's shop. Great guy by the way. Very nice.
He sets up the car on the dyno, I explain the problems with my tranny, and he nods..
After everything's setup, we start the car. Slowly he brings the revs up, checking to be sure everything's secure and happy.
Shifts through the gears, which didn't give him much trouble, surprising to me. 4th gear: He eases on it, around 2300 he starts...
The car and turbo sound very nice with the hood open and from outside of the car, the throaty exhaust grumbles from with in it's 3" mandrel tubes. The turbo's shrill, eeks up with the rpms... very nice. Im watching the boost... around 4500 it seems to drop from 13 to 10, bah! he takes her to about 6200rpm, lets off and the car jerks sideways. Unbeknownst to us, the tire has gone FLAT somewhere durring the run... what a time...

So. I gota get a new tire (Sam graciously went to the store and bought me a can of fix-a-flat) I didn't even realize he had gone...
I was worried it may have damaged their rollers, but they looked no worse for the expierence.

Monkey and 93ex show up for the good times. The fix-a-flat just spews out of the gaping hole now in my tire... wonderful. Jesse takes me and Nick up to NAPA to get a plug kit, and Nick installs not 1, or even 2, but it took 3 plugs to seal this wound in my tire....

All in all.

Expierience with Coastal Dyno:

People: 9
Customer Service: 10
My car: 7



Once I get the boost problem worked out, I should be well within my goals @ ~215whp/265wtq @ 13-14psi.

Thanks Coastal!

 

On a side note. I do not know how MD dynomometers are setup, but IIRC with 6 cyl cars you should make the run in 3rd. I'll have to ask him about this. When I get the chance.

Although it would not have mad much of a difference. Probably only a couple whp.

 

Nice numbers man... time for a turbo upgrade!