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Nice video. Can't wait to get on a dyno with GMS1 and K&N. Hopefully the numbers aren't too far behind yours.
Might be a silly question but will altitude affect numbers on the dyno?
Might be a silly question but will altitude affect numbers on the dyno?
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^ Pretty much this-that proves your car is black..
I won't start with accusations so hypothetically how could a Stage 1 car cut that time/trap ? All bolt ons (not "custom tuned" for mind you) , ported head/throttle body? (ditto) , traction aids (slicks/chains/bags/etc) , meth/water/nos , gutting the car/empty tank , turbo upgrade ,vac tank bypass, wikd awsome driver mod..Am I forgetting anything?
I won't start with accusations so hypothetically how could a Stage 1 car cut that time/trap ? All bolt ons (not "custom tuned" for mind you) , ported head/throttle body? (ditto) , traction aids (slicks/chains/bags/etc) , meth/water/nos , gutting the car/empty tank , turbo upgrade ,vac tank bypass, wikd awsome driver mod..Am I forgetting anything?
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^ Pretty much this-that proves your car is black..
I won't start with accusations so hypothetically how could a Stage 1 car cut that time/trap ? All bolt ons (not "custom tuned" for mind you) , ported head/throttle body? (ditto) , traction aids (slicks/chains/bags/etc) , meth/water/nos , gutting the car/empty tank , turbo upgrade ,vac tank bypass, wikd awsome driver mod..Am I forgetting anything?
I won't start with accusations so hypothetically how could a Stage 1 car cut that time/trap ? All bolt ons (not "custom tuned" for mind you) , ported head/throttle body? (ditto) , traction aids (slicks/chains/bags/etc) , meth/water/nos , gutting the car/empty tank , turbo upgrade ,vac tank bypass, wikd awsome driver mod..Am I forgetting anything?
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The trap isn't unless its a downhill track. Also you should know the tq management in the stock GMS1 tune kills your 60 ft. You only can get 50% of tq in first gear. With gutted and slicks, a few more mods it wouldn't be possible, because of the custom tuning needed for the new intake tract. (The maf would be skewed all to hell killing the numbers.)
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same said for E/T's.
This is why there are correction factors.
Really though as I heard in the video (which took FOREVER to load btw) usig any dyno numbers as a baseline - is really where a dyno becomes a tool;
you can't really compare different cars, on different dynos, in different vicinities ~ becasue they are all variables which attribute to difference...
car looked great though
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I'd like to think I'm a good driver. I just posted my times. The NHRA natls were held there the weekend before. It was perfect conditions IMHO. The car ran well. I dunno what else I can say. No wonder everybody left this forum. Yes my spare was removed, trunk was gutted, interior was still full.
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You also have to remember I have a weird wastegate. I spike and hold 26psi on the GMS1 as my Facebook shows. So does my dealership record. I made sure I made a record of it in case something happened.
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But if this is true, it would make sense, but it wouldn't mean you are running a stock GMS1 tune (The boost levels for that tune are leveling around 21PSI). 26 PSI makes the turbo a heat factory too. So even that this is all possible. 26 PSI makes this car no longer "stock GMS1 tune." You have a very nice dealer.
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FRQ FLYR's GMS1 + bolt-on times seem much more believeable to me. He's only trapping 3mph faster and 5 tenths quicker E/T. It doesn't make much sense to me that a car only running GMS1 can match or out-trap most cars running HPT/Trifecta that are putting down well over 300whp. And trap is more based on power than driver skill, unlike E/T.
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Yeah, for sure. I know 23psi at this altitude isn't quite the same amount of air as a lower altitude as either. Probably more comparable to airflow you'd see at around 19-20psi at an altitude closer to sea level.
FRQ FLYR's GMS1 + bolt-on times seem much more believeable to me. He's only trapping 3mph faster and 5 tenths quicker E/T. It doesn't make much sense to me that a car only running GMS1 can match or out-trap most cars running HPT/Trifecta that are putting down well over 300whp. And trap is more based on power than driver skill, unlike E/T.
FRQ FLYR's GMS1 + bolt-on times seem much more believeable to me. He's only trapping 3mph faster and 5 tenths quicker E/T. It doesn't make much sense to me that a car only running GMS1 can match or out-trap most cars running HPT/Trifecta that are putting down well over 300whp. And trap is more based on power than driver skill, unlike E/T.