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I hear you man, I do the same haha. I mostly drive it to work and park in the garage at a single spot, but if that spot is not available I’ll park at the end of the lot where no ones around 🤣
That's what I'm talking about.
Lucky for me we have a huge parking lot at work and don't have to worry about tight parking/door dings.
Originally Posted by Redbul
We have had an acorn boom this year, perhaps because of the heat wave this summer. On a windy day, a few weeks ago, I got caught in an acorn shower.
They sounded like stones hailing down.
Looked into the insurance and learned that the insurance company would apply the deductible ($300) to each ding.
Had the body shop look it over, and no acorn induced dings were found. Yeah!
About 5 years ago I had a ding specialist spend 8 hours on the car removing 20 years of life in narrower places (Japan).
He did a wonderful job.
Only picked up two cherry pit size dings since then, But this summer with the heat, I think some of the prior dings rebirthed themselves on the surface
Time for a touch up!
Glad it worked out for ya!
I have two dings currently... its funny how we know where every nick, scratch and ding is on our cars.
Catching up on this great thread and even better this great car. Missed you at Ace but glad to see the car is being driven and running strong. Your car is a well built sportscar. I have seen it and heard it a few times. Next I would love to take a ride in it. I just want to see all the hype about the 8374 iwg borg warner. I have been driving my car to work the last four days. My 2012 challenger srt8 broke its POS radiator with plastic tanks. Even driving my Fd is comfortable as a daily. It used to be setup more like a drag car in the 2000 but now it is setup like Steve's. A good streetable performance car. The current setup is much more reliable and more fun to drive. Damn car is more expendable than my dodge .
Whoa thats awesome, I didn't realize the update was out now! That is very exciting. Feels like I should call in "sick" from work to check it out . How do you like the new software? Pros? Cons?
Whoa thats awesome, I didn't realize the update was out now! That is very exciting. Feels like I should call in "sick" from work to check it out . How do you like the new software? Pros? Cons?
it’s a prerelease version. It’ll be officially out on Nov 9th 👍
I havent been able to play with it but once do to working.
Sunday I’ll be able play more with it.
First thing I noticed was how fast it connects now. Super fast connection.
everything seems to work faster👍
Went to Orlando C&C on Sunday with some buds.
Car is running great on the Nexus software, no noticeable difference.
I’ve been meaning to pull the internal log/logs so I can check them out.
[QUOTE=estevan62274;12500032]Another Rotary meet in February 👍👍
My group called the triangle of friends will be going. We will leave from 192 near Nova Rd. PM me if you want to ride out with us.
Another Rotary meet in February 👍👍
My group called the triangle of friends will be going. We will leave from 192 near Nova Rd. PM me if you want to ride out with us.
I will do as it gets closer to the event.
Thx Steve 👍
Took her out to stretch her legs and go to a local car meet on Saturday.
It was a cold day..
Boost is steady but I’m targeting 16psi so with the cooler weather I had to adjust the BC settings.
CL BC was reducing duty but it wasn’t taking enough out to meet the target of 16psi.
Great thread. Love all the content. It was a good read and makes me want to go get mine back on the road!
That White R33 is gorgeous as well. If he wants to trade for my 95 SSM I'd gladly do it haha!
Mike
Thx for the kind words!
Nice to know this thread could inspire someone to get their car back on the road, honestly never though of it like that. 👍
A 95 SSM is rare and well worth resurrecting, hope to see happen!
The white R33 owner loves that car! He’s not selling it anytime soon👍
Did you have to make adjustments to your tune when you were in the mountains?
Yeah, I knew it would need some adjustments on start-up.
Up there in the mountains it was low 30 degrees and living in Florida I wasn't able to tune that area.
I needed to add some fuel to the Post Start and Coolant Temp maps, AFR's were way off and she would stall out.
After a quick log on start-up I was able to adjust the tune to start easily.
Also, other areas were touched up in the tune too, like the Air Temps correction, IAT were much cooler there as you can imagine.
You trying to go to DGRR this year? It's a blast!
Steve
Last edited by estevan62274; Feb 14, 2022 at 09:03 AM.
Yeah, I knew it would need some adjustments on start-up.
Up there in the mountains it was low 30 degrees and living in Florida I wasn't able to tune that area.
I needed to add some fuel to the Post Start and Coolant Temp maps, AFR's were way off and she would stall out.
After a quick log on start-up I was able to adjust the tune to start easily.
Also, other areas were touched up in the tune too, like the Air Temps correction, IAT were much cooler there as you can imagine.
You trying to go to DGRR this year? It's a blast!
Steve
Good information. I am currently working out some details and I beleive I will make the run to the mountains. I figured the air would be thinner and cooler which creates challenges for FL tuned cars.
Good information. I am currently working out some details and I beleive I will make the run to the mountains. I figured the air would be thinner and cooler which creates challenges for FL tuned cars.
Cool, text me if you got any questions about DGRR 👍👍
Steve
A buddy and I went to the local track for some fun runs.
I was on street tires and had no traction… Spun in 1st and 2nd… need a driver mod 😬
I’m in the right lane… Happy with the trap but will have to get traction to see what it’s really capable of running.
This is peaking to 16.5psi then down to 15.8psi by the logs.
She felt really strong once it hooked👍
A buddy and I went to the local track for some fun runs.
I was on street tires and had no traction… Spun in 1st and 2nd… need a driver mod 😬
I’m in the right lane… Happy with the trap but will have to get traction to see what it’s really capable of running.
This is peaking to 16.5psi then down to 15.8psi by the logs.
She felt really strong once it hooked👍
#garageguybuild/tune
What rpm were you launching at? On boost or off? Great trap speed! Any videos?
With those wheels and tires currently installed I thing a 1.8-2.0 60ft is realistic. Anything lower you need a better tire.
A buddy and I went to the local track for some fun runs.
I was on street tires and had no traction… Spun in 1st and 2nd… need a driver mod 😬
I’m in the right lane… Happy with the trap but will have to get traction to see what it’s really capable of running.
This is peaking to 16.5psi then down to 15.8psi by the logs.
She felt really strong once it hooked👍
#garageguybuild/tune
That's an impressive trap speed! Stickier tires, better reaction time & more traction on launch and you would have had better 1/4 & 1/8 mile times.
Does your Haltech have launch/traction control available? That would probably help too if you can get it to accept the ABS sensors for driven & non-driven wheel speed sources.
Dam door dings
. How do you like the new software? Pros? Cons?
