Teutonic Posted 14September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 14September, 2017 ^^^ Cheers fellas. So the engine is back in the hole and started straight off the key. But then proceeded to run rough as you would expect given the substantial changes on the top end. So the tuner will be past tomorrow to get it idling so the ITB's can be synced. Then i will tow it to the dyno and it will get run in and tuned there. That will happen early next week. Will be the same dyno (and tuner) as last time so should be a decent comparison as to what we have picked up. And the last piece of the puzzle is the exhaust. While I was reasonly happy with what I have (The Ti mufflers are outrageously light) I have been liaising with Burns Stainless in the US. (These guys do (at least did) the singer exhaust parts) You give them all your engine specs and planned operating range and they design equal length headers and supply it in a kit form. They just shipped yesterday. Their collectors are works of art and are actually proven to make power. Plan is to go from them and do a X pipe style merge which I hope will enhance torque and into short muffs. I have heard one of these style of exhausts and it was the best sounding exhaust I have heard on an aircooled car. Should also provide a small power increase over the unequal headers on it. Hopefully finish up like this.... Pork Chops, micknine01, MFX and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 14September, 2017 Report Share Posted 14September, 2017 Top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 27September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 27September, 2017 (edited) ^^^ Cheers Mr Chops, so the kit for the exhaust turned up. The collectors are something else. Will do a power run with the current setup and then get the fabricator to jump straight onto the new headers and exhaust and then run it up again to see what gains, if any, there are from a proper equal length header and merged exhaust. Hopefully this is all sorted by first weekend of Oct as there is a Porsche Club trackday i wouldn't mind giving it a run at and seeing if I can chase a few water cooled GT cars. And we have also done some little cosmetic tweaks. Given it doesn't run sun shades, I find a windscreen banner can always be a good thing, so on went a red on black porsche logo. And I thought the deleted glove box area looked a bit blank so a had a small RSR 3.8 logo knocked up. Reckon he did a top job on this one giving it a bit of a 3D/badge effect. Edited 27September, 2017 by Teutonic Philbee, clutch-monkey, MFX and 7 others 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch-monkey Posted 27September, 2017 Report Share Posted 27September, 2017 wow those collectors are mint. interested to see any gains! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 28September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 28September, 2017 (edited) So it's power run time. New injectors in. The original ones were maxing out duty cycle. Seems to be running sweet. Engine builder reckoned the cams selected might be too hot. Sound just right to me Edited 28September, 2017 by Teutonic MFX and Scott930 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D'Silva Posted 28September, 2017 Report Share Posted 28September, 2017 Scott930, Pork Chops and JV911 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 28September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 28September, 2017 ^^^^ Thanks Michael. Bit awkward from a phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vl gra Posted 29September, 2017 Report Share Posted 29September, 2017 Car is looking sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 29September, 2017 Report Share Posted 29September, 2017 ^^^Haaaaawt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman993 Posted 29September, 2017 Report Share Posted 29September, 2017 (edited) Plan is to go from them and do a X pipe style merge which I hope will enhance torque and into short muffs. I have heard one of these style of exhausts and it was the best sounding exhaust I have heard on an aircooled car. Should also provide a small power increase over the unequal headers on it. Hopefully finish up like this.... Hey that's my rear end.... well my cars anyway! This exhaust not only looks good but it sounds incredible. Just be aware that it is quite loud and just scrapes under the 95db sound limits at both Wakefield Park and Eastern Creek but is over the 90db limit used some days at Wakefield. On the street, in built up areas I find myself driving like a saint in high gear/low revs or it attracts way too much attention, so its best to only play out of town Edited 29September, 2017 by Gman993 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 29September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 29September, 2017 Hey Gman, hope you don't mind me using the pics. That car of yours is something else. Next level. And glad to hear your thoughts on the sound. I had heard one similar and had to agree it was the best sounding air cooled Porsche I had ever heard. It was at the track and the note of if compared to the others was something special. Can't wait to get it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 30September, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 30September, 2017 So finally tomorrow I get to unleash and stretch the legs of the new improved car :). Combined Porsche/HSV track day at Barbagallo. Pumped. A clean car is a fast car right ? Hated the square black end plates on the track wang. Have given them some shape and colour coded them. Looks less hideous. GTP911, Timm, LeeM and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 30September, 2017 Report Share Posted 30September, 2017 Be sure to record and share the event with us. Very exciting for you. Congrats. Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason A Posted 30September, 2017 Report Share Posted 30September, 2017 Hi Teutonic, interested to know the number HP from your dyno run. Regards Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 1October, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 1October, 2017 (edited) Cheers fellas. Had a great first day out. The thing is a fkn jet now! It was good through the bends but did lose my attention with the lack of thrust between the corners. This is most definitely fixed now ! All round much more engaging car to drive. Managed to finish on top of the time sheets on the weekend (the field including a 996 GT3 with cup car parts, slicks and a 4.0) found near enough to 2 secs a lap extra pace on a day where it seemed other cars weren't running as fast as they normally do. Very happy with it. (Vid below)Jason, dyno sheet is below. Red line is the old power number. (Approx 238hp) I don't get too hung up on the actual numbers, but the % increase of approx 30% is pretty impressive for an extra 150cc. Note we have also run it to 7500 rather than 7000. There was about 15hp in that last 500 rpm. I think the aim of trying to get a selection of parts that worked well together to get an overall result rather than individually great parts that don't work together has paid off. Its a much better package now. The ITB's really weren't helping on a stock motor but now compliment this package. It looked to be tapering off at 7k. We lifted the limit to 7500 to see what was happening and it kicked off again. Very happy with the result. Almost 80 extra NA horsepowers over the old setup. Edited 1October, 2017 by Teutonic Timm, symsy, Cheshire Cat and 6 others 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 17October, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 17October, 2017 (edited) So the final piece of the puzzle is finished. The equal length headers and the merge exhaust. Hats off to the the fabricator. He has done an epic job. The car went back on the dyno. Really impressed with the pickup. That shitty hole in the power curve it had through the midrange (red line) is gone. Almost 40hp picked up through the midrange where the dip was at its worst. Hard to believe for just the addition of headers and exhaust and I wouldn't have believed it if it wasn't dyno verified. Also picked up some more torques and just a touch of HP up top. And the sound... Fuck me...it's biblical!!. has gone from the deep note to a near cup car esque scream. I Was always chasing a good set of complimentary parts that have a result at least as good as the sum of them individually. I reckon this was the icing on the cake. It really does feel like the complete package now. And from the seat of the pants, its an absolute jet!!!Here is the new power curve. Much more linear and some solid extra area under the curve. And the exhaust pron. 3" tips to "fill the hole" in the rear bar. More girth never hurts. many jokes of compensating made at my expense. But they do fill the cutaways in the rear bar well. And some more dyno action. Edited 17October, 2017 by Teutonic symsy, LeeM, Scott930 and 6 others 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 17October, 2017 Report Share Posted 17October, 2017 Fark. Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Kay Posted 17October, 2017 Report Share Posted 17October, 2017 now THAT is a sweeeeet sound!! Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregAx Posted 17October, 2017 Report Share Posted 17October, 2017 Sound is epic, and it even looks awesome. Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted 18October, 2017 Author Report Share Posted 18October, 2017 Cheers Gents,really couldn't have believed an exhaust could make such a difference. So another milestone reached today. The cage is certified. Thought I had it right previously but neither of the diagonals on the main hoop run right through. The guys who did the original cage ran the harness bar through left to right and then junctioned into it withe the diagonals. One of the hoops (main or rear) needs a cross in it with one of the members going corner to corner. Easiest way was to add another diagonal to rear hoop to make it a cross rather than single diagonal given the alternative was to cut all bars out of the main hoop and start again. Now just trying to find a sensible way to get the car to Rally Adelaide, and if successful will push on and put all the rally seats etc back in and get it log booked. Have got a keen price from Race Car Transporters but need 5 cars to make it economical. Not really keen to have it moved with CEVA anymore. Also not really keen for a 5,000 odd km round trip towing it. So back to the paint shop Friday to paint that one bar. Haven't made any friends there. Have also grabbed an acrylic rear window, so will get that tinted and refit that rather than the glass after its painted. Also grabbed some 993 rear quarter window rubbers and will drop fixed acrylic in there rather than the hinged jobbies it currently has. Will keep glass in the doors to have winding windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 18October, 2017 Report Share Posted 18October, 2017 Ooer missus, that sound!! ?Exhaust looks bloody good too Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neill Posted 18October, 2017 Report Share Posted 18October, 2017 If mine sounds half as good I'll be stoked. Amazing Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy73 Posted 18October, 2017 Report Share Posted 18October, 2017 I could listen to that track footage all day. Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Phil Posted 18October, 2017 Report Share Posted 18October, 2017 Cant wait to hear it on the track with that new exhaust Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explicit Posted 22October, 2017 Report Share Posted 22October, 2017 Fancy seeing you here cob! Amazing build Blaise, helps you know how to punt it. Congrats mate. Teutonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.