The 3.5 has let me down a little bit.

[ZSHO]

I would of tried shutting OFF the radio & the air cooled seats option prior to lining up! The less Battery draw the better IMO! Z

I did this. . I even pee’d before my last pass.

Brad and I have talked a ton.

Let's talk about Cooling:  There are Some 12VDC Portable fans Out there (NEXT to Purchase)
The Fan Mods on this Forum, Oh Yea,  I have been Packing the Freezer Cold Bags with Me
Placing Em on the Intake, and Running ALL the Fans in the Pit lane, Remove Prior to Next Run
AND this Works For Me.

As far as the Cooled Seats Go,
I need em ON to Cool My Big Butt,
Stereo Up to 6/10 or 7/10s....
My Concentration is Much better

True indeed! But NO ice packs for me since being DPM!  Z

 

[Vortech347]

I would of tried shutting OFF the radio & the air cooled seats option prior to lining up! The less Battery draw the better IMO! Z

I did this. . I even pee’d before my last pass.

Brad and I have talked a ton.

Let's talk about Cooling:  There are Some 12VDC Portable fans Out there (NEXT to Purchase)
The Fan Mods on this Forum, Oh Yea,  I have been Packing the Freezer Cold Bags with Me
Placing Em on the Intake, and Running ALL the Fans in the Pit lane, Remove Prior to Next Run
AND this Works For Me.

As far as the Cooled Seats Go,
I need em ON to Cool My Big Butt,
Stereo Up to 6/10 or 7/10s....
My Concentration is Much better

The whole ice and extra fan thing works great if you go straight from the pits to your pass.  When you have to idle for 5-10 minutes 20 cars deep in the staging lanes all that extra cooling you've done goes to complete waste.  (I can't neutral push it, our staging lanes have a slightly up hill grade and didn't have pit crew with me.)  Nor do I give a damn to go that extreme on my daily driver.

That being said, I think if whoever tunes your car leaves the fans adjustable get that High fan on 100% of the time if you can.  I noticed my fan was hardly on at all.  But when I had the AC on and it was in high the IC heat soak was much less when sitting and idling.  In my fox I have an over ride switch to my fan controllers that run them 100% It works great for a fast cool down between runs when you get into the finals and keeps the idle heat soak at bay when in the staging lanes.  But really, the IC in this car is in such a shitty place.  Everything is just a band aid to try and fix a non-performance design.

 

[SHOdded]

Simplest mod of all pioneered by brucelinc.  Remove weatherstripping at firewall!  Popping the hood till you are ready to run is another thing.  Maybe mod the latch for remote control.

 

[Vortech347]

Took the Mdesign out for it's first test run tonight.

It's mid 70's ambient.  From a stop with a 2200 RPM launch the car was fantastic.  Broke loose at launch then spun again around 4500.  Second torque steers like crazy, 3rd came in and...it pulled better but meh.  However Cruising for a little bit then doing a 3rd gear kick down it feels much stronger  probably because the IC isn't heat soaked.

Here's a quick log I took.  I cruised for about 2 miles at 60mph, dropped down slow, locked it in 3rd, and pulled till it shifted.  Still have 96 oct from Torco in the tank. 

 

[StealBlueSHO]

Just cruising around in traffic I’m at 3.99 knock. Haha. It’s 100* today. Knock life for the win.  Just idling for 5 minutes while waiting for a client my IAT1 is 145 and IAT2 is 170.

Right there is why open element filters are a terrible idea in these cars.

Yup... on my 2016 I have noticed a sharp increase in IATs since switching to the AIRAID hot air intake... didn’t care on my 2010 cause it was meth fed...

But on this E30 tune I’m not get any knock despite the higher temps...

Tempted to grab the stock box out of storage next time I go to the track..


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[SHOdded]

o x y g e n a t e d fuel ... N/A motors like it, forced induction motors LOVE it

 

[TopherSho]

Took the Mdesign out for it's first test run tonight.

It's mid 70's ambient.  From a stop with a 2200 RPM launch the car was fantastic.  Broke loose at launch then spun again around 4500.  Second torque steers like crazy, 3rd came in and...it pulled better but meh.  However Cruising for a little bit then doing a 3rd gear kick down it feels much stronger  probably because the IC isn't heat soaked.

Here's a quick log I took.  I cruised for about 2 miles at 60mph, dropped down slow, locked it in 3rd, and pulled till it shifted.  Still have 96 oct from Torco in the tank.

you were almost perfect,  you were 14/15' degrees spark in third and then the knock hit.  After that the temps spiked and it did not recover.  What did brad say about the DA/Knock and the temp spikes?  you spiked almost 30f in less than 5 seconds.

(FYI when i was non-meth 15/16 spark in third was excellent and allowed me to run 13.2 at PIR all night long.)

the knock came in outside the temp spike which makes me suspicious..  have you checked your plugs? you had high octane torco,  so knock ''should not'' be temp related.. this leads me back to ::

-carbon on the plugs/cracked plug/bad plug
-chaffed knock wires
-lean conditions (but did not look this way in the logs)

I have not run a non-meth tune in more than a year,  so i do not know of if this is normal but i'd ask Brad about the STFT pulling fuel pretty quickly AFTER the knock.

I would put the oem intake back on if you have not.  the oem tunnels are sufficient and do not cause power loss.

oh oh .. last minute thought.. did you mod/alter/'shim' the IAT2/3bar sensor in any way?  I just want to make sure the element is in the air stream. 

 

[Vortech347]

Took the Mdesign out for it's first test run tonight.

It's mid 70's ambient.  From a stop with a 2200 RPM launch the car was fantastic.  Broke loose at launch then spun again around 4500.  Second torque steers like crazy, 3rd came in and...it pulled better but meh.  However Cruising for a little bit then doing a 3rd gear kick down it feels much stronger  probably because the IC isn't heat soaked.

Here's a quick log I took.  I cruised for about 2 miles at 60mph, dropped down slow, locked it in 3rd, and pulled till it shifted.  Still have 96 oct from Torco in the tank.

you were almost perfect,  you were 14/15' degrees spark in third and then the knock hit.  After that the temps spiked and it did not recover.  What did brad say about the DA/Knock and the temp spikes?  you spiked almost 30f in less than 5 seconds.

(FYI when i was non-meth 15/16 spark in third was excellent and allowed me to run 13.2 at PIR all night long.)

the knock came in outside the temp spike which makes me suspicious..  have you checked your plugs? you had high octane torco,  so knock ''should not'' be temp related.. this leads me back to ::

-carbon on the plugs/cracked plug/bad plug
-chaffed knock wires
-lean conditions (but did not look this way in the logs)

I have not run a non-meth tune in more than a year,  so i do not know of if this is normal but i'd ask Brad about the STFT pulling fuel pretty quickly AFTER the knock.

I would put the oem intake back on if you have not.  the oem tunnels are sufficient and do not cause power loss.

oh oh .. last minute thought.. did you mod/alter/'shim' the IAT2/3bar sensor in any way?  I just want to make sure the element is in the air stream.

MAP sensor is installed correctly.  Plugs were done about 10k ago, .030 gap. It'll pull nicely in 3rd but once it hits about 5k the fun is over, 5500 to 6k takes FOREVER.  I could make a sandwich.  It takes a 50* night to get 3rd to chug through. Even then it still falls.

Just asking too much of these taxed systems combined with our useless air.

 

[TopherSho]

My plugs failed at about 10k miles .. resulted in a slight stutter at the top-end.. pull the front 3 and check than *just to make sure* .. in my case 1st gear and second were ok.. it was third that had the bad spark issues

 

[Vortech347]

My plugs failed at about 10k miles .. resulted in a slight stutter at the top-end.. pull the front 3 and check than *just to make sure* .. in my case 1st gear and second were ok.. it was third that had the bad spark issues

The car has had this characteristic from day one.  Plugs are fine.