Puffwagon Legacy Donating Member 16,348 Member For: 11y 5m 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 29/04/25 08:51 AM Author Posted 29/04/25 08:51 AM Got the dyno up and running in the shed today, it's been nearly exactly a year, $110k and a whole bunch of work but it's there. There's still plenty to do but the hard part is done. I did some tuning on the Caprice, my neighbour was in his back yard and he reckoned it wasn't that loud, even with full ramp runs. He said he couldn't even hear it in his house so I reckon I'm golden. So yerp there's that, I'll post another pic tomorrow, didn't look much different though lol. 1
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,020 Member For: 18y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 29/04/25 09:22 AM Posted 29/04/25 09:22 AM great result if he isn't bothered by it being right next door
Puffwagon Legacy Donating Member 16,348 Member For: 11y 5m 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 29/04/25 10:01 AM Author Posted 29/04/25 10:01 AM Yep, big fence, insulated shed plus their house is stone so it all helps. If the direct neighbour isn't bothered then I doubt anyone else will be.
Puffwagon Legacy Donating Member 16,348 Member For: 11y 5m 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 02/05/25 06:05 AM Author Posted 02/05/25 06:05 AM Spent the past couple of days tuning the Caprice on the dyno. I fitted some knock ears, ran a wideband into the datalog, as well as having the dyno wideband hooked up, then got to learning. I switched the knock sensors on the car off and did some runs. There was no knock even though the car was previously pulling timing with the sensors switched on. I added timing and pulled timing out to see where it wanted to be. Interestingly enough it wasn't knock limited so there wouldn't be many gains by using E85 in this setup. I adjusted the WOT fuel up and down to see where it was happiest and turns out it wants to be very lean down low at WOT but quite rich up top, at least by NA standards. I have some exhaust extraction stuff so I half assedly hooked it up. It helped out a fair bit and I didn't die of CO poisoning. I really should fix the territory, that will be a whole lot of fun tuning that.
Slowxr6t Member 592 Member For: 7y 7m 18d Location: New zealand Posted 02/05/25 06:11 AM Posted 02/05/25 06:11 AM What motor is in the caprice? Do you make your living being a back yard mechanic? Are you busy on customers cars usually and do you advertise or is it just word of mouth, go to puffwagons garage? Hes a legend.
Puffwagon Legacy Donating Member 16,348 Member For: 11y 5m 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 02/05/25 12:52 PM Author Posted 02/05/25 12:52 PM Ok I'm gonna need some encouragement here... I have a dyno and I have a motorbike....
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,020 Member For: 18y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/05/25 12:37 AM Posted 03/05/25 12:37 AM can't hurt to see how the two go together...
Puffwagon Legacy Donating Member 16,348 Member For: 11y 5m 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 03/05/25 12:10 PM Author Posted 03/05/25 12:10 PM Ha wasn't much to report over all. Bike made 17rwkw Can't post a pic cos Imgur is being retarded
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,020 Member For: 18y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/05/25 11:08 PM Posted 16/05/25 11:08 PM how's the shed @Puffwagon?
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