Mellon Tuning EVO *video* 1/4 mile results 11-1-07 11's on pump gas baby!

[Mellon Tuning]

60' 1.67
E.T. 11.91
MPH 114

*video* http://www.racevideoforums.com/forum...ead.php?t=2793


I think it's got a better 60' with some new street tires, these are completely shot. I also think I can get more mph out of it with a little more tuning. In the 4 runs I had I picked up 1mph each time as I adjusted the timing 1* each run.

here are the last 3 runs, track vs g-tech respectively:

Track G-Tech
60' 1.71 1.80
E.T 12.05 12.13
MPH 112.90 112.87

60' 1.74 1.83
E.T. 12.04 12.24
MPH 113.97 113.29

60' 1.67 1.70
E.T. 11.91 11.92
MPH 114.13 114.27

I'd say it's accurate enough.

My original goal with this car was to have a 375+ awhp daily driver on pump gas that can run 11's.

the new goal is 10's

next up:

1) new street tires
2) PPI Ported intake manifold and 65mm Throttle Body
3) Aquamist HSF-5 meth kit
4) Forge heavy duty wastegate actuator
5) raising the boost from a 25psi spike to 30PSI
6) leaner AFR
7) more timing

[DonHugo]

good vids

[Ultimate CC]

great videos, cars making some great power on pump...nice driving too...

[eponti]

Good vids

[smp3000]

SICK!!!!!! I dig the song too- better post this up on MWE my man!

[Mellon Tuning]

oops, I thought I did SMP, will do!

yep I did, http://www.midwestevos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=481 (shameless free plug for a cool forum)

[Jspec EVO VIII]

Great times man. My highest trap speed w/my green was 116mph. Haha, all i could crack was a 12.4, need to practice launching. Now i got the Exedy on too, btw, where'd you get your g-tech from? Thinking on picking one up, just don't know where to get one.

[Deepseadiver]

nice runs!

[Mellon Tuning]

Originally Posted by Jspec EVO VIII

Great times man. My highest trap speed w/my green was 116mph. Haha, all i could crack was a 12.4, need to practice launching. Now i got the Exedy on too, btw, where'd you get your g-tech from? Thinking on picking one up, just don't know where to get one.

yeah no doubt, having all the right parts is just part of the equation. Traction, Launching, shifting, weather, tune etc...

you'll love the exedy, I didn't even bother trying to track it with the stock junk, it couldn't hold a hard launch once I got the current mods on the car, I was having to roll out.

I bought the g-tech directly from their website if I remember correctly, it's been a few years. It's a wonderful tuning aid to determine if new mods/tune are helping or hurting and sometimes the track will have timing errors and not get you a time for that perfect run and with this I'll at least have an idea of what happened.

[smp3000]

Can't wait for my mellon tune! Hey Chris do you sell the Tactix cable as well?

[recompile]

I'm not trying to talk you down at all...I'm just really curious now that you barely broke into 11's with Evo Green and all supporting mods, and this fellow accomplished the same with low boost, pump gas, and stock turbo:

Finally 11's on pump.

Any idea why that might be ?

[Mellon Tuning]

Originally Posted by smp3000

Can't wait for my mellon tune! Hey Chris do you sell the Tactix cable as well?

I used to keep some stock but don't have any right now... check with Lloyd at Tuner Tools, RaceVideoForum.com members get a discount so register and call him.

[Mellon Tuning]

Originally Posted by ShamelessCookie

I'm not trying to talk you down at all...I'm just really curious now that you barely broke into 11's with Evo Green and all supporting mods, and this fellow accomplished the same with low boost, pump gas, and stock turbo:

Finally 11's on pump.

Any idea why that might be ?

110 oct on an IX vs 93 oct on a VIII (mine)

the evogreen gave me 35awhp over the stock turbo...not impressed, the meth kit goes in asap so I can see what this turbo can really do.

I know he said in his thread that the 110 was only as a precaution but let's not be naive here, that's race gas, no comparison whatsoever should be made between those runs. If I was running 110 I'd be in the low 11's

also let's not forget there's probably a little more in it, I had 4 runs and picked up 1mph in each of the last 3 tweaking the tune, I wasn't finished but they shut the place down.

[MaelstroM]

octane level should not matter if u dont tune for it....according to what the guy said.....it is just a safety precaution.
i guess the question to ask is if he really made no changes to the tune with the 110 octane.

[Mellon Tuning]

Originally Posted by MaelstroM

octane level should not matter if u dont tune for it....according to what the guy said.....it is just a safety precaution.
i guess the question to ask is if he really made no changes to the tune with the 110 octane.

is that right? put 110 octane in your tank and see what happens to your AFR and Timing it'll make you pig rich and your knock (if you had any) will go away and the ECU will run full timing. You'll actually go slower due to the rich AFR, it absolutely has to be tuned for to increase or even maintain your original power. *edit* I see he said he added a splash of 110 octane, what is a "splash" 1 gallon, 5 gallons ?? either way, at that point it's NOT 93 octane anymore.

running 11's on 110 octane is impressive but it's not the same as running 11's on 93 octane.