Bought a POS, this is R3Vs fault

[2mAn]

All of this is happening while Im quite a ways away from the car.


You’ll get graphs and more when I want to give them to you …

[Panici]

Sounds good! Like the bit of a rasp that just kicks in at the end of the pull. Not too crazy but still throaty.

[2mAn]

Ok, back home... but car isn't so I'm going to keep the details on the dyno hostage until I can also include a 'driving review' likely to be later in the week, than earlier. Driving up from Los Angeles to NorCal on Friday so I can also add (later) how it does on the freeway.

To distract you from that for just a moment I have been slowly trying to upgrade the factory speakers knowing that the extent of this stereo system will be the Blaupunkt Headunit, its 4 outputs and ~35W/ channel... Ok! All that to explain that my most recent side-project was to upgrade the rear premium speaker setup to this Hertz component setup. Was nearly an easy swap, but was easy enough to do while watching a World Cup game in the background.







The "prep" that JMP is doing, in addition to the dyno, was the Power steering install, but I had them go over the car to make sure I can make my "1000 mile" excursion without issue. So now this looksie- track prep includes Stainless Steel brake lines, and replacing my worn OEM engine mounts with some Condor Mounts. I was a little hesitant on the Condor mounts, but I will wait until after the excursion to decide if they are staying or not. Also having them peak at what's going on with the e-brake as of all the things... is one of the most annoying things about this car.

Stay tuned kids, I think you will like what I have been hiding from you.

[max.rodriguezzz]

Nice man. I too have been watching the world cup, at work haha

Untitled by Max Max Rodriguez, on Flickr

I like what you did with the speaker covers. I have some larger speakers in the rear, although I really want to retain the premium sound speaker covers, yet they don't fit anymore.

Enjoy the drive up north, If you manager to hit the farmland/Sacramento area near sunset it is very pretty.

Still the beans already! we wanna know what this 2.7 is up to

[2mAn]

I’m busy working too!…

Nice man. I too have been watching the world cup, at work haha

Still the beans already! we wanna know what this 2.7 is up to

[MrBurgundy]

[McGyver]

How about some details on the speaker upgrade?

I put some CHEAP RockfordFosgate speakers in my standard sound car years ago when I wasn't sure how long I'd have. It's not great and I'd love to have something clearer an louder.

[2mAn]

How about some details on the speaker upgrade?

I put some CHEAP RockfordFosgate speakers in my standard sound car years ago when I wasn't sure how long I'd have. It's not great and I'd love to have something clearer an louder.

They are a set of HERTZ DSK 130 that I found on ebay for $100. I have some Boston Acoustics 5.25" that I put up front. I also have the Premium tweeters in the mirror panel, but those aren't hooked up. I might be able to do something about that someday, but for now the goal is to get these rears wired up and working so I can have E30Bastard 's approval... and maybe he will update his own thread now that his car is out of Paint Jail after ~2 years...

[McGyver]

Do either of those speakers (Boston or Hertz) have an integrated crossover like the factory speakers? (I assume that's how it splits sound) What's that dangly box in your pictures?

[2mAn]

The Hertz has the crossover in that dangly box... the BA are just regular 5.25" though I am pretty sure i have some old crossovers and tweeters I might use down the road (probably not lol)

Specs are here

[2mAn]

Alright folks... car is done but I wont be able to pick it up until tomorrow. I figure we can discuss the numbers now and I can share the driving impressions tomorrow... with a lot more this upcoming weekend with at least 800 miles of freeway driving and and HPDE sandwiched between those 400 miles.

Without further adieu. Here are the stock 2.7i dyno results:



Overall, pretty solid and expected for a 'junkyard' motor/ combo. I definitely enjoyed this, but this all kicked off because I had reached out to JMP and a few others about building me a high compression M20. Turns out Jerick already had one ready to go that was claimed to make 'nearly 200whp' ... well, SOLD! I discussed some items I wanted and we made the plan. Bottom end is a eta with the 81mm crankshaft and some 10:1 Ross Racing pistons that were sourced from (I believe) Ireland Engineering years ago. Unknown camshaft and no real headwork. Camshaft is mild because this is a street motor he built for a client a while ago.

Here is the dyno of the '2.8i' post installation


And finally, an overlay of the two. A gain of ~45+WHP & 30+ WTRQ, and look at that torque curve. Jerick said he got it up to about 195whp, but dialed back the tune because he knows I plan to track the car and wanted to give it a safety barrier.

[MrBurgundy]

Pretty amazing results

honestly kinda hard to believe with a mostly stock head and intake lol

[Northern]

Hell yeah, that's great!

[Reichart12]

Sweet! That'll rip for sure! Finally doing big things with the M20