Took the old Girl to see TJ At Baker Engineering In Nunica MI.
Man, What a Place! The stuff they build and equipment they have totally floored me, It seemed better equipped than most NASCAR shops!
Any way The Truck really needed work, First pull was a stellar 300RWHP LOL, The knock Sensors Didnt like the blower, only 2 degrees of timing was bieng added. Also My Throttle body wasnt opening all the way only 80% , This was fixed and on to the next pull.
Second pull TJ fixed the Knock sensor problem and she came alive gaining about 175 RWHP !!!
After some more pulls and tinkering She made 483 RWHP in Second Gear UNLOCKED converter, She wouldnt lock up and was afraid of driveshaft issues in 3rd gear So She should be an honest 520+ RWHP or so.
Im Very Happy, Saw between 9-10#'s of boost with the Blower and 2.85 pulley. Sure my combo could be tweaked to get more, but im not a dyno number whore, real world power is what i want and ive got a very powerful daily driver!
This Truck Is so fun to Drive its Awesome! Just destroys the tires and Pulls great up top, TJ reccomended some 4:10's to really make her come alive earlier.
Driveability and fuel economy improved greatly also as TJ worked his magic, I got 12 .1 MPG on the way up at 85-90 MPH and got 15.6 same MPH on the way back. This thing is smooth and crisp.
Sorry for Novel but want to thank TJ at BEI for all his hard work and hospitality, he is truly a great guy with a gift for tuning.
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Man, What a Place! The stuff they build and equipment they have totally floored me, It seemed better equipped than most NASCAR shops!
Any way The Truck really needed work, First pull was a stellar 300RWHP LOL, The knock Sensors Didnt like the blower, only 2 degrees of timing was bieng added. Also My Throttle body wasnt opening all the way only 80% , This was fixed and on to the next pull.
Second pull TJ fixed the Knock sensor problem and she came alive gaining about 175 RWHP !!!
After some more pulls and tinkering She made 483 RWHP in Second Gear UNLOCKED converter, She wouldnt lock up and was afraid of driveshaft issues in 3rd gear So She should be an honest 520+ RWHP or so.
Im Very Happy, Saw between 9-10#'s of boost with the Blower and 2.85 pulley. Sure my combo could be tweaked to get more, but im not a dyno number whore, real world power is what i want and ive got a very powerful daily driver!
This Truck Is so fun to Drive its Awesome! Just destroys the tires and Pulls great up top, TJ reccomended some 4:10's to really make her come alive earlier.
Driveability and fuel economy improved greatly also as TJ worked his magic, I got 12 .1 MPG on the way up at 85-90 MPH and got 15.6 same MPH on the way back. This thing is smooth and crisp.
Sorry for Novel but want to thank TJ at BEI for all his hard work and hospitality, he is truly a great guy with a gift for tuning.
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