Belgarams Progress Report

Update as requested:
Have been waiting to get it on the Dyno, but we have run into the busy season for my tuners shop and dyno. It's tough to coordinate a time when we are both available. That said, things have been good so far (knock on wood). There is a definite increase in HP. and at 30 MPH in 2nd gear if I step on it, I WILL throw you back in your seat. From a dig is still a dog. The lag is better, but no where what I'd like. The nature of the CVT unfortunately. I have noticed that humidity is ALOT more influential than before. I am tuned at 89 octane. If they had 91 here I would get that, but it's 87, 89, 93. I have tried and failed miserably at recording a 0-60 video for yas. The one time I actually got a good time, (not screwing up with trying to record, shift, focus on the road and keep the camera on the speedometer) I actually never hit record... FML... I'm going to have my tuner run my car while I record it one of these days. He always seems to get much better launches than me anyway. I have still been researching cams (the only thing we haven't done yet) and am learning that stock Evo X 248 cams are the way to go. Alot less agressive than the 272's I was looking at originally.

I had a few little street races in a controlled area since getting it done and 1 thing I have noticed is how bad the CVT really hinders this car. Example. I raced a Civic Si that had some stuff done and from a stop he beat me by less than a car length. We went from a 30mph roll, I was in 2nd, floored it and blew him away by over a car and a half. So my achilles heel is by far from a stop. Hopefully with some more fine tuning, we can lessen it a little more.

All in all tho, the car is a TON more fun to drive and the gains are VERY noticable. I will get the hard numbers posted as soon as I can.

OH!! I did forget 1 minor thing... Some how, I don't know when, or how or where it happened, but I ended up with a baseball sized dent above the rear driver side door between the roof and the door on that little strip. And it chipped some paint. I almost cried when I saw it. I swear no matter how hard you try to keep something nice, something happens to screw it up.

 

Thank you
It is carbon fiber wrap. I had some left over from doing the front. So I put a small square over the emblem, then cut it out with an exacto knive. Then tucked it in with a plastic scraper. It turned out perfect.