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While this is not Camaro specific, it is something I want to share with other motorheads. Went with my son to Ida Performance today to have his car dyno tuned. Twenty-three months ago, at the age of 19, and with no prior experience with turbocharging, he set out to do a self designed turbo set-up for my old Neon ACR. Today, the car was sucessfully dyno tuned and made 228 peak HP at 8 pounds of boost. That's 100HP over stock. The motor is designed to support up to 28 pounds of boost, but he wants to start conservatively since the car is primarily for HPDE. While I am (not too obviously) proud of his achieving such a long term goal, I'm more impressed with the skill he's shown in attempting a project that I doubt I would have considered at his age. The project involved rebuilding the entire drive train, fuel and cooling systems, as well as fabbing the turbo system along with interior/exterior mods to accomodate the gauges and intercooler.

The dyno tuning went of without a problem. Partly because he took the time to do things as properly as possible and also because of the tuning skills of Bob Ida. While it was initially stressful waiting to see how things would work, by the end of the day, watching the car perform was a pleasure.

Found out that Bob is a wizard dyno tuning and is a master with the Perfect Performance SMT6-D piggyback computer. I will be saving some money to have him tweak the tuning of my LS1. Apparently there's a good bit that can be done to improve the factory tuning- especially in the upper rpm range.

At any rate, it was a rewarding and productive day. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

A partial list of mods is as follows: 1998 Dodge Neon ACR

-Motor Mods: 2.0 sohc (Plate honed and balanced)
-Crane #12 cam (cam timing etc.)
-Reground Crank (Piston to valve: .140 intake @2.5 advance and .200 exhaust )
-JE pistons (Bore: 88.0 , Oversize: +.020, Stroke: 3.268, Rod: 5.470, C/D: 1.236, Head CC’s: 52.0, compression ratio: 8.8:1, Dome CC’s: -2.6, Gram weight: 361, Skirt Style: R)

-Eagle Rods H-beam rods
-Ferrera Valves w/crane valve springs and titanium retainers
-Melling oil pump
-Morosso aluminum deep baffled oil pan
-AEM adjustable cam gears
-Modern performance aluminum underdrive pulley
-Indy aluminum intake manifold
-Lorenzo billet aluminum fuel rail
- -6 an braided fuel line supply and return w/ Earls inline filter
-Walbro 255lph fuel pump w/ stock fpr bypassed and return line added
-adjustable fuel pressure regulator on return side w/ nos liquid filled gauge
-Dodge (srt-4) 486 injectors
-NGK copper plugs 2 steps colder (bkr7es-11)
-MSD Blaster ignition Coil
-Crane firewire 8.5 mm ignition wires
-Hahn Racecraft log style turbo manifold (ceramic coated)
-Hahn Racecraft super 16g turbo (ceramic coated)
-Personally fabricated 2.5” intercooler pipes w/ front mount intercooler w/ 4 ply silicone couplers and t bolt clamps (ceramic coated)
-Blitz Dual Drive blow off valve
-Hahn Racecraft 3” downpipe w/ v-bands (ceramic coated)
-Magnaflow 94000 series universal 3” high flow cat (ceramic coated)
-Modern Performance 3” turbo exhaust
-Be cool 3” core, dual pass 22”x13” scirocco style radiator w/ personally fabricated hoses and thermostat housing
-Zirgo radiator fan
-EGR Removed and blocked
-Quaife limited slip differential
-Clutchmasters Stage 4 (4 puck) clutch (modular)
-ACR transmission (final drive 3.94:1)
-Driveshaft Shop stage 3 axles w/ extended studs (arp)
-Deyeme Motorsports firm semi solid motor mounts
-Innovate motorsports xd-1 wideband 02 stand alone setup
-Autometer sport comp egt, oil pressure, coolant temp, and boost gauges
-Greddy Profec B spec 2 boost controller
-Greddy TT turbo timer
-SMT-6D piggyback w/ 3 bar map sensor

jensend View Member Profile	Mar 17 2006, 02:45 AM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 501 Joined: 15-February 04 Member No.: 210	While this is not Camaro specific, it is something I want to share with other motorheads. Went with my son to Ida Performance today to have his car dyno tuned. Twenty-three months ago, at the age of 19, and with no prior experience with turbocharging, he set out to do a self designed turbo set-up for my old Neon ACR. Today, the car was sucessfully dyno tuned and made 228 peak HP at 8 pounds of boost. That's 100HP over stock. The motor is designed to support up to 28 pounds of boost, but he wants to start conservatively since the car is primarily for HPDE. While I am (not too obviously) proud of his achieving such a long term goal, I'm more impressed with the skill he's shown in attempting a project that I doubt I would have considered at his age. The project involved rebuilding the entire drive train, fuel and cooling systems, as well as fabbing the turbo system along with interior/exterior mods to accomodate the gauges and intercooler. The dyno tuning went of without a problem. Partly because he took the time to do things as properly as possible and also because of the tuning skills of Bob Ida. While it was initially stressful waiting to see how things would work, by the end of the day, watching the car perform was a pleasure. Found out that Bob is a wizard dyno tuning and is a master with the Perfect Performance SMT6-D piggyback computer. I will be saving some money to have him tweak the tuning of my LS1. Apparently there's a good bit that can be done to improve the factory tuning- especially in the upper rpm range. At any rate, it was a rewarding and productive day. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) A partial list of mods is as follows: 1998 Dodge Neon ACR -Motor Mods: 2.0 sohc (Plate honed and balanced) -Crane #12 cam (cam timing etc.) -Reground Crank (Piston to valve: .140 intake @2.5 advance and .200 exhaust ) -JE pistons (Bore: 88.0 , Oversize: +.020, Stroke: 3.268, Rod: 5.470, C/D: 1.236, Head CC’s: 52.0, compression ratio: 8.8:1, Dome CC’s: -2.6, Gram weight: 361, Skirt Style: R) -Eagle Rods H-beam rods -Ferrera Valves w/crane valve springs and titanium retainers -Melling oil pump -Morosso aluminum deep baffled oil pan -AEM adjustable cam gears -Modern performance aluminum underdrive pulley -Indy aluminum intake manifold -Lorenzo billet aluminum fuel rail - -6 an braided fuel line supply and return w/ Earls inline filter -Walbro 255lph fuel pump w/ stock fpr bypassed and return line added -adjustable fuel pressure regulator on return side w/ nos liquid filled gauge -Dodge (srt-4) 486 injectors -NGK copper plugs 2 steps colder (bkr7es-11) -MSD Blaster ignition Coil -Crane firewire 8.5 mm ignition wires -Hahn Racecraft log style turbo manifold (ceramic coated) -Hahn Racecraft super 16g turbo (ceramic coated) -Personally fabricated 2.5” intercooler pipes w/ front mount intercooler w/ 4 ply silicone couplers and t bolt clamps (ceramic coated) -Blitz Dual Drive blow off valve -Hahn Racecraft 3” downpipe w/ v-bands (ceramic coated) -Magnaflow 94000 series universal 3” high flow cat (ceramic coated) -Modern Performance 3” turbo exhaust -Be cool 3” core, dual pass 22”x13” scirocco style radiator w/ personally fabricated hoses and thermostat housing -Zirgo radiator fan -EGR Removed and blocked -Quaife limited slip differential -Clutchmasters Stage 4 (4 puck) clutch (modular) -ACR transmission (final drive 3.94:1) -Driveshaft Shop stage 3 axles w/ extended studs (arp) -Deyeme Motorsports firm semi solid motor mounts -Innovate motorsports xd-1 wideband 02 stand alone setup -Autometer sport comp egt, oil pressure, coolant temp, and boost gauges -Greddy Profec B spec 2 boost controller -Greddy TT turbo timer -SMT-6D piggyback w/ 3 bar map sensor