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6-18-2013
Yes it sure is. DMC did a killer job on it. If someone is interested give them a call. I think they have a few. As you can see it works with all the fron drive stuff and helps make the front of the engine much cleaner looking with hoses coming out one side.
7-31-2013
To be honest that is the one thing that took me the longest to make up my mind on. I looked at a lot of options but ended up with a BigStuff Setup.
The main reason is they are proven and work well. With ECU's you have a ton of options and could spend all day but in the end the BigStuff box works and is half the price of some of the other units and they all do the same thing to some extent. One key thing is the Racepak VNET cable hook-up. I spent some time talking to John on what is really needed and I ended up getting my box with the following things.
Base box with DAE & DAI for doing internal data-logging.
Can VNET for use with a Racepak
Distributor based SR2 for traction control
Internal Boost Controller
4 Bar map sensor
02 Set up
Coolant Temp
Air Temp
All in all the box should do everything needed to get it done. I chose to go with the boost control set-up built into the box since I hear great things about it. I know a ton of guys that use it and love it. So I plan on giving it a try. I also have the Racepak stuff on the car for data-logging. The other nice thing is the that between the MSD Power Grid, Racepak & Big Stuff I can put them onto the VNET hook up for logging and watch many things. It should be a nice set up.
8-14-2013
It depends on how you look at it. You loose power and you loose weight so the power loss now numbers change. At this point we are not far off where we were going by power to weight numbers. It will take about 8-10 HP more to be a number #1 bike and that is what we are shooting for. It has only been the last few races that we have ran respectable to the field et's. We have only worked on the tune up and that has made the best result. We took the same bikes and engines that we qualified 15-16 worked on the tune up and 8-10...
Just like anything it takes time to find what they like and we have started to turn that corner now. HP wouldn't have helped us before we started to find what they wanted to be tuned on. We are not to far off now and just have to keep after it. Finding HP is a full time job so it keeps everyone on their toes here at the shop. Hopefully Indy goes better since we have this month off. We will see.
9-4-2013
Progress has been getting done but I have not posted much since I was not getting the pictures of it. I would rather have the progress over the pictures but I still want to keep this thread filled with updates as often as I can but without pictures I feel it is useless.
The great news is I finally got a ton of pictures today from the work that has been done over the last few months to the car. I don't have time to post them all but I will get some up today. It really is not far off. The last thing that I know of that needs to be done is the paint work and get it together and dyno it. Only time will tell if it will make the race. Hopefully with all the time that was put into getting it to the point the reassemble should be rather direct and straightforward with no surprises. But we all know how that goes so I will not say it until I know I have it in my hands and it is done. I guess it is complete when it is complete.
Anyway last I showed pictures of the charge pipes being done inside but didn't have any front shots of the firewall area inside the car or engine compartment. Here is a few that shows what was done.
Here is the starting point on the engine or maybe I should say ending point. I'm working my way backwards on this part.
As we move inside the car
Here is what it looks like all connected together inside the car
Also getting all the brake stuff done while under the dash area
Next was to get the dash plate done and istalled
Also mounted all the electronic boxes under the dash. We are using the Speedwire System to help keep it clean and know where everything goes. We also mounted the BigStuff ECU and all the MSD Power Grid boxes under here. It will be nice to keep the floor area clean.
Final fitting and trimming of the dash to make sure it clears all the tubes and electronic parts installed under it
Moving outside to under the hood and here is how it looks coming out from the firewall to over the shock tower
Here is where it all starts. I have the Exile 106mm on it now for the fitment to start since it is legal for the NMCA stuff and then it will be easy to swap out at anytime with a 88mm or whatever size ends up on it depending on class rules that I race it in. We also went with the large Procharger BOV. They work great and are proven.
Well thanks for looking and I will get all the exhaust stuff up and some other things in the next few days. I have it so it is just a matter of finding time. Thanks EK