Nice. Last night, I met up with Nolan. I got introduced to Nolan through
my engine builder. Nolan is an EFI guru, burns his own chips for Cyclones
and Typhoons. Has his own wideband ("yeah, I have one in my wife's truck,
and one in mine").

He came by, checked out the car, and then we just drove. Unfortunately, his own wideband wasn't available just yet, he's building another one with a stand alone display, but his input was amazing. The guy knows his stuff but good, I am very fortunate to have his expertise.

The car ran nicely, but Nolan's input was critical for he spotted some
issues in my timing map. There was a big jump which I think was attributed
to a typing error in Roger Bell's ignition map. Then Nolan also saw that my load based ignition map was wonky. Turns out I put advance where there should have been retard, and vice versa! Nuts.

So, I have the go-ahead from Nolan to drive the car, to break it in. Good
to go, not too rich (ie. eye watering rich). Not going to be bagging it,
but still slightly aggressive in the break in process.

Next step - play with the cold start to get it nice, likely needs more
fuel. After that, once the motor's broken in, get the wideband on, and
then WOT runs.

Oh, and I put my S&R skidplate on the car too, along with the 16"
Griffin cross spoke wheels with winter rubber...

I think the S&R skidplate was designed for 900s with 5 speeds and 99s with 4 speeds, coz with the 4 speed in my SPG, the oil drain plug hole in the plate is slightly off. Not a big deal, nothing my dremel won't fix. I think I will post a picture of the car with the cross spokes soon too. Unfortunately, I lost one of the centre caps, so I'm running everything open lug at the moment. Duh.



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• SAABOTR tuning, Vince T, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:28:55 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Why don't you use those Griffins as your regular set..., Taylor, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 02:44:58
    • "Saab is not Saab without triple spokes" :) n/m, Vince T, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:06:46
      • Well said Vince! n/m, Mike, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:38:22
      • I don't feel the wheels make it a saab..., GM, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:02:28
        • Awesome rims, what are they called?, AdamB , Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:12:16
          • Re: Awesome rims, what are they called?, GM, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:59:51
            • I just checked out their website..., AdamB , Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:32:04
        • Re: I don't feel the wheels make it a saab..., John delRosario, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:23:20
          • photo of Johnny delRosarios wheels, Jon , Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:45:58
          • Oops....Photo..of TSW's, John delRosario, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:30:02
            • Re: Oops....Photo..of TSW's one more time., John delRosario, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:33:52
        • Re: I don't feel the wheels make it a saab..., Vince T, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:38:45
          • Re: 3 spokes, Eric van Spelde, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 01:28:19
            • Re: 3 spokes, Vince T, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:00:46
              • Re: 3 spokes, GM, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 12:18:21
      • Ok ok, ya got me there. Good point, good choice ( : nm, Taylor, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:43:48
    • Re: Why don't you use those Griffins as your regular se, Simon S, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 13:23:55
  • here's a pic.., Vince T, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:52:02
    • and another..., Vince T, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:26:27
      • Why not Nokian's at that price ? n/m, Trev, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 21:33:57
        • they arent that great on pavement, nickR, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 02:19:20
          • Re: they arent that great on pavement, Vince T, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:06:03
            • Re: they arent that great on pavement, Gordon , Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:21:17
            • Not exactly..., Jeff Cunningham, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:40:15
              • Re: Not exactly..., Vince T, Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:56:19
            • I wasn't thinking Hakka1/Q's .. but NRW or WR's, Trev, Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:09:38
    • Re: here's a pic.., Simon S, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:44:25
      • Re: here's a pic.., Vince T, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:13:47
  • Re: S&R plate..., Simon S, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:52:09
    • Re: S&R plate..., Vince T, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:58:22
      • Re: S&R plate..., GM, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:45:01
        • S&R plate is OEM sport and rally plate..., Ian Whelan - MrFusion, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:51:43
          • Re: S&R plate is OEM sport and rally plate..., Simon S, Sat, 16 Nov 2002 17:27:44

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