Introducing WARHORSE: Dark Horse build

[RLE55]

oOooO Thanks for this. I will freely admit I am newish to the road course world; this info is greatly appreciated.

WARNING! Road Racing can be addictive......better yet.....will be addictive.
In NASA, the HPDE levels (1-4) are very educational and hands-on, teaching basics up to advanced criteria, always preparing you for the next level. From there....it gets better by moving into Time Trials or even Race classes.
Back in 2008 I participated in my first road race event at Waterford Hills in MI part of a Roush Owners weekend Get-Together. In 2009 I joined NASA and spent 12 years with them. Pic on top was my car brand new in 2007, pic on bottom was what it became by 2012.

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[Ninjak]

So, some updates to my build.

1. Upgraded to a stage 2 Whipple. 112mm TB and a 3.75 pulley.
2. Installed Kooks 1-7/8 Long Tube Headers, with the performance 3' connection pipes, along with a Corsa resonated double H pipe.
3. Installed billet OPG/CSS
4. Tuned by Shoemaker Performance.

In hindsight, I probably could have stayed at stage 1 with the custom tune and headers. I may be making more power than is necessary for track applications. I have considered getting a 4.0 pulley and pulley down for track days. In a recent autocross, the car handled very well, but adjusting to the power was a bit challenging.

Currently, it is super hot, so not a lot of events are happening. This does give me time to adjust and learn the car better at this new power level. I will say it's a blast, and a bit scary....

For now, I have pretty much finished with performance modifications. These last mods will help keep the engine operating safely. Time to drive Looking forward to really letting her go wild. It's going to be fun.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

2. Installed Kooks 1-7/8 Long Tube Headers, with the performance 3' connection pipes, along with a Corsa resonated double H pipe.

What did you do about the check engine light for cats?

In hindsight, I probably could have stayed at stage 1 with the custom tune and headers. I may be making more power than is necessary for track applications. I have considered getting a 4.0 pulley and pulley down for track days. In a recent autocross, the car handled very well, but adjusting to the power was a bit challenging.

Currently, it is super hot, so not a lot of events are happening. This does give me time to adjust and learn the car better at this new power level. I will say it's a blast, and a bit scary....

Take a look at the SmoothBoost Controller. It has the ability to leave the current pulley size but bleed off boost, which reduces your power and reduces the IAT due to less compression of the air, in addition to lower engine operating temperatures (an engine producing 750 horsepower produces significantly less heat than an engine producing 900 horsepower).

Another benefit it that it ditches the vacuum controller and replaces it with an electronic controller that is tied to your right foot position on the accelerator pedal. This gets rid of the sudden surge of boost when vacuum disappears and puts you in control of the boost level. If you want sudden boost, you just push the accelerator pedal to the floor. If you want less boost, e.g., exiting a low speed turn, rolling onto the throttle, you use part throttle on the track, anyway, until you get to the straight, and this keeps the boost from coming on all at once.



There are all kinds of reviews and videos of it out there, but this one explains the basics.

 

[Ninjak]

@Junkyard Dog :I have not finished the install; my tuner is telling me not to worry about it.
We have no inspections here, so if it is an issue, I will use the defouler, or whatever that device is called, to stop the code.

That is an interesting device. My tuner was saying something like this could be done. I will have to look into it. Thanks.

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