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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:23 PM
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Back from the Dyno ("mystery mod")

Well,

Where do I begin....

Ok, first off, the mod on the 3.5L produced only 3-4 HP and 3-4 lbft of torque...very disappointing....this particular car had not been dyno'd before and was down on power overall (239 max peak vs 244-252 AVG) so I will be spending some time going over the recorded data (ECU parameters) to see whats up with this car. This may have skewed the gains if the car has a problem...we'll see.

Now for what most of you care about....

SFLA Type-S, the 3.2 CL-S with H/I/E produced 230.5HP @6700RPM ( no juice ) and 192lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM with a CF of 1.01 SAE and 90F/30.22HG/SL/88% RH

SFLA Type-S w/"mystery mod":

produced 240.1HP @6600RPM ( no juice )
and 203.5lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM.

Most impressive was from 3000-5000RPM, the torque was up 11-17lbft over baseline.

And for those who have to know:

The NOS shot on this car produced (w/mod installed): 282.2HP @ 6200RPM and 248.1lbft of torque (peak) @5000 RPM. This indicates a NOS jet of ~ 45-50HP shot. Bottle pressure @ test was 950 PSI (a bit low).

Note: both cars run on Amoco 93 octane

RAdams will post the Dyno's as soon as he comes to get them from me this afternoon.

J32A1 test runs begin Friday-Monday and I hope to report on Tuesday, 9/4 to the forum.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:29 PM
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:30 PM
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:34 PM
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:34 PM
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Originally posted by syncivic:
<STRONG>Well,

Where do I begin....

Ok, first off, the mod on the 3.5L produced only 3-4 HP and 3-4 lbft of torque...very disappointing....this particular car had not been dyno'd before and was down on power overall (239 max peak vs 244-252 AVG) so I will be spending some time going over the recorded data (ECU parameters) to see whats up with this car. This may have skewed the gains if the car has a problem...we'll see.

Now for what most of you care about....

SFLA Type-S, the 3.2 CL-S with H/I/E produced 230.5HP @6700RPM ( no juice ) and 192lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM with a CF of 1.01 SAE and 90F/30.22HG/SL/88% RH

SFLA Type-S w/"mystery mod":

produced 240.1HP @6600RPM ( no juice )
and 203.5lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM.

Most impressive was from 3000-5000RPM, the torque was up 11-17lbft over baseline.

And for those who have to know:

The NOS shot on this car produced (w/mod installed): 282.2HP @ 6200RPM and 248.1lbft of torque (peak) @5000 RPM. This indicates a NOS jet of ~ 45-50HP shot. Bottle pressure @ test was 950 PSI (a bit low).

Note: both cars run on Amoco 93 octane

RAdams will post the Dyno's as soon as he comes to get them from me this afternoon.

J32A1 test runs begin Friday-Monday and I hope to report on Tuesday, 9/4 to the forum.</STRONG>

SynCivic:


Thanks for the quick followup and results.. but the results look very similar to wat most CAI give also... ranted any bump in torque is great (11 Lbs !!) but its still a bit lower then original guesstimates. And the lowest gainz wuz on the 3.5?? I guess if you can fess up what the mod is some time in the future and how easy it is to install to da untrained owner.. it wuld make things mucheasier to debate and review
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:37 PM
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Impressive!

That CLS with 280HP to the wheels is a beast... puting some 365HP on the crank!

Congratualations.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:38 PM
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I wonder if there will be any tranny issues that may arise in the near future on the NOS/syncivic modded car. I hope not.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:42 PM
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I have a question..why is the HP on the baseline run at 6700 RPM's and the run with the mistry mod is at 6600 and with the NOS its at 6200??

Other than that....great job!
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:42 PM
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Originally posted by RedLineTypeS:
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SynCivic:


Thanks for the quick followup and results.. but the results look very similar to wat most CAI give also... ranted any bump in torque is great (11 Lbs !!) but its still a bit lower then original guesstimates. And the lowest gainz wuz on the 3.5?? I guess if you can fess up what the mod is some time in the future and how easy it is to install to da untrained owner.. it wuld make things mucheasier to debate and review </STRONG>

RelLine,

Wait till you see the Dynos. Do not rush your judgement.

We Only have the following Performace mods so far for the CLS.

1. CAI
2. Comptech Headers
3. Pulleys

and this mod..

Looking forward to see some dynos and buy one!
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:44 PM
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I have a question, will the CL-P/TL-P see the same gains as the CL-S/TL-S?

Some mods like Headers & CAI produce more HP in the CL-S/TL-S. Other mods like the Exhaust produce more power in the CL-P/TL-P.

Will you be selling this mod at the SEMA show? I will be there and would like to be one of the first to get this
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:45 PM
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Originally posted by syncivic:
<STRONG>SFLA Type-S, the 3.2 CL-S with H/I/E produced 230.5HP @6700RPM ( no juice ) and 192lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM with a CF of 1.01 SAE and 90F/30.22HG/SL/88% RH

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This may be a stupid question, but does temperature and humidity actually lower the power output of a car? I know cars are slower when it's hot and humid but I don't think I fully understand why. Can someone explain this?

Here we have a CL-S with I/H/E pulling 230.5 but Mike's CL-S with only I/H pulls 236.5?? I know Mike's dyno was at about 72 degrees with less humidity. Is that enough to account for the difference? Would we would expect the car in Florida to pull about 239 if the temperature was about 70 degrees??
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:47 PM
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Hmm..for $300 this is an EXCELLENT upgrade. Ic ant wait to see the low end. Count me on the list for sure. Great work Syn.

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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:50 PM
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Redline,

Are you missing something, this test car had a CAI already installed for its 230HP baseline pull...what kind of gain did you expect? At 240HP, that is ~310 @ crank from a 3.2L or 96.9HP/L normally aspirated. Is this a bad number?

The mod gained 10HP and 11lbft peak, what was expected? At times, the torque gain was more than 17lbft.

Misunderstanding or just not impressed? Let me know.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:52 PM
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KICK ASS , I might have to get NOS after seeing those numbers.

good job syn. I'll be marking off the days on my calender
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:55 PM
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Originally posted by GoldTypeS:
<STRONG>

This may be a stupid question, but does temperature and humidity actually lower the power output of a car? I know cars are slower when it's hot and humid but I don't think I fully understand why. Can someone explain this?

Here we have a CL-S with I/H/E pulling 230.5 but Mike's CL-S with only I/H pulls 236.5?? I know Mike's dyno was at about 72 degrees with less humidity. Is that enough to account for the difference? Would we would expect the car in Florida to pull about 239 if the temperature was about 70 degrees??</STRONG>
I'm just guessing but with cooler, drier air, you can pack more air into the engine for combustion. If the air is hot, then it expands. If the air is humid, then there is more water molecules taking up precious space for air.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 02:56 PM
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I like this mod a lot!

Hopefully, it would be a great with little or no side effects.

Good Luck Doug with your new mod.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:05 PM
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Originally posted by GoldTypeS:
<STRONG>

This may be a stupid question, but does temperature and humidity actually lower the power output of a car? I know cars are slower when it's hot and humid but I don't think I fully understand why. Can someone explain this?

Here we have a CL-S with I/H/E pulling 230.5 but Mike's CL-S with only I/H pulls 236.5?? I know Mike's dyno was at about 72 degrees with less humidity. Is that enough to account for the difference? Would we would expect the car in Florida to pull about 239 if the temperature was about 70 degrees??</STRONG>
"Compressing air raises its temperature. However, you would like to have the coolest air possible in the cylinder because the hotter the air is, the less it will expand when combustion takes place. Therefore, many turbo charged and super charged cars have an intercooler. An intercooler is a special radiator through which the compressed air passes to cool it off before it enters the cylinder".

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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:24 PM
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are you plannning on doing any tests w/ the j30 motors?
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:24 PM
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Originally posted by syncivic:
<STRONG>Redline,

Are you missing something, this test car had a CAI already installed for its 230HP baseline pull...what kind of gain did you expect? At 240HP, that is ~310 @ crank from a 3.2L or 96.9HP/L normally aspirated. Is this a bad number?

The mod gained 10HP and 11lbft peak, what was expected? At times, the torque gain was more than 17lbft.

Misunderstanding or just not impressed? Let me know.</STRONG>
Misunderstanding !! lol Im not flaming you at all ! I was one of thge many defending you throughout here I was curious that the 3.2 with I/H/E vs 3.5 I/H that the delta peak and avg gain were very diff. and both wre off from your originle #'s .. that was all for $300 ~10 Hp & ~11LB is $30HP/LB not bad at all ! .... just was confused why the gains were so diff... not knowing what the mod is makes it hard to understand the differnece in gain between 3.2 and 3.5 .... Not flaming just wondering
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:27 PM
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No gains on the low end???
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:30 PM
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Syncivic,
Should a person without headers and pulleys expect similar results? Cause I only have a CAI and if the results do not vary drastically then I'm definitely going to get this "mystery mod". Please let me know, thank you!!
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:35 PM
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This really looks like a great mod, I look forward to it coming out. Wonder where I could get it installed? Does anyone know how open Nally Acura here in Atl is to fixing up cars?
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:35 PM
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Originally posted by syncivic:
<STRONG>SFLA Type-S, the 3.2 CL-S with H/I/E produced 230.5HP @6700RPM ( no juice ) and 192lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM with a CF of 1.01 SAE and 90F/30.22HG/SL/88% RH

SFLA Type-S w/"mystery mod":

produced 240.1HP @6600RPM ( no juice )
and 203.5lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM.

Most impressive was from 3000-5000RPM, the torque was up 11-17lbft over baseline.

</STRONG>
notice the baseline is very near mikes excelent dyno...6 hp less and 6 lbs/ft less...most ,if not all could be explained away by dyno variances...but probably some to do with the ungodly temps we've been having...and humidity too...anyway i want one when will you start taking orders???
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:50 PM
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Originally posted by syncivic:
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SFLA Type-S, the 3.2 CL-S with H/I/E produced 230.5HP @6700RPM ( no juice ) and 192lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM with a CF of 1.01 SAE and 90F/30.22HG/SL/88% RH

SFLA Type-S w/"mystery mod":

produced 240.1HP @6600RPM ( no juice )
and 203.5lbft (peak) of torque @5900RPM.

Most impressive was from 3000-5000RPM, the torque was up 11-17lbft over baseline.

</STRONG>
Am I reading this correctly? The car without the H/I/E produces more horsepower at the wheel?

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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:52 PM
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Originally posted by Squishy:
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Am I reading this correctly? The car without the H/I/E produces more horsepower at the wheel?

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You are reading that wrong. The mod is attached to SFLA's car which has H/I/E. I doubt they would have pulled the mdos offf to do the test. I'm assumiong it's Mystery mod + H/I/E
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:54 PM
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Originally posted by Squishy:
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Am I reading this correctly? The car without the H/I/E produces more horsepower at the wheel?

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yes i think you're reading it incorrectly...SFLA type-S is a mamber he has a cl-S it has I/H/E...those two just compare w/wo mystery mod
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:56 PM
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Originally posted by syncivic:
<STRONG> the mod on the 3.5L produced only 3-4 HP and 3-4 lbft of torque...very disappointing....this particular car had not been dyno'd before and was down on power overall (239 max peak vs 244-252 AVG) so I will be spending some time going over the recorded data (ECU parameters) to see whats up with this car. This may have skewed the gains if the car has a problem...we'll see.

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doug ...did you check the accuator???
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 03:57 PM
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Originally posted by Squishy:
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Am I reading this correctly? The car without the H/I/E produces more horsepower at the wheel?

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I think he just forgot to write I/H/E on the second one.

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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 04:44 PM
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Woot woot! Thanks for the quick response Doug!

Now how about them dyno's!

P.S. I had my car dyno'd on a hot day when it was 94F with near 100% humidity. When I tried comparing my dyno run to a previous run when the temp was in the 70's, the DynoJet software popped up a big warning that the temperature difference b/w the two runs was extreme and that the runs should not be compared. Even with the SAE correction, it showed a pretty hefty loss of power on the hot day. Probably around 6-7hp.
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 04:59 PM
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Originally posted by CLS16:
<STRONG>Syncivic,
Should a person without headers and pulleys expect similar results? Cause I only have a CAI and if the results do not vary drastically then I'm definitely going to get this "mystery mod". Please let me know, thank you!!</STRONG>
i have the same question.

I only have the CAI...how much gains am i gonna see?
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 05:08 PM
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Originally posted by amirsafdari:
<STRONG>i have the same question.

I only have the CAI...how much gains am i gonna see?</STRONG>
Yea same question here as well.

You need to DYNO a normal human beings car. :p
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 05:20 PM
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Originally posted by HebrewNational:
<STRONG>This really looks like a great mod, I look forward to it coming out. Wonder where I could get it installed? Does anyone know how open Nally Acura here in Atl is to fixing up cars?</STRONG>
I was at Nalley yesterday for oil change...
I dont know how open they'd be to install this mystery mod. But they did install Comptech springs and sway bars for me... you know how they have a "deal" with each other.
i guess you can call one of their service managers and find out 7704224441 (still remember the number, just called yesterday )
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 05:21 PM
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Originally posted by soopa:
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Yea same question here as well.

You need to DYNO a normal human beings car. :p</STRONG>
same question here
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 05:27 PM
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You need to DYNO a normal human beings car.
Hey SOOPA,

I am a normal human being!

Seriously,
I think the mod will give better results on a lightly modded car as opposed to a car with I/H/E (don't quote me). I will check with Syncivic to be sure.

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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 05:51 PM
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I will be seeing you at SEMA, can I place my order then? Also, what booth will you be with?

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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 06:11 PM
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Guys, the dyno posted by RAdams a few days ago was a bone stock 02 TL-S with 170 miles on the clock. The graph shows stock, w/mod, w/mod and CAI. Go back and look at the posting then comment on the "stock" improvement. I think you will be happy.

I hope the J32A1 holds similar promise, we are on pins and needles over this one (much larger market to sell to)
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 06:31 PM
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Originally posted by syncivic:
<STRONG>Guys, the dyno posted by RAdams a few days ago was a bone stock 02 TL-S with 170 miles on the clock. The graph shows stock, w/mod, w/mod and CAI. Go back and look at the posting then comment on the "stock" improvement. I think you will be happy.

I hope the J32A1 holds similar promise, we are on pins and needles over this one (much larger market to sell to)</STRONG>
Anyone have a link to this post or dyno?
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 06:33 PM
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 06:37 PM
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Old Aug 29, 2001 | 06:45 PM
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Are there any dynos for the Stage 2 3.5L upgrade.. the one that gives 20 more to the Stage 1 3.5L upgrade?
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