MazdaManiac dyno tuning in GTA - Spring/Summer 2010
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Considering Wolf has the experience we could find out the good/bad of last year.
Like the dyno time like he mentionned.
When would this possibly go down? June?
I say june b/c I am tapped for loot until then lol (buying a new 8, building race header, advans + tires, and my austin project, fd subframes build into a rolling chassis)
After that would be fine. I'd like to get it tuned for some lapping days.
Like the dyno time like he mentionned.
When would this possibly go down? June?
I say june b/c I am tapped for loot until then lol (buying a new 8, building race header, advans + tires, and my austin project, fd subframes build into a rolling chassis)
After that would be fine. I'd like to get it tuned for some lapping days.
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Considering Wolf has the experience we could find out the good/bad of last year.
Like the dyno time like he mentionned.
When would this possibly go down? June?
I say june b/c I am tapped for loot until then lol (buying a new 8, building race header, advans + tires, and my austin project, fd subframes build into a rolling chassis)
After that would be fine. I'd like to get it tuned for some lapping days.
Like the dyno time like he mentionned.
When would this possibly go down? June?
I say june b/c I am tapped for loot until then lol (buying a new 8, building race header, advans + tires, and my austin project, fd subframes build into a rolling chassis)
After that would be fine. I'd like to get it tuned for some lapping days.
- people were great to deal with and pretty reasonable
- location was good, lots of parking
- dyno worked well and they had a backup dyno in case anything went wrong
- it was a blast.
NOT SO GOOD:
- dyno time was insufficient. plan 1hr N/A and 2hr turbo, considering setup and takedown.
- make ppl pay dyno operators directly. collecting USD for Jeff and CAD for dyno is a pain in the ***.
- Paypal fees are a bitch. Accept balance transfers in USD only, or use personal transfers and sender pays fees.
- planning it early means many people flake or can't commit. we didn't fill our slots until a few weeks before. on the other hand, Jeff needs notice. Finding the balance is hard and you will likely assume some risk.
- I think Scott and Jeff were there until like 2-3am? Dyno op started at 10am, that was too late for this many cars. Should start at 7 or 8 at the latest.
If I participate this year it wouldn't be until late July at the earliest. It will probably be next year for me though. But I might come down and say hi.
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Organizing these events can be very time consuming and as wolf mentioned, there is the fine balancing act between planning too early and not giving enough notice.
One thing I have done the past two years with the SoCal event is to make the tuning fees non-redundable.
Its a necessary evil in planning these in case someone drops out late in the game and no one can fill the slot in time.
These dyno days have a fixed cost associated with them so if a spot isn't filled, it drives up the price for everyone else involved.
+1 on paying the dyno operator separately .
One thing I have done the past two years with the SoCal event is to make the tuning fees non-redundable.
Its a necessary evil in planning these in case someone drops out late in the game and no one can fill the slot in time.
These dyno days have a fixed cost associated with them so if a spot isn't filled, it drives up the price for everyone else involved.
+1 on paying the dyno operator separately .
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thewulf did an amazing job last year, he has pointed out the hardships that he learned, from that list it seems the adjustments would be made somewhat easily because they would be effective immediately.
and yeah, it was crazy late last year. I said good night to Jeff, got off the elevator, looked at my watch and was like, 3:30wtf? That would hopefully be changed.
Like I said, I would like to be part of another MM Dyno/tune in Toronto.
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I'll even go first, so no worries of me trying to cut in line. lol
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Also, I'm not just going to grab a kit and bolt it on -- I have something very specific in mind that I want and it might be an issue of sourcing all the parts or falling over to S/C if the kit I want to build is going to be too much of a headache.
If there's nothing organized by that time and I'm ready to go ahead with it, then I don't mind organizing it again, but if you guys are really motivated to do it, then I recommend someone else does. I'll help out where I can.
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You guys wanna see how to run a dyno day event .... .
Check out the boyz from SoCal .......
Looks like a f'n riot!!!!
https://www.rx8club.com/west-rx-8-forum-34/ultimate-socal-dyno-tuning-event-2011-a-209016/
Check out the boyz from SoCal .......
Looks like a f'n riot!!!!
https://www.rx8club.com/west-rx-8-forum-34/ultimate-socal-dyno-tuning-event-2011-a-209016/
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thanks wcs, this will be our 4th or 5th year doing it and this thing gets better and BETTER every year.
about to load up the car and we should be LIVE in a few hours.
here's the thread for the live webcast: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/live-webcast-socal-ultimate-dyno-meet-feb-26th-27th-212337/
about to load up the car and we should be LIVE in a few hours.
here's the thread for the live webcast: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/live-webcast-socal-ultimate-dyno-meet-feb-26th-27th-212337/
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You guys wanna see how to run a dyno day event .... .
Check out the boyz from SoCal .......
Looks like a f'n riot!!!!
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=209016
Check out the boyz from SoCal .......
Looks like a f'n riot!!!!
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=209016
Oh, and we had beer, so we win
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wulf: we haz beer, liquor, and GT5 in the lobby