Well Hyde's winter engine work has come to an end.
Let me first say, that things just happen in life and sometimes they are beyond our control. They are usually unexpected and often emotional.
The last 3 weeks have been incredibly hard for me. I have a lot going on in my life and I was not expecting Hyde to need my attention. With all of the problems we have had in the last 3 weeks, real and not so real, it truly seemed like the end of Hyde's engine.
In the past, I have had board members come to my rescue at the local level and even the regional level. This week I saw this board moved on a national level.
I am so unbelievable touched by how much everyone came to offer help and support.
I want to publicly thank:
Bryan "NoShoes Moore for his determiniation, focus and persistance.
Even more difficult than dealing with Hyde in the last 3 weeks, Bryan had to deal with me. I assure you I am much more challenging than Hyde was and Hyde was impossbile. I would have walked out on me many times and I know Bryan was tempted, but he stuck to it. Bryan is part machine, part human and he is 100% passion when it comes to the MR2.
I would also like to thank RickyB (didn't get the wire today, but I really aprpeciate the effort). I would also like to thank ChrisK, Scott Barton, Fabio Vlacci, Dennis Rothmel Senior and absolutely everyone else NoShoes has been on the phone with the last few weeks exchanging ideas. I would also like to thank April for being so patient with NoShoes being gone.
Once again, Hyde proves to be a community car.
I'm sorry if I missed anyone by name, you all know who you are.
Without further ado ...
Over the past 3 months all of this was added to Hyde:
Hydra Nemesis EMS with wideband O2 and launch control
ATS Adjustable Cam gears
HKS 272 intake cam & HKS 264 Exhaust cam
Wolfkatz Fuel Rail
GT35r BB turbo:
Blitz 850 CC injectors
New Spec Stage 3 pressure plate and Stage 5 Disc (Thanks Mister3!)
Resurfaced OEM flywheel
Kirkasaurus front and back motor mount inserts
And of course,
NoShoes tuning.
We finished dyno tuning an hour ago and although the results are wonderful, Hyde's tendency to overheat seems to be increasing in frequency. For those of you that do not know, I have been having intermittent overheating issues with Hyde since Novemebr of 2003 when I ran my first 11 sec pass. I actually did that run while overheating with the low oil light on
All I am going to say,
is keep your ignition compenents fresh.
This is the FIRST winter that I did not buy new Toyota wires ... didn't bother since I had less than 5000 miles on last years set. 5000 hard miles of a failing MSD ignition box firing at them .... lesson learned. Hyde is now on a 100% stock ignition.
The Blitz DSBC has 4 options to dial in boost. We set them up and tuned them at: 12 psi
(291 rwhp), 15 psi
(323 rwhp), 17 psi
(354 rwhp) and 20 psi
(377 rwhp).
Dyno Graph: 20 psi from the summer VERSUS 20 psi today.
Since I am definitely pushing the envelope on my engine, I accepted reality and bought a tow vehicle and trailer. I do not have a pic of the trailer, but I bought it from PDoane on the board if you ever saw his.
http://www.jekylhyderacing.com/images/sub2.jpg
I also got crew shirts since I have a few regional MR2ers that are going to help me out at the track.
The shirts came from board member, Rickman, http://www.spazchicken.com
Thank you MR2 Community
