[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by Pussiwillow

Damnnn I installed it, I can probably squeeze my hand in there and measure the fin density

How is the car running otherwise? Did you get the Meth hooked up?

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

How is the car running otherwise? Did you get the Meth hooked up?

Car runs amazing man, iat looks good, drops good during pulls, and consistent, temps arent very high yet, I'm going to order my meth kit within a couple weeks for logging, won't be running it for octane yet, going to upgrade the turbo in the near future, when I custom tune and get fail safes in order, I'll tune for octane, I'll update this post when I do that.

So far so good tho, I'll try to get a fin measurement later, I don't drive the car much

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by Pussiwillow

Car runs amazing man, iat looks good, drops good during pulls, and consistent, temps arent very high yet, I'm going to order my meth kit within a couple weeks for logging, won't be running it for octane yet, going to upgrade the turbo in the near future, when I custom tune and get fail safes in order, I'll tune for octane, I'll update this post when I do that.

So far so good tho, I'll try to get a fin measurement later, I don't drive the car much

Post a log whenever you can so we have a good comparison of before meth and after too. Can't wait to see how this shapes up.

What map are you running?

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Post a log whenever you can so we have a good comparison of before meth and after too. Can't wait to see how this shapes up.

What map are you running?

I have logs on 91 octane mhd stage 2+ with some timing corrections, I have 2 logs on 95 octane (91 and vp octanium) with better timing than my 91 map, my plugs may be original, I'm switching them out next week and see if timing cleans up, it's just a few odd cylinders pulling timing, they correct half way through and clean up, so now I'm on the 91 map with a little octanium in to get more consistent fuel.

I'm
Excited to, I'm going with the aem kit, a lot of great reviews on it, simple and easy. I can post logs of a few runs currently if you want those.

[AmuroRay]

Hell ya man, post them up!

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Hell ya man, post them up!

I'll get them up shortly bro
Plugs have from the best of my knowledge 70k on them lol
Previous owner took care of the car pretty well but some things were left unattended, so I think that's where some of the timing issues are.
I'll update in about 15/20 min with logs

[Pussiwillow]

91 octane stage 2+

https://datazap.me/u/pussiwillow/91-...&data=3-14

95 octane stage 2+ on vp octanium mix

https://datazap.me/u/pussiwillow/95-...&data=3-14

https://datazap.me/u/pussiwillow/95-...&data=3-14

[AmuroRay]

Looks like that 95oct cleaed up the timing, but like you said, you may need to change the plugs. I also note that the IC is doing a good job of keeping temps down, but you're probably at 50F during those runs, right?

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Looks like that 95oct cleaed up the timing, but like you said, you may need to change the plugs. I also note that the IC is doing a good job of keeping temps down, but you're probably at 50F during those runs, right?

Ya the 95 map looks better than the 91 for sure, still a little wonky likely from plugs, octanium works well, good for fun runs I wouldn't run it like this a lot, just a small amount in the tank to clean up my 91 map.

Ambient was around 63* on the 95 octane map runs

[Pussiwillow]

Alright so new plugs in today, been a rough couple weeks with work etc, bit the bullet and ate dinner in the garage while I changed plugs, I'd say this is my timing issue but logs tomorrow will confirm that, definitely some worn plugs

[thejeremyman9]

They look similar to mine. Did you confirm the gap of the ones coming out vs the ones going in?

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=35

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

They look similar to mine. Did you confirm the gap of the ones coming out vs the ones going in?

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...8;postcount=35

New plugs oem replacement from fcp euro were .026 out of the box pre gapped and kept the gap exactly that, spark plugs removed were .035-.037 and electrode was visually worn pretty good

[Pussiwillow]

I did this to confirm if my timing being pulled from a few cylinders is from the plugs, maybe a few coil packs are within spec but not enough output to jump the larger gap from the worn plugs, data logging after work, car felt smoother on the way to work but didn't get on it.
I will be doing b58 coils in a few months when the kit is finally released and I will push the gap on new plugs closer to .032 and see how things look as far as timing etc

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by Pussiwillow

New plugs oem replacement from fcp euro were .026 out of the box pre gapped and kept the gap exactly that, spark plugs removed were .035-.037 and electrode was visually worn pretty good

That's pretty small, but i would have just kept it like that and unchanged as well. Did you measure with a feeler gauge or the wire-type gapping tool?

Mine coming out were about the and and looked visibly worn as yours did. 45k miles on those.

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

That's pretty small, but i would have just kept it like that and unchanged as well. Did you measure with a feeler gauge or the wire-type gapping tool?

Mine coming out were about the and and looked visibly worn as yours did. 45k miles on those.

I hopped on spool street and everyone seems to be running between .026 and .030, google searching and fcp as well, said they're pre gapped, no need to change so i just went with it. I checked with feeler gauge, not a fan of wire at all.

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by Pussiwillow

I hopped on spool street and everyone seems to be running between .026 and .030, google searching and fcp as well, said they're pre gapped, no need to change so i just went with it. I checked with feeler gauge, not a fan of wire at all.

Yeah i dont think you'll have any issues with that, and they are indeed pregapped and not supposed to be changed, but didnt the box say they are 0.032 lol? Again i dont think its a problem, but just seems yours came gapped a little smaller than average.

[Pussiwillow]

You know what I'm losing it, it was .028 I wrote it down lol.

ZR5TPP33 are what I replaced with

[Pussiwillow]

New data log, I was only able to get 1 log tonight, not many places to open up 4th gear and too many people around, ideally would like atleast 2 but too much attention anyway, compared to the others i posed in here I think they look "better" as in not as much being pulled, not ideal, bumped back to a 91 octane map and going to re log later when the weather temps come down.

https://datazap.me/u/pussiwillow/95-...&data=3-16

Pushing 80's today so iat was mid down to low 90's at end of pull, started 99* and ended around 92* about 11 degree over ambient, possible the timing can be affected by the iat temps compared to other my runs 20/30 degrees lower but I think it's a small improvement, 91 octane map with some octanium in the tank sometime this week to see more info.

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by Pussiwillow

New data log, I was only able to get 1 log tonight, not many places to open up 4th gear and too many people around, ideally would like atleast 2 but too much attention anyway, compared to the others i posed in here I think they look "better" as in not as much being pulled, not ideal, bumped back to a 91 octane map and going to re log later when the weather temps come down.

https://datazap.me/u/pussiwillow/95-...og=0&data=3-16

Pushing 80's today so iat was mid down to low 90's at end of pull, started 99* and ended around 92* about 11 degree over ambient, possible the timing can be affected by the iat temps compared to other my runs 20/30 degrees lower but I think it's a small improvement, 91 octane map with some octanium in the tank sometime this week to see more info.

Interesting that your throttle doesnt open up to 100 right away.

Yeah timing not great. I would get a fresh tank of pump gas with no additives on the 91 map and see how timing looks to make an accurate assessment of how the plugs are doing. You could also consider resetting octane adaptations and putting some miles on it after the map change since you have been running octanium.

[Pussiwillow]

Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

Interesting that your throttle doesnt open up to 100 right away.

Yeah timing not great. I would get a fresh tank of pump gas with no additives on the 91 map and see how timing looks to make an accurate assessment of how the plugs are doing. You could also consider resetting octane adaptations and putting some miles on it after the map change since you have been running octanium.

I put it back to 91 octane; I have nearly empty tank, adaptations are reset; gonna fill up later, it's just in the 90's today so I may not be logging, 91 octane logs in the past were worse looking than the 95 map with octanium, when I compare the logs the this new log across cylinders is pulling less timing overall, the iat were higher by atleast 20/30 degrees over my other pulls, I'm just gonna take it easy and supplement some octanium on 91 to keep octane up a bit for cleaning up until I can log in cooler weather or I get my meth sooner than later, I don't see a crazy amount of timing being pulled overall to worry me about detonation; no codes, but really need to clear it up

[Pussiwillow]

Bump. Putting my meth kit together as we speak, what's the favorable set up here, check valve or solenoid set up? I see mixed reviews on both set ups, I hear solenoids don't hold up, and vice versa. Anyone?

[harkes]

Originally Posted by Pussiwillow

Bump. Putting my meth kit together as we speak, what's the favorable set up here, check valve or solenoid set up? I see mixed reviews on both set ups, I hear solenoids don't hold up, and vice versa. Anyone?

I run a check valve now (had a solenoid die on me) ~40cm upstream from my nozzles. No matter check valve or solenoid they dont work for anti-siphoning. For this you need in-nozzle check valve.

Solenoid would be better for progressive control, but that doesn't matter as you want to run 100% for max atomization and even distribution. Adjust your volumen with the nozzle size - not the PWM.

What controller have you chosen?

My setup...