Merry Christmas everyone the results are in ! Yes I picked the car up yesterday from Jake it spent a few weeks there for some hiccups we didn't anticipate. First off in an attempt to tone down the exhaust drone I foolishly had some resonators installed in the cat delete pipes. The person that installed them did a crappy job , they really didn't help with the drone and they were leaking and killing power . Thanks to Woody and another forum member I had another set of cat delete pipes and the u-bend pipes delivered to Jake. Exhaust now working properly and not leaking . Then we were deficient on fuel , turns out the fuel pump was going south . So a new pump was ordered/installed . Now that everything was up to snuff the dyno tuning began and the final numbers are 280 hp and 250 lb. ft. of torque at the rear wheels. She is a very healthy girl
. Jake set the rev limiter to 7800 and she pulls strongly right up to it. I was quite surprised the intake system flows as well as it does the hp does not fall off . I thought she ran good before the tuning now it is a completely different animal . The throttle response is instant and she runs perfect . And the exhaust note now has no drone at all the combination of no leaks and car chemistry baffles installed in the exhaust tips have totally eliminated any drone. Just sweet music. Jake told me ahead of time that my exhaust was going to leave hp on the table and it did, a recent engine he completed similar to mine made 307 at the wheels with the only main difference being a custom straight exhaust ( no muffler ) . I am OK with the compromise as she is somewhat of a daily driver and the wife rides along also but knowing that there is more power there to be tapped is good also
. And now my story ends I'm just going to drive her and have fun .
