Archive for the ‘Fly on the wall’ Category

FOTW: Turbo Caliber

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Doing some baseline runs on the turbo Caliber. I’m impressed with the #s. We hit some high air temperatures which resulted in spark being pulled at higher RPMs. I suspect the horsepower numbers would have been slightly higher with better airflow across the intercooler.

FOTW: Bodywork

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Paint and body pro Zach Gates doing his thing.

Interesting fact, about 1500 rear wheel horsepower represented in the three cars in this picture.

Fly on the wall

Monday, August 31st, 2009

I’m starting a new type of post here on the blog – a weekly (or more often) “Fly on the Wall” post. Just a random shot from something going on at TPS. There might be some explanation on what the picture/video is, there might not be… never know what you’ll get.

This inaugural FOTW post is a quick shot from a baseline of a turbo S197 with a couple PSI over the wastegate spring pressure being controlled via an eBoost2. More PSI to come…