while viewership may be down on tech videos, your true followers appreciate them very much. Your knowledge is second to none, and to be able to get it for free on youtube is a blessing. I've purchased one of your shirts in hopes that it entices you to keep doing this. Thank you
If you’re worried about scaring off mass viewers with tech stuff, please make another channel. A whole bunch of us in here just to see how you do things, and catch bits of knowledge as we can. Videos like this one that’s chalked full of just knowledge is a huge blessing. I for one would watch every tech video you post. Likely multiple times. Keep it up man!
I think he won't scare off regular viewers. After all this is pretty much a tech channel, if he's machining or explaining probably doesn't matter that much to us. The only difference is that the explanation videos lack sick time lapse music 🤘 Overall views mainly depend on the title and thumbnail of the video. That's what get's random viewers, which in turn exites the algorithm which in turn gives you more random viewers again and so on...
Im the oddball that doesn't need fireworks celebrities and special effects. Please continue the tech tips and data deep dives. They are my favorite. An actual racer with a turbo car
Watch every video you put out, and I have no ability to use any of the info. I just resonate with your humor, music, craftsmanship, and sensibilities 👍👊🇺🇸🤘
Your tech vids are the only reason I watch. There's tons of guys that produce "car entertainment" videos. There's VERY few that make actually useful content. And even fewer guys are competent or successful enough to warrant My attention. Those (like You Pete) are the voices a lot of us seek out..
I like the Tech videos. But thats just what I think. I've always wondered how much faster Buddy Ingersoll's Buick Regal could have been with today's Turbo engine management. Good stuff my friend. Like button energized.
As the son of an engineer who works in IT professionally, I really enjoy the technical videos. I turbocharged my first car in 1985 having no idea what I was doing. A 1978 BMW 320i with a kit that I bought out of a back of a magazine. If I had nearly immediately crashed the car, the kit probably would have destroyed the motor in short order, but it worked real well for a little while until I hit a dirt bank about 80 miles an hour.
I might not be the norm but I like tech videos and learning. I won't watch certain RU-vidr because all they seem to do it want to break or ruin things most people would love to have
Rule #1 - Only take advice from people that have done/learnt & have proven results from their years of hard work. Well done. Your videos like these are far ahead of most the stuff you see on RU-vid.
Love the videos! Wish i could afford a shirt! Maybe after i find someone to run an exhaust off my turbo to the rear...on a 4th gen, 4"! Any input or advice, aside from I'm an idiot with a streetcar that is over built..?lol 11.5:1 408, fis 91/102, TH400, CircleD converter, fab 9...
Go to a College or a School of Course’s that you can negotiate a bit of bargaining with. They help you with the Imaging & Display aspects… Tech the tech segment…. You can fix anything they got that’s broken. As, “Your Real Good At Fixin’ Stuff”
Interesting stuff.... Would being able to get an air density number in the intake be a better indicator of power developed before launching than using intake pressure with fuel flow being a backup? I'm guessing manifold air temp has a big part in how much hp is being developed. I learned of manifold air density watching Gale Banks channel where he's working with diesel engines.
I learned everything you are talking about here back in 1996 when I bought my Buick Grand National T-Type. On street tires I could launch at 5 psi, around 3000 rpm. Go over that, I would blow my tires off and I would be throttling for a quarter mile doing the G-Body shuffle! 😅
The idiosyncrasies of turbos can definitely be complicating. With big changes in DA you can't even get up on the 2-step like what I saw with Garrett at Bandimere. Depending on your launch RPM you can have a similar issue. Cool to see this in detail. Thankfully it is a lot easier to figure out these days for the most part.
I remember when we worked with one of the 1st haltechs in the late 80s, haltech f3, had a radio shack laptop, and the screen was just a bar graph and did fuel only, locked out the distributor at 28 degrees and that was it. The basic components of the turbo system havent changed just now we have a sensor for everything, need one to weigh the driver also. Lol. But what you are saying makes so much sense, the consistency of starting line launch. Before transbrake and your right foot, now 2 step, co2 controls, ignition timing, and boost ramp.
I love listening to you and learning, for a novice tuner it is awesome. Please continue tech videos! I would like to see part 2 on the different ways to spool on the chip! Thanks
I'm mainly watch you and Steve Moore's to learn things you guys don't hide when stuff breaks you guys find out how it breaks and that's more interesting and that way you learn what not to do it's hard for some people to say they don't know what the hell they're doing and there might be somebody out there smarter than them might not be there smarter than them but they broke a lot of stuff and now know not what to do😊
Excellent video Pete! I think I'll be driving Vader soon, I think the owner is going to get in touch with you about coming to DFW for the first round of testing with it.
Mr. Harrell and Mr. Newbern may be the Same person? Jk. Similar accent…… Mr. Harrell - May God Bless you and your family with peace , wellness and healing. Will say a prayer for your continued success.
The main thing on your videos you need to change is the End don't end so negatively we care or wouldn't be supporting and sharing your content on 10 SM sites.. God bless you and your family in the coming battles ! Thanks for what you do.. THERE IS QUITE ENOUGH NEGATIVITY IN TODAY'S WORLD! INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO STUFF INSTEAD..
Keep the tech video's coming. Maybe the reason viewers are down on this stuff is the lack of intermediate music. Anybody who complains about the music is NOT Real Good at Doin' Stuff!
Yo!!!!! Love the channel, ill buy what I can. Seems like Supercharged cars are more consistent. Oh, and I really need a short block , LSA motor, looking for a 408, seen you didn't have anything listed on the website, just services, spun the mains, rods, and wiped out the cam, damn stock intercooler with 18 psi.
No kidding. How in the world can you practice your launch if you have 600HP on one run and 750HP the next? That just a few pounds difference on a 500HP NA motor. Consistency and predictably are key.
Can you recommend any books for learning about cam timing? I'm working on learning to tune, and really jumped in the deep end with variable exhaust and intake cams... Thanks! I've really enjoyed your videos.
This is incredibly interesting, this is the kind of quality information explained in an intelligent way that I’ve been looking for forever. No body puts in the effort to talk about the nitty gritty. I love it
Thanks buddy! Great information Pete Im not sure why anyone would miss a chance to listen to tuning tips from a successful tuner. Sounds like a dumb idea. If a stock market magician walks up and says “this is how I pick my stocks” you’d better be listening. I already know you know what you’re talking about, so “I’m listening!” Great show! Thanks
I support the tech videos, please keep them coming! Total views might be lower, but those of us that are into the tech REALLY appreciate you taking the time.
Probably a dumb question but why does nobody tune for MAP? Everyone seems to tune for target boost pressure which would result in power varying with DA from day to day. If you were tuning for a target MAP the power would be more consistent day to day. The dome pressure would not, though. I’m a pilot not a drag racer, hence the lack of understanding of drag racing, but it seems like it could be worth the effort. Feel free to tell me exactly why I’m wrong since I clearly can’t figure it out on my own! LOL
Do you have any experience with external fuel pump suction line size vs flow? I have a 1/2" line from the tank to the pump but I don't think it flows enough.
Great amount of knowledge & we appreciate that from someone who knows what they're talking about not just feeding us a bunch of BS, thanks enjoy all your videos 👍
Echoing and encouraging all of the positive statements. Your statement about the science or technical videos do not receive the views is not only true it says everything about society. Folks do not participate in their local government. Their children's lives and so on and so forth. Then they have the gaul to question how things went bad. Because they didn't put forth the effort! I get it. Folks don't want to think. They want easy to comprehend. I don't watch dyno pulls. Most machining videos. Shananagins or the like. Cleetus/Garret has built a great brand by tailoring his product to that crowd. Good for him for recognizing that market. I seldom watch that channel. I find myself fast forwarding through his presentations. I will subscribe. Probably get some merch as well. Thanks for your honesty and my edification.
I want a blown SBC with a clutch like in mad max, twin carbed. NO PUTER to mess with and sensors to fail, no injectors to fail and torch the motor. EGT and a AFR meter. simple shit. Time it by the PLUG readings and jet the carbs progressive for the rpm boost . ya know the drill. Old school stuff. dependable and reliable..
Super charged is more ‘fixed’ and turbocharger is more fluid. Turbocharger consistency seems hard to nail for some. Turbo are dependent on load it seems. How does the converter flash play into this? Boost spike?
First, I don’t know shit bout turbo systems. Think doing a series on turbo related tuning is a great thing. Also think doing a full explanation with schematics, definitions, and explanations of function and interactions of components, would take your lessons over the top. Getting everyone on the same sheet,as to what’s happening and not happening, to connect / manage the abstract of the two sides of the turbo, would take out much of the unintended shittalking, and circular arguments, in the conversation. As always, great stuff Pete…
I Could definitely see where shaft speed and boost pressure in a log would be very beneficial, especially if you have barometric pressure, temp and humidity data with it. Talk about building a tune table for just about any condition! No more guesses on tune up after you have enough data. There's probably an easier way of doing this though....
Tech is boring to most people. That’s why almost any ninny can get a car to run 8-9s. They assume throwing more money will get them 7s and 6s. Money helps but good info and testing is the difference.
Thanks for this. It appears that the difficulties are manifested through the use of poppet valve for boost control.... its really no different than controlling any turbine device. Precision and efficiency is what is necessary. Aren't there any boost control designs other than a poppet valve? Well Done.
Very cool information. I don't necessarily agree of tec stuff not being viewed as popular subject. I think for people like me. It scares them so they tend to not watch also not willing to learn . I'm my case . I'm stubborn as F . I'll probably watch this. Fragmented many many time to try to understand . Lol Sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't. Lol
Hey Pete, awesome tech stuff! I have been considering moving away from dome controlled wastegates and trying out electronically controlled gates. Are they effective and reliable?
I appreciate this type of video, but can I request going to a light background on the data? Really struggling to see the lines against that black background.
So is the sensor acting like a gate to relieve pressure to your set PSI tell you launch, than it would ramp to gate pressure and than you would add CO2 pressure to increase boost beyond gate pressure?
Some of us watch your tech videos to learn. Keep them coming. Would you talk about the differences regarding turbo/tuning for boat/road racing as well? Some of us use them for that and not as much information is out there.
Fantastic video as usual Pete. Would be awesome if you could do a vid outlining the importance of manifold design in controlling boost. Its all too common to see someone struggling with boost creep because they've just slapped a gate on the side of a manifold with no thought about prioritizing exhaust flow to the gate
So here is something most people don't get about turbocharging, your not trying to build the engine for most peak NA HP and slapping on a turbo, your trying to build a engine that has good responsiveness to the throttle, boost pressure and the RP M range in which the turbo operates most efficiently for the displacement it's under. it becomes very critical to engineer the engine as part of the turbo package for restricted classes.
Pete, are the Co2 bottles in the car externally regulated? I know the boost controller changes the pressure in the dome, but does it starts with good pressure from the bottle. Do you agree?
It's always crazy to me how many people show up at the track with a car not ready to make a pass! I get doing normal between rounds maintenance and things like plug checks, but not having a car that runs properly in the first place is baffling!
