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It was all shot up the Crest. I pretty much confirmed that by stopping the video and reading some of the road signs. All I saw were up on Angeles Crest and Angeles Forrest. I was even thinking of taking Pearl the BMW Buster down to L.A. and doing the Crest with my old photo assistant and let me...

That's all shot on either Angeles Crest Highway or Angeles Forest Highway north of L.A. Done many a road test on those two, especially when I still lived in the L.A. Area. Whomever shot that video is a kind of a weak-suck. I'd driven that road faster...much faster in my V6 Camaro along with...

Had the car into Bunnin Cadillac this week so they can address my vibration problem. The Service Consultant took a ride with me and it didn't take long for him to agree with me. Between 75 and 85 mph, there is a vibration you can hear--a buzzing humm--and feel coming from the back of the car...

You need two V-wagons, Tuna, to haul around all the money you're going to make writing books.

Was down at Transhine Auto Detailing in Whittier yesterday afternoon and evening. I had them install Xpel Ultimate paint protection film on the front end, the first third of the hood, on the rocker panels and the lower few inches of the door. Took about six hours for Transhine's Bill DeBever to...

The Fairest Sandra the Red and I took the V-net's ATS-V test car to Henderson, Nevada and back last week. Went up there to take in one day of NASCAR's Champion's Week festivities in nearby Las Vegas and to visit my Mom. Champion's Week is a big freakin' party for NASCAR drivers, teams and fans...

When you say "Water is usually 25% of your fuel injector flow.." are you talking about the engine's fuel injectors or are you talking about the injector(s) used by the water injection? Have you looked at the Banks water/alcohol injection? What will be interesting is finding a place that is...

Yesterday, I got my WeatherTech FloorLiners (PN 444971, 444972) and CargoLiner (PN 40594) installed. Actually, WeatherTech's web site does list the 2016 ATS-V in its application choices. I ordered them for a standard 2015 ATS. Turns out, the footwells for an ATS and an ATS-V are the same. They...

I've been to the Big-Dog garage a couple of times and from what I remember of the collection, the stuff that is likely unable to pass is probably exempt, either because of the age or because they are specially constructed vehicles. As for the ones which are not exempt, in state with a strong...

I don't think you'll ever see 18-20 from stock turbos and their associated hardware. The people at GM Powertrain told me the turbochargers are capible of maximum boost of 18-psi but that's not what they can do when installed on the engine. That said, proper calibration will help as will a...

My guess is you are not going to have to wait nearly as long as some of use who ordered cars last Spring. I think part of the long delay for my car and others was they were pretty early in production and GM had some "bugs" to work out of ATS-V production. Keep us updated on how your order...

For those who haven't been reading the thread on dyno testing started by "Djason", take a look it's pretty interesting. While I'm into performance enhancements just as much as anyone else, I'm not rushing around the shop yelling "More power, Scotty!" just yet. Yeah, I've seen ATS-V chassis...

My wildass guess is an aftermarket air filter assembly that really works well is not going to be cheap or easy becuase of the two MAFs and their different curves. Also, it's interesting to note that the two intake tracts are divorced until before the filters. There's may be a message in why GM...

For manuals, I've used 15% for mid-90s or newer cars. Older stuff, I used 18% because transmissions and axles weren't as efficient. For automatics, you have to use a larger correction, 19% for newer and 22% for older. I'm guessing your's is a manual. On AFR, at the bottom of the image you...

Figuring 15% for parasitic loss, the engine in your car is making about 505-hp SAE way more than the rated 464. Interesting. Can you post the air-fuel ratio plot from those dyno runs?

Hey there, "madjack", welcome to the ATS-V community. You mention water injection...now, are you going to use water/alcohol injection or just water? Also, what system are you considering? Good hunting...for M3s that is. :rocker:

Stopped in at Bunnin Chevrolet/Cadillac today to chat with some of my pals there and learned that they just took an order for an ATS-V from someone who read about the car on this Blog and then wanted one. That's awesome. Glad to see interest in "A Little-V Blog" is growing. Whoever you...

Seriously....?:confused: The dealer from whom you've purchased Vs in the past would not let you test drive their ATS-V?! I'd have been pissed.:mad: And gone to talk to the General Manager. I had mine out today, practicing 0-60s. Damn...I love that car with the 8-spd for straight line stuff. I...

Here's what I suggest, "~tc~": you should prove your point. If you are sucessful, I'll change my mind. To do that, you need to recalibrate the ECM in your car to change all the PE values to whatever value is in your calibration for stiochiometric air-fuel ratio. For gasoline, it's usually...

Paper service manuals are not available yet. I have to go to a dealer and sweet-talk them into letting me read SI. I haven't been down there yet to do that for the plug change procedure.