I'm not sure how common/popular Performance Boxes are here but they are used in other car circles so I bought one and got my baseline for my car.
The PBox is a 10hz GPS receiver that logs your telemetry (position vs time) and allows you to analyze and dissect your performance before and after mods. It IMO is better than a dyno because it gives you real world numbers as opposed to peak numbers in a sterile environment.
C&D did a comparison between about 5 different boxes like this and it was very accurate compared to the VBOX they use for all of their tests (made by same company). It is only $500 and works like a champ, only took me a few hours to get comfortable using it and the provided software for analyzing the data after the runs.
You can make endless graphs!
Anyway, it will do 0-60, 1/4 mile, 1/8 mile pretty much anything you want. I'm not interested in launching my car, so the numbers I'm more interested in are rolls. I did 15-55 rolls in 2nd gear to use as very consistent numbers for comparing before and after mods. This eliminates shifts, tire spin, etc so the runs are very consistent. They were 3.6ish stock this just gives me a baseline.
More interest was the 60-130 numbers which are common and popular way of comparing cars outside of 1/4 mile.
Stock I pulled a 13.99, which is not bad I guess. My 2 shifts were a little on the slow side perhaps but again this gives me a good baseline before I start modding.
If anyone else has a Pbox or is interested in one they are really worth it and very accurate. It will be a great tool for judging mods.
I'm planning on ordering tune, gt500 axelback, h-pipe and k&n drop in this week. I hope to have the first round of after numbers soon!
I'm still a little undecided on tune, was leaning toward bama. I want good costumer service and a good tune.
Anyway, hopefully I will have some real life numbers of what you can expect from certain mods soon!
The PBox is a 10hz GPS receiver that logs your telemetry (position vs time) and allows you to analyze and dissect your performance before and after mods. It IMO is better than a dyno because it gives you real world numbers as opposed to peak numbers in a sterile environment.
C&D did a comparison between about 5 different boxes like this and it was very accurate compared to the VBOX they use for all of their tests (made by same company). It is only $500 and works like a champ, only took me a few hours to get comfortable using it and the provided software for analyzing the data after the runs.
You can make endless graphs!
Anyway, it will do 0-60, 1/4 mile, 1/8 mile pretty much anything you want. I'm not interested in launching my car, so the numbers I'm more interested in are rolls. I did 15-55 rolls in 2nd gear to use as very consistent numbers for comparing before and after mods. This eliminates shifts, tire spin, etc so the runs are very consistent. They were 3.6ish stock this just gives me a baseline.
More interest was the 60-130 numbers which are common and popular way of comparing cars outside of 1/4 mile.
Stock I pulled a 13.99, which is not bad I guess. My 2 shifts were a little on the slow side perhaps but again this gives me a good baseline before I start modding.
If anyone else has a Pbox or is interested in one they are really worth it and very accurate. It will be a great tool for judging mods.
I'm planning on ordering tune, gt500 axelback, h-pipe and k&n drop in this week. I hope to have the first round of after numbers soon!
I'm still a little undecided on tune, was leaning toward bama. I want good costumer service and a good tune.
Anyway, hopefully I will have some real life numbers of what you can expect from certain mods soon!
