Does anyone happen to know who drives this VERY quick CTS-V we may or may not have tangled with in Columbus, Ohio Sunday morning?
Throwback Thursday!
This week’s throwback Thursday features Scott Cook’s 2000 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi. This was the first 3800 FWD Bonneville to ever run a twelve second quarter mile. Then eleven seconds. And then ten seconds! The best time was 10.711 @ 125.71 mph with Ed Morad as the driver.
In the drag racing world FWD cars are certainly outnumbered by RWD cars. In RWD cars, weight transfer at launch works in your favor. In FWD cars, it’s the opposite of what you want to happen. It took considerable engineering in order to achieve these impressive quarter mile times.
If you could see through all that tire smoke, you would notice that custom designed wheelie bars fabricated by Bob Cook. However, what is different about these wheelie bars is that rather than keeping the front of the car from lifting too far off the ground, they are actually being used to apply downfroce to the front wheels to improve traction. These are some of the intricacies you have to consider when you’re building the quickest 3800 FWD Bonneville in the world. You have to shift your mindset from what you consider to be a typical drag car, to one that is going to act in a completely different way.
Overcoming challenges like this is what has lead to Tapout Tuning’s success, solving problems and making solutions!
Tapout Tune of the Week!
Ryland from Florida recently had his ATS-V tuned by a competitor and very quickly he realized that something was not right. Not wanting to take any chances he began working with Tapout Tuning to alleviate any concerns.
As it turns out Ryland was right to be cautious because after Tapout looked over his vehicle’s tune, it was clear to see something was definitely wrong. We found that the previous company desensitized the knock sensors to the point where his ECM would have been unable to protect his engine in the case of bad gas or rail pressure drop. That was in addition to the boost being poorly controlled.
After implementing our Tapout Tune and eliminating the problems from the previous calibration, Ryland could immediately feel an improvement. “I could tell this tune was superior on the very first iteration. The boost control felt much more linear and smoother, and yet still faster than my original tune.” he stated.
Throughout this whole process we made a point, as we do with all our customers, to thoroughly explain the changes we were making during the data-logging process. This is so you can completely understand the changes and why we are making them. It is of utmost importance that we not only provide a great tune that brings massive amounts of power, but also one that can be safely implemented into your vehicle to provide years of driving enjoyment.
ATS-V Scan Gauges Now Available!
Tapout Tuning is happy to announce that we now offer Aeroforce Interceptor Scan Gauges for your ATS-V! With its nearly unlimited customizable options you can have the perfect scan gauge for your car.
What’s even better is that this gauge is integrated into a factory defroster vent and directly replaces the factory piece while still allowing air to pass through. All you have to do is pop out the factory vent and replace it with the gauge pod!
The Interceptor Scan Gauge can display more than 50 ATS-V parameters, two at a time (eight using cyclic scan), at an adjustable rate of up to approximately 20 times per second. A 5′ cable is also included with appropriate OBD2 connector. Gauges come with a black bezel with polished silver center ring and a black face as shown. An extra white face is also included and can be easily swapped since the bezel screws on/off. Optional black, polished silver and brushed silver bezels are also available.
Please visit TapoutTuning.com to see further details about this product and all the ways it can enhance your ATS-V driving experience.
Tapout Tune of the Week!
Tapout Tuning offers an extensive remote tune option to accommodate all our clients, anywhere in the world! Rabi from Israel had his 2016 ATS-V tuned by a competitor, and he wasn’t winning the important races. Eager to outperform those who had once left him behind, Rabi began working with Tapout Tuning to make some serious power gains.
Rabi was interested in having his ATS-V tuned for more than one application as he wanted to run both 93-octane fuel and methanol injection with Toluene fuel additive. We were happy to accommodate his needs and we completed individual calibrations for each application. This allowed Rabi the flexibility to run the application he preferred while still maintaining the huge power gains provided by our tune. After taking his car to his local dyno, Rabi was extremely happy to see it was producing 604 whp!
With a Tapout Tune, and a newly awakened monster lurking under the hood, Rabi was ready to face any car that crossed his path. Soon enough a C7 Corvette came to the challenge, and it was no slouch. This C7 was equipped with CAI, MSD, headers, high- flow cats, cat- back exhaust and a solid dyno tune and Rabi told us with much excitement, “I took him by three cars!”. Not long after that he faced a BMW M5 F10 and took him easily by almost four cars! When our Tapout Tunes lead to victories like this we know we’ve done our job. We take great pride in the work we do, and nothing makes us happier than helping you leave your competitors in the dust!
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