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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:10 PM
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Ready to dyno AGS

Ok...here goes...For all those who have been demanding AGS dyno results:

I have a friend with a new, standard pully 05 Cooper S (a custom built cat-back and wheels/tires are his only mods). He has just received his AGS and is willing to dyno his Mini AGS install with my help. The comparison will be between the stock OEM intake and the AGS. If we can find someone to borrow an Alta CAI, we can throw that into the mix. For those of you who have been sittin on the fence, here's THE opportunity to help make this happen. My friend has already paid for his AGS and isn't really interested whether it makes 1 or 100 hp.

Here's the catch...he's looking for 10 or more people who will sign up at $10/person to cover his dyno time. These people will then receive their own print out of the results to do as they wish. But to be fair to all the people who shelled out money to make this excercise happen, we need to request that the dyno not be shared publically for an agreed period of time...perhaps as short as a week or long as months...we (the paying participants) can discuss that off line. Otherwise, this won't happen as everyone will just wait for the data to be posted after a few have helped to make this happen.

We need at least 10 people. If we get twenty, the cost will of course go down to $5/person. He's not interested in profiting from this exercise.

What do you guys think?
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:12 PM
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I'm in for $10. Nine more subscriptions to go.
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:20 PM
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not sure I care that much............. good luck to ya

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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:28 PM
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Why in the world would you with hold the info?
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:33 PM
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Sorry...my inbox was full

Kaelaria, please reread the original post. If everyone who shells out the money agrees not to withold data for even one second, then that's what we do. If they want to put their data up on Ebay for $100 a pop, that's their perogative too:smile:
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:46 PM
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I don't even understand where the idea is coming from?
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:48 PM
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Are you basically saying - you want people to invest in the results so they can try to profit from them? Are you seriously thinking anyone cares enough to BUY DYNO results for an air intake? lol Good luck with that
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 02:55 PM
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Let's change places for a minute Kaelaria...you buy your own AGS, install it yourself, pay $100 to dyno it then post up the results for us :smile: I like that idea better...less work for us to do.

Please rerererereread the original post? Who said anything about profits?

We haven't even got enough people together to decide how they would disiminate their data and already you're jumping down my throat Personally, I don't care what the group decide to do with their data.
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:15 PM
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I'm in for ten....

just so that the masses will be happy! And SpiderX won't think I'm just a bastard for saying "go measure it yourself!" Think of it as yet another contribution to the Mini Motoring Community!

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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:20 PM
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Count me in .....

I already have the AGS and think it is great, but I am willing to shell out $10 just to shut everybody up about this.

I am interested in seeing what it will do on a basically stock machine.

I think where you would see the most gains is on a heavily modded car.

So I am in for $10.

PayPal????

Bill
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:33 PM
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i can paypal you 10 US dollars...pm me with some details MSFITOY
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:39 PM
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I'm In. PM me..

Count me in. I'm curious about it. send me a pm on who to paypal it to.
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:49 PM
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I completely understand the part about spreading the cost of a dyno. I just don't understand what the point would be, of not immediately releasing the info? You are the one that brought up 'selling the results on ebay if they wanted to' - implying a period of time after the dyno to make profits, before the results are public info. I just don't get it? So I have re-read it, please clarify what the mention of :

"But to be fair to all the people who shelled out money to make this excercise happen, we need to request that the dyno not be shared publically for an agreed period of time..."

- because this doesn't make any sense to me at all. Can you clarify, or do I already have it right?
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:49 PM
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Count me in. I'm curious about it. send me a pm on who to paypal it to.

I won't post results. I don't care if others post results or not.
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:50 PM
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sid, you already know i'm in for $10
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:52 PM
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Bravo!! can't wait!!
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:54 PM
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Sid I am in for a 10 spot. :smile:
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 03:57 PM
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here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm down.........
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 04:04 PM
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I like this man's attitude! No BS!!!

Originally Posted by CooperSS
I already have the AGS and think it is great, but I am willing to shell out $10 just to shut everybody up about this.

I am interested in seeing what it will do on a basically stock machine.

I think where you would see the most gains is on a heavily modded car.

So I am in for $10.

PayPal????

Bill
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 04:04 PM
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this is hilarious, as far as I can see you have ten but if you need another one count me in... just PM me.

 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 04:19 PM
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a suggestion, probably too much work to implement, but the right way to do it:

dyno the stocker;
install the Alta and dyno it;
install the ags and dyno it (no special tb please;
re-install the stocker and re-dyno it.
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by kaelaria
I completely understand the part about spreading the cost of a dyno. I just don't understand what the point would be, of not immediately releasing the info? You are the one that brought up 'selling the results on ebay if they wanted to' - implying a period of time after the dyno to make profits, before the results are public info. I just don't get it? So I have re-read it, please clarify what the mention of :

"But to be fair to all the people who shelled out money to make this excercise happen, we need to request that the dyno not be shared publically for an agreed period of time..."

- because this doesn't make any sense to me at all. Can you clarify, or do I already have it right?



You're a little slow today aren't you...

The idea is that if people know they're going to get the results anyway they will be more likely NOT to contribute any money. I don't think it's necessary though. In fact, I think it would actually be easier to collect money if they were going to dyno multiple intakes. Everything but the AGS would be a quick swap.
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 04:36 PM
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I already have one as well but I'm in for TEN. Has anyone asked M7 for a contribution? I would think they want to find out how their products work...

PAYPAL?
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 04:44 PM
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This is looking up:smile: I will PM all who have expressed commitment and do the math. Looks like it may be cheaper than $10 from the numbers here so far


Kaelaria, you're right...I don't want to argue that point. Someone will be happy to give you the number I'm sure

Jlm, that is our intended testing sequence providing that we can (and we really hope we can) find someone to loan us an Alta. It would be a shame not to include that. We'll check with our local guys first but if anyone with a spare Alta to lend us, we'd greatly appreciate that. I'm not sure why we need to rerun the stock again in the end after the first run. It would be asking a lot for me to install/remove/reinstall the AGS, don't you think? Could you elaborate?

Thanks all,
Sid
 
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Old 08-09-2005 | 05:10 PM
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It would be a lot of work and probably not worth it.
It would however be a very good scientific test method.
If you don't get the same results for the stock intake in the
retest at the end, there would be some question about the AGS
data. If the stock intake data is the same in the retest as in the first
test, it tends to say that the comparison is accurate.


Originally Posted by MSFITOY
This is looking up:smile: I will PM all who have expressed commitment and do the math. Looks like it may be cheaper than $10 from the numbers here so far


Kaelaria, you're right...I don't want to argue that point. Someone will be happy to give you the number I'm sure

Jlm, that is our intended testing sequence providing that we can (and we really hope we can) find someone to loan us an Alta. It would be a shame not to include that. We'll check with our local guys first. I'm not sure why we should redo the stock again in the end though after the first run. It would be asking a lot for me to install/remove/reinstall the AGS, don't you think? Could you elaborate?

Thanks all,
Sid
 



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