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Found out recently that over the air updates were being used by GM as a new firmware update loaded on my infotainment system while it sat in the garage. The car now has the GM marketplace app (cool concept, looking forward to it being deployed widely) along with multiple news sites apps. The biggest gain was the Pandora app for me personally. All apps work off of the vehicle's own wifi/LTE connection so no phone is required anymore. Pretty nice tech and I had to share it with my former colleague who does the infotainment systems for an OEM. He wants to play with one since it does things that are a few years down the roadmap yet. Now if GM could just make the appearance of the menus and on-screen buttons look more professional, it would be a home run system.:cool: Oh and wireless android auto and Apple carplay are going to be a matter of another firmware update since the car possesses wifi capability. Just waiting on Apple to make it work. |
Is the Apple CarPlay update hardware change free? Ford had to add a new interface box to the USB ports, but Android Auto works without the updated hardware box.
I did like your system, way more features than Ford's. It looked a little "playful" but not in a bad way? Not sure how to describe it, lol |
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Otherwise, Carplay and Android Auto both work on the Camaro through the USB port like always. Haha, that's a good way of describing it. I'd prefer something closer to the look of the VW Group systems, which are more austere looking. |
Finally got some numbers/letters for HPDE and Autocross days from iZoom Graphics:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4615/...820e72bd_c.jpg 10" height, orange peel edging with silver metallic inside in Nurburgring font. Now I need wheels and tires. |
Pretty!
How nice is it having a garage? |
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Pretty damn nice when the snow hits haha. Sooo after being convinced that my car isn’t going to be worth anything special for a good 30-40 years, I’m close to pulling the trigger on a set of longtubes and a Rotofab cold air intake to replace the ineffective GM one. With the ported TB/IM and the Rotofab alone, there are appreciable dyno gains. With the LT’s, 20-30rwhp is to be gained further. Also looking at a flex fuel kit since E85 is more plentiful around here. Just need to find a reputable shop down here to handle the LT’s as it’s a PITA from all I’ve read. |
Well ok then...
I'm not going to mod to keep up... I'm not going to mod to keep up... :) |
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noooo, please no :)
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It's almost getting to be spring, which means time to start going through the car and making sure everything is still tight. I'll be putting the car up on stands soon to fix loose front swaybar endlink nuts. GM actually has a TSB out for dealing with these on the 1LE/ZL1. They replace with larger nuts with higher torque values, but we're finding out that the true fix is to use Nordloc washers with Loctite. No more clunk! In other news, this was a cool thing to see pop up on youtube the other day: https://youtu.be/wIofaAOayaU |
Nice 1LE build up... Love the platform, very underrated and extremely capable.
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Thank you! Another 1LE owner on Tristate? You'll have to start a journal of your own! |
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What do you have done to it? The 1LE came out maybe 3 weeks after I bought my Fifty. :lol: I'm a bit attached to my car, otherwise a trade-in would be something I'd be looking at heavily with the new 2SS 1LE now out for 2018. |
Interesting info on the nordlok washers and such. I may need something for my new endlinks, they're definitely pretty small diameter studs so I was concerned about torquing them hard like the OEM or Whiteline parts.
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I need to head to Fastenal and pick up the eight Nordlok washer pairs i'll need and some loctite to do mine. I also need to order the improved larger GM nuts online (would be quicker than dealing with the service department with the TSB). https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4715/...1de99583_z.jpg |
Good to have the tips from that about making sure the wedges are properly seated by turning both sides of the fastener.
Good luck with your install! |
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I've been doing nothing but working on the house, hard to fit the car stuff in but the house is getting closer to "done" now with the major stuff out of the way. I've put my GM CAI up for sale: http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showth...9#post10089649 and plan on going to a Rotofab dry once it sells. As much as I hate Rotofab's choice of marketing (by spamming the forum in every CAI thread), it's the only one that has consistently shown to actually make some power. Go figure. |
Yeahhhhh some manufacturers do that on Mustang forums too. Kinda makes me really NOT want to spend money with them.
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#gmengineering
:) FWIW, there's no intake proven to flow better than stock on the GT350, but lots of people pushing their intakes on the masses, of course. |
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Yeah, GM took an aftermarket intake and rebadged it while also providing a tune and warranty coverage. Not a bad deal except they chose the wrong aftermarket intake haha. Oh I believe that on the GT350. Need high rpm airflow. No way the factory gets that wrong. |
New Rotofab Dry CAI gets here on Thursday next week. In the meantime, I discovered just how easy it is to turn this car into Flex Fuel compatible!
I need to go into the ECM and make the following changes: Changes: *** required *** - modified Engine -> Fuel -> General -> Air Fuel Ratio -> Stoich AFR-> Flex Fuel AFRs - modified Engine -> Fuel -> Flex Fuel -> General -> Enabled - modified Engine -> Fuel -> Flex Fuel -> General -> Fuel Sensor -> Sensor - modified Engine Diag -> DTC's -> P0178 -> Flexible Fuel Sensor Circuit Low -> checked, Error Mode -> MIL on Second Error - modified Engine Diag -> DTC's -> P0179 -> Flexible Fuel Sensor Circuit Low -> checked, Error Mode -> MIL on Second Error - modified Fuel Sys -> Diagnostics -> Flex Fuel -> Sensor Diag -> Enable **************** *** optional *** - modified Engine -> Spark -> Advance -> Spark Correction -> AFR Correction -> Alcohol -> Gas table - modified Engine -> Spark -> Advance -> Spark Correction -> IAT Spark -> Mult4 -> [1.00 1.00 0.80 0.50 0.20] - modified Engine -> Spark -> Advance -> General -> Cranking/Start -> Cranking -> enhanced for Flex Fuel - modified Engine -> Spark -> Advance -> General -> Cranking/Start -> Alcohol Adder -> timing added for Flex Fuel cold starts **************** All I need is to get the GM Flex Fuel sensor and wire it up. Currently, the brand I want to use is on backorder for a week due to needing to source PTFE lines. This sensor with the unlocked GM tables will allow the car to run any percentage of E85 mixed with gasoline without a dyno tune. (A dyno would allow fine tuning but I'm going to need that with headers anyway). Pretty simple way to gain 25-30rwhp. |
That's pretty easy... Almost seems too easy, lol
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Man, now that one is tempting. Brakes - $2250 Wheels - $1300 for replicas Tires - $1500 Recaros - $4000 PDR - $priceless since retrofit can't be done eDif - $priceless since retrofit can’t be done. A lot to consider with that one. Swap my lights, GM accessories over and swap TB/IM/RF/Tune and i'm ahead of the game. Only thing i'd be losing is the Fifty edition package... 2019 refresh will debut this summer, so it's something I could consider later in the year. Plus discounts may be even deeper then. /Just thinking outloud. |
1LE & GT350 are looking like B Street cars for 2019, just saying.
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I think the 2SS 1LE is the logical route to go since doing the majority of those mods to my car wouldn't be cost effective vs. the trade-in after running numbers. Plus, with the mid-cycle refresh occuring for 2019, there may be additional features or styling changes I'll like on the 2019...or the 2018's will be so deeply discounted it'll just be easier to grab one of them. Can't lose on a deal end of this year. In the meantime, let's burn off these goodyears and have fun with what I got.:) |
In other news -
Rotofab installed: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/...d592d2ac_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4800/...1b47beb1_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4773/...3e11cdb3_c.jpg Rotofab installs easier than the GM/Cold Air Inductions intake. It’s also higher quality (ABS formed plastic vs. silicone hose) with better instructions, hardware, no band-aid fixes at the TB or sensitive directional MAF arrangements. There’s no need to rescale the MAF transfer function either. I really think GM chose the wrong company to make their Performance intake after having both of these. The GM/Cold Air Inductions unit also loses power on a dyno while Rotofab gains power. Case closed. |
Does it feel faster? :mrgreen:
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GM intake smoothed out the throttle vs. stock before I put on the ported TB/IM. The ported IM really woke the car up. Stock box felt better than the GM intake the more I drove it. Could be heat soak or it could be just a better design. I think the midrange improved and power seemed to be more consistent. The factory MAF scaling points to the stock airbox ingesting a larger volume of air than the GM Performance intake. Rotofab feels like I added another IM. Car feels more powerful at every RPM while being smooth too. There isn't an inconsistent feel to the power delivery at different RPMs. It feels more like the stock box but magnified as the RPMs climb. With all this said, dyno's vary. If you take the largest swings we're talking a 17 rwhp loss with the GM intake to a 14 rwhp over stock with the Rotofab. If you're talking conservatively, we're looking at maybe a 8-10 rwhp swing. The ported TB/IM really pull more power out of the induction unit, so it makes sense for the difference to be a little more pronounced than on a stock engine. No regrets on making this change. |
Awesome. Sounds very worthwhile.
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Took the car to the dealer for pre-race items to get checked off: -oil change -flush rear differential fluid. TSB -tighten the front suspension down. TSB Differential groan when cold is now severely reduced but it's still there (will just keep flushing it under warranty). Front suspension was quiet for the first time in months! Then I went up one driveway at an angle and it's back to clunking. The dealer ordered the new larger nuts for the endlinks under TSB. Car is going back in tomorrow to have that done. Unfortunately, the damage from the dealer in NoVA is still on the car and I'll need to take it to a sister dealer to have that repaired. Otherwise, I set the tire pressures and am ready for this weekend's races.:cool: |
Have fun at the track man!
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Saturday was a practice day, I got 9 runs in. Sunday, the course was harder for me and I wasn't able to get anywhere with my times. Here's a video from the Saturday session: https://youtu.be/R3HjZf7XU_A I've also managed to get a DSC Controller for the car off of a forum member for a song. He traded his SS 1LE in on a ZL1 1LE and couldn't use it with the DSSV shocks. How long are you in Richmond for on Monday? |
Interested in the DSC feedback :)
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Initial impressions of the DSC Sport controller:
Install: Easy enough, unplug the factory controller, slide it out, then slide in the DSC and plug it in. However: The box does not slide in and fit like the GM MRC unit. It won't fit beyond 1/3rd of the way into the tray due to the tray design. The tray will need to be trimmed/dremeled for the width of the DSC controller to completely slide into it. I opted to lay it flat as best I could and use a screw to secure it with the amp on top. Maybe this is a 2SS Bose amp/tray issue that doesn't pop up on other models, I really don't know. More than likely, the same box is used across multiple platforms and just doesn't fit our cars like an OEM designed piece would. The good news is that once connected, it's not going to move around the trunk at all. Low speed driving: Every mode is flatter and the chassis doesn't move around over small cracks in the road anymore. The squat and dive from accel and braking is minimized if not gone completely now. Around turns, the vehicle stays a little bit flatter without any moving from hitting seams, cracks, etc. I can drive the car faster than before since it's flatter and more controlled. High-Speed: Uh oh. While flat and comfortable 99% of the time, if you hit a large dip or anything that causes the vehicle to go up in the air, expect a pogo effect. I also got the car to exhibit this by going off a drop-off in the pavement from a stop. It crashes almost like a bump stop setting is jacked up a bit too high. More to come as I autocross the car and get more seat time. Overall, I think this product is an 7/10 due to installation fitment issues and the pogo-effect. It is important to note that I am currently on V2 of the firmware and the V3 offers a bit more on the velocity side with bump stop features. I'll be updating to V3 in the next few days. If that clears up the pogo, then this little box is incredible. |
Interested in the V3 feedback too. V2 sounds about like how they had the V2 tuned on the GT350 setup. Lots of guys tweaked it a bit to suit their needs for that reason.
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It definitely makes the Camaro into an insane handling car, much better than anything else I've owned. |
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