NEED DYNO TUNE for S-AFC. WHERE?

[rev210]

Ok,

Lets not start any bitch fight here, I am just wanting to get an idea of a tuner to goto.

I have got no time to muck around with my car before the Drag wars to get it sorted, therfore I need to get the S-AFC done on a dyno.

I was wondering about the best place to take the car for a tuner who can set the adjustments quickly and correctly and hence saves me some $. Needs to accept credit card payment too.

It looks like people will finally get to see how much power my car doesn't make to achieve a 13.4.

[APA]

go to sst

steve's a good bloke

i am looking to go down there in a few months time

when i get more mods

i have heard good stuff bout him

ask gtstvspec

i think he knows steve quite well!

adrian

[rev210]

Where abouts is SST?

[GTS-t VSPEC]

SST, radium st welshpool, 9350 5444

Tell Steve your on SAU and a mate of mine and he should be able to squeeze you in.

See'ya:burnout:

[rev210]

Thanks dude.

If thats the place you reckon, I take that as good advice. I'll give him call a bit later.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

rev,

That's not to say that there aren't many other good places around, there are, but I like Steve and he will look after you.

See'ya:burnout:

[Guest INASNT]

hmm didnt u say u dont need to use a dyno to tune your car??

cant wait to see what rwkw and the power curve u get, then we will know how realistic it will be to run a 12 sec run with stock turbo and cooler.

[N I B]

Any time after this week and i have card.

[rev210]

INASNT,

That's right I don't 'need' a dyno to tune my car but, I do need alot of time and I don't have any before the trip and then very little time when I get back.

Besides, from the sounds of things Steve knows his stuff and He'll probably get more than I ever would have.

Steve,

I was going to get some ngk 7's since I expect the rev range has lifted since the cam gear etc has gone in. My old rule of thumb was 6's for 6000rpm 7's for 7000rpm 8's for 8k and so on. Does this sound like a plan mate?

[N I B]

Stay with 6s @.6 gaps. John wholagan turns his race car(GTR)

to 9000rpm at huge hp with 6s.

[rev210]

.6 is what you have to run. Has he tried running 9's with a bigger gap? I guess he has probably tried alot of different things. I'll stick with the 6's then for now , if it aint broke as they say.

Thanks for the info steve.

[Guest INASNT]

rev

dont forget to scan your dyno run for us all to see, cant wait to see how u r pulling 104mph down the 1/4 with stock turbo and cooler.

[N I B]

The runs can be put on disc.

[rev210]

Originally posted by INASNT

rev

dont forget to scan your dyno run for us all to see, cant wait to see how u r pulling 104mph down the 1/4 with stock turbo and cooler.

104mph?

I'll be pulling 107+mph soon mate.

[rob77]

I think people are expecting to see you have 250+hp dave, to justify your runs. What they dont realise is the mods, like the lightweght flywheel, wont show an HP gain. Dave might only pull 220hp with 10psi, yet his car has run quick times, just another reason why you cant use a dyno to gauge how fast a car is. Remember aswell, dave's had a fair wack of experience in racing cars, so he probably drives a lot better than most of us.

[rev210]

You know I just had another play with the S-afc and I thought 'yay - I've got it all sorted' cause I had a whole day without fuss and ping and a little bit more timing.

Then when I least expect it..... ping and knock. I have the tune sailing too close to the wind I guess but, boy does it go now!

I have added a little fuel in the correction map up top +3. I have kept a fair bit of timing to boot. I am tempted to go a colder plug and see if I can keep the advance but if what steve says about the 6ES is right then there is probably another way around it.

I have my trusty Autolite racing plugs that are a range cooler (7 equivalents) these I had with a gap of 1.1mm before the other bits went in and although a tad cold for the rich stock ecu maps they ran a little better than the 6ES up top all the same (then fouled doh! I expected that). I'll have to clean them up again. Anyone else tried the Autolites?

Steve,

Do you reckon there is more power to be had if I retard the timing (its about 5degrees past the last mark at idle) and then do a leaner correction using the 6ES plugs?

Also if you would like me too I can bring the car in sometime on the 14th of march.