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Hey guys I'm a newbie to this forum, just got my skyline today, hehe...FINALLY!

Oh yea, I just wanted to ask where's the best place you guys recommend in tuning my car, as a new FMIC was installed.

Can you guys reccommend one that is at a reasonable price and will not rip me off, hehe...

Thanks, any help will be appreciated

Willis

btw im in sydney

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from your signature, it looks as though you have a Mines ECU?! - i seriously doubt anyone in Sydney could tune it.

I have a powerfc tuned by C&V and i thought Con did a pretty good base tune and he charges very competitively. My check engine light (i assume this is detonation as the powerfc has many other warnings which can set off this light) flashes when im at higher loads in higher gears. sometimes it goes off in lower loads if i use a fuel other than BP Ultimate.

I'm now considering getting the car tuned by "the Hitman" next after i dial in some boost. He's got a fairly good reputation and also charges competitively.

But from all reports, none of my own, Jim @ CAS is the person to tune your car. I believe Jim had a hand in tuning Mario's GTR700 and has also tuned Merli's monster (to name a couple)- but he charges extraordinarily high prices.

i guess i should bite the bullet and do it once properly but im not like that! id rather give the other guys, like the Hitman, a go and from my experiences with CAS they are very unapproachable.

I'd like to hear some reports of people who have tuned their Powerfc's from either Unigroup, Hills or SAS if any...

Originally posted by franks

I'm now considering getting the car tuned by "the Hitman" next after i dial in some boost. He's got a fairly good reputation and also charges competitively.

ahh... u on the "waiting list" to get ur car tuned by hitman...hahaha.. heard the list was very very long~!! i was meant to be getting my car tuned by hitman last week but it got cancelled.... (my car was also tuned by C&V last month so i am on the boat as franks... they tuned it too conservatively, my mechanic says. and i can feel it too... the R has gone too soft...:P ) but having a serious second thoughts on getting tuned at the moment... coz i am BROKE asssss...(paying $1396 speeding fine doesn't help ur cash flow :D :D :D )

tsk! tsk! :P

Yang (400HP) met the hitman in person for the first time out at a tuning shop in Ryde (i believe) last week and got some goss, i've personally never met him....

from his url i know he was in Brunei (i think) till feb 03 and has just recently come back to Oz. Yang tells me he is now going to Detroit to do a tuning tour but i dont know when - this is probably why his waiting list is so long! :D

who did your tune before C&V???

thanks for the feewdback...

hey frank,

yea it's a mines ecu, so you reckon i have trouble tuning it in sydney then eh? Cuz i was told that the car has already been tuned in japan for the mines ecu, like all i think that needs to be tuned is the new intercooler, so would it be ok if i just tune for the new intercooler, thus costing less...and more money for petrol, as i'm begiing to relize the cost of running a sky.

BTW - where abouts is C & V, and how much you reckon it'll cost for me to tune?

I'll probably rule out Jim @ CAS atm...bit short on cash..

thanks for the help so far frank

Hey BONKERS,

where abouts is Ric Shaw located?

My mate is a rotor head and rates Rick Shaw, the guy is pretty heavy into motorsport, not only rotors, use to run MR2 in Prod Racing ( i assume his workshop maintained the cars as well as him driving) and knows his way around various computers.

Autotech as i understand also deal with competition vehicles...

I need a tune as well but reluctant to throw money at people so keep putting it off. I would have a tendency to look for people who work on race cars, excluding 1/4 mile as a form of racing, as full throttle hp for drags does not always correlate to a tune that gives good economy, emmisions, tractability, throttle responsel etc

Ric Shaw is on Parra Rd around Ashfield

Sounds like there are a few of us after a tune... I might get in contact with Ric and see if he would do a group discount for us. Won't be for over a week though as I'll be on holidays untill next Monday.

osh tosh bigosh: yeah, the hitman is a rotor man but his daily driver is an r33 gtst with a powerfc (i think :P). yang was also telling me the reason why the hitman was there at the same time was because this tuning shop uses the hitman to tune customers cars - in particular powerfc's???

OSH13T: afaik, those mines ecu's are pre tuned for particular mods. wether they are tunable by people other than mines - i dont know, but id highly doubt it! which leaves you in a pickle!!! by adding an intercooler, yes you'd like to think a retune is required to really take advantage of it. C&V charged me around $300 for a powerfc tune.

Majanal: let us know what Ric says and does he know Powerfc's!?

Roy : wOo, Rick shaw sounds pretty krazy with his cars.

Do you know how much he charges for a basic tune roy?

Maganel: ehehe...yea, try work out a discount man...it would be more easy on the cashflow

Franks: So do you reckon C V can do my ecu then? or is it better to leave it to alone and only tune the aditional intercooler so not to risk mucking ecu, as it was already tuned in Japan (without the fmic)

QIK78U: hey QIK78U, how much did it cost you to tune at UNI? where about is it their workshop located?

the xr6 sounds krazy man...did u know wat was done to it?

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