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Hi Boyz and Girlz

Just looking 4 somewhere good in sydney 2 tune my power fc computer on a dyno.

Any1 had 1st hand experience with anyone good or know somewhere that is very good with them?

ThanX

Jamie

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Try Ric Shaw Performance. Dad (Bonkers) has had very good things to say about Ric. See this thread for more details

I will be taking my car there as soon as I get an issue sorted with it.

If you live at noosa though how come your getting car tuned in sydney?

Dan.

my car is down there now alllready and it is hard tryin to find some1 reputable up here.

I am pretty sure i am gonna get croydon racing development to tune it. they have years of experience with tha power fc

Originally posted by «Cyph3r»

my car is down there now alllready and it is hard tryin to find some1 reputable up here.

I am pretty sure i am gonna get croydon racing development to tune it. they have years of experience with tha power fc

Let us know how it goes with the pinging and such after CRD tune it :D

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hope u bring ur check book though! my friend supposably was getting his car tuned their for $140... but his car wasn't boostin properly and they had to use a few cable ties to secure the vacum lines (his gts-t s2 got 156rwkw @ 12psi with dumpy back exu & filter is that normal?)....well any way 40mins later when he had to pay they said that'll be $375!!!!.....a bit david jones for mine maybe they jus saw us comin?or may be thats why they changed their names from " croydon autowroughts"... to croydon racing developments.

There are lots of recommendations for tuning and other work - but let's just say I'd never go to any place that change their pricing (much) from their original quote... esp. not $140 -> $375.

Put it this way, I paid $1,000 (for example) to change a turbo and things went up shit creek but it still ended up costing me $1,000 even though I wasted a lot of peoples' time and patience.

T.

I got told on avg it tends to be $600 for a full days work. They empty the fuel tank and fill it with fresh fuel. THey then check all the hoses for vaccuum and ic pipes check plugs and make sure right heat range gaps etcc and just generally go over the mechanicals 2 check evrythin b4 they even start it on the dyno. Then when tuning they don't just change af ratio they can change just about every parameter the power fc offers with the laptop software they use, rather than just stuffin round wit a commander =P

I don't mind paying for quality work

I will let u know how it goes

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Jamie

You're kidding yourself if you think there are lots of tuners who have the Apex'i software.

Datalogit? Maybe... but not the full on Apex'i licensed software.

I'm not willing to do a full on dyno tune until I'm COMPLETELY finished with all engine mods.

And at this junture I need close onto $3,000 to finish everything off, so hopefully not too far now :(

T.

The power fc commander is exactly that... a commander... you can change evey parameter in the computer that is required for tuning the car that it is designed for, which I believe is some 800+ parameters.

Croydon is not my choice as for the money they charge I can get my car tuned twice at Ric Shaws, and I have heard and seen similar results from both.

Originally posted by SXU29T

hope u bring ur check book though! my friend supposably was getting his car tuned their for $140... but his car wasn't boostin properly and they had to use a few cable ties to secure the vacum lines (his gts-t s2 got 156rwkw @ 12psi with dumpy back exu & filter is that normal?)....well any way 40mins later when he had to pay they said that'll be $375!!!!.....a bit david jones for mine maybe they jus saw us comin?or may be thats why they changed their names from " croydon autowroughts"... to croydon racing developments.

that power figure seems low, but then, the dyno settings may have been set to abnormal conditions, or maybe it has a monster torque curve instead :(

ed,

Your power out put is proportional to the amount of boost you run mostly. If it has a power fc the it will manage the engine a bit better and can be programmed to give more fuel change timing etc to gain a little more power. If it had a power fc then probably a mark of 175-190rwkw depending on condition of other engine parts and connections etc.

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