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Anyone Used Ricol Automotive For Dyno Pfc Tune

benl1981

By benl1981,
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shif_tea Grand Master

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Some people are pretty condescending with replies hey mate.

Usually a good idea to go to a well reputed tuner i think. There are a few threads around with local tuners and opinions. Personally i'll be going to unigroup cause i've heard nothing but praise about them regarding their tuning.

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Well just wanted a bit more informative feedback instead the tune was too rich.

They seem to be respected on the silvia forums. But yeah Unigroup do seem to have pretty good feedback

Ricol do abit of my mechanical side of things on my car. Ive always experienced execellent service on that part and Col always helps me out on that side of things.

As for tuning, they did a good job, but having previous tunes from Unigroup in the pass, I know where they stand. Tune was too rich, meaning there was too much fuel going in and not getting burnt. What was happening, is that the fuel was mixing with the oil and degrading it pretty fast. Oil was going black in 3,000km's and was fowling plugs. Tune was safe and never saw knock more than 17 on the PFC and powerband was good but came on abit later considering the car has had cams.

Unigroup:

Took my car to Yavuz to sort out as he specialises in tuning, where as Ricol is a company that specialises in a few things, ie focusing resources in different areas rather than one. Yavuz has always been my choice of tuner, and has tuned 3 of my cars ive owned now. I downgraded my turbo, and yavuz spent his 3 days with my car, making sure its streetable and safe to run on street. There were a few things which we couldnt figure out and he was happy for me to get those problems attended to and bring the car back for him to play around with the PFC.

The tune is no where near as rich as what ricol had it at. The car now doesnt smell like fuel pooring out of it, hehe. Fuel economy is about the same simply cause im on boost alot more now as i downgraded the turbo back to standard. I took my car back to yavuz, and we put it on the dyno to make sure everything was running fine as there were a few queries I had regarding the tune.

Service is second to none from unigroup. I had my car down at wakefield 3 weeks ago and the car was constantly revving between 5,000 - 6,500rpm most of the day + driving on the freeway there and back. The car ran flawless and had no dramas. Highest knock recording from the day was 23.

Mods inc: pfc, injectors, z32afm, cold air box, pod filter, full turbo back exhaust, GFB stealth fx bov, standard turbo, HKS Stage 1 camshaft & 16psi of boost (S15)

The car is my daily driver and is great to drive on street with the current powerband. Go have a chat to Yavuz and see how you go. Id rather get the tune right the first time. As for asking me why i got my car tuned at ricol, I had my motor built by ricol and they did a fantastic job in a small amount of time with a price tag thats comfortable to live with. I needed the car tuned to drive it round over the holidays, so got him to do a full tune to see what its like. He always helped when I went back to get touch ups here and there for things ive noticed,.

However comparing Unigroup to Ricol, id still leave the tuning to the expert :D

SKYLINE FREAK Enthusiast

SKYLINE FREAK

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Never used them for a tune but dont regard their work too highly anyway, had my Silvia converted to manual their and it was very bodgy, wrong sized bolts used etc, gearbox constantly grinded, they said the grinding was because I cant change gears even though when they test drove it it grinded constantly, anyway the motor in the Silvia blew a while later and when the motor was pulled out the mechanic discovered they didnt even put a thrust bearing on the gearbox thats why the gear changing was so horrible.

i got some work done there as well dont recomend them either i took my car there cause it was idlen high n every time i pikd it up it was still doing d same thing i spent heaps of money there n they still didnt sort d problem out.n then i took it 2 dart automotive the first time i took it 2 dart they fixd it first go. Go 2 dart automotive there really gud i take my car there now n highly recomend them.

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Man i would reccommend V E Rogoli @ Unit 9 442 Victoria street Wetherill Park. He is very good on the dyno does alot of the evos,He also gets alot of peoples cars to tune which have fail emmisions.

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Brentmcd12 Enthusiast

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when i went ther i asked how much to get a wolf 3d v3 installed + a tune..

$800

also asked how much to build a RB30DE usuing my 25head and a 30 block id supply for them to do all the work it was $2000 i think ther prices are pretty steap but they had some really nice cars in there so they might be okay too ??

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