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hey guys just wondering how much you guys have paid or what a good price is to get a afc neo installed in my 33.

and also how long should the dyno tune take to tune it??

any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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Yup cost i got quoted from a top tuner was 330 all up including the tune.

150-250 is normally for the tune..

And i wanted afew other tiny little bits done.. so think it was about 300-330

Im going install one in the next two weeks.. :bunny:

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Tune should take 1.5-2 hours max.. nothing more.. unless its got problems

Wont take that long Sidd, SAFC is quite simple to tune.

It only controls the fueling (SAFC stands for super air flow convertor - it literally takes the airflow meter signal and converts it a given percentage higher or lower dependant on the given RPM).

Unless the Neo is different from the SAFCII, it definitely shouldnt take long to tune at all, maybe 10 - 20 mins at most?

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I spoke to swann180 last night.. he tells me it took him only 20 mins to set up everything correctly.. think he did it himself

however we both were drunk, and we didnt speak too much about it... hahahah

But most tuners say it should take 1 hour max.. 1.5 at most!!

So if its 1 hour, im sure 20 mins will be just getting the settings correct, and the rest will be fine tuning things

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yeh 1.5 max hey. yeh hope so.

so that will be around the 450 mark fitted and tuned they will want to charge me i am guessing.

down melbourne is probably the cheapest way to go but then theres the drive down costs as well

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I spoke to swann180 last night.. he tells me it took him only 20 mins to set up everything correctly.. think he did it himself

however we both were drunk, and we didnt speak too much about it... hahahah

But most tuners say it should take 1 hour max.. 1.5 at most!!

So if its 1 hour, im sure 20 mins will be just getting the settings correct, and the rest will be fine tuning things

Hey sidd, sobered up now ;) so my opinion may make slightly more sense now :D Oh and I didnt set mine up, Dale from Castle Hill Exhaust did.

But yeah basically an SAFC only controls airflow, and does so by correcting the signal sent from the airflow meter. Unlike a full management system it has no control over ignition timing.

Also, an SAFC doesnt take engine load into account, only RPM.

Basically it just increases or decreases the amount of fuel being injected into the engine at incremental RPM.

It really shouldnt take very long at all to set up. All your tuner would need to do is a dyno run, mapping AFRs on the dyno sheet too.

Seeing where the engine was running too rich and running too lean, they then would just add or take away fuel where required till they have the desired fuel curve, and viola thats it.

It really shouldnt be costing very much to set up and definitely shouldnt take an hour on the dyno to tune it either.

In 1.5 hours a good workshop should be able to install *and* tune it to be honest, its really not an overly complex task and the way the unit functions is quite simple.

If you are in any doubt, ask the tuner what *exactly* youre paying for, and what exactly they need to do.

Hope that helps :D

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Hi Cliff,

The fitting of the afc is about 2 & 1/2 hours ($192.50 @ $77 p/hr) and the dyno tuning is $143 p/h. As this is a bit of an unknown, I can't give you a quote on it.

thats the quote that they gave me.

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so does anyone around here know the place in sheperton that does dyno tuning?

been told that they are good.

any one got any feedback from there or any one got the email address or number>?

even there name would help?

thanks.

been told that websters is not so good in albury

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