Tuners In Newcastle?

[mr_scary]

No longer turbo technics at cardiff

Owner sold up.

Wow, you learn something new everyday...

I'd heard a few good things about them. When did they close?

Seems like everyone in Newy is closing shop. Guess it's down to Sydney for a tune then...

[Cam84]

one thing newcastle needs is a tuner, from what ive heard they would make a killing

[SATO GTS]

there is plenty of competent tuners in newy but they dont have any dyno's to utilize , its all mainly road tuning

[Finchy33]

I've heard Paul @ Hunter Thomas does a mean road tune. No personal experience though.

[JezzaR33]

I've heard Paul @ Hunter Thomas does a mean road tune. No personal experience though.

Yeh i heard this too. But i kinda wanna get it dynoed. Actually wanna see the printout of how well its runnin etc. power/torque afm etc etc....

[Swiper the Fox]

one thing newcastle needs is a tuner, from what ive heard they would make a killing

not correct...everyone in Newcastle that has set up a tuning shop has gone broke. There is simply not the money to be made in newcastle...its a sad fact but true. I had the opportunity to set up a workshop that would have expanded my engine building to include a showroom and dyno with a very respected tuner willing to come on board but im not willing to suffer the same fate as everyone else who has tried this. Ill just keep building my own engines and helping a few people out with theirs as a spare time hobby only.

[JezzaR33]

not correct...everyone in Newcastle that has set up a tuning shop has gone broke. There is simply not the money to be made in newcastle...its a sad fact but true. I had the opportunity to set up a workshop that would have expanded my engine building to include a showroom and dyno with a very respected tuner willing to come on board but im not willing to suffer the same fate as everyone else who has tried this. Ill just keep building my own engines and helping a few people out with theirs as a spare time hobby only.

This is so true. Quite sad really!... Having ur own dyno an showroom would of been awesome!! I guess untill newcastle gets more imports (or like of) on the scene we will just have to travel elsewhere for a dyno tune. Although i have been seein many more around town so hopefully soon we can have a tuner that can stay an survive, imo

[Bakes]

Even Ozzy Tyres couldnt survive in Newcastle!!

[Cam84]

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not correct...everyone in Newcastle that has set up a tuning shop has gone broke. There is simply not the money to be made in newcastle...its a sad fact but true. I had the opportunity to set up a workshop that would have expanded my engine building to include a showroom and dyno with a very respected tuner willing to come on board but im not willing to suffer the same fate as everyone else who has tried this. Ill just keep building my own engines and helping a few people out with theirs as a spare time hobby only.

Wanna build mine (cheap) lol

it is one thing we need a tuner to stick around. would make life alot simpler

[Swiper the Fox]

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Wanna build mine (cheap) lol

it is one thing we need a tuner to stick around. would make life alot simpler

no...lol

I fly Mark Jacobsen (Godzilla Motorsport) down for tuning when required. Ive tried to organise other cars to be tuned by him while he's down here (we use the latest generation Mainline 4WD dyno) only to have either very little interest or cars not turn up.

Edited June 20, 2009 by DiRTgarage

[SATO GTS]

I feel in my own experience that road tuning has its own benefit's over dyno tuning but I will say that having 4 or 5 hours on a dyno to do the wot runs is alot safer then on the road.

I second paul at Hunter Thomas.

I have done many road tunes and never seen what output they have on a dyno but just from the seat in the pants feel, well I can say that it is impressive with positive response's from the owner's of the vehicle's.

One day I will get to know how to do dyno work one day lol

[SATO GTS]

Cam84

Why dont you rebuild it yourself and save a crap load of cash?

I rebuilt my 25 with all the machining work done by Pryce Engine's. He is willing to help you out with any info you require and does reliable work. I spend a decent amount with him and all the work was spot on.

[fatz]

yea if you want a road tune speak to sato

highly recomended! he has tuned all my cars when i win lotto ill by him a dyno !

[NZM.031]

ive had both experience with Sato and Paul Thomas from hunter thomas... both super nice guys, both very capable of performing road tunes with great results... id have no quarms about taking any of my cars to either of them.

Paul Thomas can do dyno tunes, he dislikes all the dynos in newcastle so he takes the car to sydney (doesnt cost extra) and uses a friend of his down there... racepace or something like that. he has done that to a few people i know and have great results.. he is very methodical and extracts the most from your mods without going over board.

having said that... whats wrong with road tunes.... i drive all my cars on the road, never on a dyno, so why do i want a dyno tune??

i will happily put my recomendation to either of these guys.

cheers

Linton

[JezzaR33]

having said that... whats wrong with road tunes.... i drive all my cars on the road, never on a dyno, so why do i want a dyno tune??

I dont feel there is anything 'wrong' wit a road tune. Its more the fact you can get a printout of exact readings/results off a dyno. Always thought sitting still and reading off a laptop whilst the car is not moving would be alot easier, rather then the car flogging down the street. IMO of course.

[Guilt-Toy]

I dont feel there is anything 'wrong' wit a road tune. Its more the fact you can get a printout of exact readings/results off a dyno. Always thought sitting still and reading off a laptop whilst the car is not moving would be alot easier, rather then the car flogging down the street. IMO of course.

I used to think that road tuning was the way to go, then after a little while of dyno tuning i started to realise the difference between road tuning and dyno tuning.

Every setup is different, some cars need fatter mixtures to make max torque then others in low and mid range others don't make a squat of difference and you cannot tell this from road tuning sure the seat of the pants can help but its nothing compared to looking at the dyno's logs.

I dyno tuned a car last weekend R33 Gtst that i road tuned about 4 years ago and the max power was the same but the torque I gained and low end and mid range power increase shocked me, we are talking up too 100nm of torque in the low end to mid end and 50kw of power before 3500rpm, the mixtures / timing was tuned using torque graph's and I was able to get the car going heaps better then it was before, so I compared the graph's to another R33 with similar mods I tuned a year ago on the same dyno and they were pretty similar.

I honestly think that road tuning is good when you have no Dyno available but to get the best out of a car you cannot beat a decent Dyno tuner for the job!

If you are after any Dyno work at the moment then you should give Hunter All Wheel Dyno a call, Wayne is a good tuner who will be able to sort you out.

www.hunterdyno.com.au

[JezzaR33]

So true ^^^^

I have emailed Wayne and am waiting a reply.... Thanks for the input, im surprised i havent heard of Hunter before... sounds promising...

Is there where you tune yours?...

[Swiper the Fox]

So true ^^^^

I have emailed Wayne and am waiting a reply.... Thanks for the input, im surprised i havent heard of Hunter before... sounds promising...

Is there where you tune yours?...

Yes Anthony tunes at Hunter All Wheel Dyno, latest generation Mainline AWD dyno. This is who i use (Anthony) and where i do my pump fuel tune for my car.

[Global_Warmer]

Hey guys. I know this is an old thread but thought that i would reply as it has alot of the info that i was searching for, and i see that alot of you blokes posting in it are local too me.

So, is the mob "Hunter all wheel dyno" the goods? I am so keen to get my Stagea on a dyno and get my boost controller sorted out as the best that i can get is 7PSI. I do not know how to adlust the Blitz boost controller

Currently the car "feels" like its got 400+bhp but i know it has got a heap more in it yet. I aint interested in tuning it on the road. That'd have to be the quickest way to jail. i.e. Killing someone or a huge speeding fine.

Also I am keen to find out who you guys use to service and modify your vehicles. So far the best I can find is "Larry, Moe, and Curly" at the Toy Shop Imports at Beresfield. I find them very unprofesional and they lack customer sevice.

Thanks in advance guys. Look forward to meeting you all one day!

[gregando]

Hey guys. I know this is an old thread but thought that i would reply as it has alot of the info that i was searching for, and i see that alot of you blokes posting in it are local too me.

So, is the mob "Hunter all wheel dyno" the goods? I am so keen to get my Stagea on a dyno and get my boost controller sorted out as the best that i can get is 7PSI. I do not know how to adlust the Blitz boost controller

Currently the car "feels" like its got 400+bhp but i know it has got a heap more in it yet. I aint interested in tuning it on the road. That'd have to be the quickest way to jail. i.e. Killing someone or a huge speeding fine.

Also I am keen to find out who you guys use to service and modify your vehicles. So far the best I can find is "Larry, Moe, and Curly" at the Toy Shop Imports at Beresfield. I find them very unprofesional and they lack customer sevice.

Thanks in advance guys. Look forward to meeting you all one day!

ok for starters the toy shop is your only hope for parts in newie area bit pricey but they will negotiate if you know what your after and what its worth, never had problem with larry moe or curly lol, ive bought quite a few parts from there at reasonable prices ...and i don't think you will get anything done there as they are importers of cars and parts basically wreackers for jap imports.

ADNUM automotive is hunter dyno may be worth looking into them they tune some reputable streetmachines If you want or need any engine work done Jack Jones engine reconditioning in lambton you'll have to pull the motor out but he's a ledgend this old bloke and a wealth of knowlage when it comes to screwing together a weapon of a motor he's the only engine builder i will recomend. For tunes and other modds

PBE DYNO TECH there at sandgate in newcastle, ive had work done there they'll do anything and if they cant they'll track down someone who can they're a good bunch of blokes and cheap labour.

JOHN COLLINS DYNO he's at broadmedow and i recomend and say john and nathan would be one of the best atm in newie, his son had turbonetics at cardiff when it was open so i believe.

SKAZZAS DYNO at cardiff only been told of him,

TRG AUTOMOTIVE in cardiff i know people who have had all sorts of modds done here with no complaints. and BLACK TRACK PERFORMANCE but use them as a last last resort never been there but i know people who have and they have been happy with the tunes they had done but they fkn strange that place, when you can get them to work on ya car which is hard to do they can do a good tune but they are expensive .

at the end of the day no there are bugger all tuners in newie but if you know the right people to ask for advise theres no problen at all getting a ecu reprogramed here in the newie area .

Edited November 18, 2010 by gregando