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If its basically std, ie ECU, injectors, turbo then dont bother with tuning. Modern cars with ECUs using MAF dont need to be 'tuned'

My thoughts only, but throw a coolant flush and top up with some new coolant.

Throw a new sump of Mobil 1. Motul etc at it with a new oil filter.

Flush the brake lines with a good fluid, or at least check the colour of the existing fluid. Check pad thicknesses.

Throw a new fuel filter at it, and give the car a run on the dyno to check that the fuel pressure is healthy, actualy by the time your charged for dyno time, id consider replacing the fuel pump with a new one of it currently is using a std pump.

What else, id consider putting some new diff and gearboc fluid in it as well. These arent difficult or overly exopensive things...but id like to do it if i had just bought a new car. Looking at the colour of the fluids coming out also gives you an idea of the health/servicing of the car.

Perhaps clean the AFM, put in a new set of copper plugs. As for tuning it, i love shops that use the term a tune...when i think altering fuel/ignition is tuning, and they are doing no such thing, just charging a healthy sum to service a car

As for a workshop, talk to as many as you can and go to whoever your comfortable with. For this sort of work you just need to be sure that the mechanic is genuine/honest and competent....

there is a thread... at the top of this section.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=24324

please have a read through it as it contains information such as that.

cheers - ash

:bs!:

Agh its King ****whit again aka REDFC/ MinesDats, i find it funny how you bag out chasers and say they dont build there own engines etc, when my brothers SR 180 was rebuilt with forgies there last week by Benny and Brad and if you need confirmation of this, the engine was built right in front of Horus's eyes.

^^^You are not the only one who has seen it. When my car was in for the block and head repairs[don't ask, it was pretty bad] I dropped by unexpectedly on a couple of occasions. The first time I dropped in was about three days after the car came in on a flatbed, and Benny intorduced me to my new pistons. A couple of days later they introduced me to a completed cylinder head, ported to boot. Wednesday the week after I was told to come and collect. Oh that reminds me, I still have to get the pics off of them while they were rebuilding it.

ICE Performance have been very helpful with me in the past. Nigel will take the time to explain any questions you may have.. Im taking my car there next week for further works..

There is a large range of good tuners out there, but my experiences with ICE have kept me comming back without bothering checking other places out.

I have only experienced good quality work with the comfort that if something did go wrong they go out of their way to help out..

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