Apart from Tilbrook..........

[MattR]

Dont make rumors you can say are not true. What happened between tillbrooks and Martin is between them. If you choose a workshop you should stay with them and not use one against the other. Just my 2c

[Miss*33]

Originally posted by hippy

i was being sarcastic ... but its like at least a week wait or something like that isn't it? maybe they treat girls better ..

I know u were being sarcastic!! I've always called them and they've told me to bring it down the next day. I doubt they treat girls better, I reckon they thought they could pull the wool over my eyes when I dealt with them.

[EnricoPalazzo]

MattR: Firstly this is not a RUMOUR as Martin told me himself. I was only replyin to Steves question. Thats my 2c

[Guest Miss_Nismo]

Originally posted by EnricoPalazzo

MattR: Firstly this is not a RUMOUR as Martin told me himself. I was only replyin to Steves question. Thats my 2c

I think what matt is saying is that it is no-one elses business why martin left and you probably shouldn't make it public.

[Nozila]

too late for that now miss nismo

[Freebaggin]

Go Kmart Auto!!!

[N/A®]

BOOSTD,

Are you saying that if we tune our cars at Turbo tune, there is a warranty againts the engine blowing?

[Cubes]

Quote: "If he has a bad hair day, you get a bad tune, this is why we had to let him go"

This was in regards to remapping the stock ECU.

Freebaggin... What?? You don't want an extra 20rwkw and a few cracked ring-lands?

[Steve]

Sorry I asked the question, thought it was reasonable one, but I didnt want to start upsetting people:(

Appologies to all, just makes me start asking questions when someone moves on. I had my car tuned by martin, and I was quite happy with it.

But when it comes to tuning a car, usually the owner of the car gets to foot the bill if it all goes wrong, so I am very, very cautious.

Best to go with turbo tune if they offer a warranty:) I dont mind loosing a few kw as long as reliability is retained.

By the way, MattR, your car seems to be going alright, have you had any probs so far (with the tune) and who would you recommend?

[Clint32]

I would be very surprised if a dyno tuner gave a warranty covering the engine, how do they know you didnt wind the boost up another 5psi and caust the engine to go.

[Freebaggin]

There are a few guys around that would be perfectly OK and tune your car professionally. I think John at TT might be limited with the ECUs he deals with, i.e. Autronic only, might be wrong though.

I agree with Clint32 that you can't expect a tuner to give a garantee.

Jase, since yours is a 32, keeping the stock ECU and do a retune is an option, then your choice is limited re tuners, I think Martin @ Morpowa is the only guy in town that an do it...again correct me if I'm wrong there.

If you want to go aftermarket ECU, and therefore best for later engine upgrades, due to the 6 x throttle issue, MAP sensor ECUs have trouble with light load stuff, so keeping the MAFs is best, so Power FC or Motec is all that can be used with MAFs. Plenty of guys can tune with them, Martin (Morpowa), Shaun (RPM), Mildren, Tilbrooks (maybe not Motec), D1 Garage.

[Martin Donnon]

Ive tried to keep out of this one as long as possible, but will respond now.

1) Firstly, I dont have a lot of hair...so I dont have bad hair days. I am sure you may have taken that comment out of context

2) Mick Stanics high quality work speaks for itself. TRY09s was a good example of that. My differences with him are purely philosophical

3) Using Morpowas dyno facility has been fantastic. They are great guys, professional, and have leading edge equipment. Top marks.

4) Mark Tilbrook is a great bloke. We go back many years. Ive seen him perform absolute miracles. Top mechanic, and knows Skylines extremely well.

5) If anybody else here can 'real time' tune a standard Skyline management system for fuel/spark/boost cut/speed cut/rev cut, I would be interested to know

6) Tweaking a crank angle sensor, fuel pressure, and plug gap doesnt constitute tuning an engine

Just shortened it a bit to make my points clearer

[hippy]

if u don't mind me askin, how much of your time do u put towards tuning cars etc ... as compared to writing articles as i always seem to be reading ur articles in so many mags hpi, hot4s ... i'm quite surprised u still have time to get ur hands dirty ...

[Martin Donnon]

If I dont do the work, I wont have the hands on knowledge, so its a tricky game to say the least. I only ever try to do 1 or 2 tunes a week, and generally only 'tricky' stuff. Balancing the two is a 100hr/week passtime

[Cubes]

I am sure you may have taken that comment out of context

The quote wasn't taken out of context, he didn't appear to happy with you back then.

It was when you had just left, so maybe the bad blood has now passed between you two?!?

Sh*t happens I guess.

:burnout:

[Jase]

thanks to everyone for your feedback - much appreciated

[EnricoPalazzo]

Martin: Just curious? Are u Nino D'Montana or whatever it is in the speed magazine? The letters from that name match yours. I noticed it when i was drunk haha...

[ISC-Performance]

i rang tilbrooks and they said they dont do remapping anymore.....

[Cubes]

erm yep Martin is the only bloke in SA who has the nouse to do it...

[Steve]

Car is in with John at TT, found out about his warranties, basically if he can lock the ecu (eg motec, autronic) he will give a warranty, otherwise no.

Bit bizarre, I got quoted 'about $300' for the tune (by John), when I took the car in another guy said could be $500-$700 'cos power fcs can take sooo long to do?. I dont mind paying for a good tune, and I got told less than $300 by a couple of other places, but if it is that much, I dont think I will be back.