Who Should Tune My Car

[Clandestine]

this thread has quickly turned into i want something but dont want to spend money.

Im not saying buy it, but you would be hard pressed to get anything near the cost.

Power costs money, for 210kw you dont even need a haltech, save your money, buy a nistune and then once youve got your new motor/setup buy a more capable ecu

I think this has actually quickly turned into "You need lots of power and need to spend heaps of money to get it" type thread, where the OP was just asking where he could get his car tuned

Jangles engine is an awesome base for power, and a good buy for sure. If you're looking to rebuild an engine from scratch, it's worth looking at as you'll save yourself a fortune. If you're simply looking for a tune (and it sounds like you are), ignore our ramblings. Everyone has a budget and priorities, and they differ greatly

[Tommyd32gtst]

So gt garage sounds like the one and only. Will get in contact with them when I put in my haltach temp sensors and get a intake pipe sorted, might go for something that will give me a bit of dose and wire in the boost controller side of the haltech

[zoidbergmerc]

EVERYONE NEEDS AT LEAST 600HP ALL THE TIME!

IF YOU WANT THE RESPECT OF THIS COMMUNITY YOU NEED BIG POWER.

Nistune are pretty friggin awesome, really easy to tune too.

this would be good

http://www.spgarage.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35_63&products_id=192

260kw eeeeeeasy

[zoidbergmerc]

bit of dose and wire in the boost controller side of the haltech

I've had nothing but problems with my haltech Boost control, I'm going back to turbo tech MBC when I stop being lazy.

If you want dose, go straight pipe same diameter as the turbo mouth, about 15-20cm long. Any bends in the pipe take the volume\pitch right out of it. Thinner walls give higher pitch too. Aluminum is higher pitch than steel too. Plastic is higher again.

Edited February 16, 2012 by zoidbergmerc

[marinetowing]

Another vote here for Gt Garage, Nick has done a faultless job on my car time and time again.

[jangles]

like mentioned before, just make sure the car is setup up and running correctly before taking for a tune

[Tommyd32gtst]

Hopefully your boost cOntroller is a rare occurrence because that was one of the big reasons I got the haltech, yes in a perfect world 600 horse is what we all need and deserve no respect unless we have it,, I will buy or build a motor like jangles but don't have the coin at the moment and I can't afford $100000 to build a limiter bashing 25 like zoids so the 20 will do for now, would that turbo have mass lag on a 20? 260 kws wouldn't be much fun for 2000 rpm haha,, be nice to buy that bullet proof 25 that Lewis engines do for drift cars something you can flog the shit out of o and need to get a r33 box, takes me a whole year to get what zoid spent on his build all in good time will get more cappaciry into the 32

[zoidbergmerc]

I forgot you had a 20, I thought it was a 25 for some reason.

Not sure what turbos are good on 20s Never researched it. The dyno results thread in the forced induction section is a good read.

[jangles]

lewis engines did the crank, head and balance work on the one im selling! (stop saying things i can reply to!! =P)

a hks 2530 is a good turbo on a 20 from all reports, makes 230kw from memory, think danielH had one for sale in tas section

youll also need injectors, fuel pump and a Z32 afm unless your haltech is MAP based

p.s. no engine is bullet proof from limiter bashing

Edited February 16, 2012 by jangles

[Tommyd32gtst]

Haha I know and yea have inernal map sensor thats why I got it so wouldn't need afm got pump, getting injectors shortly and yea a bit of saving for turbo and manifold wastefgate and new exhaust flange it's all $ so might stuck with the 25 turbo till that poos itself reckon I will upgrade the motor before spending too much on a 20

[jangles]

Haha I know and yea have inernal map sensor thats why I got it so wouldn't need afm got pump, getting injectors shortly and yea a bit of saving for turbo and manifold wastefgate and new exhaust flange it's all $ so might stuck with the 25 turbo till that poos itself reckon I will upgrade the motor before spending too much on a 20

thats the best option imo.

no point spending twice

[XRATED]

20+td06= awsome!

[zoidbergmerc]

thats the best option imo.

no point spending twice

agreed, it's a good strategy.

[toffy]

20+td06= awsome!

This! , don't throw that lil 20 away just yet , you might be surprised what you can do to them on a low budget .

[Tommyd32gtst]

Ok might go for that little setup first in the next few months, has anyone personally had this?

[XRATED]

20's take a serious beating...

td06+20 was one of my favorite setups. If you go with a td06 set up on the 20, then you can use the same manifolds, plumbing etc when/if you go to a 25- then upgrade the td06 to a t67 and everything will bolt up to it.

anywhere + of 220rwkw with a 20 is where you start spending money... nistune, z32, fuel pump, injectors, coil packs, fmic, oil cooler, decent exhaust, and a turbo set up. All this gear will line up on a 25 if you upgrade too.. Don't bother changing the standard inlet manifold on a 20 either.

Justin.

[Tommyd32gtst]

Got haltech, got yellow jackets, got big front mount, got fuel pump got full 3 inch, getting injectors and oil cooler and a tdo6 setup it would seem haha

[zoidbergmerc]

wasn't there some 800cc injectors going in the other thread?

[Tommyd32gtst]

Yea but I think I will get new injectors to be safe, anyone got a td06 setup

[toffy]

Me . Buy one off ebay , kando dynamics td06sl2-20g 8cm , get the external gate version , the other ones are crap , make sure it's t3 flange , then buy a tial