Heard the same thing, I had fitted mine then went for a tune and he said the baby turbo prefers the stock pipe, go figure. I trust him. Not worth it just for the note
I took the supplied scaling data to Bruce and he also said it was messed up. To Dave's credit he offered to have a chat but that offer was politely refused. Either way, I'm happy with the outcome.
That would be a convenient conclusion but I think Heinrich knows his way around Ford turbos. I'll ask him next time I see him, might have been something particular with my setup.
Mods are PW stepped cooler, 1000cc injectors, Streetfighter intake, PWR heat exchanger and a Venom cat. In no way does the delete pipe cause any of the issues above. My tuner said I could leave it on if I preferred the note but said he could get better results / more response with it stock. Something about too much flow for the baby turbo? Ended up with 320kw @ 15psi.
I bought one of these (not PW) and my tuner wasn't too pleased. He said performance wise it's no good for the small FG turbo. He tuned with it on, then told me the above. I got him to take it off and touch up the tune and it was a bit more responsive. Maybe someone with a bit of know how could chime in.
@Z2TT the car is plenty scary at 320rwkw. Maybe because I started at 250rwkw. I have a little bit of lag up to 60km/h but that is due to the intake muffler delete, then it takes off. Will put the muffler back on and go back for a touch up tune and I'll be happy enough, for the time being
I pulled 318.9kw with the stock fg turbo today at about 16psi. PW stage 1 stepped cooler, venom bolt on cat, 1000cc injectors, BMC pod filter / street fighter air box. *disclaimer - south australian
Picked up the car from Bruce this arvo, wow! 318.9 SA 8F shoot out kw with pretty basic mods on the baby fg turbo. It's a hoot and pulls like a freighter! He thinks I left 10kw on the table because I'd replaced the intake muffler with the plazmaman pipe. Might have to go back again :-). But bugger me, I enjoyed the loan car. 5 speed laser with 280k kms on the clock, 5 stars, would loan again.
I picked up 10kw with the KPM airbox and BMC filter. Had a before and after run. To be fair, I think the stock filter was due to be replaced which might have accounted for some of that gain.
Good info, I already have the 1000CC EV14, was just a bit concerned they may be overkill. Was thinking of swapping for 550's but after a bit of reading and talking to my tuner I'll stick with the 1000's. Will see how we go.
Yes I will ask Mr Tuner man but as a rough guide which would be more appropriate idle / power / economy wise considering the following mods and desired outcome for my G6ET.
PW stage 1 cooler + pipes
Street fighter air box
Venom 100 cpi cat
I'm not chasing a dyno figure, more so driveability, reliability and a bit more go. I'm also (fingers crossed) not going to be doing anymore power mods in the future as I'd like to concentrate on suspension and maybe true trac next.
I understand a good tuner can play with the duty cycle if the injector is willing, but which would you go for and why?
Ta