johng Member 43 Member For: 18y 5m 8d Posted 15/06/07 07:18 AM Share Posted 15/06/07 07:18 AM Well after lurking on this forum for a year, and waiting to run the car in, today I did my first mod. I bought a CAPA tuner off Heinrich performance on ebay, and recieved it last week. Unfortunately there was a slight mix up, and I got a box with Auto tunes rather than manual. The true colours of a shop come out when you have a problem, and Bruce immediately and with no questions what so ever took the box back, changed the tunes to manual, and sent it back the same day.So I recieved it an hour ago, and loaded up the 8PSI tune to see what the fuss was about. All I can say is, the car now goes like it should have out of the factory.I sold a very highly modified RX7 to buy the XR6, and have always been very dissapointed in it to be honest. WHile it's still no where near as quick, the changes over stock are amazing.I'll give the 10PSI tune a run on the weekend when I can play with it somwhere safe away from people, but I'm very happy so far.I'm planning on getting a custom tune shortly, now to decide what hardware mods I should do to go with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 22y 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 15/06/07 07:21 AM Share Posted 15/06/07 07:21 AM Yeah the edit certainly makes a difference. Go the custom tune and you might even pickup a bit more power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 6m 30d Gender: Male Posted 15/06/07 07:40 AM Share Posted 15/06/07 07:40 AM dont forget to gap those plugs before you give the 10psi a go!!glad too hear that you are happy with it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 18y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 15/06/07 07:41 AM Share Posted 15/06/07 07:41 AM as a minimum I would say injectors filter and 2nd cai the edit is a wonderful thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Member 43 Member For: 18y 5m 8d Posted 15/06/07 09:24 AM Author Share Posted 15/06/07 09:24 AM Thanks guys. I'm sure this is probably old-hat to most of you, but I'm still realyl happy.I've already got the 'phoon 2nd CAI installed, but from my previous tuning experiences, I look at the whole air inlet system, and think it's a bit of a joke to be honest. How many times do they want to cross the motor? I'm sure a lot of the lag is due to the massive amount of inlet tract that needs to be pressurised. So I may buck the trend, and choose to move the battery and redo the entire intlet as mod #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 3m 11d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 15/06/07 10:06 AM Share Posted 15/06/07 10:06 AM Thanks guys. I'm sure this is probably old-hat to most of you, but I'm still realyl happy.I've already got the 'phoon 2nd CAI installed, but from my previous tuning experiences, I look at the whole air inlet system, and think it's a bit of a joke to be honest. How many times do they want to cross the motor? I'm sure a lot of the lag is due to the massive amount of inlet tract that needs to be pressurised. So I may buck the trend, and choose to move the battery and redo the entire intlet as mod #2.The lag through the system is not an issue with low (read factory standard) boost. Even at 8 psi it isn't a real issue. But once you go to 10 or above you will certainly gain a noticeable improvement by shortening the inlet tract.Bruce is a top bloke. And knows his stuff. He will not stuff you around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventytwo Still have a turbo, it's just on a diesel. Lifetime Members 5,368 Member For: 19y 6m 14d Gender: Male Location: The 8th Dimension Posted 15/06/07 10:27 AM Share Posted 15/06/07 10:27 AM Might want to replace the factory wire boost hose clamps with some T clamps. The hoses will start to pop off at 10psi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2CME Formerly XR6NA Member 3,512 Member For: 19y 1m 22d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 15/06/07 02:37 PM Share Posted 15/06/07 02:37 PM Mine did this when I got a 11psi and 12 psi tune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Member 43 Member For: 18y 5m 8d Posted 18/06/07 07:04 AM Author Share Posted 18/06/07 07:04 AM Mine did this when I got a 11psi and 12 psi tuneWell I guess mod#2 is coming sooner than expected. I gave it a quick boot today, and with the cold weather, it just went nuts. I ws imrpessed, it certainly seemed to go a lot harder than ever before.Alas, when I came to a stop shortly after, it felt like it was running on 5 cylinders. Guess I need some valve springs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Member 43 Member For: 18y 5m 8d Posted 19/06/07 07:47 AM Author Share Posted 19/06/07 07:47 AM And today it kept breaking down around 3500rpm when under full stick. Is this because I haven't gapped my plugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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