Time To Come Out Of The Closet

[senna_T]

well she's already been

[ZAP]

No we do not PM you unless we are going to give you a warning or holiday.

While I did not do the cleaning, the post removed were totaly OT.

[Guest EGOXRT]

  2fardown said:

Yes it can be safe, when the tuner knows what they're doing and you have protection against detonation in place.

It makes me laugh how people say "Oh don't go over the magic 300rwkw's mark because you'll bend a rod". It's those people, (like yourself), who are a little less knowledgeable and like to take everything they read on a forum as gossible and not know the full story behind the situation.

Well champ, why don't you fill " us " less knowledgeable people in on the full story.. I will love to hear the story on the longevity, of an item that has forces placed upon it, that it was never designed to cope with... Maybe there is a secret little parameter that "good/safe", tuners use to strengthen metal..

[jetute]

  Adam said:

the knock sensor can only pull a set amount of timing out at a time. This can be changed within the edit software. My ute has knock control problems, it's pulls as much timing out as it can over time without any pinging. After alot of screwing around we turned it off and made sure the tune has a good safety margin in it.

I've done 60,000km of a total 116,000km with mods and so far I've had no engine dramas. One day the engine will let go. The stress it's put under over time will eventually win and something will break.

As for engine failures there are alot that don't make it to the forum. I know of one very recent turbo Territory that melted a piston after being tuned.

As far as this thread is concerned...

I think it's a good idea to share experiences. I never have understood why people hide details about things. But, can we please not turn this into a tuner bashing thread? If somethings happened then by all means post it up but leave the tuners names out of it. All tuners will have customers with both good and bad experiences. There's no need to rubbish someones name from one or two bad accounts.

Cheers

hmmmmm... I know this story well.. I hope all who bring it up do too.

as for popping engines... they can let go at any time for a number of reasons.... check out the thread on FF about the STOCK T, that's right stock, that had 2 bent rods!!!

its a lucky dip really guys.

in the end your engine might last a month or might last 10 years... who knows?? I know no1 here does, and if they say do they are lying simple as that!!

[adamw]

So is anyone aware of any post 06/06 or phoon motors that have bent a rod and moderate power levels (300rwkw)?

[senna_T]

so far they seem to be ok, but as said previously, there are alot of problems that happen, but don't make it on here...

If you want to work your engine wither play it safe and stay below, or be prepared to build an engine if you pop it, its silly to boost up a car and just think "wow this is cool, but if it breaks I'm gonna be stuffed!" Don't play with the car unless you have the funds to fix it when something goes wrong, and something often does