benzau Member 38 Member For: 16y 2m 28d Posted 08/12/08 10:30 AM Share Posted 08/12/08 10:30 AM And let the controversy begin.After ringing over 20 tuners in Sydney and receiving quotes from $800 to $3000 for an X-Cal 2 Tune, and comments from "It'll take an hour" to "I need you to sign a release form so I can drive it on the road and get the tune finished up properly".. I eventually ended settling on someone who a lot of my import owning friends have used to tune their cars.Yavuz from Unigroup Engineering.It was nice to get a straight no bullsh*t no marketing strategy answer, unfortunately in the tuning game I found some places quoting as high as 300rwkw with just a flash tuner, which I knew was unrealistic..After a brief chat, Yavuz seemed to think we could get maybe 240-260kw out of the car..I took it down there this morning and the car reeled off a baseline run as 233.4rwkw. This was with a K&N Filter, F6 Lower Airbox, and the centre muffler removed.After a few hours the car was ready to go, and my god what a different machine.272rwkw, fuel consumption is 4.5L/100km lower than what it was (I do 200-250k's a day freeway/city driving), but the midrange is just astounding.Unfortunately the injectors are getting near 90% up the top end, so I'll have to get them replaced to hold more boost through the range.Dyno GraphOn the Dyno, before the tuneAfter 133km of driving, including 2 mates giving the car a fang.I love it, massive power, these cars are weapons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 08/12/08 10:36 AM Share Posted 08/12/08 10:36 AM Nice power, it smashes the boost pretty hard straight up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzau Member 38 Member For: 16y 2m 28d Posted 08/12/08 10:38 AM Author Share Posted 08/12/08 10:38 AM Nice power, it smashes the boost pretty hard straight up...Yeah, ideally it'd hit 15 and hold it15psi by 3000rpm isn't unreasonable on this size engine / turbo, I have friends with SR20's that are on higher boost by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ F6 Member 641 Member For: 19y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle NSW Posted 08/12/08 10:47 AM Share Posted 08/12/08 10:47 AM Didn't think people were running 15psi with such little mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fryer of Tyres Boost Addict Member 198 Member For: 16y 6m 21d Gender: Male Location: Belcompton Posted 08/12/08 10:50 AM Share Posted 08/12/08 10:50 AM After ringing over 20 tuners in Sydney and receiving quotes from $800 to $3000 for an X-Cal 2 Tune, and comments from "It'll take an hour" to "I need you to sign a release form so I can drive it on the road and get the tune finished up properly".. I eventually ended settling on someone who a lot of my import owning friends have used to tune their cars.Yavuz from Unigroup Engineering.In the end what did this particular tune and X-Cal 2 install cost ya ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 08/12/08 10:52 AM Share Posted 08/12/08 10:52 AM Oh I know, mine hits 18psi around the same time, I was more referring to how much boost it needs to hit 272rwkw - you may find that there is some valve float in the higher end.Was your 234rwkw run on the stock tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenhard Donating Members 1,517 Member For: 16y 10m 29d Gender: Male Location: Blacktown! Posted 08/12/08 11:02 AM Share Posted 08/12/08 11:02 AM do you really think he will get vavle float with just 272rwkws in a BFMKII. I thought they had the tougher phoon springs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzau Member 38 Member For: 16y 2m 28d Posted 08/12/08 11:06 AM Author Share Posted 08/12/08 11:06 AM Oh I know, mine hits 18psi around the same time, I was more referring to how much boost it needs to hit 272rwkw - you may find that there is some valve float in the higher end.Was your 234rwkw run on the stock tune?No issues with valve float.. The car made 289kw at one stage, but was backed off for safetys sake.234rwkw was dead stock, just with the centre muffler and the intake done, straight off the road onto the dyno for a run with a tank of 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 7d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 08/12/08 11:07 AM Share Posted 08/12/08 11:07 AM Pretty impressive baseline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzau Member 38 Member For: 16y 2m 28d Posted 08/12/08 11:13 AM Author Share Posted 08/12/08 11:13 AM Pretty impressive baseline!Yeah, it had hit 208kw previously with an NA Intake snorkel (dont ask), a dirty panel filter, and the exhaust standard on 91RON fuel on a different dyno, so Im pretty happy with itDrive in Drive out was $1500, I paid a little more beucase I didn't have the time to source the X-Cal and got them to do it for me and get it shipped quickly (this was a last minute idea) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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