BlueDevil81 Member 10 Member For: 13y 5m Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 10/05/12 12:31 PM Author Share Posted 10/05/12 12:31 PM Im finally back here on the forum after a long absence while working overseas. Since Feb ive been back home in Townsville I have made some changes to the vehicle and had realisations about tuners as well. The last 4 years I have been here I have done business with Aitkenvale auto and could not complain about Ian or his service work. In July last year I was impulsive to get some work on my car to 300-330rwk. I decided to do the business thing and meet other tuners around and get quotes and talk. I approached TMS and Peter seemed liked a genuine guy that knew what he was talking about and sold it well to me. If you ever visit the TMS site you will notice that they do alot more work to Holdens than they do fords which should been a clue. I decided to go ahead get the tune and work done. The dyno paperwork you see says 306.7 rwks at 14.5 psi. I was happy with the tune as the car was more potent and fun to drive. Peter said to me that I could have gotten more power as the fuel system still had more to go and he said that his dyno had been known to give low readings which had me thinking that I had somewhere of 320 rwks or more. Recently I went back to Ian at Aitkenvale and needed a service done and I was curious about I dyno tune and assesment on his Mainline Dyno. The other give away is if you look at Ian's site auto-dyno.com.au you will notice its the other way around they do Mostly Fords and get big power to. He also does Custom SCT flash tuning for individual vehicles and not generic tunes. We did the dyno and assesment and it was came up as 291 rwks. So much for Peters low reading. Ian also pointed out that I received a Generic tune and my injectors were maxed out which again I got lied too about have more to go in my fuel system. The dyno said that I was pumping out 15.5 psi and that at that level I should be seeing 350rwks. After this result I wanted to make some changes and get this ride to run properly with a good tune and no restrictions. The injectors had to go infavour of a bosch blue printed 660cc and the exhaust was changed to xforce 4 inch dump into 3.5 mild steel. I also put in a walbro intank fuel pump. I had said to Ian to give me 350rwk as this was what I understood to be a good level for street application. He called me on the phone while he was tuning and said "how much power do you want" I said we agreed on 350 didnt we, he said" mate we have gone past that" I said sh*t lets make it 370 then. So the final tune came as 371.4 rwks 1000nm tourque at 18psi. Im extremely happy with the result and will never be disloyal to Aitkenvale auto again. I gained 80 rwks with great top end and better economy if driven sensibly. Thanks Ian and Aitkenvale you guys know your fords. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 22d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 10/05/12 08:10 PM Share Posted 10/05/12 08:10 PM Aitkenvale have done enough turbos to know that your power level is dangerous.Either put a surge tank in or save for a new motor. Do not drive this thing below 1/4 tank and don't do full power runs below 1/2 tank.Other than that, bloody nice work mate.Also which external gate setup did you go? they are a great addition for boost control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 11/05/12 05:25 AM Share Posted 11/05/12 05:25 AM What transmission do you have?Nice power by the way. Is that about 500hp? Just asking because I was looking about there next tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil81 Member 10 Member For: 13y 5m Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 11/05/12 06:00 AM Author Share Posted 11/05/12 06:00 AM Im unsure of the brand of the wastegate. Its just an external 11psi actuator that was bought locally. I had to replace it as the standard actuator wouldnt let more than 12psi out. I dont agree that the power level is too dangerous. Ian knows knew that my ride is an everyday ride and we agreed on a reliable safe tune at around that power level. I have not had any problems with the car since nor doi beleive I will have problems. I trust Ian's knowledge with these engines and what they are capable of and whats not safe. I beleive its to the boundaries now. Any more and there would be damage. I still have the standard 6 speed box. The clutch is not slipping at all. If am I wrong Panda you can say I told you so but hopefully that wont happen. Riptide that is about 500hp at the treads. If you have a ford in townsville take it Aitkenvale. They will do a good job. I will add a copy of my dyno. I installed some new guages as well to replace the factory ones. They are the oil pressure and boost guages by autometer both in PSI readings. I will upload a pic of them as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 22d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 11/05/12 06:16 AM Share Posted 11/05/12 06:16 AM good response, I didn't realise it was manual and definitely don't want to say I told you so, That power level without a surge in an auto = death to engine. It's not about the power the engine can handle but it's getting the fuel to the engine. in an auto the fuel sloshes away from the pickup and the engine can starve for fuel. In a manual it gets the chance to slosh back to the front on gear changes. At your power level I'd still be having a serious think about being at WOT for too long.nice ride mate, 500hp in a manual would be fun as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 13y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 11/05/12 06:41 AM Share Posted 11/05/12 06:41 AM Nice power and response!! Agree with the surgey. A lot cheaper to get that than replace an engine if it were to happenLol the graph info 4cyl haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil81 Member 10 Member For: 13y 5m Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 11/05/12 08:02 AM Author Share Posted 11/05/12 08:02 AM All good Panda I didnt know that auto's had that problem with fuel starvation. Personally I get bored in auto's and refuse to own them for street rides. It is a lot of fun to drive in the man. You can write off first gear for traction even in second it breaks traction on full boost and chirps it up after that its fine. Im still using the factory 19 Dark rims with 245/35/19' on back and front. Im using cheaper tyres I doubt even if I purchased more expensive ones I would get better traction. The best thing about the car is that with this power its still very drivable and you can enjoy being mild or wild. Good pickup on the dyno sheet Shyfrd. I thought it was funny they put 4 cylinders on there as well. I agree that I would definently rather buy a surge tank then buy a new engine if it were an auto that's a no brainer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJF6 Member 37 Member For: 8y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Wodonga Posted 10/10/16 03:57 AM Share Posted 10/10/16 03:57 AM That's a good read and great result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 10m 19d Gender: Not Telling Posted 10/10/16 04:52 AM Share Posted 10/10/16 04:52 AM nice mine @RJF6 and welcome to the forum! I wonder how @BlueDevil81 's car has held up since his profile says: Last visited 24/05/12 05:57 PM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 10/10/16 06:13 AM Share Posted 10/10/16 06:13 AM (edited) On 7/29/2011 at 10:41 PM, CBXRT said: LOL XRFool - ideal name in many ways! "WRX are not your friend anymore" - a worked WRX will beat any T on here (regardless of rwkw) until it gets at least above 60-80ks to license losing territory? ^^Fool!! Bah he's banned anyway Banned fool then Edited 10/10/16 06:14 AM by camo86T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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