IH8TOADS Silver Donating Members 3,618 Member For: 19y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: OZ Posted 13/01/14 01:09 PM Share Posted 13/01/14 01:09 PM If I'm reading this correctly it looks like your putting out about 80 or 90 kw at 3000 rpm? That is really low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saski Member 68 Member For: 16y 4m Posted 13/01/14 07:37 PM Author Share Posted 13/01/14 07:37 PM Looks normal to me. Can always be tuned to come on earlier and harder but that it not my preference. I had asked my tuner to keep it factoryish down low. Current tune is good on the rest of the driveline too.Its a mild tune is good enough for 12's on street tyres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandblightfoot Member 183 Member For: 12y 28d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 14/01/14 02:49 AM Share Posted 14/01/14 02:49 AM Just installed pw stage 2 intercooler and piping kit. Just trying to find time to get it tuned if I take it easy driving is the car going to be fine for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 9m 9d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 14/01/14 05:44 AM Share Posted 14/01/14 05:44 AM Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 21y 11m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 14/01/14 07:14 PM Share Posted 14/01/14 07:14 PM Report back here if its not.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 26/02/14 11:42 PM Share Posted 26/02/14 11:42 PM A query from a forum newbie/mechanical dunce ... I have an early FG ute, manual, was tuned about 2.5yrs ago with x-force 4" dump, 5" cat into twin 2.5", capa flash, new injectors (can't remember size) and growler intake... that's about it I think. made 345rwkw (on a hub dyno), went back 6 months later for a tweak, made 375rwkw and 920nm... on hub dyno again, guessing with traction issues taken out that equates to about 330-350 on a roller dyno...? Cos I'm a tightarse, I left the cooler as stock. Obviously in summer power drops like a turd, especially when its humid... winter mornings it goes like stink. Here's the question; if I throw on one of those cheapo ebay cooler - 460x430x85mm max thickness (stepped) and don't re-tune, whats the worst that could happen?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 27/02/14 04:43 AM Share Posted 27/02/14 04:43 AM Depends on how the car was tuned and what safety measures are left in place. There is a good chance that your car will boost a bit harder but no guarantee either way.The factory ecu is smart enough to pull back the timing to try and save things going bad but then the car will just feel slower than before.best bet is to get a decent quality cooler kit and get it re-tuned. Do it once and do it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 27/02/14 05:14 AM Share Posted 27/02/14 05:14 AM Ok... lets see if I can get my little dunce cap around this.What difference is there between a cold morning... and making the intake air a bit cooler/denser with ebay jobbie cooler?Obviously I don't get the car re-tuned in winter, and ECU handles the colder air, and power increases to whatever it makes then without a hassle.Is the extra flow the difference...? Or am I missing something else? Please help, tech people!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 27/02/14 06:04 AM Share Posted 27/02/14 06:04 AM You're on the right path mate, the larger intercooler will increase the amount of air flow and increase the efficiency of the system. This may allow the motor to rev up quicker and increase the load on the wastegate actuator. All this can lead to overboosting and detonation. After all that doom and gloom you may find that nothing at all happens and it will be perfectly fine. I'd still recommend getting the vehicle tuned with the cooler kit, this way the guy tuning your car isn't working around a problem (high intake temps) and the result will be much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 27/02/14 06:23 AM Share Posted 27/02/14 06:23 AM Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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