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thekawaii
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can someone help me tune my car? or know any good place?

AMS in honda-tech,forget them. Never ever trust irvine people.They tole me 300 bucks. sh*t. never mind i'm just gonna blow up my motor and pick up anotherone for just 89 dollar i think that's better than give them my money.

any other good place do you know?or anybody can help me tune my car? SACF II and 450cc injectors are in but car idles very weird.

Edit:I just called other dyno place, they said i can't not tune it with SAFC II only.they say i need something else to contol it, I thought SAFCII is only thing i need... wtf. i'm scr**ed
Modified by thekawaii at 10:28 AM 9/7/2005


chrislis
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Hey I am goiung to be running a similar setup in my car soon. I'm turbocharging my 98 240sx with a T3/T4, full intercooler system and fuel management with an SAFC2. I called Bristol Dyno (East Hartford, CT) about getting my car dyno'd and tuned and they told me as long as I have the SAFC to work with my fuel management (injectors, fuel pump, air/fuel gauge, fuel rail) they can tune it just fine. I have heard from places that they want me to run more engine managment with a laptop or something but they said that's only a preference and an easier tune, some places say the SAFC is all I will be needing. So my estimate is now $150 for the first hour and $75 for each thereafter, he told me it shouldn't take more than an hour unless something goes wrong with the setup. Also, try tuning the SAFC a little bit to get your car running decently, that way when you get there they dont have to play with the SAFC as much as they should have to. AKA, borrow someone elses settings, set yours similar to those, then go to get your car tuned and it will work much better. Hope that helps ya.


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thekawaii wrote:can someone help me tune my car? or know any good place?

AMS in honda-tech,forget them. Never ever trust irvine people.They tole me 300 bucks. sh*t. never mind i'm just gonna blow up my motor and pick up anotherone for just 89 dollar i think that's better than give them my money.

any other good place do you know?or anybody can help me tune my car? SACF II and 450cc injectors are in but car idles very weird.

Edit:I just called other dyno place, they said i can't not tune it with SAFC II only.they say i need something else to contol it, I thought SAFCII is only thing i need... wtf. i'm scr**ed

Modified by thekawaii at 10:28 AM 9/7/2005
your injectors are too big for the SAFC to control. it can only do 50% larger. using the Apexi equation, new injector/old injector-1 you get .66 much to big for the SAFC to control. you can try to put it at -50 across the board but it still may not idle right.

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yeah im running 370's.

thekawaii
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how about other people who's running 450cc injectors or even bigger injectors?

if i didn't mention, i'm ka24e-t


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