Tuning info
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Tuning info
Tuning is a process of calibrating the engine mangemnent system to the performance parts added to the engine. The additions can be the exhaust, intakes, injectors and internal engine components.
The addition of these parts can either add performance, restrice power or induce loss in your engines power production.
There are five basic components that you can upgrade. The exhaust, intake, injectors, inner cooler and turbo.
Each of these components effects the other. The known standard is refered to as stages.
Stage 1 intakes and exhaust from the turbo back to the muffler.
Stage 2 forward exhaust components, header, upipe
Stage 3 injector, inner cooler, and turbo
Stage 4 engine internals.
The stages can vary depending on opinions, but this is the basic principle of it.
Tuning is what suppose to bring all of these things together and it can. Now here is the truth. Not all of the components that you buy and install will increase performance. There are intakes that will add 7 to 10 horses in stage 1 but will cause you major problems in stage 3.
This is what happens: The intakes pipes throws the MAF sensor off which caused the ECU to lean out the AFR. This inturn productes the 7 to 10 horses. When you go to stage 3 the values are so far off that you have to start compensating in other area to balance thing out.
This causes a domino effect that has you buying parts after parts to compensate for previous changes.
(The popping sound you heard is not detonation but peoples bubbles)
Just because you bought something doesnt mean it works or that a tuner can make it work.
To put things into prospective.
Some of the components out there are equallavent to someone trying take a shoe box, a stick and some string to a violin tuner and expect him to make it sound like a violin.
Just because a part was given to you doesnt mean you should use it.
In order for your car to be tuned right it has to have the right parts.
the janitor
The answer is
yes,
I have to figure out the pricing first.
It wont be cheap but you'll be happy.
The addition of these parts can either add performance, restrice power or induce loss in your engines power production.
There are five basic components that you can upgrade. The exhaust, intake, injectors, inner cooler and turbo.
Each of these components effects the other. The known standard is refered to as stages.
Stage 1 intakes and exhaust from the turbo back to the muffler.
Stage 2 forward exhaust components, header, upipe
Stage 3 injector, inner cooler, and turbo
Stage 4 engine internals.
The stages can vary depending on opinions, but this is the basic principle of it.
Tuning is what suppose to bring all of these things together and it can. Now here is the truth. Not all of the components that you buy and install will increase performance. There are intakes that will add 7 to 10 horses in stage 1 but will cause you major problems in stage 3.
This is what happens: The intakes pipes throws the MAF sensor off which caused the ECU to lean out the AFR. This inturn productes the 7 to 10 horses. When you go to stage 3 the values are so far off that you have to start compensating in other area to balance thing out.
This causes a domino effect that has you buying parts after parts to compensate for previous changes.
(The popping sound you heard is not detonation but peoples bubbles)
Just because you bought something doesnt mean it works or that a tuner can make it work.
To put things into prospective.
Some of the components out there are equallavent to someone trying take a shoe box, a stick and some string to a violin tuner and expect him to make it sound like a violin.
Just because a part was given to you doesnt mean you should use it.
In order for your car to be tuned right it has to have the right parts.
the janitor
The answer is
yes,
I have to figure out the pricing first.
It wont be cheap but you'll be happy.
you get what you pay for people
you asked for the best
expect to be chared for teh best
on a side note i will be selling my link and getting a stock ecu for ichi to tune
you asked for the best
expect to be chared for teh best
on a side note i will be selling my link and getting a stock ecu for ichi to tune
Last edited by sigma pi; Oct 9, 2006 at 10:38 AM.
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Originally Posted by Ichinobu
Stage 1 intakes and exhaust from the turbo back to the muffler.
Stage 2 forward exhaust components, header, upipe
Stage 3 injector, inner cooler, and turbo
Stage 4 engine internals.
Stage 2 forward exhaust components, header, upipe
Stage 3 injector, inner cooler, and turbo
Stage 4 engine internals.
