My mods are listed in my sig. I was just wondering what things I should ask of Steve. Does anyne have any particular settings that worked good for them. Any cool tricks. I am sure he will know what to do but I just wanted to get people's advice.

Thanks

 

I don't really have any advice, but I do know you are doing the RIGHT thing having it tuned!! Lots of people tend to leave that little part out!!

 

Make sure that you have a full tank of whatever gas you plan on running on the street (hopefully 93, hehe) and new/clean plugs installed. Also, if you have a power fc don't forget to ask him to set it so the fans come on at a lower temp.

 

Yea, I have my fans set already. It can get kind of hot here in Tucson. My plugs only have like 2000 miles but I may change them out anyway. Start nice and fresh. I never thought I would ever get my car tuned properly, I can't wait

 

You're gonna love it! Steve Kan is awesome, he tuned 5 Northeast guys in September, and I've never been happier with the car since.

I'd say just have him tune it for whatever PSI he feels is safe. He tuned mine for 12 and my injectors were at 94% at redline. You have more airflow due to the IC, mp and cat-back, so your injectors might well be maxed out at 12 psi. Either way you've gotta be making some really good power to be trapping 113 already, and it's only gonna get better after Steve is done. Post the dynoe sheet when you're done, I wanna see how it goes.

 

You're in good hands, I had a great experience with Steve. The car feels terrific under all conditions (part throttle, ect).
1. Bring an extra set of plugs, even if you start with a clean set. You can always return them if you don't end up using them. I think GT2 will back me up on this one
2. Full tank of gas
3. change the fuel filter if you haven't done it in awhile.
4. Let Steve know how aggressive you want to be with the tuning. I had him set mine up on the rich end of the spectrum because I didn't want to worry about it and don't mind giving up a little hp for piece of mind. A couple of my friends were more aggressive. Regardless, he won't do anything foolish so don't worry.

 

Pour a couple (or a few) bottles of the el cheapo octane booster in an almost empty tank, then go fill up with 93 octane. Just to give yourself a couple extra measures of safety. Especially if you're running higher than stock boost.

 

eh, go get some toulene (sp?) from a home depot or something....i believe its a lot cheaper than $10-12/bottle and gives u more than .3 octane per bottle

 

Shouldn't I just use regular 91 for everyday situations?

 

"Shouldn't I just use regular 91 for everyday situations?"

Yes. Tune it like you are going to drive it.

 

Putting in some octane booster gives you a little bit of added safety. As a "just in case" type thing. That's how Steve likes the car to be when he goes to tune.

And toulene does give you more of an octane boost, but if you're running higher boost levels and don't have an upgraded ignition system to go along with it, you'll get more ignition breakup.

It burns hotter than regular gas does. Previously, I was only getting ignition breakup at 17 psi or higher. But when I mixed in the toulene I started breaking up at 14-15 psi. It ran smoother up until then, but then like crap at high boost.

 

I would ask Steve. We had 3 different types of race gas at the dyno, one with the same specific gravity as pump gas. I asked Steve if I should use it to tune and he advised against it.

With a wideband I don't think you have to worry. He will back out before the situation becomes critical.

 

I'm just going by what he's told me every time we go to tune my car.

 

not only is he one of the best tuners in the country, but he's a real cool guy to hang out with.

 

I've spoken with him on several occasions--he seems very knowledgable.

-BN

 

I'm leaving bright and early tomorrow morning to get it done. I look forward to finding out how much HP my car puts down after the tune. My friend's FD put 356 down with the same mods as me, his only differences were an xs eng. re-tuned stock ecu and a front mount. I will post dyno numbers when I get back

 

I beg to differ

 

Yeah, good stuff huh. That's what Gary blew his motor up on.

 

Who is Steve Kan ?

where is he located and what computers does he tune ?

will he tune a Haltech e11 on my FD ?

 

Steve and Ihor showed up yesterday and already have one car finished. More to come today.

Steve seems like a really great guy, and yes, he does know how to tune Haltech. Lots to do today so I'll pass along some results later!

 

Had to bring it up didn't ya Chris? Yeah I forgot to bring extra plugs even though I was very specifically told to. But it's all good, CCarlisi flew out to a shop basically at closing time to get 2 more sets of plugs. Thanks again

 

Can anyone give me contact info for Steve Kan? Does anybody have his shop address and phone number ?

 

http://www.gothamracing.com

817-788-8726 or, speed dial 8 on my phone

 

Is Steve Kan on this forum and what is his screen name?

Also, does he ever come out to California to do any tuning?

 

pluto is his name on here. if you get a minumum of 5 people then your answer will be yes i believe.