Power FC Who Should Tune Your Car
08-20-11, 03:02 PM
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Who Should Tune Your Car
If paying a tuner, get one with experience for the type of tune you need.
Recently I have studied two maps for street/road race type of cars. Both were single turbos; one stock port and the other large street port. Both engines had performance issues.
Both were tuned by the same tuner with mainly drag racing expertise.
He mainly tunes for full power. Timing was antiquated with no timing advance after peak torque, and the fuel was very roughly adjusted. Cruise, and cruise to boost transition timing and fuel were also poor.
If you have a street/track car that needs tuning, go to someone like Steve Kahn.
Recently I have studied two maps for street/road race type of cars. Both were single turbos; one stock port and the other large street port. Both engines had performance issues.
Both were tuned by the same tuner with mainly drag racing expertise.
He mainly tunes for full power. Timing was antiquated with no timing advance after peak torque, and the fuel was very roughly adjusted. Cruise, and cruise to boost transition timing and fuel were also poor.
If you have a street/track car that needs tuning, go to someone like Steve Kahn.
08-20-11, 04:06 PM
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not to dig on steve either but he also rarely spends any time for regular driving map areas, had to clean up his work on more than a few occasions also.
you can be picky all you want but i don't know a tuner who can spend a full day tuning your car for a decent price unless it is your buddy.
you can be picky all you want but i don't know a tuner who can spend a full day tuning your car for a decent price unless it is your buddy.
08-21-11, 11:50 AM
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True, only you can spend the time for non boost perfection tuning on your own car.
Even so, Steve's is better than most I have seen.
That is why it is imperative to get a DATALOGIC, WB, laptop and quit being a ***** and learn.
Even so, Steve's is better than most I have seen.
That is why it is imperative to get a DATALOGIC, WB, laptop and quit being a ***** and learn.
not to dig on steve either but he also rarely spends any time for regular driving map areas, had to clean up his work on more than a few occasions also.
you can be picky all you want but i don't know a tuner who can spend a full day tuning your car for a decent price unless it is your buddy.
you can be picky all you want but i don't know a tuner who can spend a full day tuning your car for a decent price unless it is your buddy.
08-21-11, 06:33 PM
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not to dig on steve either but he also rarely spends any time for regular driving map areas, had to clean up his work on more than a few occasions also.
you can be picky all you want but i don't know a tuner who can spend a full day tuning your car for a decent price unless it is your buddy.
you can be picky all you want but i don't know a tuner who can spend a full day tuning your car for a decent price unless it is your buddy.
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08-21-11, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Karack
you can be picky all you want but i don't know a tuner who can spend a full day tuning your car for a decent price unless it is your buddy.
All that being said, if you do want to take the plunge and tune your own engine you have to be fully committed.
Originally Posted by thewird
I do but I only do local
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