It all comes down to the tune and mechanical parts. If you have a bad tune, the motor is going to eventually blow. If you have crappy mechanical parts (BOV, WG, boost controller, etc), they're going to eventually fail and cause the big boom.

The oil cooler isn't necessary. Unless you're going to be doing a lot of racing, it's just pointless.

 

Well I don't have crappy parts. The tune is the only thing that's even partially bothering me. That's why I wanted to get it to you to look over when I get it back.

HKS - BOV
TiAL - WG
Hallman - boost controller (when I get back)
Dezon Spec'd T3/T4 - Turbochager
Mishimoto - radiator
Energy Suspension - motor mounts
etc.

Yeah that's the same thing they say. I don't race at all, I only do a lot of driving, back and forth from Auburn to Atlanta & Charlotte often times at least once a month.

 

hey carbon what tuning shops would you recommend in the NY/NJ area?

Sorry to steer off topic a bit.

 

LOL he'll recommend P-tuning FTW, its not in NY/NJ I know but I think he drove there for his tune and absolutely loves it to the best of my knowledge.

You could've PM'd him you THREAD JACKER

 

You hit the nail on the head. A closer option would be World Racing, which is out in PA, or Dezod which is up in Buffalo. I'd highly recommend staying away from No Limit and RippMods, I've heard nothing but horror stories from them.

The great thing about taking the trip down to PTuning, is that you're certain to make great power and get a reliable tune. Plus they don't use any correction factor on their dyno, so you're not going to get false or inflated numbers.

 

Sorry for the thread jack. lol. One more question and no more jacking..... that didnt sound right but you get what i'm saying???

Carbon do you think they'll have any issues tuning a TT stage 2 twinn scroll set up using the FIC???

I know it would make more sense to ask them but i thought i'd ask you first.

Once again sorry ecko

 

Who? PTuning?

Anyone that can tune an F/IC, can tune an F/IC. It doesn't matter what kit/turbo that's being tuned...

 

Thats what i figured. Just wanted to make sure.

I just mapquested them and they're 5hrs away from me

Can i drive that long on an untuned car?

 

Do you happen to have a basemap?

Did you call them to schedule an appointment?

 

As long as you don't boost and you're cruising between a 14-15AFR you'll be fine. And like ecko said, you need to make an appointment with them.

 

will do as soon as I get siht from Todd.

Thanks guys. Sorry for the thread jacking.

Now back to the regular scheduled program LOL

 

I'd say to just make an appointment, but knowing Todd, you won't get your stuff for another 4 years.

 

LOL. That's funny. Supposedly things are being boxed and getting ready to ship.... I've been hearing that since last year.

 

i drove 7 hrs to a tuner with a basemap lol.. but yeah stay off boost, dont get tempted by the nice highway and get some rest like probably every 2 hrs

 

Just drive, get on it but never at WOT. You hear the turbo start to spool you know you're too high in the RPM's and let off. It took me a few hours of driving at a really slow speed on the expressway to realize how it worked. I don't rest every 2 hours, I know you're supposed to but I just have certain times when i like to get gas so that's when I rest.

 

i have a few maps that crush sent me for my boys car. Can i use those?

 

The maps are fine as long as you stay out of boost. That's the main thing. Even with the basemap and crush's maps you still would really want to avoid boost when possible. Crush's maps will ensure that if you do hit a little boost you're fine but you still want to get your car tuned and then look at that map yourself in comparision to others. Then you can even send it to Crush, Carbon, etc. for them to look at to see if they can find any issues like the ign map being hot. Nothing like your own map which you may find will look identical to some of Crush's, Carbon's, Ace's, etc. maps.

 

yep you can....i never want to tell someone to go ahead and start boosting on my maps until they are confident in them and have looked closely at the afr's. but let me explain that they are just base maps, they were tuned for another setup and may not be the best tune for what your getting, however they should keep you in the safety zone.

btw tell your boy to send me a couple more logs and ill try and fine tune his map

 

oh and tell him "were is my damn money"...lol...j/k...but seriously i need it though...lol

 

when i uninstalled my turbo i noticed that my oil pickup was clogged with rtv =[ took it all apart n cleaned it ....im def going to run a oil pressure gauge soon because i know when i apply rtv i am not really conservative