I did not like my tunes from either RIPP Mods or No Limit.
I am currently looking to go somewhere else.

 

Also, through the research of 3 different engines on 3 different setups
Supercharger running a reflash
Stock ECU - Stock car
Turbo on Emanage

Cylinder 2 runs leaner than the others.. everyone should be aware

I believe its a design in the intake

 

Everyone gets horrible tunes from them. They barely even tune their cars. They just hook it up, put a correction factor on the dyno to make the power that the custom wants, and quickly adjust the AFR to 11/14. They both have DynoDynamics dynos, but neither of them use it properly. They use the smoothing factor for AFR/Boost charts to make it 'look' like it's a lot smoother than it really is, and they use a rather high correction factor.

 

My Greddy boost controller was tuned very well from both places.. No falling off or creep

If I had to go back to either I would go back to RIPP mods - Perry is a cool guy you just have to tell him what you want and be specific and go over everything before he thinks hes done with your car

No Limit I overall really didnt like my expierence.. but as far as the tune my car leaned out up top but my clutch went 2 days after so I dont have any long term information

 

I am trying to find somewhere new to go ATM

 

Which Greddy? Profec-B?

 

Yes. Great boost controller once u get the hang of it.

 

Well that's the unit doing it's job. It's a great boost controller and it's meant to hold boost/prevent creep/prevent spikes. Them setting it up doesn't really have anything to do with preventing creep and stuff.

 

Its a difficult boost controller to fully understand and to get it to work perfectly.
I give credit where credit is due.

 

100% all in the tune.

I have sadly seen Ebay turbo kits make great power (albeit not long at all due to the reliability of the components) but the reason they made good power was because they were tuned well.

Detonation will destroy even the most built of built engines.

Normal running compression pressures are generally half of what your static compression numbers are. (What you would read when doing a standard compression test.

So for all intents and purposes when the engine is running your compression numbers are around 120 psi. Add the amount of boost to that and your number rises but only slightly.

So we are at around 150 psi, running, maybe......

Detonation can cause pressure spikes in a cylinder of up to 10,000 psi.

That is enough to collapse ring lands on a piston, crack cylinder sleeves, blow head gaskets, smash rod bearings etc. It's like a jack hammer in your engine.

Number one killer of engines, bad tune.

 

I agree with ya don on that but i have to say bad install comes in real effing close imho.

 

Yeah, I agree as well

I'd say that's number 2

 

Bad install?

Meaning the whole tube of RTV on the oil pan? That's the only way I can see an install botched and even then your oil pressure would read low and you know something is amiss.

 

I didn't read the entire thread. I quoted the first post and answered his question. My response was a general statement. I should have read the entire thread.

 

Oh I know Don, I was just asking.

 

agreed

 

forgeting to tighten down the fitting going to your wastegate like i said befor will make you over boost and well you know what happens then (trust me iv done it but i caught it in time i hit 17psi in a blink of an eye...ish comes quick..lol)

ther are lots of other examples im sure Don has seen them all just about...

 

who here has blown their motor after getting boosted?

i PMd chintastictc and he said that he put on his turbo on around 70k and blew it @ 112k

 

^he blew it do to too many 3rd gear pulls, hitting the rev limiter too many time and also bc of his wot box.

then torwards the end he jus ripped it to much not caring

 

eek. i dont push mine too much, and i make it a point to follow all the maintenance tips stated in this thread but im always scared of something going wrong.

anybody else on SL have/had a blown motor due to turbo?