Some cool tuning and exhaust related results
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Had a local Dezod Turbo tC customer get tuned from 2 different local shops with horrid tunes. The car bogged, had tons of lag and driveability was ok at best. So I zero'd out the entire tune and started from scratch and instantly she started getting in line.....Tuned the car for 8 and 10 PSI with an e-cutout and here are the before and 2 afters.
Previous garbage tune with 10.0:1 AFRs at 10 PSI--280whp, 278wtq
New tune by me on 8 PSI with e-cutout @ 11.6:1---271whp, 247wtq
New tune by me on 10-11 PSI with e-cutout @ 11.2-11.4:1--293whp, 274wtq
The onset of boost is much smoother, and more agressive, lag was cut down by 300-500 RPMS and driveability is not even comparable.
Previous garbage tune with 10.0:1 AFRs at 10 PSI--280whp, 278wtq
New tune by me on 8 PSI with e-cutout @ 11.6:1---271whp, 247wtq
New tune by me on 10-11 PSI with e-cutout @ 11.2-11.4:1--293whp, 274wtq
The onset of boost is much smoother, and more agressive, lag was cut down by 300-500 RPMS and driveability is not even comparable.
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AEM? Good work cleaning it up. Those torque and power curves were really sloppy.
Everybody needs to pay attention to this. It isn't just a matter of taking your car to a "tuner" because as you see, some tuners can screw your car up.
Everybody needs to pay attention to this. It isn't just a matter of taking your car to a "tuner" because as you see, some tuners can screw your car up.
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Tell me bout it. The car was so laggy and had next to no useable power except for the top end, which is not appropriate on a DD turbo car with low boost like this. We where able to bring on power sooner and broaden the power band of this car quite a bit. Believe it or not, this was done on our tC black box (for partial throttle) and an e-manage for WOT. I tuned two seperate piggybacks to mesh them into this car.
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Very nice, but for thoes of us not around to get tuned by you/dezod, how do you know wheres a good place to tune at?
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Just to get a sheer apples to apples comparison. Here is what I did to the car's powerband bringing less lag and more useable power on the set-up for a DD turbo car. Notice the difference in the cars curves and especially above 5K rpms. This is a T3/TB54 with a Stage 3 .63 A/R wheel on a log manifold.
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Nice job with the curves. It's always a pleasure to hear boost coming on sooner. Better power more quickly = tasty!
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Paul, any reason you tuned the afr that lean? As long as the afr's stay around 12.5 or richer, he should be fine but I would personally feel safer somewhere in the mid-high 11's.
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Reputation and word of mouth. With Hondata, they will recommend a good tuner. I would just ask around my area and see who knows what they're doing. If you hear alot of horror stories, staying away may not be a bad idea.
Paul, any reason you tuned the afr that lean? As long as the afr's stay around 12.5 or richer, he should be fine but I would personally feel safer somewhere in the mid-high 11's.
Paul, any reason you tuned the afr that lean? As long as the afr's stay around 12.5 or richer, he should be fine but I would personally feel safer somewhere in the mid-high 11's.
On the dyno, he also observed that he picked up an extra PSI of boost (from 10 to 10.8) when running an e-cutout, which it did not do on the street when we where tuning. This also caused a short leaner than liked, scenario, but still well within guidlines of safe once he was all set.
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it sucks how all the money you have invested in a car can go to complete **** because of a bad tuner. This is what i would say to be the most important step and it completely lies on someone else.
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On the street though, this cars AFRS where rock solid on the datalogs.
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I have seen AFRs differ from the street to the dyno. This is not the 1st time, hence why I do both and recheck my work in a system of checks and balances. The street matters much more to me because how often are you under dyno conditions vs street conditions.
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mmm happens alot. Gotta tune both ways IMO to be consistent on the street. A lot of drag teams dont even bother with dynos once they get basemaps just for this reason, even at best, its only a simulation of real world events which are very hard to duplicate. It never hurts to have a wideband in the car, its relatively cheap insurance.
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