Toyota Vios Turbo Charged

Toyota Vios Turbo Charged

Yes! Its 2am now... not that we tuned the car until 2am, but talk kok until 2am.

Ok, we took a 1n-zfe engine from Toyota Vios, put in a turbo kit that works, and see what happens.

This ride come stock with 110 bhp, (there abouts), direct firing ignition, VVTi technology and a very light chasis of 950kg.

Sounds good? Well, the owner throw in a 8 pt under-carriage, aftermart suspension which is tuned to perfection and a nice 16 inch rims with nice performance rubbers. The handling of this ride was 2 worlds apart from the factory baked version. Of course, the struts bars, fuly lighten chasis, short shifter and bucket seat also further enhance the driving experience.

Putting in a turbo and have it tuned with Greddy Emanage Blue is really a simple and fast way of adding bhp onto this ride. With the amount of time and money spent, adding in another 50~60 bhp can never be easier than this kind of setup. Given the stability and ease of maintenence, a turbo kit will be an excellent choice.

On one of the traffic lights sprints, we noticed that as we hit the 3rd gear, the cars that was beside us is now at least 10~20 cars away, "... driving this car is like machiam driving a ferrari like that ... " hahaha... thats from the mouth of Sam as we completed our tuning. Seriously, 170~190 bhp on a sub 1 ton car is not something you can chuck aside. As compared to a 1.5 ton car with 220 bhp, I think the Vios will fair much better given all else constant like driving skill and stuff.

Ok, owner's turn to test drive. With a few instructions on how to handle a turbo charged car and also information on how the Vios will react to the turbo, we're off... Even without boosting, the owner is already feeling the difference and remarked that he is not used to this kind of driving. Mind you... thats even before the turbo starts to boost up.

Owner is a fanatic of cars and frequents the track on a regular basis, with the kit in and added bhp, he is now left to relearn the new setup and better prep himself for the tracks next month. Ok, here comes the boost at 2500 rpm and pulls all the way till redline. I saw him smiling hahaha... next gear... puuuuull all the way again... cool. And again....

Verdict:
For those who loves pulling till redlines, this kit is highly recommend. This kit is more for those who are looking for that extra 60 horses to help pull them out of that long corner. Overall, this kit is highly recommended.

On the flip side, you'll need to be briefed on how the toyota VVTi works best which is essential is making the most of the variable cam timing toyota is throwing in this car. Smooth like fark idling and no CEL lights.

Oh! Something's lacking on this ride...hahaha... the mid pipe is too small liaoz... the stock vios exhaust felt a little restrictive after the turbo is in... anyway... thats no big problem anyway. Since we have already customize full exhaust system for Vios before and using 321 stainless steel material to build it.

Ok, I damn sleepy already....

Happy Racing!!

Honda iDSi Turbo Charged

Yes. Post before already. The other Jazz comes with all the suspension system la... what have you... This one is stock version.

Well, I decided to post it if anyone is wondering if the stock version is suitable for turbo charging ...

Ok, rather than being a drag ass here, there is really not much diff. and the latter being better in handling thats all.


happy racing

Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo (Dynoed)

Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo Charged

Yes, if you refer to the earlier postings, you'll find 2 articles on this ride already. Well, heres a variant from the previous setups, we actually put in a slightly bigger turbo into the car and tuned it to work.

We got a ride which has its turbo spooling at 2500 rpm and reaching full boost at 3000 rpm all the way till 6000 rpm. This kind of setup is ideal for day-to-day driving while pushing the powerband to the mid range, sacrificing a little bit on the response.

This car has a VVT technology which functions very similarly to a Vtec opening. We put in some nice stuff into this ride which make the VVT really feels like a Vtec opening on a Honda. Why not? Since this ride weights below 1.1 ton, there is no wonder why it comes stock as a 9 sec car.

Ok, we made it work with lots of effort and planning, once done, we decided to send it for Dyno. 185 bhp is the results. I for one is extremely happy with the results since we're only boost a 0.35 bars of boost on a 7500 redline car, I can assure you that this car is no easy ride to win. Especially all this controled with Emanage Blue. Ok, what else, this ride comes stock with a very close ratio gearing which makes it perfect for drags.

Sam on the otherhand felt it should be more... Ok, if the owner installs a boost controller into his ride and i get to tune it, I'll let you know whats the outcome from the Dyno. ie. if we send it for dyno la...

Verdict:
This setup requires slightly more skill to as compared to earlier versions. Great for drags and traffic light sprints. Cornering is based on individual's balls size and hardness since this ride comes with an excellent chasis design.

Good for those who wants a Vtec feeling on a Suzuki, exploiting the VVT technology from suzuki.

Torque is much more now and requires more skill to handle.

Overall, excellent kit to have.

**Sam's going to charge more for future kits since I have successfully convinced him that it requires more material than usual to make it happen. :)

Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6 GLX Turbo Charged

Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6 GLX Turbo Charged

Take a 1.6L Mitsu engine, put in a CVT gearbox, HKS BOV, WRX TD04 turbo, HKS open Pod, Custom extractor and down pipe you'll get a nice car that has its turbo boost while the CVT produce the max. torque for the car. Sound good?

All controlled using Greddy Emanage blue ecu.

Something I noticed is that only when you shift to "L" can the rpm actually rise to above 3000 rpm, when in "D" mode, you'll have the car around the 2K rpm region. You can almost be certain that when the turbo develops full boost at this rpm, the cvt will definately slip. Maybe thats why Mitsu gave the option of a "L" mode, and for the purpose of turbo charging the ride.

This kind of setup does push the stock cvt to the limits. While all else remains stable, the manual transmission version will definately perform better and opening the option of adding in a boost controller for higher boost.

The estimated gains in bhp should be about 30 without sacrificing a smooth comfortable ride coupled with a CVT tranny.

Verdict:
Improves the day-to-day drive. Suitable for people who wants slightly more, while not creating a monster.

Catching up...

Side track abit la... nowadays damn lazy to post... hahaha... its human I guess...

I'll catch up on Toyota Altis with MR-S engine, Subaru TS with WRX engine and TD-04 Turbo soon.... cheers

happy modding!

Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo

Yah, I know, already posted one before... This one is the non-pi one.

Overall, you'll notice that the non-pi version is better suited for turbo charging. For one, it seems the compression ratio is lower than stated. Well, I can't prove this but, gut feel only. Anyway, we assume the safer side.

Well, we all know how dificult it is to pull horses on NA. This simple turbo kit makes life really simple by increasing the amount of air going into the engine, we'll ensure the VVT engine is pushed to its limits.

Verdict:
just do it. You already have a forged internal coming as stock. Its time to maximize its potential. Flip side is poorer FC to its already bad FC hahaha... LPPL, you have more horses to feed now...

Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo

Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo



Well not the normal 1.8 GDI engine, the Evolution 3 GSR with a TD-05 16G turbo and an upgraded huge front mount intercooler ensure the driver and passenger is assured of an exciting and eye opening ride. For one, we managed to pull an impressive 40kg of torque at 4000 rpm when the turbo hits its fullest boost. While reminding ourselves this is still running on an automatic gearbox and still retains the looks of the 1.6 galant stock outfit.

With 280bhp in its pocket, its good enough to give our factory baked stock boxers a run for their money. Of course, front wheeled drive and a lighter chassis will mean a trade off on the handling during corners.

This ride was initially tuned on Ron 95 fuel. I only know this when I put the numbers from the Dyno into my calculation and noticed a strange read out from my worksheet. Only after discussing with the owner did I advise the ride to run on Ron 98. The effect of running on a better fuel only made the car perform even better and smoother.

Today, I'm suppose to fine tune this ride before a friendly drag this wednesday. However, the rain made it impossible for us without having to fight every torque steer that comes when the TD05 spools up. When the weather is dry, the torque steer is still managable. Insanity? Yes. Insane is normal for evos.

Verdict :
For drag enthu. this setup is perfect. The flip side is the extremely high FC at 7.5km/L. What do you expect? Fuel savy Evolution? nah.....

Mitsubishi Colt Plus Turbo Stage 1

Mitsubishi Colt Plus Turbo Stage 1

Stage 1 only la... this one is simple mod only... Owner wanted to have a nice looking front mount intercooler as the stock intercooler is small and hidden away. He wanted something more presentable since upgrading the intercooler is still within the legal limits of sillypore. We installed a front mount intercooler which is a highly recommended upgrade given the potential this ride has when it is freshly baked from the showroom. We added a few other mods which allows you to run a huge front mount at a very good price.

No cel Light! Yes. No check your engine light.

The results is satisfying, though satisfying is an understatement, I'll still use it anyway for the sake of other people. First off, the black rubbery hoses are upgraded to high grade stainless steel pipes. There is no need to remove the foggies and performance wise. At the same low boost setting we used to set, the car now feels like its running on high boost. At high boost settings, on a steep slope, your front wheel can start to spin from torque steer when the turbo spools. Which was something the stock car can never achieve. A careful mix and match on the pipes and intercooler paid off as the turbo lag was as good as stock. Almost negligible difference.

We said alot about the results even before the fmic was installed. And nothing can be more reassuring than seeing the actual thing itself. Its still a stage 1 car... so, yes, its lta compliant. BHP wise.... that one have to wait for the dyno...

my prediction is mostly pass the 200bhp mark.

It can't be too far off la, since the former highboost settings without the FMIC installed already gave us a very safe 8.5s timing, 0~100. Just in case you are wondering if the FMIC is ever that effective and yet looks that fabulous on a turbo charged car, we decided to film the whole event down. So that you would miss a thing.

Have you ever tried shaving just 1 second off your 0~100 timing?

If you have, you'll just know how difficult is can be, and if not done properly, you may end up emotionally and financially stressed-out. Here's something from the mouth of the owner

"...For the amount of $$$ I spent and the results (bhp/torque increased, 0~100kmh 7.44s) I get, I am very very happy already... "

**enjoy the clip, you'll need a stopwatch in hand to time it and see for yourself.

Honda Jazz iDsi Turbo charged

This L15A engine comes with the Vtec version and the iDsi version. With the iDsi version, the engine is designed to give better fuel economy and better torque. The engine design has alot of similarity to the Hybrids. Oh well, what we did to this ride was placed in a turbo kit and we kept the part on the torque thingy and controlled the 8 spark plugs for better boosting instead of fuel economy. We also added emanage blue unit with all the necessary fueling fittings to ensure this turbo kit work. The results is excellent. We basically screwed up the hybrid thingy and start dunking this ride with fuel and wash it all down with a Turbo!

Power wise, I estimated at least an increase of 30~40 bhp after the turbo was addded. The turbo used in this kit is slightly bigger than usual and this was purposely done to match the cvt's shifting zone, ensuring smooth delivery of power throughout the entire power band.

Anyway, who will ever suspect this ride to come with a turbo anyway...

Verdict:
You basically revamp the car for power instead of fuel economy. However, it lacks the luster of the Vtec version, this kit will only 'add-on' that 30~40 horse power which is extremely necessary for this underpowered car.

Highly recommended.

Mazda RX7 Efini

Mazda RX7 Efini

Running this ride on a T04-E turbo, upgraded intercooler and Microtech LT8 standalone ECU, at low boost of 0.75 bars, this ride is already making enough horses to make you smile. What we need now is to fix up his faulty radiator and we'll be boosting 1.5 bars and hope to hit a mininum of 500 bhp on the dyno.

Till then, its running 0.75 bars of boost on this excellent glamourous ride.

In 1992, Mazda released the third generation of the RX-7 as a 1993 model. This model came only as a twin-sequential-turbocharged rotary engine, the 13B-REW (standing for 13B, Rotary Engine Twin Turbo. Apparently, W is often used as shorthand for 'double' in Japanese). This engine was rated at 255 bhp peak output and was redlined at 8000 RPM, creating a performance car which has very few compromises. Interior room and practicality were characteristics not very high on the third generation design team's priority list. I think the seats behind are meant only for putting your wallet. Excellence in handling, acceleration.

The results are phenomenal.



Verdict :
Uncompromised by the need to be anything other than a supreme sports car.

cons:
Expensive for the average joe to maintain.

Suzuki Swift Sport NA Stage 2

Suzuki Swift Sport NA Stage 2 is definately a choiced selection for those who enjoy the throttle response and torque this ride can produce. The VVT technology for suzuki has a very close feel and response as compared to the Honda's Vtec opening response. Of course, this can only be realised after modification was done to the air intake and exhaust side.

With a properly setup exhaust system, the CEL light remains off while the stock ECU remains in normal and not go into fail-safe mode which is a vital component in bringing out the most of this ride's technology.

With a compression ratio of 11:1, the stock engine already produces a high amount of torque which most swift sport drivers already are used to, however, the stock configurations are too generalized and uses a common map which can be used in all factory production cars for this model. Knowing that no two cars are the same, a tuned map which is custom to this ride will give this ride the extra amount of torque and also ensure the VVT technology it uses are maximised.

For this setup, I must admit that the bhp and torque is not as much as the one with the turbo kit, however, for those who feel that a 15~20% increase in horse power is all we're looking for, then, yes. I would recommend this setup. When the VVT kicks in, there will be that kick in the ass feeling during acceleration after tuning.


This ride uses Emanage Blue piggy-back computer to control the stock ECU. We are careful not to have the stock ECU relearning itself and override the settings we programmed for this ride. Yes, I know, thats basic... ya ya... whatever...


Verdict :
No fear of road blocks. Good for NA lovers. Factory quality idling. Improves fuel consumption. Extremely sporty sound. No CEL Light showing. No Flat spots. Amplifies the effect of the VVT opening. The only downside is that this ride will lose to the turbo charged version for suzuki swift sport :)

Highly Recommended for NA fans only.

Mazda 6 2.3L Turbo

Mazda 6 2.3L Turbo


For massive amount of torque, you need a skillful driver, a heavy foot and a Garrett TD-04 Turbo with Greddy emanage computer. For your passengers, they will need a new set of testicles preferably made of steel.

So, we spent hell lotsa time fixing up this madza. Especially on the ECU side where we got a few puzzles to figure out and of course, we finally figured out and yes, finally all smiles and good to go!

Ok, heres my take, you get a huge amount of torque produced, a nice 'g' force feeling at the 2500 rpm area, a factory idle quality, 'smooth' acceleration, no engine stallings, no rough cold starts. In short, an approxiamte increase of 50~60% more horses.

After 1 week of working on this ride, the results is extremely satisfying.


Overall verdict:
Highly recommended. Massive amount of torque. Puts a smile on everyone's face. Mazda'a VVT wasnt an issue at all and blended in with the new setup.



Once I'm done with my chores, I'll write on a Subaru TS 2L Turbo soon.

Honda Civic ESi Turbo Charged Boost Up

Honda Civic ESi Turbo Charged Boost up today. Did some fine tuning on the low end side and boost this hot rod to 0.6 bars for low boost and a 0.75 bars on high boost.

This Boost level is not to the very limits of the engine but we're putting the cap on the amount of boost we're making for this ride and very careful to select the right time to boost this ride up to 0.75 bars of boost. Turbo spool is very much better now as the actuator is now tuner controlled and the low end response is also more torque.

When the Vtec kicks in wih the turbo effect, it can cause the car to wheel spin for a second and then sprint forward. Its not those power sucking wheel spin I'm talking about here, but the skill of the driver to switch gears smoothly and quickly such that the boost drop is almost negligible.

While tuning, I tried to simulate what the owner did when he test drove the car but wasnt able to switch gears and control the car fast enough to achieve the same effect. Anyway, skill aside, this ride pulls a very strong 0.75 bars of boost and when the turbo spools, the 'g' force can be felt. haha, that placed a smile on everyone's face of course.

This ride benifits from the racing clutch that was installed and no lost of power when the turbo spools violently.

Once again, a very nice ride to own, nice idling, no stalling and best of all, a fuel consumption of 480 km per tankful.

Verdict :
Very torquey car to drive, excellent high end power from the TD04 Turbo, good fuel consumption. Strong 0.75 bars of boost.

I think this should make the owner proud as I know that he want to prove this car's worth before selling it off. Yes, another crazy about cars guy.... thats right!

Retuned Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo

Retuned Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo


Ok, we retuned the swift after owner removed 1 device which suppose to convert the fly-by-wire to throttle or something la... I thinks its just some transistor which make it on/off only. This device gave us losta of headache during tuning,... so much so that the overall response was affected negatively. I cannot find picture of this throttle enhancer thing on the web, one flat small and black thing that looks like shit, i mean look like those gaming cartridges?

So, after owner DIY removed the device which was hidden somewhere, we retuned the entire map. The improvement was immediately felt. Actually that time slot was suppose to boost up the Honda ESI turbo, Honda owner was kind enough to offer his slot to Swift Sport owner to retune his car. After retune, car was nice and fast. Turbo effect was much better. However, the idling is too low. We decided to drive back to Sam to request to adjust the idling higher.

Ai yoh, after adjustment, the entire map changed again. Ok, this time owner decide to leave the car behind and collect it tomorrow. It was like retuning an entire map all over again. Damn shack. Finally, yes, you guessed it, car was fully tune by 2am. 1 hour earlier than expected. haha

Overall Verdict :
Good. Car is more responsive and the turbo effect can be felt. 'G' is good at around 3k rpm at 0.4 bars of boost. A lot of tweaking here and there to make this turbo kit work and its definately no simple task. Butt feel should give about 170~180 bhp on crank. Smooth idling, no stalling, not like last time when the throttle "enhancer" was installed, car tends to stall once a while and for a day or two. Car is running on emanage blue but, I felt that emanage ultimate is more suitable for this car for better idling and stability. If you have the budget, get the emanage ultimate. No regrets.

side track abit. Honda esi turbo clocked 480km per tankful. Not bad for turbo charged car!! Just completed servicing, new oil, new spark plugs.

Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo Charged

Well, finally after 10 days of waiting, we finally get to tune this Suzuki Swift Sport Turbo Charged. Running on a small turbo and tuned using emanage blue unit.

It comes stock with twin cams, forged pistons, VVT technology and has a 123 bhp at 6800 rpm spec. After putting in the turbo kit, the car is able to sustain the high end power band better via boosting. We give this ride a 0.4 bars of low boost setting and set the car moving. Turbo spools early at 2000 rpm and churns its max boost at 2500 rpm. I personally find this ride hard to control as the amount of torque the stock car has and in addtion, the massive torque from the turbo, equals a huge sharp increase in torque at the very rpm range. You get something very very torquey, a light tap on the throttle and you get the car surging.

When the car reachs the 60km/h range, the turbo spooling effect does improve the overall delivery of power. The pull from 60 kpm onwards is not with the help of the turbo which give the car the extra push it needs since the swift sport's weakness is on the high end side, this turbo sure comes in handy.

Overall verdict is average, as the turbo effect is not as pronounce as other underpowered cars with the kit improving the bhp significantly. I think this kit is more for those who have already maxed out swift sport engine and the driver is looking at squeezing even more from the engine on the mid~high end side which is lacking in this car.

Tuning is also a challange as the compression ratio is 11:1.

Ok, if you already lost to this ride, you'll lose even more this time.... hahaha

tune until 3 am... I think should rename this site to 3am tune blog...

Honda Civic ESI 1.7L Turbo charged

Honda Civic ESI 1.7L Turbo charged

Yes, a new engine. TD04 turbo running in with 0.4 bars of boost! Not that cannot tune the engine past 0.4 bars la... basket, new engine must sayang first then wack wack later right??

At least should clock first servicing la... meantime lun a bit, ok one! 0.4 bar also boost ma

farking tired now, but I think write what i felt should help me sleep better. hahaha

This farked vtec, damn hard to tune, somemore the injectors also use big big one... knn, like lao pek open petrol station like dat... engine also bigger than people's one... I think lam pah not only got hair, also bigger than others liao...

Tune finish, already 3am... lucky got some friendly people doing century there... still can tok cock abit before go home sleep... hahaha... they somemore know sam one... and got let him fix this fix that type... ok... the car tune already accelerate damn fast...

I think mainly because it is very light and the throttle response is super good. I tuning that time drive like pussy...maybe... coz, the owner like drive aeroplane type... knn every gear also can wheel spin type... ai ya, no skill too bad, anyway, tuner only...no need to race. hahaha just make the car fast can liao.

worst thing is afte r I drive my sti, i felt my car like elephant, almost stalled my engine, very lao hong man. Ai ya, got money I buy one crx and lup turbo,... i think also good idea...

At the end of the tuning, I sms owner, surprise to see he not sleeping yet... must be surfing porn la.. havent pak finish?

Ok, the results of this 1.7L ESI Turbo Vtec is very good. Throttle response is very very good. Can drink fuel very fast. Which make the car easy to feel the 'g' when picking up. Low end torque still retains the base civic response! When Turbo kick in, the very big injectors and subs all spray like civil defense like dat... lucky enough to feed the monster... hahaha FC should be around 10~11 like that... not sure yet... will update on this later.

Verdict :

Not for the average joe. Need big lam pah and willing to spend effort to build up the engine and kit. Very satifying... better than sex.

Subaru TS 1.6 Turbo with Blitz Spec-s

If I should, this 1.6 engine has been squeezed to the very limits. Boosting at 0.85 bars, Garret TD04 Turbo, almost new forester intercooler, 17" rims, custom turbo inlet, custom exhaust, hks muffler, and Greddy Emanage blue unit with tuning. Not that the list stops here, those listed are what most people will have... there are more toys pack into this ride like Defi meters, STI Opitron gauges, SARD Fuel reg, WRX Pumps, WRX seats, WRX fuel pump, WRX 4 pot 2 brakes, short shifter, wrx pedals (full set), varis carbon fibre boonet, knn open pod filter... ai yoh still have la..... all these and more in less than 1 year !! Yes. I think he is loaded too :) hahaha

This turbo conversion setup is carefully crafted along the way to select a very good all-round performance with a minimal impact to fuel economy during normal driving. Good low end torque is beefed up by his customized exhaust system and long TS extractors design, the boxer sound is low and bubbly and definately music to many subaru fan's ears.

Blitz SBC Spec-s Boost Controller

Turbo Boost is controlled by Blitz SBC Spec S boost controller at 0.85 bars of boost. This ride is currently running on stock TS injectors which are unable to hold that amount of boost without the engine complaining. However, the driver is good at controlling the vehicle's rpm and boost pretty well and we decided to leave the settings as is. Unlike race junkies, owner goes on-boost occasionally and remains calm and polite to other road users. Very sane driving 99.9% of the time. I contributed to the 1% of the time when I tuned his ride hahaha...

Larger injectors have problems of their own like stalling, rougher idling and higher fuel consumption. This ride currently enjoys an FC of 12km/L ! Something most turbo charged cars can only dream of. This ride also retains the factory idling quality and have zero problems on cold-starts and high IATs.

Very very soon, we will be putting in the wrx injectors which is a direct bolt-on to the subaru's 1.6 engine. With this new injectors installed, we can now safely boost that 0.85 bars without much skills involved. We will then trade in the idle quality and the stock anti-stalling features and start squeezing this TS engine to the very limits.

You have heard of some second hand turbo kits floating around in very good condition and this is definately one of them. Direct bolt-on to stock TS, plug and play type. Maybe thats why kept modding other things?

I wonder whats next? hahaha... wrx engine? ... who know.... hahaha Have also wont let me post la... hahaha...

STI / WRX Injectors

Proton Wira Turbo Charged

Proton Wira Turbo Charged

Yes! Its a proton wira with a TD04 Turbo installed and fully tuned with Greddy emanage Blue Unit.

My initial feelings of this car is that the engine may not be able to withstand the on-slaught of forced induction. During test drives however, I noticed that the enigne response is very different and decided to probe further into the engine's setup. I discovered that the engine internals have been modified. Ha ha ha.

First off, Greddy emanage does not officially support Proton in its list of manufacturer and finding one configuration that allows us to run the engine smoothly without complication is the hardest part. The complete turbo setup for this car is very well done churning a stable 0.4 bars of boost all the way to 7000 rpm. Torque is fully packed at the 3500 region where the car produces a full 0.4 bars of boost at any gear. This causes the stock proton's clutch to slip under that massive amount of torque as compared to stock.

When the tuning has completed at 11:30pm that evening, owner was still around and decided to go to a test drive of the final product. At the first traffic light junction, we have the TIBS taxi beside us and I noticed the owner floored the accelerator to 100% during move off... In my mind, I was thinking that if we didnt win this taxi, we're gonna be screwed...

I could hear the desiel engine revving away and ourselves simply pulled past the cab and continued pulling till the next traffic. Not bad for a start. hahaha

I told the owner... "lucky we win man... if not jia lat!" hahaha... both of us laughing our ass off...

A happy proton wira owner, hand shaking here and there... a few tips on how to race that turbo... we're done for the day... When he do up his clutch to hyper single... we're gonna dyno it at sam's expense... hahaha. Cool!

Remember.... its a proton. Yes, for those who know me... Yes, I tuned a proton!!

Raw TD04 Turbo

Subaru TS 2.5L Engine

Subaru TS 2.5L Engine stage 2

Like the old saying, there is no replacement for displacement. Subaru is spoilt by choices and here's one which is has a 2.5L powerplant. Running on emanage blue unit. I'll write one on a 1.6 Turbo charged TS soon :) After he put in the wrx injectors and go for tuning.
If you're looking for a very packed low end, try this setup. A simple dropping in of a block without any other major mods produces 130~140 bhp on wheels for this ride. Extremely value for money I must say. This ride depends heavily on a good tune to prevent the engine from pinging during normal driving. As the intake manifold for this ride is still a 1.6 manifold, and with a crappy intake piping, the mid range is quite affected negatively. Intake system of any car is extremely important and when it reaches the later stages of modification, the quality of the intake will be more pronounced. Good or bad more obvious.
Before tuning this ride, the 3000~4000 rpm during normal driving is pinging away. And there is abosolutely no way to accelerate without hearing the engine knocking sound every time you try to overtake that taxi to get to the next ECP exit. To make matters worse, this is a Automatic transmission car and each time the gear shifts, the knocking takes place. Just imagine driving around during chinese new year sounding like a tractor!
Ok, I fixed those pinging problems. The FC is quite lousy at 7.5 km/L. Mainly due to crappy intakes, restrictive 1.6 intake manifold and his automatic transmission's torque convertor. Owner decided against the 2.5L (bigger) intake manifold as it makes his ride looks modified and he wish to remain discrete about it. Hiaz...
Owner is also very careful as he test drove his car for 2 months before paying up his tuning fees. For a moment I thought I won't be paid my dues but received a call yesterday that the payment was made to the workshop and I can collect it anytime, I like... cool! He kept his word, what was I thinking about these 2 months... hahaha...So, proven, no relearn, tuning is consistent!Anyway, my word to him is that if I didnt fix the problem, I will not take a cent from him. And his fears of the ECU relearning, I gave him my word that I am able to prevent it from relearning... Maybe that explains the 2 months of waiting? Dunno la,... ai yoh. Maybe because I am the second tuner he has consulted? the first one sound more convincing than me? hahaha...
Verdict:
OK, overall this 2.5L lower block Subaru TS packs a head slamming low end torque which no other setup can match. It has the punching effect when you take off from the traffic light. If this car uses racing clutch, lauching a AWD TS is easily done with gusto. Downside, FC is bad esp. when its on an Auto car and the high end lacks the luster of a turbo charged car. Owner is happy as it makes his day-to-day drive easier. Of course la, 2.5L mah!! Hopefully he mod up his intake manifold, its gonna be wild!

Toyota Vios NA Stage 2 with Emanage Blue

Toyota Vios VVT-i Engine

After tuning turbo charged vehicles for some time, seeing a NA Toyota Vios coming in for tuning after completing his stage 1 setup is something refreshing. Initial test drives shows the car is running rough at 4k till redline and overall response is lousy. Simply, no response. You step sharply on the accelerator and it takes like half a second or so for the car to wake up and respond. You can't rev freely from idle, so, how to signal the arsehole beside you without him laughing away man... hahaha You step on throttle, the car shakes a little then vroom... ai yoh...

Simple mods like HKS SPF open pod filter, denso iridium spraky, custom 304 stainless steel intake piping, decat, and special type straight through muffler + emanage blue tuning.

Results? Better throttle response, you step and it goes type... hahaha... you can vroom vrroom the taxi beside you... high end is butter smooth.

Sam test drove it and smile, owner test drove it and came back looking a little shaken... hmm... maybe not used to the increase bhp ?? Ask him hows the car, the nod his head and say good... good... hmm...

basically Vios comes stock with vvti technology which can be tied with some modification which bring the best out of the vvti response and fuel economy settings. Overall this is a good setup which probably increases 10~20% bhp on stock. + a few tricks on how to race with vvti, you'll be statisfied.

At least for now ... see when he go for turbo ...

Honda Civic ESI Vtec Turbo

the honda guy's hardware is real crappy, when we boost 0.9 bars, his turboXS BOV went kapput! damn anti climax .... day 1 when sam told me his bov is crappy, i didnt really pay much attention to it... luckily it last long enough for us to pull a 0.8 ~ 0.9 bars before going home....

maybe the owner bought a fake BOV from taiwan or something man... we ran into a bunch of drag race junkies last evening... i think sooner than later, this drag strip of ours is gonna be watched by rovs....

so, this honda boost a steady 0.6 bars at 3000 rpm and full boost at 4500 rpm at 0.9 bars. Vtec All the way till 7500 rpm. we maxed out his main injectors and depended heavily on the subs to deliver the performance... i also got sam to sponsor the dyno which he agreed, cool. can add to my collection. hahaha... remember, he show me his current wheel bhp is 110. Dun think he will let me scan and upload la... very lao hong one.

I can tell that sam was ok with the results... so is the guy who is thinking about tc-ing his lancer... i think its real cool to fix up a famous workshop's car and that satisfying feeling of making it fast is nice, the pressure is very high because even the tuner is a very well known one, at least i feel that way la, then we go and clear off the famous ecu maps...... hahaha... knn, you try la, later *touch wood* car buah kia, liao man, lam par(fish balls) zeng (swollen) !!

some of the other things we fixed are the way this car generates and hold its boost. And also replaced his taiwan bata (buy and throw away) boost controller with the one beside - Apexi AVC-R. Nice.

I dunno, at the rate this guy mods his car, i give it to him. he bought a bag of flies and converted it to something golden. i think its either passion or hobby la. or hoa lian.... lam pah ichy?

After he fix up his taiwan bov, we gonna fine tune it further. see how much boost we can pull on this honda. We're gonna re-do his crappy intake runners and pipings too.

Turbo Charged Toyota Yaris

Dyno Chart

Many have been said about the 1NZFE engine used by toyota yaris and vios. We have yet to see a properly setup and tuned turbo charged Yaris and today, after 5 days of hardwork, we pulled the car from road tuning onto the dyno machine.

Putting in a custom turbo kit made of materials like 304 stainless steel pipings, Samco hoses and silicon tubings was not just for the looks but also for performance. All hardware including high flow injectors are controlled by Greddy Emanage and carefully tuned to bring out the maximum possible performance safely.

Tuning also ensure the VVTI is maximised and pulling every single ounce of horse power possible on the 1NZFE engine.

Fuel consumption is also made such that the day-to-day sane driving is not affected. This can only be done by careful selection of turbo and in-depth understanding of the Toyota VVTi engineering. We also ensured that the car remain stealth in looks and sound. This is solely for the purpose of setting up a sleeper car that packs a whopping 186bhp on crank! This is coupled with a 0.8 bars of boost at 6000 rpm. Engine parameters are well within limits and we decided to cap it at 0.8 bars of boost even though we know it is well capable of a higher boost given the runs we have been pulling.

All said, this car was doing road tunes prior to the dyno, I had a hard time trying to catch some sleep the night before and was checking my tuning maps just to be sure I didnt miss anything. Finally, a pat on the back, hand shaking and some fine tuning to increase the torque at 2500~3000 rpm, we're done for the day.

Kudos to the 1NZFE toyota engine!

Price List

Price List as follows :

NA Conversion to Turbo Complete setup, includes road and dyno tuning $4600
Conversion takes 3 working days.



Power Express is located at a new and much bigger premise, renovation is targetted to complete in mid-August 2010.

*On certain ride, we must use other ecus to control, like emanage ultimate and Hondata.

List of Standalones we carry:
Apexi Power FC, Links ECU, Hydra Nemesis, Microtech and Haltech $POA

List of Factory ECU Reflash we carry:
ECU reflash for Subaru WRX, STI, Forester $850
ECU reflash for Mistubishi Evos $850
ECU reflash for Mazda 3 1.6 and 2.0, 6, MX-5 (09 onwards models), CX-7, RX-8(2010 onwards models) $950 *** New Arrival-Complete customized tune up ***

List of piggy backs we carry:
GReddy emanage ultimate $1600
GReddy emanage blue $950
Dastek Unichip (Q and Q plus) -includes hardware $850

Dyno machine target arrival end-August 2010 :)
All tuning are done on both dyno machine and road.

For tuning services,
**Workshop labour and hardware charges are not included ie. if the car requires fixing up of some faulty sensors, wrong wirings and stuff, those charges applies.


Nitrous Oxide System
1. NOS Kit (50~150bhp) + HKS Intake modification + Installation $1380 (4 hours)
2. Unichip installation to control NOS + tuning $805 (2 hours)
3. Nitrous Refill $70 (10 mins)

Other Services:
1. Car servicing package
2. Turbo installation
3. Engine overhaul
4. Gearbox, clutch modification
5. Dyno
6. Custom stainless steel exhaust.

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