Monday, June 30, 2008

Mazda MX-5 Turbo charged

Mazda MX-5 Turbo charged



There are only a few miatas running around with turbo charger around in our sillypore roads. Owner was running on a mapping done by another tuner in sillypore. Also very famous and resides in the same building as us. For economic and reasons of promoting world peace, I refrain from commenting about the past. World peace brudder. Smile and laugh more, make you a happy farker.

Owner from morning wait until night... wait until damn sianz liaoz... hahaha... I came at 2pm suppose to touch on the wrx, then followed by the miata. End up, started tuning the miata only at 7pm.

This Miata is one of a kind type. Exhaust is as loud as no exhaust, interior done up nicely with all the nice nice lights like those in the movies.

This ride only requires tuning that day.

Ok, we basically optimized the maps to what we feel it should be. And the results, faster spool up, no jerking during cruising. The car also feels lighter and pulls harder on boost.

Owner requested us to push the car to the limits, and we did. Full boost is almost 1 bar. Very very scary feeling. From the top, we saw that when the car runs, the tail tends to weavel a little as it tears down the street.

This ride is simply a class of it own. Running on Links standalone ecu, response and fuel consumption is tuned to those familiar with standalones.

Overall, the car feels much much better. From the outside, this car is a real head turner. Looks very sporty and driving this ride does give you that racey feeling inside. The entire is very nicely decorated and adding the turbo charger puts this car a category of cars which combines good looks with performance. On board, you have sound proofing and ICE. I'm not sure what else is missing here hahaha...

I do have a feeling the owner will be back to install something soon... but, i have no clue what else is requried here hahaha...

hmm...

anyway... everyone left with a smiling face. And a good weekend ahead :)

Verdict:
Wow effect. Fully done up.

Mitsubishi Lancer glx Turbo with boost cooler

Mitsubishi Lancer glx Turbo with boost cooler

Its our returning customer... we now added in a boost cooler and together with the front-mount intercooler effect, this ride releases it fullest potential.

The results is OMG! damn good. How often do you see a car that runs like the old vtec engines? Gear shift, wheel spin and then turbo spools up that time, spin again! Damn shiok lor.

Boost also not sky high type, engine happily running with the settings. In short, this lancer has reach the end of the Stage 3 modifications. Next step is to beef up the internals and go stage 4.

Owner expresses the need to work more on the handling to keep the car under control with this massive increase in bhp.

With a little briefing on how this setup works and what to expect, this ride is ready for the roads.

We have already noted the differences in all the setups with the theories proven well beyond our imaginations. Overall, this is an excellent kit to have and I would recommend for people looking at pushing the stock engine to its limits in a safe manner.

Verdict:
Nothing ordinary about this ride. Excellent kit. Definate eye-opener.

Subaru WRX 2.5 with IHI vf35 turbo

Subaru WRX 2.5 with IHI vf35 turbo

The VF35 is one of my favourite turbo among so many turbos on the list. Reason being the massive head slamming torque this turbo can produce for this ride put this car perfectly suited for our sillypore road. Turbo spools up very strongly at 2500 and hit full boost at 3500 rpm on gear 1.

Setup was simple and straight forward. We did everything extremely stealthy which to the privy eyes, this setup will definately slip through. Nothing extreme on this setup and seriously, no one will suspect this ride packs a bunch of horses ready to be released any time you step on the gas.

This simple setup will give most big spenders a run for thier money. You retain stock drivability, stock idle quality and comfort as good as factory produce.

The torque for this ride will give and passenger a good neck excercise each time you step on it. Between stock and now, the owner can feel the massive difference in the way the car pulls.

This setup is perfect for people who are particularly careful with they way they spent their money. For the amount of horse power gained on this setup, you can rest assure the bhp gained outnumbers the money spent by far.

Car retains the stock responsiveness while packing the mid range with a bigger punch than before. The VF series turbos are well known for their spool ups and in this case, the results are impressive.

Owner test drove the car and was basically impressed with the car. He have personally tried a few cars till date and I believe this setup is a ride worth mentioning.

On the flip side, this setup is not one which aims at high peak horsepower. This is suitable for people who wants to push the powerband away from the TD-04 regions and pack them into the mid range. This will mean a more gentle ride during normal driving and an aggressive mid range ride. High end will be lacking at the 5500 rpm region as compared to bigger turbos.

To cook this dish, put in a VF35 turbo, decat the exhaust, put in a good boost controller like HKS EVC we're using, add in samco pipings and tune the car. Of course, you can add salt and pepper and garnish it with Genome meters and serve with a dash of vodka. Its up to you. :)


Verdict:
Simple and straight forward setup. For those who are trying to push the powerband slightly higher than stock for better FC and also much more power during overtaking situations.
Good for sillypore street driving :)

Friday, June 27, 2008

Subaru Legacy GT


Subaru Legacy GT

Legacy GT is subaru's line of cars which combines high performance together with comfort. The interior of this ride will make every family man drool with the engine bay packed with a 2 litre horizontally opposed flat 4 boxer engine, the twin scroll turbo charger will keep the family man happy with the easy acceleration and extremely easy to drive around our sillypore roads.

This ride comes stock as the owner enjoys the current stock setup and only want to enhance the existing setup. You are basically looking at a LTA compliant car is minimal modifications to the car. Running on legal aftermart HKS exhaust and open pod, boost controller and tuned using reflash method.

The results of this ride is impressive. After tuning, the torque and g-force of this ride increased trememdously and with the owner of this ride in the car with us during tuning, he witness for himself how rich the stock ride is running. This also explains his recent lost to a stock Euro R and has absolutely no clue why he lost till now.

Of course, we dun just fix up the entire stock GT mappings, we also increase the boost to a safe limit for maximum enjoyment.

I wouldnt exactly say this is a low budget setup since buying the car is already costing a bomb. And while most people who buy aftermart exhaust only buys 1 exhaust, the GT has to buy 2 to remain symmetric.

Overall, you'll be assured of a better fuel consumption, better and smoother pickup.

During tuning, sam was like enjoying himself alot lor. Especially in the winding bends of lim chu kang lanes, going at high speed and high boost is not something you'll get everyday. Skill wise, I must admit, this old man really got something. When we were at 40 tiang earlier, watching some drag race, he was telling us he know this guy la, that guy la... I told him, his category belong to those who is balding and walks around with beer belly liaoz la... hahaha

verdict:

Excellent for people who enjoys the current stock setup and wish to spruce up the ride a little without creating a lemon.
This setup retains the executive looks and feel. With the added bhp, he can outrun most wannabees by far.
This will definately improve the fuel consumption and release the untapped power


btw, we removed his spring boost... lucky he told us beforehand la... hahaha...

Whats lacking:
ATF cooler :)

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Subaru TS 1.6 NA with water injection system


Subaru TS 1.6 NA with water injection system

This ride comes with Open pod filter, Legal aftermart exhaust system, big throttle body, sard fuel regulator and many more... this is the pig-nose model...

Basically the owner wants to extract every single horses possible out of this EJ16 engine without going turbo, at least for now of course... :) You squeeze this engine like squeezing juice from a lemon. Squeeze and squeeze until every drop cum out, then you put in your mouth and suck and suck till the seeds also pop out. Then you inject water into the lemon and suck and suck till your cheek starts crawling muahahaha... shiok ok. A little sadistic will not do any harm one la....

I fully understand why this kit appeals to the owner. LTA friendly. Cost friendly and enjoy sucking every drop of citric acid from the lemon pulp.

Subaru being a car that can be modified with ease, you can almost be assured that more modification or poison, whichever applies to you, will come in step by step.

With the new injection system, owner is happy with the results. Smooth pickup, car feels much lighter, perfect idling, excellent fuel consumption. Emanage blue does the job well. And still using the stock TS ignition coil. Yes. Coil will not burn one.

Ok, we did burn 1 coil. hahaha... why? coz, there is a voltage spark optimizer which was in the car and we didnt notice this until we start troubleshooting... sianz leh... tell the owner confirm won't burn coil, end up ai yoh... a little pai seh feeling. Well, to prove our point, we put back an original TS ignition coil. Steady boh? This time without the spraking piece of chocolate screwing up the coils.

hmm... owner test drove the car. When he came back, he was like damn happy lor... hahaha... can understand la... he came fully prepared with alot of knowledge. Unlike most of our customers, you tell them, they also dun care.. just make it fast can liaoz... This owner knows his stuff one leh... dun pray pray. Its like porn. You watch and watch, also tak shiok leh bung, you read FHM and study Maxim also cannot compare with DIY with you being the porn star one...

So, with all the knowledge, seeing it in reality is something that appeals to our lemon squeezing friend hahaha...

Verdict:

Lemon Squeezers loves this, squeeze every single horse power with the legal limits of sillypore. Pass inspection and blah blah blah...


updates:
- our cs3 lancer turbo without intercooler survives drag at 40 tiang drag race. The other fella is left waiting for tow truck to get his intercooled lancer cs3 to his workshop
- our honda stream also chock up his fair share of wins against his fellow mates, not bad hor? hahaha...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Mazda RX8 supercharged with boost cooler injection kit


Mazda RX8 supercharged with boost cooler injection kit

Yes. This is a really cool ride. I really like this one. This ride is tuned previously by another guy. Very very famous one. This tuner has one of the fastest lap timings in sepang with his evo. Till date, I havent heard anyone broke his record.

Ok, this ride is simply fabulous. Rotary engines are impressive. We spent the evening installing the injection kit and went out to tune the ride. Ride comes with racing clutch, lighten flywheel, manual GB, supercharger kit, emanage ultimate, aftermart exhaust system, open pod. And of course, the latest addition is the injection kit.

We retune the car to give better response, removed the power surge on sudden WOT, and also setup the ultimate to be able to switch maps to maximize the injection kit to the fullest. So, the owner has the option to reconfigure his ride on the fly. Very much like flying an airplane hahaha..... On-this, on-that la...

Owner test drove the car and was very impressed with the results. During my short conversation with him, I understand that he has some of background knowledge of air/fuel ratio and stuff and commented that my tuning is very impressive. Sam? Of course happy la...

Supercharger is the setup which will give you that instant power on the low end side. On a RX8, wow, damn nice.

Results:
Very smooth acceleration, smooth cruising, more torque, more power and with injection kit, car pulls even stronger till redline 8000 rpm. Nice.

On the flip-side, I felt this is a very expensive setup. I mean, thats me la... may not be an issue to some people, I think... hahaha...

Subaru TS 1.6 Turbo charged

Subaru TS 1.6 Turbo charged

This ride has his turbo kit nicely done up with intercooler and all the necessary things like emanage blue, wrx intercooler, avcr boost controller.

Problem with this ride is that it doesnt pull as hard as it should and there is a significant dip in power followed by a sudden offensive surge with you go wide-open-throttle (WOT). We recently did a TS turbo kit which out-performs this ride by far. That kit is by far the fastest TCed TS we have seen.

Well, not to worry, we rebuilt the turbo kit, added a sub injector into the car, fix the idling problem. This ride modified his throttle body and because it is wrongly calibrated, the idling becomes erratic and very often stalls by itself.

We spent 2 evening fixing and tuning this ride. On the second day, owner followed us for tuning session. Besides talking cock along the way, we entertained ourselves with our boost cooler injection kit. This special addition to our kit releases the fullest potential of this setup. Still using the stock TS ignition coil, we boosted all the way from AMK to farmmart in lim chu kang for supper. Enroute, we had the opportunity to try a honda Euro R. lol... with 50% throttle, this ride can keep up with the euro without any problem, all the way. If you ask me how fast we went, I'll just say, till the legal speed limits of our expressway lor. hahaha.

Sam commented that with this latest setup, the car feels like a rex. From me, I know this is the fastest a TCed TS can go on a stock 1.6L engine. I have seen many TCed kits till date, and nothing compared to this setup. Oh, we are using the stock TS ignition coil. Nope, doesnt burn coil. thks.

Owner? you say leh... smile all the way lor... his ride already tuned up mah, last time normal driving already full of problems, with this setup, not only his normal cruising feels like a stock car, his torque and powerband has increased massively from the previous setup. With a TS feeling like a rex, ai yoh, value for money liaoz la.

At farmmart, we hoot cockles and hoot prawns plus hoot some satay... dunno why owner didn't hoot the cockles... hahaha... maybe see us eat too disgusted liaoz hahaha... Harm leh, i tell you how to eat... First you open the shell carefully with your 2 fingers gently, thumb pressing gently back, to reveal the red fleshy interior. You use your tongue to sip the clam's juice before it flows down and drip on the table. Stretch that tongue of your and reach inside to lift up the meat, a up and down rythmic motion is necessary to successfully lodge your tongue on the clam's g-spot, then, you want to suck hard on the flesh, maintaining pressure till the clam's muscle relaxes and with that, you sit back and enjoy the rest... hahahahaha... knn, steam or not? hahaha

Verdict:

Just Do it!!

Honda Stream 1.8 NA tuned

Honda Stream 1.8 NA tuned




Yes, old news... 1 week old only nia, dun takan me la. Damn shack these days haha...

Owner knows us through the car we have tuned. Car comes with emanage ultimate tuned by a famous ah-no-neh tuner. With all due respect, we felt the car can do better with a more personalized mapping. I felt the mapping is very much across the board kind of tuning, which works for most cars, but in my opinion, if we can do a more personalized mapping, we can maximize the full potential of this ride.

Honda stream is not an easy car to tune. This ride comes with open pod filter, aftermart extractor, aftermart exhaust, decat and tuned with emanage ultimate. Car is also heavy on ICE which make tuning more challenging.

Honda builts this engine with a more tamed ride in mind, smooth acceleration, smooth pickup and stuff, what we wanna do here is to change all that and make a car that accelerates hard, and sharper pickup as a result of increase torque. We also made the vtec effect more pronounced. Without tuning, you can be assured the vtec pulling effect is unnoticed.

We guessed that if honda is going to put in a mapping like our, many would have felt that the honda stream is a little too aggressive for grandpa.

Owner went with us for tuning session and afternoon tea at Jln Kayu. Over teh tarik, we already talk about the mass reduction in exhaust back firing, a more lively ride, the vtec pulling effect and no jerk during gear shifting.

With 4 person on board during tuning, most of the time, the car will feel heavy. And when the owner comes back from his test drive, I can feel a sense of achievement from the driver. Some people are like that, they buy something with something they wanna achieve, its that when they got it, they conquered the world. hahaha... His friend who went with him for test drive also shared the same feeling of a lighter and responsive ride. Its Vtec mah, wat you expect.

verdict:

Do this for maximizing your cars potential. Stream is quite detuned with it comes out from the factory. Expect a more 'vtec' like car after tuning with minor stage 2 modifications.

Otherwise, try turbo chargering this ride.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Honda Civic Esi Turbo Charged

Honda Civic Esi Turbo Charged

Honda Civic are a special breed of cars which can without doubt stir the hearts of most people. Whether be it a tiong car you used to own, or the infamous vtec 'kick-in' phenomenon which many will still talk about today, this special breed of cars will surely make you say something about it.

Till today, I still have a strange feeling for these cars. :)

This ride comes with all the necessary equipment that is ready for 0.9 bars of boost on this 1.7L vtec engine. Yes, no mistake on the capacity or boost. 0.9 bar intercooled turbo charged 1.7L Vtec engine. On a 900kg chasis.

With every engagement of gear, when the turbo spools to its max, the car will snake on it feather-lite weight with the vtec screaming away... omg... wet.

last evening, we managed to tune an extremely smooth idling and fine tuned the cruising to achieve an almost stock feeling. No Cel Light, No engine stalling. Ride is a sure eye opening. Of course, with the car like this on a drizzling evening, if not because sam have to go home to cut cake and owner is rushing us, i think tomorrow will be a safer day to tune this ride.

We're suppose to go Tampines 138 kopi shop to makan kwap chap one... i tell you the tua tao intestine and the tao pok is damn solid lor... the pig skin hor, ai yoh... no water run la... The only problem is that when we reached there, closed already. fark.

We used, emanage ultimate, big injectors, wrx turbo, front mount intercooler, greddy BOV, big bore throttle body, bigger and high-comp engine plus an extra set of lam pah chee.

Verdict:
You only do this if you have the balls of hercules. Cars snakes with 4 people inside the car :)
Very demanding on skill, lucky that sam got some la, cb, how many times must I tell him not to drive like dat... I think to him is a nostalgic feeling la... to me is damn scary lor... Amitabah la... hahahaha


Some updates:
- Vios turbo (non-intercooled) pushes Euro R on Pasir Gudang until the Euro R spins out
- Subaru Sti 535 bhp, clocks 2:46 for best personal timing.
- One colt version R hand itchy, turns the boost controller knob like his GF nipples, sam ask you to come back immediately to check your car.
- Mitsubishi lancer on racing clutch, boost 0.6, wheel spin when turbo kicks-in