Thursday, February 21, 2008

Suzuki swift sport turbo charged

Suzuki swift sport turbo charged

Yes. One more... hahaha... this one has a slight variant. A different turbo. In the previous versions, we used a turbo capable of producing the power required in drag racing.

For this new setup, we produced a car which has a smoother power delivery from 3000~5500. This is more like a mid-range turbo which is better suited for street racing.

Emanage blue is used to control this setup as usual and owner together with his wife tagged along for the tuning session. Here, we're perfectly comfortable with owner tagging along, I do know of a few owners who will not tag along in fear of misadventures.... Ban tang a bit not bad idea la... I carry fire extingusher for tuning sessions... so, I can understand how they feel hahaha...

In the course of tuning, we had the opportunity to try with a colt version R who was tweaking something on his ride. With 4 person on board, we had no problems keeping up with this modified colt version R who has only 2 person on board. Cool. Colt version R was already boosting at 0.9 bars (at least) while our newly recruited swift sport turbo faired well with only 0.4~0.5 bars of boost.

Suzuki swift sport has the ability to compensate loading induced from heavier weight and is extremely sensitive to driver fetching fat chicks around. So, if you own this ride, try keep the car as light as possible to fully enjoy the car the manufucaturer designed it to be.

After we tuned the car, Sam went for another round of testings to ensure everything is in order. When the owner heard the sound of the wastegate (plus vvt opening) and rate of accelaration, both he and his wife were surprised at how their car sounded from the outside. They didnt believe this is the results if turbo charging a swift sport. I explained to them that the car is sensitive to load, so with 4 person on board, we can expect the car to be much much slower than 1 person on board. Cool. Just imagine, if we put a drag setup in this car, the owner is going to faint liaoz... hahaha... Oh, dun forget about the HKS BOV we put in... hahah.. woahhh... chiuuu...


verdict:
Up to individual. Street race or drag race?
This setup is perfect for street race. Not so suitable for day-to-day as the turbo does need about 3500 to generate full boost.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Honda Civic 2.0

Honda Civic 2.0

Owner arrives with a car with lighten flywheel, racing clutch, enlarged throttle body, open pod filter, full aftermart exhaust system and Greddy Emanage Ultimate

Car was previously tuned by another workshop and we noticed the car is stalling each time we tap lightly on the throttle or clutching in from normal driving, it also has problems going up steep slopes lke our HDB MSCP. 1 word. Screwed.

Beside that, the car also back fires.

Ok, we retuned the car. We gave it a new tune to bring back life into this car and then gave it the due response for a honda. We also return the fuel economy and pull out the horses from the mods that was installed.

Overall, we not only solved the idling issues and consistent stalling, we also managed to tune the car to run smoothly with much more torque and horse power.

After we completed tuning, owner now has the confidence to drive the car up slopes in higher gear (other than gear 1), and also was satisfied with the results. He initially told us this will be his last modification, but after everything was up and running, he is excited about his car and is now looking at cams and other fun stuff to add to his ride.

Verdict:
Turely responsive ride. Vtec!! And good fuel economy. Excellent NA setup.
Butter smooth.

Flip side, for a more extreme setup, go for turbo. So, this is really meant for those looking for maxing out their stock rides while retaining the family look and feel.

damn ZZzz... now... :)