Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo Charged

Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo Charged

This guy's my friend la... he tried Lancer stage 2, with tuning and liked the results. Now, stage 3, with a TD-04 Turbo boosting away, you can be sure the car has an additional 50 bhp (minimum) on board.

while tuning, we met a vios with lots of meters, SAFC tuned, open pod filter and modified exhaust. I think still have some more things one la, not sure. Anyway, we wanted to try out the mappings to see how the low boost felt like at 0.55 bars. From launch, the car feels very 'stock' on gear 1, until 3000 rpm when the turbo picks up the momentum, it starts to go into forced induction. All the way, the car pulls smoothly till 6500 rpm and in gear 2, the turbo response is instantaneous. By gear 3, we lost sight of the vios. Not bad liaoz la.

Then we met a wrx. hahaha... we're now trying out the high boost mappings which should allow us to be able to keep up with the mildly modified wrx with fuji exhaust. When the high boost kicks in, the engine suddenly lost power!! Farking hell... hahaha,... Sam immediately asked to check the mappings I have and I was sure the settings was fine, with the owner's existing meters on board, Sam was able to immediately pin point the problem.

A quick check on the engine at a nearby petrol station, Sam checked the vacuum pipe and found that one of the links of the silicon tubing was held together using electrical tapes. Knn, hahaha, what kind of electrical tape so good one, can also hold boost pressure up to 0.55 bar one...hahaha...

anyway, we cut one of our existing silicon tube and patched the broken links. We're in business again.

Tuning turbo charged car is loaded with fun and laughter. At least for me of course. :) To me, tuning is a fun thing. Of course, we have to have the correct hardware installed in the first place which allows the tuner to be able to tune the car to its fullest potential while retaining the engine's longevity. I recently tuned a subaru TS running on Microtech standalone ECU but I wasnt really happy with the results. First off, the subaru was running on sky high boost which in my opinion is unsafe for the engine. How much? 1.4 bars. although its running on low compression pistons, there are still some hardware required to hold that amount of boost safely. We detuned the car to a safe level of 1 bar on 8:1 short block setting. And advise to fix up some hardware before going further.

In comparison to another recently tuned Subaru TS running on Emanage Ultimate, we have a factory idling quality and boosting at 0.8 bars of boost. We are unable to increase the boost as one of the hardware was not functioning as per normal. Once we fix up that hardware (@ around 150 bucks), we're going for 1 bar of boost. This TS boast an FC of 9km/L at 0.8 bar of boost. we have installed on this ride 3" exhuast system, trust PE-ti titanium exhaust, HKS evc boost controller, full Defi meters, TD-04 turbo, wrx injectors, etc etc... truely 2 worlds apart.
This ride has a solid pulling effect when the turbo kicks in. The new turbo inlet with HKS open pod recently put in changed the entire mapping and how the turbo spools. Overall, I felt this ride is very well modified with the right ingredients. I'll posts again once we fix that thing and boost it to 1 bar.

hahaha... back to lancer turbo. At high boost, we estimate a 190 bhp. 0~100 should be in the low 7sec. Clutch has a problem coping with this amount of torque produced at high boost.

Overall, this particular setup has high bhp in mind. With this kind of setup, it is really meant for people who really enjoy car modification in stages. Rather than one shot put everything in and nothing else to do already, this kit show high potential to go further. And you can see for yourself what is the effect of each modofication you do. Nice!

This car is for sale.

Mitsubishi Lancer stage 2

Mitsubishi Lancer stage 2

I'll just combine 2 different setups here. One is with Full aftermart exhaust system with HKS open pod filter. The other is running on operated muffler, decat and weapon R open pod. Both tuned using emanage blue.

Given both are of the same engine, we noticed that the car with the HKS open pod setup yields much more bhp than the one with the weapon R setup. Tuning this ride resulted in a highly responsive ride, better high end power and great FC.

In the HKS setup, we noticed that there was a pulling effect at around 4500 rpm. This could be as a result of a free flowing exhaust system which the car has and on low end, you will find both car now feels lighter after tuning.

Both cars experienced improved 0~100 timings and are happy with the results.

Next for both rides will be turbo charging their rides.

Verdict:
Typical stage 2 modifications.

Honda Stream Turbo Charged

Honda Stream Turbo Charged




Tuning this car is a challenge. Why? Coz, last time got another tuner installed Emanage ultimate on this car(different guy), the car refused to start. Secondly, this car is currently running on HKS F-con IS ecu. Thirdly, this car is tuned by Gar @ge #. hahaha... Stress...

The setup of this ride is undoubtly beautiful. No doubt about that. Boosting at 0.55 bars. I have intentions to go higher boost, but there is some slight modification required to make the kit work nicely at higher boost while preserving the engine.

Interior of the car is nicely decorated with HKS gauages, LCD displays and stuff. Nice.

Sam asked me to test drive the car to check the current settings. After the engine start up, I noticed the engine was running rough. And also back firing. wow. There are lots of things which the owner already feedback about his car and his desire to demod the turbo kit. We looked at the kit's excellent red ceramic coated pipings and HKS intercooler, we propose to replace the HKS F-con IS ecu with our Emanage ultimate. We wanted to give the car a second chance.

Removing the F-con IS and installing ultimate took us many many hours. As we have to verify the former setup doesnt affect what we're going to do and the original wiring is still intact.

First off, we solved the back firing. And give a much smoother running engine. We also made sure the throttle response is improved. Again, this is a honda, so has to have that honda response. Then, we had to figure out what is the new injector sizing coz, the owner didnt know what injectors were used for his car when they installed the kit.

Owner joined us for the tuning session. Tuning to us is a fun thing. Something we enjoy doing and should remain exciting, especially with the owner around, he can see how we are screwing up his ride ahhahaha... Ok. Cool.

Once we are done screwing up to 0.55 bars, we decided to try for more. We are unable to screw the boost to higher amount due to some hardware factors. This is not the end of the world. We know how to solve this problem and will wait for another day to try again after we add some more toys in. hahaha...

There are some fine tuning required on this ride. Of course la, by the time we are done, it was already 1am. Damn tired already. But every one is happy. Which is to me most important. I think one of his friends commented that over here, we do things differently, I think its about the feeling I guess... There is still 3 thing remaining to tune up this ride which I will need one more session to complete. Of course la... Emanage ultimate is very close to being standalone, theres tons of functions inside waiting to be used. And if you use them, its going to be more complicated and more fun of course.

By the time we completed, we are damn tired liaoz... Thats why we push all the way till the car can perform 90% of its duty and we can touch up on the remaining 10% another day. Really too tired la.. even the owner also shack liaoz hahaha...

Even at 90% completion, the car is already much much better than when he first came in to ask for demod. Before we tuned his car, the car likes to stall, back fire, bellow black smoke and vibrates on idle. Now smooth like fark and quieter. :)


Results:
More torque. More g-force. Definately a kit worth keeping. Car pulls hard and fast.
Excellent setup.

ps: I'm happy with the final results.

Honda Integra GSR

Honda Integra GSR




The integra GSR is basically a 2L 16v 160 bhp car with a 5 speed automatic transmission gearbox. Car arrives stock, nothing done yet. We decat the exhaust, and modified the intake slightly for better flow when the Vtec kicks in. First impression was the very torquey feeling when you tap on the accelerator. But this in fact posed a problem when we started tuning this car.

On this K20 engine, you have the i-Vtec technology which in my opinion is not suitable for our singapore stop and go traffic. The i-Vtec is electronically controlling the vtec to kick in as early as 3000 rpm and depending on the driving conditions, the ecu will then switch it on or off accordingly. Owner complains about the super high fuel consumption even when he is not driving aggressively. I felt that as a 2L car with a light integra chasiss she should be able to keep up with our traffic conditions with ease even without the vtec kicking in and stuff. Otherwise look like siao ding dong smashing around like dat...

When vtec kicks in, the amount of fuel required to run the car increases dramatically, resulting in the increase in fuel consumption. I felt that high FC is acceptable if we're wacking the car hard but during normal day-to-day drive, clocking high FC of 8km/L is not-acceptable.

Stock car comes out of the factory with a safe tuning which applies to their factory integras in general. However, when modifications are done to the car, it now releases new potential and in tuning, we can realise this potential and build a custom mapping for the car accordingly. Based on my experiences, even when 2 cars with the exact modification can yield 2 different results. No one-car is exactly the same as the other.

During tuning, we set the vtec to kick in during hard driving and during normal driving and cruising, we tuned the car to be easy on the petrol, smoother pickup. This will yield a much better FC and also retains the Honda's vtec response and punch. i-Vtec should be artificial intellengence i think, in hokkien, it means geh kiang... act smart la...

About fuel octance level, we tuned this car on Ron 95 fuel and tuned it agressively. This allows the owner to have the option to choose whether to play or not. If wanna play, pump 98 ron and wack all the way. If don't play, then pump 95 and wack conservatively. Of course, if ROn 98 is the defacto fuel for the owner, then we can yield much more horse power. Stock wise, 95 or 98 makes no difference.

Owner joins us for the tuning session. He commented that the car already feels much faster after we finished tuning (with Sam, me and owner on board!). With a better tuned Vtec setting and mapping customized to his car, its a real fun car to own and drive around. This car is extremely sensitive to weight. Like all hondas :) Once done, the first thing the owner did when he left the building is to open his vtec heehee hee... For obvious reasons.

Car costs 93K with coe... if I got the S-11, I'll buy one and go track. Handling is supereb !!

This car is tuned with very basic LTA compliant modification and tuned using greddy emanage Blue engine management system. Emanage blue is capable of producing fantastic results, however, emanage Ultimate has addition function build in which allows the tuner to do more wonders.

Verdict:
Excellent response. Improved fuel economy. Handling is easy.

On the other hand, the engine can do better with a turbo charger. Try Jun cams... :)
Stock factory maps not suitable for our road la...

Toyota Vios Turbo with Side plant aka powervalve

Toyota Vios Turbo with Side plant aka powervalve

The side plant aka powervalve is a wonderful piece of microphone which magnifies the volume of the exhuast to 100% on demand. It can also be controlled using emanage blue or for more added features like boost building before blasting, the emanage ultimate has more auxilary functions to achieve this simple feat.

While most people are familiar with the sound of a subaru boxer engine or the sound of a Honda with Vtec opening, we seldom see people who really hear for themselves the sound of a real toyota vvti scream. We often see people saying the boxer engine sounds the best and stuff, and in my opinion, if you search the ang moh sites, you see people talk about the beauty of a vvti scream. For sure, those ang moh normally talk about the vvti on a 4aGze or at least a 4aGe engine which is either super or turbo charged.

Now, we have a classic. One with a fully lighten chasis, VF 2x turbo, emanage blue and a powervalve. When the powervalve open, it sounds pretty compact and bassy. But when you hear the vvti opening on the move, the scream is totally different. Together with the massive increase in torque, you can almost be assured of torque steers and wheel spins on every gear shift.

Now, I was told to test the car after the car have been setup. I know I'm in for hell of a ride. When I came back after 1 round, I gave them the middle finger to signal the car is good and totally out of this world hahaha... and for scaring the shit of of me.

Subaru's boxer and the honda's Vtec is quite easily achievable with simple modification to the exhaust muffler. But for a Vios, its different, a straight through operated muffler cannot achieve this effect for sure. Truly amazing and to find such a ang moh setup in singapore, Stready porn pi pi


Verdict:
Quartermile 11.x sec
0~100 8.5 sec
Drag setup

Toyota Vios Turbo charged

Toyota Vios Turbo charged

Alot of toyota vios after intalling a turbo charger experience frequent stalling especially after they clutch in and the blow-off valve goes pussshhhht... Here the ingredients used in this recipie is one 1 kg of IHI turbo a VF twenty something, 500 grams of HKS BOV and 200 grams of engine oil to marinate the turbo. At low rpm, the car sizzles gently, but at around 3500 rpm, the car starts to pull hard. Using emanage blue to cook this piece of meat to perfection.

The difference is that the newer turbo has a greater efficiency island and speed line which covers the necessary rpm we need based on our kit's pressure ratio.

During tuning, we had the opportunity to try with a JDM honda accord, according to the owner, the jdm model is different and seems to be faster than the non-jdm version. Whether its a jdm or not, this is the first time he ran with an accord and was surprised he is faster. I know, sure makan one, yes, yes... but nothing beats first hand experience la... give chance for people to try themselves la...

Anyway, this is a good drag setup and with the sub 1 ton weight, this car will be an eye-opener on highways. With no speed cut on this ride, 220 km/h on this ride is not unfamiliar among those who have modifed their rides with a turbo charger.

Anyway, this is not for the faint hearted. Next modification on this ride will be a side plant. Needless to say, the massive amount of torque produced plus vvti engine screaming away at the loudest possible volume... hahaha... cool!



Verdict:
Shiok.

Mazda 3 Turbo charged

Mazda 3 Turbo charged



This is a very heavy car. With a 1.6L engine on 1.4 ton, it faces difficulty moving up steep slopes. Owner is a day-to-day sane driver, he is not a racer and has no interest in racing on public roads. I'm trying to paint a nice picture of a normal family man driving on the road la... so, get it right. We are building a turbo system to improve on daily driving. This is not a racing setup.

The turbo we used has resulted in a car that doesnt require dropping of gear to go up steep slopes or dragging that 2nd gear when you're ferrying your kids and groceries home from the supermart. The turbo will spool up to give that extra 40 bhp when you step the pedal more than usual at the 2000 ~3000 rpm region.

We used greddy emanage ultimate together with bigger injectors for this car. The turbo is well hidden from privy eyes and not visible when you open the bonnet. This is a very discrete setup and the only give away is when you're in the car and hearing the turbo spooling and stuff. Idling is smooth and since its automatic transmission, gearing is also smooth. Car drives and feels very stock during normal day-to-day drive except when you throttle a little more than usual, you can hear the turbo spool up.

Owner joins us for the tuning session and he told us he has never gun the car this hard and drove this fast before... hahaha... no choice la, have to pull all the horses during tuning. During hard driving, there is some torque steer induced from the turbo and a nice early g-force feeling at low rpms. At high speed, this kit starts to shows signs of breathlessness and lack of luster at high rpm as compared to the normal drag kit we normally do. The 2500~4000 rpm shows the most amount improvement.

Tuning this kit is more complex than usual since the control of the stock ecu becomes more difficult and requires more accuracy for it to work normally. Owner is happy with the results. For those like myself who prefer to win that drag race, I would go for a drag setup. For that reason, we boosted 0.7 bars on this ride which satisfy our own desire for bhp. Since most of useful boost is at the 2~3500 rpm region, this kit is really meant for quick overtaking and improving low end response.

When you read this article, try to understand that I'm more into a race setup. So, this article is written by a racing bias author hahaha... Like I said, owner is happy. No point giving him a drag kit that spools up at a rpm he almost never visits. We seem to be the first people that dragged his car to 6000 rpm. I'm serious. Anyway, owner is happy. Period.


verdict:
Feels very much like a supercharger kit.
Good for improving low end torque and horsepower
Very discrete.

On the flip side,
Not meant for street or drag racers. Whether this is flip side or not, as far as racing is concerned, this is a flip side. You decide.