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Originally Posted by Zsteve
Sounds like something that I can agree with, but I have never increased boost pressure in my setups. I have only swapped out turbos for more efficiency for my application and driving habits.  |
You didnt get the car tuned after swaping the turbo to a bigger one?[/QUOTE]
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Originally Posted by serturbo
Possibly a MAF equipped car.
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Originally Posted by Zsteve
still a tune would put it in its real effiecency range as all turbos have their own sweet spot. On my stock turbo once it was tuned I gained power of course but I also gain a couple of MPG as it was in its sweet spot.
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Power FC is what I used. Never dyno'd, but I used FC Datalogit to dial in settings for my injectors and boost control module. Took me a long time to tune it (with help from a friend), but my AFR were safe and that was enough to keep me from blowing up. The thing I found odd was that the boost was set @ 10PSI when I bought the car from the lemon lot. I had no idea until I installed my gauge setup. Once I changed out turbos and installed the power FC, I kept the same boost level. The car was a beast compaired to how I purchased it. This was on a
CA18DET equipped
S13 Fastback (European model).
So if you are asking me if I had my car professionally tuned, the answer is no. Would I do it once I turbo the NISMO, hell yeah. Too many electronics and algorythms at work in a Z ECU. The CA was simple, which is why I loved it.