Bad Apples

Sorry, I should add that these are the crow cams, listed as 20 deg longer duration then my stock BA cams. Also using DEKA 60's with their spray pattern and what not.

Added about 40 degrees to the valve intake opening timing. (injectors fire earlier) Massive increase in idle quality. Went from 54kpa at idle to 50 kpa.

Thanks Toad, this is good to know. Does that enable spark source logging for BA's? (or what exactly does it allow over xcal3/HPT)? Anyway, Anyone wanna swap their Xcal 2 for my Xcal 3? Cheers, Chris.

I agree with the above. 1. check they are genuine. 2. check the injector slopes and offset used, they should be similar to the values suggested in this forum. Also, a knowledgeable guy did some testing here: http://www.calibratedsuccess.com/Assets/Documentation/WhosGettingDrilled.pdf ... make a decision from there. Good luck!

Ralph, I'd like a knock box, count me in. Cheers.

Cheers, Possum. I'm unhappy with both the result and the response from the tuner. I believe the tuner was disintrested and lack of interest in the job lead to the poor result. As for those that need details, I'm not asking how to tune, so I think it is largely irrelevent. I just want to know the best way to work with a tuner, so I don't have another result like this. Cheers, Bad Apples.

HI All, I'd rather not specify the mod, it wasn't a changed ECU/PCM or anything. I drove it there. They were fully aware of the changes ahead of time, and if it required a couple of days, then I could have arranged that in advance. No matter. Who's the best in Adelaide then? Cheers.

It was in another city, but I'm in Adelaide now, can anyone recommend a good tuner here?

Hi all, I recently visited my tuners again, I have had some good result in the past from them. I phoned ahead and advised of my most recent modifications. So when I got there, they asked "so you have modified (x)?" "yeah" I replied. "that's going to take AGES to tune" they replied. so I say, "I've got all day". "well I don't that's for sure", they reply. ..... Is this normal? I expected more help, these guys portray themselves as expert professionals. I was quite disappointed, but give the tight schedule I had, and a real need to be tuned, we proceeded with the tune. Am I being unreasonable? How do I give them a better heads up? please advise.

Hi, do you have one, or looking to get cerrametallic plates for the AP? nothing really available for the AP clutch. I just went the ACE clutch organic twin plate. quite a lot less mass. pedal slightly heavier, unsprung, so the axle hop/ leaf spring bindup is a lot worse. No big deal. very good clutch. Cheers.

Yeah. That is the comprimise with keeping the stock turbo, and sourcing a T4 divided housing, only to throw it away down the track. Final output aim is 450 rwkw. The 1.01 turbine housing with restrict massive dyno figures but should produce good response. Cheers.

Thanks mate. the GTX4294 is a lot of turbo, and I believe the stock intake manifold isn't great... what is the limit for the standard intake manifold (with process west TB re-lcoation) ? Cheers, Chris.

C'mon guys, someone must have something to offer? Surely someone has an opinion? Cheers, Chris.

Hi All, I am currently running a BA ute, with 044 inline, DEKA 60's, atomic 698 engine, Nizpro original intercooler and Process west battery re-location and csutome big pipe from intercooler to process west throttle body re-location, then to the stock intake manifold. Exhaust is stock including turbo, then 3.5" CES system all through. All supporting mods are done (brakes, clutch, suspension) I recently aquired some cams 10 degrees bigger than the BF cams. I believe the difference in performance between the BA and BF is largely cams. I expect that the 20+ extra duration will help. I have an opportunity to visit the tuner soon. My long term upgrade is intake ( maybe plazmaman or better), obviously install cams, merge cone exhaust manifold (and seperate wastegate and what-not), and a GTX4294 (1.01 for quick spool). A GTX4294R is about 3K right now and seems like the last thing to do in my list of mods I do not see this as ideal in 1 go. I'd like to contain financial hit while maximising the bang for buck. Option 1. Intake manifold and cams, I can do the piping to the TB myself and be ready for tune, with a small outlay, I fear I may be missing out on a large percentage of the cams potential this way. Option 2. , I could do the exhaust to a merge cone collector in to a T4 divided GT3582 (already have), but with new turbine housing and external wastegates, with a view to supporting the 4294 down the track. (wastage is buying a turbing housing that will not be used long term. Option 3. Do the intake, exhaust manifold (retaing GT3582) and cams. Option 4. Do the complete Exhaust manifold and gtx4294 at the same time. But leave the intake. Option 5. Do the lot. So gents, what do you advise? Cheers, Chris.

Not really.. the atomic 698 engines have a compression ratio of 8.2, and they are fine around town, with standard cams and cam timing. Cheers, Chris.