Dyno tuning in Welly...where to go?

[2jayzgte]

Coryn, who do you recommend for a tune? My mate in Wellington doesnt wanna use Andre after some bad experiences and currently drives to Auckland to get tuned at ST Hitec. A long drive which makes a tune very, very expensive.

A local tuner would be a help for him.

Car is a Nissan GTR though, not a Supra

Cheers

Andy

Mate if he's going to Auks to get his car tuned and its running well I would suggest he keep going to the same guys...

Down here in Welly theres probably only 3-4 people that could do a good job..
Only one of the 4 that I would go to own there own Dyno and everyone else basically use the chequered flag Dyno-pack dyno.

Matt at Japanese performance has got some good results with Nissan's so if he doesnt want to use Andre probably he would be your best bet.

[Crucible]

is that including the g3?

Nah thats with me supplying the e.c.u,dual channel igniter and temp sensor which Ive fabbed into my piping. They said the estimate was a little on the high side, but I could imagine that there would be quite a bit of messing around fitting the new loom which Id prefer, and setting up launch etc

Have you been quoted on install and tune with your G3?

[Crucible]

hmm not exactly cheap but not bad either. theres a lot of cunting around when you're doing that sort of stuff. bam will be doing most of your wiring anyway, and hes pretty onto it. i found that they are quite tidy when it comes to that side of things, something that cant be said about a lot of autosparkies.
ive found them really good (in my experiences) at standing by their work, ie if you're not happy with a something theyll sort it out for you.

Yeah Ill give them a shot and see how it goes, would be a fair bit of assing around so can sort of justify their estimate, well see...

ill look forward to seeing you beat my power figure if my rangi setup can do it then you should blitz me ps - will return the clutch tool this week, havent even got the bloody box back on yet haha, but clutch is on and waiting.

Hmm I wouldnt be too sure about that one lol, I only have 22psi to play with, but hopefully I will see some good numbers no rush at all with the clutch just when your finished with it...

[IH8TEC]

is that including the g3?

Nah thats with me supplying the e.c.u,dual channel igniter and temp sensor which Ive fabbed into my piping. They said the estimate was a little on the high side, but I could imagine that there would be quite a bit of messing around fitting the new loom which Id prefer, and setting up launch etc

Have you been quoted on install and tune with your G3?

i have for the tune, tricky tune (ex gizzmo guys and gizzmo dyno), they said $6-800 for full tune

i'm lucky enough that one of the guys at work (avionics - deanis on this forum who owns the 12sec na crx) has said he'll wire it in for me, so basically some beaverages are going to swap hands

i'm sure i was told once about 400ish for an install

[DFECTED]

I would definatly reccomend Richard at The Chequered Flag, its funny how people hear only of the bad things about a place and not the good.

I worked for Richard for a while and saw many good results and happy customers, we had a few customers complain about the price of the tune (usually half the day and up to $800) but promptly come back or phone up and thank him because their car now goes like a rocket, is sooooo much faster than before and one guy came black smiling half an hour later because is was going so good that his diff blew apart.

Its also common for him to be helping the 'tuner' tune and troubleshoot thier customers cars, remember Richard has been tuning cars on a dyno for a very very long time now and has a lot of experiance over others.

[Crucible]

I would definatly reccomend Richard at The Chequered Flag, its funny how people hear only of the bad things about a place and not the good.

I worked for Richard for a while and saw many good results and happy customers, we had a few customers complain about the price of the tune (usually half the day and up to $800) but promptly come back or phone up and thank him because their car now goes like a rocket, is sooooo much faster than before and one guy came black smiling half an hour later because is was going so good that his diff blew apart.

Its also common for him to be helping the 'tuner' tune and troubleshoot thier customers cars, remember Richard has been tuning cars on a dyno for a very very long time now and has a lot of experiance over others.

Yes, Richard has been around for a very long time, I remember he was dyno tuning cars when I was just a flunky apprentice out the hutt. He's had alot of experiance with a very wide range cars from RS Cosworths to Big V8's, Very good with carbs like holleys and dellortos back in the day, I would recommend him also.

People dish all tuners, you hear it everyday, but like you say no-one ever talks about the good jobs that go out the door, I know one thing, I wouldnt want to be a dedicated tuner, imagine all the boyracer Fu*k-wits you'd have to deal with that think they know more than you...bugger that!

Im going with speedtech as they seem to be quite good with the 4a's but if they were too busy I would off called Richard and made a booking no hesitation.

[Lith]

Yeah there are reports of bad luck with all tuners, I personally stick with Speedtech - Speedworks in Palmy is another alternative if someone wants, they've done a few cars with OK results.

[RH9]

Coryn, who do you recommend for a tune? My mate in Wellington doesnt wanna use Andre after some bad experiences and currently drives to Auckland to get tuned at ST Hitec. A long drive which makes a tune very, very expensive.

A local tuner would be a help for him.

Car is a Nissan GTR though, not a Supra

Cheers

Andy

Mate if he's going to Auks to get his car tuned and its running well I would suggest he keep going to the same guys...

Down here in Welly theres probably only 3-4 people that could do a good job..
Only one of the 4 that I would go to own there own Dyno and everyone else basically use the chequered flag Dyno-pack dyno.

Matt at Japanese performance has got some good results with Nissan's so if he doesnt want to use Andre probably he would be your best bet.

All good mate, cheers

I'll pass on your advice. Have you got the I/C and O/C fitted up yet? I killed my brakes so i'll be a busy lad trying to get ready for April