Tuner's Lounge- What's the best tuner shop around?

[mazdamazda]

I'd give a shout out to SpeedyFix too though. They were the ones who chronicled a B18 transplant to an Civic HB a few years ago for Top Gear Philippines.

Btw, a "branch" of Emperor is located also in the same compound that SpeedyFix occupies.

[dhel]

Wow.. there's a lot thanks Niky! I heard a lot of guuud stuff about autoplus and speedlab.. the flaw about speedlab daw was their dyno, well in the states its just the same thing, diff. shops, diff. dyno reading. But the discrepancy is not that high though. Back there nga lang there are lots of street tuner sportscars that I don't see here, here I guess it's more of the compacts.. but that changed a bit when I visited the shop you guys mentioned that had this Godzilla named autoplus. Their R34 is wickedly sick! I felt kinda embarassed nga when I parked at their shop with my tito's super stock family car corolla. Me and my friends here were actually planning on our project cars. I was actually looking on acquiring the S14 Silvia of a relative, konti na lang papayag na. Pero a bit dissapointed coz I found out that all locally released S14 here are all matic! I heard Silvia tuners here usually converts it to manual pa (I'm hearing the cash register sound again).. And one more thing that disapointed me a little bit was the new sentra model here, very different from those in the west.

Shout out to my man REDXIII, pinoy tuners in cali are all good before I left, don't know the dude you mentioned though. I hear some of them are planning to compete their 240SX/ Silvia to drift and track.. But I certainly know hot Pinay models Ms. Leah Dizon and Ms. Melissa Reign!

I'd give a shout out to SpeedyFix too though. They were the ones who chronicled a B18 transplant to an Civic HB a few years ago for Top Gear Philippines.

Btw, a "branch" of Emperor is located also in the same compound that SpeedyFix occupies.

About this shop, I heard a not so good story about it... They install AFCs poorly, wiring not properly attached making the engine incoherent.

[niky]

Dyno differences are dyno differences.

Autotechnika's dynapack dyno really reads high compared to dynojets, but it's quite accurate if you compare dynapack to dynapack readings, they're remarkably consistent. I've read up on a possible conversion rate, by calculating inertial drag caused by the wheels and tires to bring the numbers closer to dynojet numbers, but unless you've got accurate scales and a wheel-balancer, these numbers aren't accurate, and they still don't model frictional losses from a dynojet's rollers.

The problem with Speedlab's dyno was calibration. Sid and Ferman sent their roller out a few months ago and they had the surface machined for better grip. Sid says they've also calibrated their dyno since they had the rollers machined, and they're now getting numbers that are close to dynojet numbers. I'll find out within the next few months whether this has been effective.

I did feel that my car over-dyno'd when it was there, but the numbers for vehicles with less torque were more or less consistent with dynojet norms. If it's more accurate now, all the better. ;)

[yuichi]

what do you guys think about Orange Performance Techniques Inc.?
TIA

[cyrusblutrooper]

medyo O.T.: meron kaya dyan EJ20TT sa mga shops na yan. pinapangarap ko kasing swap ng engine yung legacy ng twin turbo engine.

[niky]

You can ask around if they know a surplus shop with an engine available. I know some guys here have done the conversion on old Legacies already. I think Fusion or eRL can do the work.

It's an interesting idea... a 250k peso Legacy, put in another 100-200k in engine, and you have a sleeper of a drag car (as long as you don't swap to the turbo-hood).

[cyrusblutrooper]

You can ask around if they know a surplus shop with an engine available. I know some guys here have done the conversion on old Legacies already. I think Fusion or eRL can do the work.

It's an interesting idea... a 250k peso Legacy, put in another 100-200k in engine, and you have a sleeper of a drag car (as long as you don't swap to the turbo-hood).

thanks sir niky, actually older Legacy(MY95-98) cost >200 and if your good in haggling you can even get it for ><150K.

if only my bro in socal can ship EJ20tt tsk tsk

TURBO AWD>turbo fwd/rwd

[cd!]

.. Their R34 is wickedly sick! I felt kinda embarassed nga when I parked at their shop with my tito's super stock family car corolla. Me and my friends here were actually planning on our project cars. I was actually looking on acquiring the S14 Silvia of a relative, konti na lang papayag na. Pero a bit dissapointed coz I found out that all locally released S14 here are all matic! I heard Silvia tuners here usually converts it to manual pa (I'm hearing the cash register sound again).. And one more thing that disapointed me a little bit was the new sentra model here, very different from those in the west.

Shout out to my man REDXIII, pinoy tuners in cali are all good before I left, don't know the dude you mentioned though. I hear some of them are planning to compete their 240SX/ Silvia to drift and track.. But I certainly know hot Pinay models Ms. Leah Dizon and Ms. Melissa Reign!

About this shop, I heard a not so good story about it... They install AFCs poorly, wiring not properly attached making the engine incoherent.

he he... do not wonder, the new sentra model here is very diff. from the west... di na nga to "B" series eh, "N" na buti sana if it's a bit like the N14.. yung B15 nyo sa U.S kicks ass.. yung nandito kicks.. nah.
Speedlab and Autoplus for me pare.

[CHIEF111]

Autoplus and Motorpro

[co_nixz]

Spool = Kuya Vince