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Drives: Evo X, Lambo Gallardo, BMW 335i, Trackmagic FTR125 shifter
*Important* Things to know before you Dyno...
1.a. Fuel. Make sure you fill up with the best fuel you can get, this will vary from state to state. Here in California we reccomend using 76. It has a higher octane than all others (some people even claim thier 91 is actually 92) and it doesn't have the MTBE additives like most other companies. we have seen the best results with it, heres some *proof*
1.b. If you plan on doing a race gas map along with a 91 octane map, come with very little 91 octane in your tank. Bring with it a gallon or so of 91 incase you run out while tuning the 91 map.
2. Your car. Make sure all lines, fluids, filters, EVERYTHING, is in order. Trust me, you don't want to find out that your car has a boost leak that will take an hour or so to fix while it is on the dyno, and believe me... we see this happen all the time
3. Dyno Sheets. If you want your dyno sheets please bring a blank floppy disk so we can save your dyno runs to it. We no longer print out dyno sheets, we seem to go through printers every week
4. Your mods. Make sure you go over your mods with us over the phone before you go to get tuned. We might give you some suggestions, or ask you to bring stock parts if we feel that the setup might have some problems. This is only precautionary to make sure everything goes smoothly.
I would not recommend that you get tuned on the "best possible gas" but rather the worst possible gas so that your tune will be safer when you only drive on the good stuff. Hopefully the tuner will be good enough not to blow your car up by recognizing detonation before it occurs.
Drives: Evo X, Lambo Gallardo, BMW 335i, Trackmagic FTR125 shifter
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Originally Posted by EVOTEXAS
I would not recommend that you get tuned on the "best possible gas" but rather the worst possible gas so that your tune will be safer when you only drive on the good stuff. Hopefully the tuner will be good enough not to blow your car up by recognizing detonation before it occurs.
This "use the best gas" rule really only applies to CA cars where this is such a huge difference between junk gas (Costco, AM/PM, etc,.) to good gas (76). Of course, even our good gas is miserable compared to the 93oct you find in other states.
But if the difference is that much greater between the good and the bad in ca. then if tuned on the really good then when u have really bad the difference will be that much greater and more dangerous?
I always get 76 and dont put garbage in my car. but i am curious how big is the danger level of being tuned on good and then am stuk in the boonies and have to use Joe's gasoline.
Drives: Evo X, Lambo Gallardo, BMW 335i, Trackmagic FTR125 shifter
If you simply *have to* fill up on junk gas, all you need to do is go easy on the car until it burns off. By easy I mean no top speed runs or periods of sustained boost. It's not the end of the world if you do go on boost with bad gas as your knock sensor will intervene and pull back timing. Not a great thing but its there for a reason. It's just really unfortunate when someone comes to us for custom dyno tuning and they tell me that they last filled up at Rotten Robbie's and that they usually always use name brand fuels. Not only will the be down on power, I'll also end up tuning them on a gas that they will never use again.
I would not recommend that you get tuned on the "best possible gas" but rather the worst possible gas so that your tune will be safer when you only drive on the good stuff. Hopefully the tuner will be good enough not to blow your car up by recognizing detonation before it occurs.
1.a. Fuel. Make sure you fill up with the best fuel you can get, this will vary from state to state. Here in California we reccomend using 76. It has a higher octane than all others (some people even claim thier 91 is actually 92) and it doesn't have the MTBE additives like most other companies. we have seen the best results with it, heres some *proof*
1.b. If you plan on doing a race gas map along with a 91 octane map, come with very little 91 octane in your tank. Bring with it a gallon or so of 91 incase you run out while tuning the 91 map.
2. Your car. Make sure all lines, fluids, filters, EVERYTHING, is in order. Trust me, you don't want to find out that your car has a boost leak that will take an hour or so to fix while it is on the dyno, and believe me... we see this happen all the time
3. Dyno Sheets. If you want your dyno sheets please bring a blank floppy disk so we can save your dyno runs to it. We no longer print out dyno sheets, we seem to go through printers every week
4. Your mods. Make sure you go over your mods with us over the phone before you go to get tuned. We might give you some suggestions, or ask you to bring stock parts if we feel that the setup might have some problems. This is only precautionary to make sure everything goes smoothly.
Call us if you have any questions
--Kim @ Vishnu
5. Also, make sure you aren't on Shiv's "$HIT LIST" (friends with Mhyar or Chris)
