£600 To Spend On Engine Tuning

December 10, 2003

Right, I've got £600 to spend on tuning my engine.

This is the current spec:

Full Powerflow exhaust with de-cat

HKS panel filter and cold air feed

Bleed valve <_<

Blitz turbo timer

Now, I was going to spend all of the money on getting a decent intercooler, but I think there's better ways to spend the money at the minute. Here's the options:

1) GReddy or HKS intercooler

or

2) Apexi AVC-R and HKS BOV

Think I'm gonna go for the second lot.

What do you lot think?

Matt

December 10, 2003

Yeah, I'd probably go for option 2....

Then ask for option 1 for xmas :thumbsup:

December 10, 2003

The AVCR's are not really rated in this country - not many tuners and can't go that far with them.

HKS BOV? What type? The SSQV?

£600 .. hmm, that's a telly and xbox for the car.

December 10, 2003

Yea the SSQV, that's what Fensport recommended between that and the Blitz.

I quite like the AVC-R. Quite a few people have rated them well, and I know they aren't as good as some products which can use laptops etc to fine tune them, but I do like the idea of having control over things mself quickly and easily and I can monitor what's happening. The display will also look nice in place of the ashtray :D

December 10, 2003

The SSQV is the mutts .. :thumbsup:

December 10, 2003

Cool, is it difficult to fit? Just hoping there won't be any need for any '3 year old arm' moments whilst fitting it :D :o

December 10, 2003

For another £60 you could always go for a Unichip. When I put one on my supercharged Corolla it released an extra 18bhp :D

December 10, 2003

But with a Unichip, you keep the settings it's at until you go back and change it.

With the AVC-R I can 'dial-in' whatever boost I like.

December 10, 2003

Can it also control fuelling and ingition timing? I'm asking because I don't know - not to be clever

December 10, 2003

I'm not 100% sure to be honest.

The reason why the AVC appealed to me is because if I drive into work I have to cover 30 miles each way. So if I had the AVC I can always put it back to stock boost to save petrol, because it's a crap drive riddled with traffic anyway.

Matt