Best place to do a dyno run and get a tune? SOR
 

Hey guys, I've got a 2001 N/A Forester (I know I know....:( ) and I'd like to get it tuned and do a couple of dyno runs to see how it performs in numbers (or doesn't perform). Like I said, it's a stock N/A EJ20 and I want to start doing some work on it and I need a bench mark to refer to at a later date when I re-dyno after mods.
Later down the track I might do a turbo engine swap, but for now I stuck with N/A.

So anyways, I've never done a dyno run and never had my car tuned. I'm a total virgin in this field. Where can you guys recommend (preferably SOR but I don't mind traveling) I go and get my cherry popped :rolleyes:

Forum searches too hard or something...

[url]http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6775&highlight=workshops[/url]

you can't tune a std ecu champ.

best option for you mate is a cat back exhaust for abit of noise, maybe POD air filter and cold air intake for minor performance gain and save the rest for when you get your next car.

Sidenote scooby99...Aren't those plates [WRXOTIC] on a pearlescent gc?

[QUOTE=astralex;390736]Forum searches too hard or something...

[url]http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6775&highlight=workshops[/url][/QUOTE]

I tried a couple of searches but didn't come up with anything. Spose I should refine my keyword choices. :p Thanks for the link. I was very apprehensive about asking because I knew it would have been covered before.

[QUOTE=scooby99;390739]you can't tune a std ecu champ.

best option for you mate is a cat back exhaust for abit of noise, maybe POD air filter and cold air intake for minor performance gain and save the rest for when you get your next car.[/QUOTE]

I didn't realise the stock N/A ECU couldn't be adjusted? I was under the impression it could be tuned to take better advantage of certain [B]minor[/B] modifications such as lighter flywheels, pulleys, CAI etc. Ohwell.
I know I shouldn't blow much money trying to get power out of a N/A engine...but at the moment it's more of a project for me to teach myself before stepping up to a new engine. Money isn't an issue so much (within reason), but this is personally how I want to start off :)

But anyhoo, I suppose this thread can be closed up now I've got a list to work from :rolleyes:

talk to ASG, your ecu could be VERSO'd if your lucky.

dont know if it is new enough though.

gains wont be huge.

Big differences to how an N/a engine v's turbo engine in response to 'tweaking'.

What may work on an n/a as a tweak may 'pop' a boosted ej.... I.e CAI on an n/a = no retune, cai on a turbo = retune or start looking for a new engine!

Underdrive pulleys and lighter flywheels don't require a re-tune....they remove parasitic loads off the engine....therefore allowing more usable power to reach the road.

You can advance the timing a bit, that was the basic and relatively cheap batch of mods the pulsar boys used to run on the sr. Under-drive pulley kit, Extractors and exhaust, Air box/induction Mods and then advancing the timing. Bear in mind that if you do this you will definitely have to run the 98 fuels. I managed to achieve a half decent result of 98.2kw atw with my old SSS with said mods.

If I was you id save my money and upgrade to an older GT
but that's just me.

Hope you have fun with whatever route you go. :)

[QUOTE=astralex;390756]Sidenote scooby99...Aren't those plates [WRXOTIC] on a pearlescent gc?[/QUOTE]


No thats REXOTIC ..... always one person to copy