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Engine tuning
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Tue, 17 June 2003 03:32
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How hard is it to tune your car at home ?
Who here does it, who refuses to do it themselves ?
What hardware is required ?
What differences are there between CARb and EFI ?
I'm assuming most people service their own cars.
Maybe an article on this would be nice.
Ta.
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cambo
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May 2002
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Re: Engine tuning
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Tue, 17 June 2003 06:59
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what do you mean by tune? you have to be more specific. and if you need to be explained the difference between carby and EFI your best to let a mechanic 'tune' your car for you as carbies can be quite complicated.
but if by tune you mean service, then even without know much about cars you can do that yourself. theres no point in explaining how to service your car here however, your best bet is to get a workshop manual for your car from haynes or gregories or something like that you will learn ALOT from these books about how to work on your own car.
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Re: Engine tuning
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Tue, 17 June 2003 07:12
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By tune, i mean "tune up" eg timing etc. Not service. Any junkie with a spanner can change their oil (even that guy from the supercheap add - classic "the engines at the other end of the car").
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Engine tuning
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Tue, 17 June 2003 07:27
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as long as you have a bit of mechanical aptitude, and the engine manual for your car (haynes or the like), then fiddling with the timing isn't especially hard if you have a timing gun.
Of course, if you dont really understand what you're doing it's pretty easy to make your car run a lot worse by fiddling with the timing.
to do any serious tuning to an EFI, you need to get it computer tuned, which is best done by a mechanic who knows what he's doing (unless you have an a/m engine computer and understand the consequences of waht you're doing)
carbies, to the best of my knowledge, are a pain in the arse to tune properly, and people who can tune carbies properly are a dying breed.
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Brisbane
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May 2003
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Re: Engine tuning
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Tue, 17 June 2003 07:44
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Fair enough. that's basically what I was after. Ta.
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North Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Engine tuning
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Tue, 17 June 2003 09:00
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Factory EFI cars shouldn't ever need to be tuned.
Timing is set at the factory and shouldn't be adjusted.
People with factory ECU's take it to a dyno tuner to get it tuned. They run it on the dyno and give it back charging the goose who bought it in $300 knowing that if they bought a bog stock car in for a tune they're indeed a sucker and won't miss the $300.
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Brisbane
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May 2003
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Re: Engine tuning
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Tue, 17 June 2003 22:56
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haha, nice.
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