03 February 2010
Hi there
I know it
has been a long time since I have last sent out a Newsletter. My apologies.
This does not mean that little has happened, but most things have been posted
on Facebook when they happen.
For instance this is what one person commented on FB on the Suspension
kit we had sold & installed for him:
The
adjustable height is very important, the suspension is very hard and a bit of a
problem with all these speed bumps but good because the bottom of the car
doesn't hit as many things, so one can lower it to the same height as drops
without hurting the bottom of the car. The sway is much less so the risk of
over turning is also much less too. I found a reasonably easy way to adjust the
front suspension if your interested I can give you details on that. I'll keep
you updated the more I learn.
Also
the Cruiser modifications are posted on FB as
they happen, You need not be a member of FB to see the page, only if you want
to interact.
The best
results we have ever gotten on a normally aspirated engine, are on the new C63
AMG. More than 40 horsepower extra on
the wheels at 7000 RPM!
We are
able to supply a Plug 'n Play unit at about R 7500 for this vehicle.
The
wired in Unichip with Tuning will set you back 3750 N$.
For those
of you who are on our FB site, you know that we also do Ironman suspension.
This is
what a customer had to say:
Here are 2 pictures. Left is before installing the
ironman suspension. height to wheel arch was 870mm with the “load hogs” still
installed.
Right is after the ironman leaf springs were
installed. Height to wheel arch 900mm, no “load hogs”.
Thanks again for all your info, support and supplying.
I am a happy customer! J
I think this universal K&N bracket is a great idea 85-6004 at 165 Rand incl. so you can build your own open K&N assembly.
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A lot of
people are unsure of when to clean their K&N or how to do it.
If you have not experienced a decrease in mileage or engine performance, chances are your filter is fine and does not yet need cleaning. To be more specific, the filter does not require cleaning if you can still see the wire screen on the entire air filter regardless of how dirty it may appear. When the screen is no longer visible some place on the filter, it is time to clean it. When used in normal paved road, street or highway conditions, our replacement air filters that fit in the factory air box should require cleaning every 50,000 miles and our large conical filters on an intake system should require cleaning every 100,000 miles. When used in dusty or off-road environments, our filters will require cleaning more often. We recommend that you visually inspect your filter once every 25,000 miles to determine if the screen is still visible. That would be about 1000 hours
We used to advise customers that they could brush off their
K&N carefully whilst servicing their vehicles, but that is not recommended
by the factory fearing overzealous brushing. By doing so, the filter
material (cotton layers) can be damaged.
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We now also have a very
classy map select switch, for the Uni-Q, machined out of solid billet aluminium
and anodised. It has 5 LED’s showing which map is selected.
This is for those who use
different fuels (such as
An incident
at
When he
took it to a performance shop in the Cape they showed him that his vehicle only
made about a ¼ of the power that the shop in
On this
specific car there is not much more you can do electronically than to change
the boost, timing & fuelling. Logic would dictate that anybody tuning such
a vehicle on a Dyno should get similar power/fuelling characteristic out of it.
Of course this will be more than a car that had its ECU flashed ! As these
flash programs or maps are safe values for a given average vehicle, whilst we
tuners set up this specific vehicle right !
On this
specific vehicle we usually only do a K&N
with a freeflow. Costing about R 3000
Simply
because this gives best value for money J
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Most people working with diesels
know- the more fuel you add, the more power it makes. There comes a point
where your EGT’s are unsafe and that is the maximum that you should tune to.
Quite a few Diesel systems do no more than increase he common rail pressure to
make more power. With the Unichip I can control whatever I want. On the 3L D4D
we do increase the fuel pressure slightly (we can also control individual
injector pressure) AS WELL AS doing the timing and Boost. We do this to create
good safe power and smoother boost take up at low RPM.
We normally
charge 2500 N$ to fit & check a Uni-Q on a Diesel vehicle. That’s a lot
cheaper than most of the other systems where nothing gets tested afterward for
best & safe running.
Now for the
sad news.
The Ignitor that we have been carrying for well over 10
years is discontinued by me . The product was
excellent, but the service I got out of my suppliers was pitiful. If you need
something to replace your points, you can try Pertronix and hope that they do
reply to your missive.
Our Headers
will increase by about 10 % this month, as we have not had a change in price
there for at least 2 years.
Finally
I do not believe those who tell us the economic crunch is over.
We are not in a recession, but in a deflationary depression, as far as I am concerned.
I
leave you with these thoughts
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." (Mahatma Gandhi)