View Single Post
Old 01-01-2017, 09:09 PM   #328
wbradley
Sarcastic SOB
 
wbradley's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Drives: '13 FR-S M6, '23 Volvo V60 CC
Location: Thornhill Ontario
Posts: 4,643
Thanks: 1,362
Thanked 2,858 Times in 1,642 Posts
Mentioned: 32 Post(s)
Tagged: 3 Thread(s)
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kodename47 View Post
Yes, i have seen that previously. They advise you that the canned calibration is based on using all this hardware. So, any stray and you *might* change the effectiveness of the tune.
That's fine and their products are good, for sure.

If you do stray in your bolt-on selection you must get a more custom tune. So, if you save some money buying bolt-ons that aren't all HKS, I suggest go Ecutek. Preferably dyno tune.

It's pretty optimistic to expect every client to buy ALL their stuff. I also highly dispute the necessity for changing the spark plugs, but I guess they do their research, as we do ours on these forums. I am going to assert that the plugs in the car wont fail at sub-300 HP. They might look funky though when it's time go change them. A member on the forum fairly recently posted pics of his plugs when time to change. They looked like the high compression pushed heat between the ceramic and metal at the base of the plug. There was some black on the ceramic part where it met the threaded part of the plug, radiating away from the engine. Might just be heat related but more importantly it was on the exterior from the engine part of the plug. And there was no apparent failure noted by the poster.
__________________
5:AD kit, HKS V1+ S/C, ECUtek dyno'd, Ohlins MP20, Magnaflow cb, Revworks UEL, Topspeed overpipe, Pinnacle Ceramic tint, VG shark fin, HID's, yellow DRL's, full LEDs, red floor lights, Homelink mirror, trunk lid liner, Perrin LWCP, Valenti smoked, Flossy Grip Tape Shorty, GT86 plaque, lighted vanity mirror, Michelin PSS, Project mU +800, DOT4 fluid, 720 Form GTF1 17x8&9, stitched leather bits, EZ valve.
wbradley is offline   Reply With Quote