After having to reschedule due to that freak snow storm we had a few weeks back, my car finally got tuned by Evans today. Since all the mods were in and we were literally just going to put in the Haltech Pro Plugin and tune, we were able to get a baseline run of the car on the stock ECU the same day. It's pretty clear from the dyno sheet that you really need to tune if you want to maximize the potential of I/H/TP/E mods. Since my car is mostly track/autox focused, I specifically asked for the most usable midrange possible. The car only made an additional 3tq/7hp peak but it made as much as 20ft/lb and 20hp gain in the midrange with a nice fat usable torque curve. VTEC was set to 3600 and redline at 9300. The car feels absolutely amazing. Lots of usable power and the VTEC engagement is so smooth, the car is so linear and predictable. Throttle response is slightly improved but wow, this really changes the game as the upper gears are much more usable now.

Power Mods:
K&N FIPK
Mugen Header
Berk 70mm test pipe
Greddy 70mm SE single

 

congrats man, i was just tuned at Evans yesterday with the same ECU too.

 

Ah so you're the other guy he was mentioning.

 

Man that graph looks amazing!!! I am dying to get my car tuned. My car is almost the same set up plus J's Intake and Brian Crower stage 2 cams. Hopefully after christmas!

 

Yeah I'm gonna do the Brian crower stage 2 cams next year too.

 

so how do you like the haltech pro plugin so far?

how's the startup on your car? and does it feel smooth/oem like while cruising?

 

It takes a bit longer to crank but other than that the engine feels butter smooth...so much better than stock.

 

To bad this isn't str legal! nice midrange gains!

 

nice gains. i would highly suggest upgrading the header and possibly the intake and the throttle body before adding the aftermarket cams. to see the most gains out of the larger cams you need the right supporting mods.

 

The change in the midrange is excellent.

I wish the trq above 8k could've been improved more though.