UpRev RS Tuning

[ug45cwb]

Got my car tuned at RS Tuning yesterday. Was already getting 277 at the fly so didn't get massive gains. Car is definitely a bit better all round now. Pulls better, sounds better and uses less fuel. Got in a bit of trouble when I slated the slightly bodged looking wheel arches on a Vauxhall Tigra that was on the ramp there. Turns out it belongs to one of the guys working there

 

Current performance mods are plenum spacer and Nismo exhaust. Really want to get it upto 300bhp. What do you think would show a bigger gain, hi-flow cats or a kinetix velocity manifold? Or something else? Currently have a standard airbox and filter.

 

 

Cheers

[rtbiscuit]

de cats and a drop in panel filter will see more gains, especially if its tweaked with RS tuning. and the XYZ pipe that abbey do

[introspect]

de cats and a drop in panel filter will see more gains, especially if its tweaked with RS tuning. and the XYZ pipe that abbey do

 

+1 High flow/de-cats and a replacement y-pipe should get you more gains. Stick with the stock intake and get a free flowing panel filter.

 

Had mine done at RS in January and was very pleased with the results

[ug45cwb]

Probably at the point of diminish in returns in terms of NA gains. Might keep my eye out for some S/H HFCs tho. Just took it for a late night spin and its feeling/sounding reallly nice

[Valveman]

de cats and a drop in panel filter will see more gains, especially if its tweaked with RS tuning. and the XYZ pipe that abbey do

I would suggest going for sports/race cats instead of de-cats. Saves having to remove them every time you MOT the car and the difference in performance is quite small. The XYZ pipe also works really well. I am getting about 320hp (flywheel) with a stock exhaust, XYZ pipe, Kinetix sports cats and a HKS filter - and of course a remap done at Abbey.

[introspect]

de cats and a drop in panel filter will see more gains, especially if its tweaked with RS tuning. and the XYZ pipe that abbey do

I would suggest going for sports/race cats instead of de-cats. Saves having to remove them every time you MOT the car and the difference in performance is quite small. The XYZ pipe also works really well. I am getting about 320hp (flywheel) with a stock exhaust, XYZ pipe, Kinetix sports cats and a HKS filter - and of course a remap done at Abbey.

 

Bloomin 'eck 320bhp! That's a fantastic result. Do you have any other mods or is that all from the exhaust/filter?

[Valveman]

de cats and a drop in panel filter will see more gains, especially if its tweaked with RS tuning. and the XYZ pipe that abbey do

I would suggest going for sports/race cats instead of de-cats. Saves having to remove them every time you MOT the car and the difference in performance is quite small. The XYZ pipe also works really well. I am getting about 320hp (flywheel) with a stock exhaust, XYZ pipe, Kinetix sports cats and a HKS filter - and of course a remap done at Abbey.

 

Bloomin 'eck 320bhp! That's a fantastic result. Do you have any other mods or is that all from the exhaust/filter?

Its a 2006 car with supposedly 295HP to start with. Parts include Kinetix sports cats, XYZ pipe, HKS filter and a complete remap.

[introspect]

Valveman, do you have a printout of the dyno results? Would be really interesting to see.

[Valveman]

Valveman, do you have a printout of the dyno results? Would be really interesting to see.

Yes I do.

 

If you speak to Mark at Abbey and he will tell you what is possible and provide advise. What I can tell you is the cats, XYZ pipe and filter element (standard air box as this flows the best) made a big improvement straight away and then when I had the car remapped a week later this further refined the whole set up. The engine sounds and drives like my friends V8 M3 that I have driven a few times. All the standard Nissan V6 "roughness" has disappeared and the engine is as smooth as silk and feels more like a V8 instead of a V6. Also has a wonderful wail approaching 4000rpm.

I believe there are a few on this forum advertising similar HP figures so I don't think there is anything unusual about mine. You just need to speak to someone who knows how to get the best gains for your money and what parts really work.