Fair enough gord. Ive used e-manage on my toyotas for the last few years. It seems to do the trick, but I have to agree they can certainly be a ***** to tune. I was thinking utec for my project, but after hearing what Wayne is experiencing I may as well just go with Cobb.

 

[QUOTE=forweareLegion;5507429 It seems to do the trick, but I have to agree they can certainly be a ***** to tune. I was thinking utec for my project, but after hearing what Wayne is experiencing I may as well just go with Cobb.[/QUOTE]

its not like its a total p.o.s., but i think the cobb or uprev will give you less headaches in the end.

 

I think I'm going to roll the dice on the 10psi and leave the turbos alone. A lot of how much I build it up right now is going to depend on what Red's feeling like charging. Admittedly, stock rails, 680s, the regulator and 255l pump sound like the most responsible for what it is that I'm planning on achieving. I go over to the FI section and look at the "how far did you push it" section and most of the guys over there with the AT and mostly stock tranny (or full stock) are running <400hp... unsure of torque.

Maybe the 680s are overkill but I know they were a REALLY good deal (thanks again Gord) and figured if I ever went to upgrade the clutchpacks to something that can hold 500+ that I'd regret not investing in them in the first place. The rails and return system may just be building me up to be capable of something I'm pretty sure I can't achieve with the AT anyway.

And, in fact, with that being said and hearing what I hear about guys being addicted to boost- having rails, return system and the right tune might just be putting the proverbial needle in my hand. If I prevent myself from being able to go to that extreme I can better suppress my desire to push the engine farther then the tranny will carry it. I may already be doing that... but with my driving it will be more in "potential energy" than "Kinetic energy."

So we agree stock rails, 680 injectors, 255l pump, regulator (JWT I think we settled on in the end) and COBB are the order of the day? Opportunity might knock on rails / return but I think we can agree it might be overkill for my relatively modest goals. In the back of my mind I can hear Gord thinking "have enough room to expand! prepare to expand!"

I hear ya Gord!

 

it will be fine as long as you dont keep it in hard boost for extended periods of time. keep it to short sprints.

 

You thinking about the fuel, the motor or the tranny?

 

oh sorry the motor...not to sure how auto trannys handle the power. fuel will be fine as well.

 

I had an e-manage in my Eclipse, it sucked. red35 had a utec in his car he wasn't happy with it either. If you want a COBB get one quick they quit making them for N/A cars. Lightspeed was supposed to get up=rev but I havent talked to Cam for a few months...or about car stuff anyway. I have seen the COBB and I think it is a good system, and very affordable the custom tune can get pricy but I think it would be worth it IMO no more money than an Up-rev tune I guess!!

 

I should probably turn the diff fund into a COBB fund in otherwords. I'll keep an eye out. Maybe two. I like how this is turning into a couple peoples turbo threads ha.

 

10 psi he will be fine. I would worry about transmission over the motor. My car is still holding together no issues with 10 psi.

 

For the cost of a new utec plus a install your almost in standalone range. I think I paid 1500 all said and done. Even Cam told me not to get a Utec but I wanted one. But I sold it and got a Hal-tech the next year. Just save your money and get a standalone. Utec will do the trick but there are better options for sure.

 

I agree after seeing what properly tuned stock VQs with extensive supporting mods can handle, i would say the tranny is the weak spot...if your tuner knows what he is doing that is....

 

Eno, who did you talk to about AT and boost? Canadian (Jordan)? He's about the only one I can think of who's been through that. I know he's doing (done?) an MT swap but I'm not sure that was due to auto tranny weakness or just personal preference.

 

i think im going the same route soon too. Chris, my tuner, just became a dealer of hal-tech and wants to put one in my car now.

 

Fatal last words. People don't realize how much the install bit costs. Highway robbery isn't something I'd like to subject myself to. That said it's nice doing everything myself.

 

I think Jordan tracks his car alot, and thought 6mt might serve him better. If I recall he was selling his tranny it was modded but i am not sure what was done. Another guy i send lots of people to with AT questions is RCdash I am not sure if he is on this board or just my350z but he has a 500+whp car with an auto.