going to buy myself a Greddy Profec B Spec 2 II Boost Controller but was wondering how much it would roughly cost to get it installed so i have a idea, anyone had one fitted ????

 

We charge £100 to fit electronic boost controllers.

 

They come with instructions - not hard mate

I have one.

 

I fitted the same into my sapphire,very easy,just plug in and connect 2 wires(switched live and earth)

regards mark

 

£100 bit steep aint it ???? i thaught it would be about a hours labour

 

mate its WELL easy to install

 

It's 2 hours labour and you have to remember that when you refer to it as 'just connecting a couple of wires', it's actually a bit more than that.

We have to site and mount the valve, and pipe it up, which on some cars is a real arse and also mount the unit.

When you're doing it yourself it's OK to just chuck it in, but as a proper reputable garage, we can't do that.

Apexi AVC-R's have about 6-8 wires to connect, into the main ECU loom. They all vary. We fit lots and get no complaints from the Jap boys about what we charge.

 

http://www.thor-racing.co.uk/Boost_C...BC_Install.asp

We charge £100 for the fitting of it and £55-100 in Dyno time if the customer wants us to set it up.

 

I suppose it depends on how confident you are really, took me about 2 hrs to fit my AVC-R and SAFC including wiring up etc...............


But I agree if you dont know what your doing its best to take it to someone to fit

 

why you want one ? seems a bit pointless imo on a standardish evo

 

standard for now mate got my walbro fuel pump and apexi induction kit on its way should be here tomorrow then a remap and decat in the summer, i've blew out the idea of keeping it standard lol

cheers for the advice aswell ben, there's a jap show on at the stadium of light on sunday if you fancy it.

 

Greddy is easy to fit, setting up is more complicated.

 

Standard Evo can usually tolerate more boost, especially once you change the exhaust/frontpipe/decat, so a boost controller is useful then.

 

Agreed. its 3 - 4 hours work all in to do a professional and safe installation with the fuelling and boost matched properly and it also requires skill and AFR monitoring equipment of course.

 

Yes, its one of those jobs, just like gauge fitting and manifold wrapping, where you can't charge for what time you actually spend on it.

 

im not running a boost controller and my car runs nicely, with good power/torque

yeah im up for that on sunday might drag my mate along with his pulsar too, if it passes mot tomorrow afternoon

would i notice any improvements by fitting a boost controller? and if so what would they be?

my spec is... 365bhp/345lbft @ TRL

2.75" stainless decat exhaust and downpipe
induction kit
walbro fuel pump
20psi held to the limiter

 

No. You are about as far as I'd like to go on Standard Turbo/Injectors/ECU.

What ECU do you have? Standard? Ralliart? Or?

 

standard ecu with ecutek remap by Matt @ The Racing Line

i have an Eagle 100mm stroker kit with JE pistons sat in my garage waiting for me to get some money together for a rebuild/turbo/ecu combo

 

So what Turbo/ECU you planning for that?

 

PS dont forget to budget for a decent clutch...

 

we normally quote about £100 plus a tune.

 

and what a subject that is.

We fit Twin-plates now by choice, even to low spec Evo's as nothing else lasts.

 

not sure on ecu... but the turbo of choice would be a GT35 or maybe a GT3076, ran with a rebuilt standard head and a set of 272's

i had toyed with the idea of pushing the standard ecu along a bit further with an FP green turbo...

lots of options available but before i decide i'd like to have a ride in a few cars... see how they compare to my expectations.

 

yeah fantastic subject

i found the 2 organic clutches ive had to be completely useless

so now ive got one of those exedy twin plates with the heavy duty cover on my car

 

on a slightly different note, how long would it take to get from Emerald in Norwich to APT ?

 

any idea Christian?

 

Red 16 type the two addresses into google maps and it will give directions and a rough eta for the journey aswell.

 

yeah ive done that, its about 30 miles iirc,but you never know the roads could be completely crap/slow/traffic lights/traffic etc.

 

decided to get the apexi AVC-R

 

is it fitted yet?

 

now you need my decat and front pipe thats in for sale section lol

 

whats a good electronic boost controller to get for a zetec turbo without spending a fortune.

 

no mate just ordered it yesterday and takes up to 5 days to come.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Greddy-PRofec-...QQcmdZViewItem

the Greddy Profec is a good boost controller for the money. but i think the Apexi is a better bit of kit

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/apexi-avc-r-bo...QQcmdZViewItem

 

dont forget to let us know the results when its all fitted

 

will do mate but its not going in as the lad fitting and setting it up is in India working at the mo and wont be back for 2 weeks

but the more i read the technical stuff on the Apexi AVCR the more i'm impressed with it, have a read of this.....
http://www.apexi-usa.com/product_ele...=200&pageNum=1

 

I have a ralli art ecu if anyone was interested

 

A properly set up close loop Ecu is always the best set up but its amazing how many companies cant do this, Or infact how many customers dont wont this

Mark

 

Must be soul destroying for tuners when they see comments like this

 

so with an apexi avc-r you have to wire this up to the ecu ? Is this something you have to do and why ? or is it optional ?