kennyA

could someone explain the basics of,

Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3


stage 15???

what is generally done to the engine to progress from one 'stage' to the next.

cheers in advance.

fuzzy

on what engine? stage 15?

RWD_cossie_wil

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Generally, for cossies the accepted stages are:

1) 270-280 BHP 15-16psi ish, chip and -31actuator change
2) 300ish, light green injectors (355's) 18-20psi chip and -31actuator change, rare now as most people go to stg 3 immediatly.
3) 330ish BHP, dark greens 3 bar map sensor -31 actuator.

Stg 3 is quite an open statement as you can run dark greens on a T3 or a T34, rs500 cooler etc so a wide range of specs under the stg 3 umbrella.

Jim Galbally

basically its made up so it doesnt mean shit

but as wil has bosted thats what people normally mean when theyre talking cossies.

i tend to think of "stage1" on any car as exhaust/chip/filter but like i said, its all made up by companies to sound good so i wouldnt beleive much

s1cab

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spot on there !!

kennyA

stage 15 was only an example.

the tuning could be on any engine / car.

The reason I ask is, I never really looked at tuning in stages, an example could be my car, so many things have been done to it , I couldn't say what 'stage' it's at.

Mr.T

yes mate never heard of it? Jet fuel and a f16 engine

kennyA

I'ts easy to see just how much work (and cash) has been put into a lot of Fords on this site. Just look at the resto threads.

Many of the cars are way past the 'basic' stage 1,2,3.

I thought I was a bit backward asking, but from everyones comments, it's a lot clearer now.

cheers.

Mark Shead

I have about 12+ stages at the moment on tuning.

Mark

LHD220Turbo

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http://www.apra70.dsl.pipex.com/home/index.htm click on ford (left), then click on the far right what cossie, all the stages are there

Jim Galbally

mark, are each of your "stages" set in stone tho with each gradualy improving on the previous? or did you just kinda throw together a pricelist that looks sensible?

Mark Shead

Most of them can going up a couple of stages with not to much changes,
Its only when you get to the higher spec's that the price creeps up but each one has to be priced rather than a set cost as parts and other bits can add or take away on the total price.

Mark

LHD220Turbo

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mark; how much does it cost for you just to check fuelling on wideband?

Mark Shead

Fueling dett and setting boost Ł150+vat.

Mark

LHD220Turbo

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cheers

kennyA

Interesting, thanks for the link.

kennyA

Mark

would you say that the exhaust system was still a restriction on all your modded engines, or has this necessary part been improved so much that it does not detract from the final results.

If you had a free hand with the exhaust system, could you improve on your results.

Mark Shead

All outputs over 500hp it is recomended a 3.5inch exhaust and 600hp and about it is a must.

Mark