Hey guys, new to the world of hptuners and have been doing as much reading and learning that I possibly can. My car has a few mods and was originally bought with an SCT x3 and a couple of tunes for e85 and 98.
My turbo bearings failed and i went through an upgrade and finding a new tuner. Just as I got one problem sorted another jumped up until my final piece of luck and my X3 was stolen out of my car.
So I decided instead of paying for another SCT unit and future tunes, I would jump into HPTuner and get it setup the exact way I want. Also want to build another E85 tune once I am completely happy with a 98 tune. I've previously tuned a forexter xt (2.5l turbo), which made decent safe power and never exploded so just going to apply the same go slow process to this.
Mods: Mamba Gt 3584 turbo (T04z 12 wheel hybrid), 4inch Dump and exhaust to xforce twin tips, 1000cc injectors, Herrod in tank e85 pump (350lph walbro), Turbo Side Intake, PW stage 2 Intercooler.
My Aim is to get a safe level of power out of it while maximising usable power. In hindsight, maybe I shouldve chosen a different turbo but ill do what I can with what I now have. I will use this forum to keep a log of the work and choices I make along the way.
Long term I'm hoping to maybe even one day do a how to write up for newbies. Something with similiar structure and outcomes to this http://files.jdmvip.com/SubaruFast/e...ng%20guide.pdf but for HPTUNER and our Turbo Fords.