This post of praise for Dynoflash and ICS Performance comes at the end of long series of dyno/road trials and tuning as well as custom hardware modification and install. A brief history is in order—just the highlights:

- Aug 06 Dynoflash eflash – no mods
- Sept 06 Dynoflash Road Tune – MBC
- May 07 Dynoflash tune – HKS RS Kit
- Jun 07 Dynoflash tune – 3” TBE
- Jul 07 Dynoflash tune – ICS install Cams, custom ICS O2 housing w/dump tube, swift springs, alignment
- Aug 07 Dynoflash tune – ICS install Aquamist 100% meth, full Defi console and pillar gauge package
- Nov 07 Dynoflash tune – corrective work w/ICS custom UICP fitted for Forge Adj DV

I can’t post all of the power increases at each stage as I don’t have all the dyno sheets but the end result of this work yielded 390whp at 25/26 psi. The car is not only very drivable, the rapidity of the spool time puts me in 3 digits in mere seconds. If I get the dyno sheet from the last run, I’ll post it here.

While this is not a technical review of the mods/work, I want to point out that this success was due to planned stages to increase power and the expert consultation of Al and George of the Dynoflash/ICS Performance team.

Although I won’t be driving for the next 6 months or so, next will more than likely be the Cobb AP—mostly because the advantages offered through Cobb technology seems a step in the right direction for tuning.

 

Wow alot of money wastčd why didnt u b alil more pátičnt

 

Not sure what you mean by your response. Nonetheless, outside of the cost of the parts, the tuning and install work was, at times, done free of charge or at a discount--given the frequency w/which my car was worked on. But, despite such generosity, there was certainly a significant cost involved...and I gladly compensated Al and George for their work--all worth it to me.

Beyond the concern your note makes of the expense, my patience as well as this work has been ongoing for more than a year...my bad if you intend the irony.

But you're correct, this has been costly...as much in dollars and cents as in time and effort.

 

What he means is why the hell didnt you buy the mods then buy a tune instead of giving al more money each month, unless you enjoy that.

Scorke

 

Exactly my point, just cant b wordy on my blaçkberry

 

Think I'm following...why didn't I purchase everything all at once, then have Al tune one time? Don't have any better answer than what is implied in my post, namely, staged upgrades. I'm no expert, so it was important to me to see what kind of performance coincided with each step toward this last tune--which was free, BTW.

Not to belabor the point, but the post is really just to recognize the work of Al and the guys at ICS--both Al and George have done so much free/discounted work, that I can't complain about the paying for the skill and expertise.

In any event, feel free to continue commenting but I've not much else to say regarding the manner in which the car was worked on--although you both certainly have a good point. Again, the intent here was simply to pay a little kudos to Al and George.

 

Thanks man you have a really great car - appreciate your feed back

Stay safe in Iraq !

Finally just a word to say thanks for George at ICS for doing such a great job, he goes the extra distance

Al

 

We have many customers who go step by step when they modify their car

There are many reasons for this

Often at first the customer may plan a simple Stage 1 of just a reflash alone

Often as a customer gets used to the car and power level they begin to do research on the forums and want to do additional modifcations to get more power

Other times a customer may not be able to afford to do everything at one step and speads out the cost

Speaking for myself, I am still modfiying my Evo and STI and its a continual process - heck i have been through 9 seperate turbos on my Evo

Oddly, out of the many thousands of customers I have tuned, very few collect a huge collection of parts and do the modification in one shot. There have been a few but they are the expection.

Al

 

very true but you tune it yourself.... we (for the most part) pay tuners such as yourself $$$ everytime we even want a 'tweak'

 

I have question on tunes. Al, do you keep the safety map stock or match it with the first map? I don't mean to be an *** but some tuners here do that and I am afraid that they might not be that good.

 

Currently on most street driven cars I set the "low" octane maps as a fail safe setting - not with the stock maps but richer and less timing than the "high" octane maps

On some very highly modified cars and with cars I tuned several years ago with the Tech Tom equipment some of those have the maps fixed the same

Al

 

Al, thank you very much. Just as always you are the best. I will have a very nice car for you to tune next year. I believe it will be a new record on stock engine and pump gas. With your help for sure we can do it.