In search for more hp/torque, I am torn within so many choices with various budgets. Currently de-cat and on Blitz SUS Open Filter - turbo spools up faster and whooshh...whoossh is heard.

Model : EVO 8 MR JDM

Considering :-
i) SAFC II - viewable screen (may get tired after a week)
ii) e-Manage - better ?
iii) Autronics SM4 - available now?
iv) Motec 800 PnP - ? cost a bomb?

I really don't know as here in Malaysia fairy tales and nightmares are abundant on tuning done by trial n error so called experts. In the whole country, we only have three dynojets and I am confident most of them are good in a/f tuning, who wouldn't? But for ignition tuning? I doubt so...

Or should I get a logging kinda thing and do it via laptop on a daily basis?

It's not the ECU but the tuner that makes it better rather than just good huh?

Oh great, or rather just leave it as standard after all. Damn I hate being here!

 

All I can speak about is the S-AFC II. It's all I've used. It's so simple to learn and consistantly makes power. It's not even something you need to do on a daily basis. You get your mods done, your boost set, then get your settings dialed in. Your ignition timing will be be perfectly taken care of by the ECU.

 

can i use wideband commander as a logger?

 

As long as it allows logging of; timing, O2's, RPM's, and throttle position. These parameters are needed at a minimum for good WOT tuning using a piggyback unit, such as the S-AFC.
Short term and long term fuel trims should also be able to be monitored for good idle/part throttle tuning.

 

u r da man! U have a good write up and I would get a SAFC II and start tuning by your method.

Which logger do u use? I have yet to get one - if there is in Msia??? Saw online - Zeutronix, worried about realibility too.

 

I'm using a Palm m100/with hot sync cable,

this software,
http://students.db.erau.edu/~szabafab/stein/

and a T16-003 connector.
http://www.multiplex-engineering.com/interfaces.htm

But this is on a OBD-II USDM EvolutionVIII and I don't know if this is compliant with JDM.