Yes, keep all receipts as proof of oil changes. If you're asking for a new engine, they'll ask for proof of normal maintanence.

For other things that should be "shored up".....the only major things you might consider are:
1) Better radiator: lots of FI guys talk about this. I'm N/A and dont know if it's necessary or not, but it's probably a good idea. Be careful though I've read that some aftermarket radiators are not better than the OEM one.
2) Water pump. The OEM one isn't great.... cavitates and has poor flow rates. Mazmart sells a better one. If you're pulling the car apart anyway, this is a good idea.
3) Ignition system - there are about 4 vendors that make upgraded coil packs for the car. This is pretty much mandatory with the increased needs of an FI system. The OEM ignition system is pretty weak even for N/A.

Again, all of this depends on what your purpose for the car is. If you'll be seeing any seriously sustained high RPM driving (I mean track racing scenarios, not a few pulls on the street) then you'll need to do a lot more than what I mentioned above.

I'm sure you other guys have stuff to add...??

 

high flow cat ... big power increase

 

Has anyone had any problems with seals swelling after using redline products? Also, does it last 30k miles or do I have to flush it more often?

 

Does anyone here run 20w-50 in the winter? I'm wondering if the car would still start.

 

Never tried oil that heavy. 10w-30 in the winter works well for me....I dunno about for you turbo guys.

I just changed my tranny fluid with redline MT-90. No, no problems, I've been using it for the last 50K miles.

 

I've been using 10w-40 myself, but was going to give 20w-50 a whirl. But I guess I should hold off on that until warmer weather.

 

I use 20w-50 in the summer and switch to 10w-30 in the winter but that's due to the turbo. But even when i was NA i used 10w-30 all year round cause i know for a fact that 5w-20(way too thin) does not cut it for the renesis.

 

Happy birthday kenny!

 

I was thinking about setting up a dyno meet at my tuners shop. He just got a brand new 4 wheel drive dyno with over 2000whp capacity. So any car could come (but we love rotories of course). I still have to talk to him about it but its only going to make him money and maybe get some clients so I don't think he'll be against to it. When do you guys think would be a good time,date,and price per car?

 

Sounds good if you're FI or heavily modded NA. I don't know if it would be worth it for my lightly modified car to go on a dyno. I'd still be interested if you finalize your infomation, though.

 

I'd be interested only because I did it back before I got my AP tuned and now I have it all set up. I'd like to get a genuine before/after comparison, which I've never ACTUALLY seen in a N/A accessport. Granted there are a few more variables (10K more miles on the engine, etc) but it would be worthwhile.

 

anyone interested in that kanes class thing?

 

Ok let me get most of the info and I'll let you guys know.... some of those Rx7 guys will prob be there so get ready to hear the same **** I hear about our 8's... ha ha... in the future we will be on top of those 7's... with time!

 

No.

[from here on is just my opinion...not trying to crap on the idea too much....]
Read the appropriate books and this forum, between the two you can get all the basic knowledge you need. And that's the sort of thing it looks like his curriculum would cover. It seems though that such "Basic knowledge" is only about 20% of tuning. 80% of it seems to be actually tinkering with engines and logs and data all while trying to not blow anything up, the real-world experience that you're not going to get from a class like that.

Kane is a great guy, I follow a few of his threads. But even MM's online course (and MM is quite highly-regarded) is the same thing: for that type of fundamental knowledge, I feel like books are a better and more comprehensive source.

Jeff Harman: How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance

MArk Warner: "Street rotary" - a little more about general engine modification
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Rotary-...4&sr=1-1-fkmr0

etc
etc

 

Ok let me get most of the info and I'll let you guys know.... some of those Rx7 guys will prob be there so get ready to hear the same **** I hear about our 8's... ha ha... in the future we will be on top of those 7's... with time!

 

i got my two car garage finally!!! wooooot

 

that's awesome!! OK now when is the 4-post lift coming?? :-)

 

^I'll chip in for that :x

 

LOL i would kill for a lift....... but my garage isn't high enough for one.

so we'll have an install meet at my place when it warms up a little =)

 

So my Tuner said if we want to do a Dyno day it would be on a Sat $75 per car and we would need 10 cars(I don't think this should be a problem). He's finishing up a 3rd gen car turbo kit right now then my car so I would say no earlier then 2 weeks but we could set it up for whenever seems like a good time. What do you guys think?

 

Sounds reasonable - if we can choose a date, I can let you know if I can in.

 

that's what I'm talking about!!!!

Happy related bday kenny

 

That is awsome! I am very envious

 

time to get a ridiculous tool collection and air tools!

 

I hate to say it but I organized a dyno day 2 years ago and a lot of people flaked out. tis the nature of the beast..... so if you need 10 people make sure you get $ ahead of time.