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Turbolarry, you've watched me progress from the first day I showed up here asking about using my old S-AFC on my new Evo. I was very successful with tuning it myself and accomplished great things at the track:
12.83 - S-AFC only with 93oct
12.64 - S-AFC/catback/mbc with 93oct
12.22 - s-afc/catback/mbc with 104oct
12.01 - S-AFC/tbe/mbc with 110oct
I have since added a BASE flash from Dynoflash, and I have to admit that it is far better overall than just having the S-AFC. I of course kept the safc installed for fine tuning on pump gas and also for race gas tuning at the track, but the SAFC was not capable of providing what the flash gave me. The most important features to me were the raised rev limit (critical for an MR on the drag strip due to 4th gear ending at 111mph), and fixed the mid-range (richened the factory lean condition while keeping timing at no less than 8*). The SAFC really IS a crude tuning device, despite how much we love it, because it can't control timing. It's just a manipulator that can be successful in the hands of a smart individual, but it still has its limitations . You cant ever change the rev limit, and the only way to get that low-end/mid-range/peak torque like a flash is by using larger injectors. That's not worth the cost, time, or tuning effort imo.
Now, to make it even better, Al is providing launch control, which is HUGE for me, because it will make me even more consistent at the drag strip. Instead of the factory 5k limiter being too low, I can now have it set to 6k, which is great. Al may have his shortcomings, and flashes may not appeal as much to the true tuning enthusiast, but they do serve purposes that can't be addressed by the SAFC.
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11.51@117.72 - PMI
11.62@116.60 - Bandi
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