FBO + Flex Fuel + Custom Tune = 393whp/414wtq

Finally got my car tuned today and I'm very happy with the results. Tuning was performed by Jeff Evans of Evans Tuning (https://www.evans-tuning.com/). Title states the highest numbers I achieved for the day and the max that Jeff would do for me if I wanted to avoid fueling and knock issues. Relevant mods are the following:

• Hondata Flash Pro
• SiriMoto flex fuel kit
• Mishimoto intake
• PRL intercooler
• PRL front pipe
• PRL catted down pipe
• Remus catback exhaust

Strapped in and ready to go! Aside from the rain, it was a good day for tuning. Ambient temperature was low 70s, and my car had over an hour to cool down since Jeff was still working on another car when I arrived.




Base line (Hondata OTS FBO 93 calibration): 325whp/383wtq


Custom tuned 93: 366whp/400wtq


Custom tuned flex fuel (~E35 blend): 393whp/414wtq


Key thing to note is that the numbers achieved on flex fuel were on lower boost versus the numbers achieved on 93 (22-23 psi vs 24-25 psi on 93).

I didn't get a chance to really push the car since it was pouring the whole day, but I can definitely feel the difference. I'm very happy with the figures and will keep it this way for a while. At least until someone comes out with an aftermarket fuel pump that works....

 

I believe the boltons are more along the lines of supporting mods, reason being is that ecu tuning involves upping the boost and adjusting other parameters, the boltons support this by being less restrictive than the stock parts, but I'll leave it to the experts to confirm

From my experience, the real performance gains are from the ecu tuning and e85. I actually dynoed my car last year at another place--baseline stock, then intake, then PRL intercooler. I don't remember exact numbers but those parts had minimal gains vs. stock. After that, I uploaded the KTuner stage one tune (I previously ran KTuner) and that's where the real gains could be seen. I didn't have my full exhaust during that time, so I never got a chance to dyno and see how much gains were from the full exhaust alone, but I'd assume it'd be more significant than just an intake and intercooler.

 

I don't remember exactly what Jeff said, I'll shoot him an email to see if he can get the exact figures.

It was raining all day yesterday so I didn't push it, but I plan to have some fun today. Hondata's traction control should come in handy

 

I would, but I don't have a windows laptop (I have a MacBook, but I use my desktop PC to upload tunes)

I'll email Jeff to see if he's able to send them to me when my car was on the dyno.