My Surgeline Tuned ms3!

[zx2man]

Just got back from Portland,Oregon....WOW glad to be done driving actrully hehe. First off.. hats off to Surgeline...great job...Tim Baily is extremly talented..very professional too!...It took about 3 hours of tuning time to get it right..was running alittle lean and my knock was present during high rpms. My best pull was 296 whp and 322 wtq..But Tim said lets lighten it up alittle and make it alittle more safer, so with a super conservative 17 psi tune, numers are: 291 whp and 310 wtq...still quite good on this small turbo...whats amazing is how effecient this small turbo is..cause Tim also made me a 15 psi map just incase I wanted to run even lower..and that map is still pulling 284 whp and 306 wtq...But im running the 17 pis map now and it feels good..flirting with 300 whp and having only a few bolt ons to me is pretty good stuff..and ofcourse this tune is very safe and reliable..safe on the engine..the car feels just sooo much smoother and linear!!...Im very happy..I took some pics when I could so here ya go. I should be getting a video soon. Anyways the car is running really good and Iam very happy

 

[zx2man]

More pics:

 

[coyfish]

Nice ! May I ask how much they charged. Im going to have my cobb ap tuned somewhere but just curious to the price.

 

[creedns]

Tims lucky ass and his new gtr. Makes me sick lol yeah i'm hatin on him

 

[zx2man]

400 dollars was the cost of the tune. very well worth it for me.

 

[coyfish]

Thats very reasonable imo.

 

[zx2man]

Yes coyfish it was for me..the car runs extremly smooth, And its nice to have couple of safe quality maps to choose from depending on the weather or whatnot. I got 3 maps...my 17 psi,15,and 14 psi..heck the 14 psi map is making like 275 whp..considering the stock psi from mazda is what 15.4 psi? something around there,and typical stock dyno is 220-230 whp...thats like 50 more ponies with less boos that stock with some bolt ons!..its called dam good tuning,and really shows you the potential of these cars. But yeah so far its been very nice..the drive back home was fun..about 100 miles..car pulls pretty hard..pulls better now with 17 psi than 20 psi I was getting when I was using the ots maps,but I dotn get the knock,my afr's are freakin perfect..and for a stock fuel pump im doing decent..around 1550 psi..Ill prabaly get a cp-e pump down the road, just to be on the safeside. But anyways Im pretty satisfied and nearly 300 @thewheels is plenty for my kid hauler! lol.

 

[hugador]

Damn 300 at the wheels thats where i want to be at. Gongratz

 

[essejkcamraw]

car looks good man. i wish there was someone in fl that had a good reputation for tuning these cars like surgeline. lucky you live close enough to make that drive! crazy you're pushin 300hp with the lighter side of mods which those numbers to me seem like they'd be PERFECT daily driven.

 

[Sphincter]

zx2man, I hate to ruin your parade, but I have the same mods as you and no tune with stock boost and I dynoed two weeks ago 294whp/304wtq in 92F.
My mods: TurboXS downpipe, TurboXS FMIC, Corksport Inlet & intake, Turbosmart bov.

 

[leadf00t]

I'd be happy as hell with the 275hp. Which tmic do you have ? I notice you dont have the tabs for the shield that goes around it.

 

[zx2man]

I have the 3.5 in tmic leadf00t...as for raining on my parade Sphincter, Ill sleep fine tonight no worries,and good job on the numbers. Im more happy that my car is running really safe right now. My afr's are dead on..0 knock...my turbo is running nice and cool.

ps thanks for all the nice comments guys

 

[SomnoSpeed3]

zx2man, I hate to ruin your parade, but I have the same mods as you and no tune with stock boost and I dynoed two weeks ago 294whp/304wtq in 92F.
My mods: TurboXS downpipe, TurboXS FMIC, Corksport Inlet & intake, Turbosmart bov.

#1: I don't think the OP started this thread to have a manliness contest about who has the highest whp. Anyone can bolt on some parts and dyno big numbers. The trick is to keep it from blowing it up. I get the feeling you will find out what I mean soon enough. I don't think the thread was made to brag about who has the highest numbers but it's clear you do.

#2: It's "rain on your parade"... and you made yourself sound kinda like a DB with your post because all you saw out of the original post was WHP/WTQ numbers and you f'ed up that stupid cliche.(lol2)

 

[zx2man]

yeah numbers are numbers..The dyno at surgeline is a awd mustang dyno, so on a dynojet id prabaly be making around 315 whp,since mustang dynos very well known to be rather conservative. Im just glad that I have a car that is pulling very strong and all the permeters are in very safe digits. While I was at surgeline, Tim Baily had his gtr and his 500 whp sti trackcar,also a 500+ horsepower bugeye wrx,and a customer came in and owned a 450 hp 2008 r32..hes beated ferrari 360 modena's,porsche 911's and some other cars..Tims Sti runs like 11 sec 1/4 mile all day..so my point is with all that going on around me..me making around 300 at the wheels is kinda humbling haha,and it just shows what kind of incredible cars are out there..never mind 800 hp evo's are 1200 hp supra's..we can battle numbers all day..doesnt really get you anywhere,unless you got that small dick syndrome then I fell sorry for you. As for me..my ms3 isnt just some trackcar..its my daily driver and kid hauler..and i just want something fun and still fairly fast..and I have it love my speed.

 

[dizzin9]

those are pretty good #s for a few bolt-ons! congrats.

 

[nypz]

Ill take a safe tune and smooth running car any day of the week! Good job man, cant wait to get mine done over here in a week.

 

[Sphincter]

Lolz Sonmo, I certainly didn't try to start a dyno contest here. I simply stated that I have gained the same results, minus the 4whp, by just doing the simple bolt ons. I would have been so pissed if I went out and spent $600 on AP and the additional $300-400 for a pro tune just to gain 4whp and a false promise of a safe tune. Did you know that there are more people blowing with their APs and stand backs then there are people with stock tune? Jump over to MSF and see for yourself. With all the s*** I have in my car, I'm running stock tune with no problems, I have 0 knock in any gear and my cooling efficiency is amazing thanks to a giant TurboXS front mount intercooler. That was my whole point, is that I can't justify spending close to $1K for a 4whp gain and a false promise. Btw, why are clenching on to little s***? I simply said "I hate to ruin your parade" and you got all worked up over it. So if I would of said "I hate to ruin your day" it would of been ok with you?

 

[Sphincter]

Wow Somno, I just read some of your previous posts and I feel like I shouldn't have wasted my time responding to your post in this thread. Hahaha, you're a total n00b and guess what? Your s*** is so going to blow!!! Have fun running OTS maps, lolz.(eekfu)

 

[zx2man]

I would best bet that people who blow with ap are people running ots maps, and not a protune. Some people just throw stage 2 map on thier car and thier running 21 psi all the time..not cool. If you take people who are running on pro tunes, I dont think thats the case. Right now Im running the 15 psi map and my car pulls insane. I cant speak of Cp-e Standback. And knock retard isnt the only thing to worry about..hows your wastegate duty?..how are your fuel trims? whats your MAF curves?..If your truly running 100% safe on ALL perimeters involving safe driveability of your mazdaspeed3 like Iam, then hey good for you!...your very lucky and in the minority for sure.

 

[Sphincter]

zx2man, I have nothing personal against you or you spending your money on AP and pro tune. That is actually the way I was going to go about my tuning solution, I was gonna get the AP and then have CFT tune it for me. After spending some time on MSF however (much more advanced knowledge on MSF then here), all the sudden I don't feel so safe about our tuning solutions that are out right now. My Speed3 is my DD, and I don't spend too much time tracking or fast & the furious driving, all my parameters are showing safe numbers, I'm comfortable at 300hp, therefore for now I'm not spending $1K on tuning.