As the old saying goes, when life gives you lemons, you hope its a super lemon!Perhaps the most iconic car to ever grace our dyno, the JUN Super Lemon RII was brought to us at Enginetuner following an extensive restoration by the fabulous team at SMD (Southern Motor Developments). It arrived to have its new Link G4x ECU mapped including …
At Enginetuner, we are currently seeing a huge spike in the popularity of the Subaru Impreza hatchback. This is mainly driven by the soaring prices and dwindling numbers of good classic and newage cars. We have a soft spot for this model on account of the extra levels of refinement while retaining all the things that make an Impreza special …
Oh, You! Grant has owned his Type UK ‘Blob-eye’ Subaru Impreza WRX STI for two years, having bought it from his good friend, Neil, for a bargain basement price. Despite being a bargain, the car was packed full of history and was a well-maintained example. Grant enthusiastically tells us that new cars lack character and from speaking to him, you …
The JT Innovations Toucan is an innovative touchscreen display unit that connects directly to most aftermarket ECUs. In essence, the Toucan is your window to what is going on inside your ECU, showing a wide selection of engine and other data including oil and water temps, boost pressure, vehicle speed, fuel pressure and many more. The default screen on the …
Perhaps one of the most easily identifiable ‘Newage’ Imprezas is the limited edition WR1 bathed in an ice blue metallic colour, better known as ‘23G’ to Subaru enthusiasts. Just 505 WR1s were released by Subaru to mark Petter Solberg winning the 2003 World Rally Championship and they are now a very rare sight on the roads. The owner of this …
Alan’s Subaru Impreza P1 has come a long way this year, having purchased the car on Christmas Eve 2020 from a dealership specialising in 1930-1960s Rolls Royces (of all things), and Alan admits that the dealership weren’t quite sure what they had. As a result, he picked the P1 up at a bargain price – not a bad early Christmas …
Here at Enginetuner we love fully mappable, standalone ECUs. We have a strong affiliation with Link in particular and we are proud to be running a Link G4 ECU in our demo drag car as well as in a significant number of our own cars. With direct plug-in ECUs available for a wide range of vehicles, the plug and play functionality is fantastic. If, however, there are no plug-in ECUs listed for your vehicle …
Andy has owned his 2014 1st edition VA chassis STi for three years. The car itself was an ex-demonstrator, packed with all the desired factory optional extras. Andy purchased the car from a company called Evotune who had rebuilt and forged the EJ25 engine after it had suffered a bottom end failure. Once rebuilt, the car was running sweet. However, …
As the car show calendar winds down for another year, we were very excited at the prospect of JDM Combe being the last show that Enginetuner visited in 2021. As usual, the alarm clock was dialled in for “stupid o’clock” as another early start beckoned (sometimes there isn’t really any point going to bed!). First mission of the day …
Kelvin brought us his immaculate duo of retro Fords for a dyno health check before promptly being tuned. On initial glance we thought we were seeing double, however delve a little deeper and the differences quickly become apparent. A side profile view reveals the first obvious difference between these pair of Fords; one being an Escort Cabriolet – RS Turbo …
