New TEC3 installed by Built Motorsports and Tuned by SIAS Tuning

[Dado]

Would like to thank Vic from SIAS for flying over from San Francisco and tuning the m3. The car was tuned at 14PSI and it put down 450HP to the wheels. The MSD Box was ditched since the tec3 unit is able to give enough spark. Definitely one of the best buys yet and if anyone is looking to go standalone I highly recommend getting in touch with Vic from www.siastuning.com Great guy and don't forget to buy him dinner

Thanks to www.builtmotorsports.com for helping out with the dyno and installing the unit and Teckademics for paying for the TEC3 Unit. They also did a leakdown test before the dyno and it was showing 32% leakdown on cylinder 4. This was due to the car running lean with the AA software. AA tried several times to fix this problem and we had to resort to a chip with 6,000 rev limit. I have no more problems with the TEC3 unit. Now that the leaning problem has been solved it's time for a rebuild soon I wish I had gone with TEC3 from the beginning, it would have saved me so much money and headaches by driving down to Miami.

Here are some pictures.

[TWSTdVW]

Nice man, as you said standalone is def. the way to go. Even though I favor SDS more for my application I agree on TEC3 when it comes to "all out" engine management. Is their any reason why you didn't tune it for high boost?

[Dado]

Originally Posted by TWSTdVW

Is their any reason why you didn't tune it for high boost?

because for what the car is used for there was no need. Even though the car was tuned at 14 it does not see over 11 psi on the track. It still puts down 390hp to the wheels at 11 psi which has been a good balance of power and traction on the track.

[TWSTdVW]

cool, so what was your main reason for going to standalone if it wasn't to run higher boost, or has it always been a plan for just having better self tunable management.

[Dado]

Originally Posted by TWSTdVW

self tunable management.

that and to fix the issues I was having with the AA software. Before the car had to be limited at 6k rpm because anything above would cause it to go lean for some reason.

[vjlax18]

James S was telling me about this a while ago. Congrats on moving to the TEC3.

[TWSTdVW]

Originally Posted by Dado

that and to fix the issues I was having with the AA software. Before the car had to be limited at 6k rpm because anything above would cause it to go lean for some reason.

That advantages of taking the next step to standalone.

[jonsibal]

Congrats Dado. Nothing beats peace of mind. Now how do I get teckademics to pay for my TEC3 that I want

[Eric]

nice job, Vic definetly know's what he's doing! seeing his S54 powered 95 M3 move is one impressive site

I need him to tune my AFMLINK box

[E36DJ]

Hotness... nice to know these guys do good work, I put my car on the dyno in ocean city and the owner came up to me, we talked a while and I got a card, didn't know they were actually up and running. I'll be looking to them in the future I think.

[Doc Ed]

Man!!!!!So when is Vic coming to NJ to tune my Tec3??!!

I had to go to Cyntx in PA.

[caracas_e30]

Yes, i sat down with Vic at Gentlemen Jim's the night of the day when the car was tuned. Very cool guy and he knows his shit. The TEC3 is a great product and its defenetly useful on the track. Mid-Ohio was a weekend where the TEC3 showed its worth...but dammit i wish i knew how the fuck to work it. Theres just so much shit the TEC3 allows you to monitor and tweak but its just too much for me.

[PortalBMW]

Doc Ed, that is the worst photoshop job I have ever seen. You can see like 5 different reds and the body doesn't even look straight. Ah... oh well, I was once a PS newbie.

[Dado]

Originally Posted by PortalBMW

Doc Ed, that is the worst photoshop job I have ever seen. You can see like 5 different reds and the body doesn't even look straight. Ah... oh well, I was once a PS newbie.

that's how the car looks from certain angles. I believe no photoshop involved.

Are you being sarcastic again like usual?

Originally Posted by Doc Ed

Man!!!!!So when is Vic coming to NJ to tune my Tec3??!!

I had to go to Cyntx in PA.

Call him up and invite him for dinner

[Syko]

Originally Posted by PortalBMW

Doc Ed, that is the worst photoshop job I have ever seen. You can see like 5 different reds and the body doesn't even look straight. Ah... oh well, I was once a PS newbie.

Assuming this is sarcasm, and good sarcasm at that. If it is , if not, oh well.