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AKA MYTE8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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Chris from Blue Power Racing Developments has a special on for us AU guys, full custom edit for $995, so I had to investigate this offer and went for a drive to visit Chris this afternoon. I wanted to have a chat with him about the AU edit and see if it was worth doing on my stock T3.
He is a great bloke and spent alot of his time talking to me about the edit and what I should expect from it, then he says lets put the car on the dyno and have a little play. Well a couple of hours latter I'm on my way home with a mini test edit. He said drive it around for a week and then let me know if you want to go ahead with a full custom tune. So I left around 2.5hrs latter with a dyno readout of 219.6rwkw and my money still in my pocket. He has given me a try before you buy mini edit. The rev cutout has been moved to 6000rpm and I noticed that it seems to pull harder once it gets over 2500rpm. It feels like the revs build up faster over the 3000rpm mark now. There was only a few things changed, but I can notice a difference, just in the way the revs pick up in the car now. The maximum increase over stock was a 15rwkw increase at the top end, the bottem end went up by around 2.5rwkw and then the gap just got bigger as the revs increased. A great selling point is that Chris said that if i was to get any future mods he will alter the edit to suite at no charge. I think I will be going ahead with a full custom tune. It would be good to see just how much we can get out of the T3 with only an edit and no changes to the stock hardware.
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My kids think I'm cool
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Perth, WA
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that's fantastic Goran- despite all the fence-sitting with the AUEdit this is a fantastic thing that I find so hard to believe has been met with such scepticism.
I'm more than confident you'll be impressed with the results of the tune- in the hands of a capable tuner these are fantastic thing- the best money you can spend on the car. Particularly with the auto too- as the ECU takes timing out of the car at the shift points to soften the change- that thing will rip through the gears now and probably chirp the wheels now too. Well done Goran- good to see you jumping aboard the mod ship.... lol And that's a great thing Bluepower are doing too- it's always nice to know what you're getting begfore you have to fork out the cash.
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V8's for ever
Join Date: Aug 2005
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just got my flasher today from Chris at bluepower.
Awesome, 2nd gear is unreal now and 4th feels like 3rd used to. Chris's service is the best, almost makes me want to live in melbourne..... hang on, what am I saying!! |
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Smile
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Merrylands Sydney
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All I can say is that Lowride has had his car edited there and each time I see him his smile just gets wider!!Take me for a ride dammit!!Good going tornado!!
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AKA MYTE8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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My kids think I'm cool
Join Date: Jan 2005
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![]() Nah, seriously mate it's great to see. Really pleased for you- power is a funny thing though Goran, it a bug that bites and bites hard.......
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2011 FPV GT 335 >My Build Thread< (Posts 3511-3515 has a compilation of most of the pics, page 118 @ 30 posts per page) BLUESTREAK built 5.2L flat-plane-crank VOODOO with 3.2L Intercooled Kenne Bell blower, 1000rwhp/746rwkw @ 8000rpm @ 20psi on E85. Built ZF with BLUESTREAK 2C Circle D converter. Unbloodybelievable... 2018 Ford Ranger RAPTOR 2013 Audi SQ5 |
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XRSVO
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: sunbury
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excellents stuff mate ,Chris is a madman when its comes to his customers and there fords with out a doubt best service around
how alive does the car feel? if it anything like mine you wont wipe that grin off for a while |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Is that your face, or did you neck throw up
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Well it's about time some of you AU guys got of the fence and gone for the Edit... I cant agree more about Chris, there is no doubt that he is the Ford Edit Guru. But I do have a big issue about him
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Smile
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Merrylands Sydney
Posts: 8,540
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Theyre already cloning sheep aren't they? Maybe there can be 2?
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Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
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Great stuff, now that's good customer service, try before you buy and it's only a mini edit, you could probably expect alot more, I can't wait to see your result's off the full edit if you go for it.
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AKA MYTE8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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Sorry for the crappy pics, but I only had my phone with me. I wasn't planning on getting the car on the dyno today.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Yeah I have signed up for this offer to, I am supposed to be selling my car but just can't help myself (see the cars for sale thread) I really don't want to sell her. Should be on this weekend, can't wait. I spoke him today and he sounds like a top bloke. If it comes out ok I think I will mod the bejesus out of it going forward, bugger the company car.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ACT
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Get the company car and keep the AU for weekends
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Mercury Silver T3
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Looking forward to seeing the full custom tune, 219 is a great start.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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missing the panther
Join Date: Jan 2005
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l have one thing to say to you AU owners.
You have only just worked out that you have a top tuner for your AU's where have you guys been, l drove a AU XR8 before and after and my god what a difference not so much in the end KW result but the low-mid range power and torque was like driving something that should of come out the factory in this state. And as always Blue power since starting way back in Febuary last year racing and editing cars has always set the benchmark for R&D, tuning and track records as l know personally as l have been there from the very beginning. So cheers Guys enjoy. |
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missing the panther
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As you will ask any tuning shop that the ratio from the BA to the AU tuning wise is very small when talking AU as it's like they are hesitant to try anything, no offence to you guys at all thats just my opinion. |
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Adapt or perish...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dip!@#$
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Tornado, it sounds like the T3 has really taken to the Edit quite nicely.
This is something on my mod list now.
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KenneBell Australia
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Engine building room
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Apologies Casper, if anything awry has been mentioned here. This thread appears to be a thread in regards to Bluepower Service, and it warms me to hear people speaking with happiness with regards to their car, and the service we give.
At no time have I claimed to be the king of AU's, i am just feeling quite honoured to be surrounded by customers that we can please, as the performance of their cars is as important to them as it is to us.
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Gota be happy with a Hump
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A lot of people doubted his ability with the BA at the start and look where his cars are in the standings. I didn't notice anyone doubting G&D's ability modding your car in the threads you started so why come on here and question Chris's ability? When Tornado started the thread, it was to tell of the good service provided by BluePower. Chris
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AKA MYTE8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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When it comes to the AU edit, I think all tuners are still learning and when it comes to the T3 I don't think any tuner is an expert. There just hasn't been that many edited and I don't think there is any stock T3 with an edit, so it will be interesting to see what an edit can do for a stock T3. Other guys have had heads and cams replaced. From the looks of things my car will get very close to the T-Series bandits in Sydney who have manuals and exhaust and CAI mods. I think one also has a piggy back chip.
I want to see how much power and more importantly torque increases I can get without changing any T3 bits, using the existing hardware and only an edit. Then I might look at exhausts and headers. From the initial readings it looks like the 4-1 headers are working well uptop, but not too much gain has been seen down low. I hope further tuning will bring the bottom end up a bit.
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His results with the BA's speak for themselves an I have never bagged that either. What I am say is that suddenly, after ignoring the AU's totally or even bagging them out in the past, a lot of you seem to be posting up how much wonderful work Bluepower has done with AU's and R&D. This is simply not true. Chris has even said it himself that there is a long path ahead of him with the tuning of AU's, just like everyone else. I am happy for anyone and everyone to work on the AU's as I am passionate about them. I will not however stand by and let misconceptions and unsubstansiated propaganda go out to the AU owners about who has done what and where. I'm all for threads like this, a happy AU owner is all I ask, however lets leave it to the AU owners and Chris to do the speaking rather than having propaganda posts. If BA owners wish to say how great they have been treated please do.. but lets just keep it real. As for G&D's mods on AU's. Runs are on the board there. Hamo's I6 is the 2nd fastest I6 auto I know of (not bad considering its less than 0.10 off a car that JMM threw everything at) and there has been a number of AU V8's roll out the door with various mods and sucesses. I wasnt actually comparing them though.
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Fantastic Plastic
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Hey that offering a mini-tune/edit and so forth - try before you buy kinda thing - allthough not the full edit but a rough idea what to expect - that is absolutelly excellent customer service Bluepower ! - The price of these edits and not knowing how much of a difference i will get bang for buck sorta has turned me off handing over my $$ so easily , but being able to actually 'sample' the real thing in your 'own' car is a bonus imo - great stuff guys
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Mercury Silver T3
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I agree with you on these points and when a few more members such as Goran have a custom tune and are able to take the car to the track and see an improvement in et/mph thats when au owners will open their wallets. Dyno sheets are nice but we haven't seen any real world results on a stock au auto.
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AKA MYTE8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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If all goes well and I can make it, I will be going to the Heathcote drag meet on the 20th. I hope to have the car tuned on the 18th. I do however need some rear tyres.
Chris if that offer still stands I would like to borrow those tyres you offered. My current tyres are on the wear marks and have very little grip left.
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