Amanda

Erm, Just got my license 1month ago. Totally no idea about car but getting a Rx8 . Wanna do modification ..

Which garage is better? At least reliable.

ngkenny

Go to Monster Garage. They should be able to help you out with most stuff about RX8.

Look for Ivan. Our PR manager here (coupe07). Say kenny recommended you to go there. The people at monster will take care of you...haha..like real!

Likewise, if you don't like to use my name, you can use joe, alvin, lincoln, zavier,derrick, peter,gavin and many many many others, because errrr....we all go to him. in fact..almost everyone here goes to him.

Amanda

But there is this guy who told me there monster cannot do tuning well.Sorry. Didn't mean to be offensive.I just don't know how to deal with it

Jimmy(wow)

I dun think it true cos monster garage are very well versed with Mazda car, if they can do mod why can't they do tuning? I guess it must be some competitor trying to turn u away from them.. U be surprise if u pay a visit to MG and from there u be able to know what wonders they can do to your car.

sqflyer

As far as I know, Monster is the only garage that brought down Japanese from famous rotary tuner specialists to Singapore to tune our local RX-8s. Which other workshop in Singapore can make that claim? But, you are not totally wrong, monster can't do tuning well... so they just get the best Japanese rotary tuners to come down to Singapore. Other workshops can tune ur car themselves but do you wanna be their guinea pig or let the Japanese rotary tuner specialists tune your RX-8?

Genesis

Is tuning a mod? Hmm...I guess so. What other mods you interested in?

M-ster

hmmm I wonder, one who dont know much about car and just got his license, what would he knows about tuning... And why does he even want to tune his car before he gets to know wat the car is all about...

I guess the word 'poison' does really make lot of sense!

Genesis

exactly M-ster...there "is this guy who told him"

coupe07

ya, monster cannot do tuning for rx8. sorry. Only our japanese counterparts can lay claim to tuning our customer's RX8.

if theres anyone sporean who can proudly claim he noes and successfully tune a rotary engine, pls lead me to him.

celeste84

Hmmm.. Theres pro and cons letting those japanese PRO to tune,
Benefits no need to say le, its obvious that they are dealing with rotary for so many years,
Know it in and out!

Cons are, u have to wait for them to come down, lets say they tune it this time for you, u wanna mod after they are in japan, have to wait for MG to invite them back, Definetly u have to test ya car for few days after the tuning then ask dem to fine tune to get wat u wan..(tune to ya style of driving and get the best out of it)
thats the only downside of it...Ask yourselve b4 committing? Can the tuner come down so oftenly? even if they come down every 3 months is it not enuff to cater so many rx8 drivers, how much time spend can they commit into yhour ride?


Bt letting a expert tuner to tune is like sitting beside tsuchiya while he drift..PRICELESS

Weigh it yourselve!!!
Just my personally views.. Cheers!!!

Rei

Seriously speaking, how often do u need to tune ur car? Most of the mods r
bolt ons...unless ur talking abt the ecu or force induction in ur car n etc...I dun
really think u need any expert to fine tune? Even for suspension, the tuning is
usually done by urslf...u decide ur own settings to c wat works for u n the
alignment of the car...negative camber, toe in toe out n etc is usually up to
ur preference...Besides, the ecu of the rx8 is known to be a tough nut to crack...
dun think there r any specialist in the region who can tune ur car without any
minor screw ups...

Now, wat u really have to ask urslf is...do u want a garage that specialises in
wrxs or evos to take care of ur car or do u really want who noes mazdas at the
back of their hand to care for ur baby? For me, the decision was clear...I dun
wanna be a guinea pig for anyone at all, period...

EBS

Hi

1. Most mods dont need expert to tune. Strut bars, brace bars, suspension, brake kits, body kits, lighter rims, short shifter, defi meters etc etc. Go to a garage that give u good service and reasonable price (pse garage got to make money to survive) and able to get the stuffs relatively fast.

2. Tuning and engine mod, FI is a diff story. Yes u need expert to do it better than trial and error by so call 'tuning house'. After expert tune, unlike u tune again very soon so my preference is to let expert do it. How many really lup and change so much of engine part that need expert to tune??

3. So no worry, buy the car and mod!!! if u willing to spend the $$$. Think it will be some time be4 u really need an expert to tune.

Cheers

morganoh

ST power Claims that they can do it too on Trust Turbo kit .

Any commends?
Cos me looking around for a value for money Turbo kit.

EBS

Hi

1. Can u check how many RX8 had ST tuned??

2. I know they have lots of EVOs and STis but not sure abt RX8. If it means 'whacked' the whole thing down and mess with the computer, I am sure most Garage can do it but which part is critical and which is not may not be too simple.

3. There are a few 'blown' EVOs at Sepang. All nicely tuned and fantastic sound, ard 450 to 500 bhp but when the time for them to start racing, their turbo 'kaput'. Quite a bit of diff between dynoed and real life. I am not sure which Garage did the car though.

4. Not to pour cold water but better to find out a bit more be4 commit.

Cheers

coupe07

yup, i agree with bro EBS. u ask them how many rx8 have they tune? A certain garage near thomson has tuned 2 x rx8 with turbo and both cars' engines are gone. FYI, both are manual, one 6MT, one 5MT.

The rotary engine tuning is very different and complex when it comes to FI kit. Seriously, the most value for money turbo kit for the rx8 is the greddy turbo kit, which is by far the one n only bolt on turbo kit for the rx8 now. Of cos, u will need an expert to tune the car, or else it will end up like the 2 cars done by the local garage.

Sometimes u tink u may have done a lot of savings by letting a novice do the job, but in the longer run, if ur engine goes, ur money will oso go.

sandman369

i dun have good impression of singapore tuners. my sense is that there is not a single good tuner in singpore. it's my personal view and observation. dun flame me.

tems900

Morgan, just wait & go for R.P. Axial SC/tuned ECU or K.S. or RotorMaster/DNA Motorsport(Australia) SC, forget TC, if someone is going to up e boost on TC & wap e car on sepang like other had did before, e end result should be around same, some other just tired of e Greddy OEM tuning on e crazy ECU. other with SC seen good with harsh drifting with min. wind blowing to help cool down e car, not like u travelling at high speed on track

coupe07

the 2 RE-Amemiya turbo kit on spore roads are doin well so far. The one that is on sale is becos he is changing his car.

The greddy kit is good, provided the tuning is done by the professionals. The 2 greddy kits bolted in spore are tuned by local tuner, which explains y many pple tot the greddy kit is no good. Optimum boost for this kit on the rx8 is 0.4 bar. It's pretty safe on sepang too, even under hard whacking. Again, i have to emphasise the effect of precise tuning on the greddy turbo kit.

Layman terms = If tuning good, turbo car good. Tuning no good, turbo car no good.

canman42

Agree! KS SC...

M-ster

$ = Power

$$ = Power, Power

$$$$$$$$$$ = Power, Power, Power, Power, Power, Power, Power, Power, Power, Power.

Well, Power is expensive.... No such thing as cheap Power....

coupe07

SC not as fast n hiong as TC mah....

snowflake8888

why would you want to tune your car when you have just gotten your licence? a bit like spoiling the broth before you've even cooked it. Assuming you didnt know how to drive before this...unless you've returned from studies with a foreign driving licence and have converted.

canman42

good enough for me. old liao, can't take too much stress mah