My recent trip to japan
01-14-13, 07:29 PM
#77
with taku san now owning a us spec isf, the tuning process will begin soon. sard and toyota worked together on the ecu tuner. taku san was able to tune his rhd isf in 3 days so ill report back with how the lhd isf is coming along. things to consider.... their high octane is 97 so when he tunes his lhd isf...it will not be the same for my f which is running 91. this is where taku san coming to the states will benifit us US owners. also i put in an order for his headers with no cats... hey you only live once 
I like this news about the potential of these headers for the LHD. Based on our PMs you know I am interested.
Any idea how much the integrated cat raises the price. I think these combined with my HKS SSM exhaust would sound like nothing else and perform very well. Keep us (or at least me ) posted on the progress.
01-14-13, 11:44 PM
#78
Its always great to see that the world is very small for like minded people.
We will be working to bring all Novel parts stateside and I look forward to meeting Taku myself when he comes out.
We will be working to bring all Novel parts stateside and I look forward to meeting Taku myself when he comes out.
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01-15-13, 04:06 AM
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Not at all true. Their 97R is no different than our 93 (R+M)/2. Besides, the only way higher octane benefits is if you have higher compression. Since we're not changing the mechanical configuration with new pistons or reducing the combustion chamber sizes, any tune he does with any adequate fuel will have the same impact regardless of whether he's using 93 or 110 octane.
This is a very common misconception.
The only state I would be concerned about is California. Your 91 octane behaves like 89. Just another of the small reasons I left California 6 years ago.
This is a very common misconception.
The only state I would be concerned about is California. Your 91 octane behaves like 89. Just another of the small reasons I left California 6 years ago.
.Or hells even a 2 galons of C16 per tank of fuel. But yes California is **** when it comes to cars. That's why I bought a bike, took a bad fall and almost killed my self. (3 broken ribs broken collar bone and 2 more fractured ribs) but who cares about that, after all by driving my car with only CARB approved mods I'm going to live longer.... LOL right... Only if some drunk/crack head/soccer mom doesn't run me over on my bike first.
You will get 20 WHP removing the cat's /exhaust 15 if you are lucky for headers and 5 (and thats being generous for an intake. A very agressive tune that adds timing/ leans out may net you 20-30 at best.
I estimate fully tricked NA no NAZZ you would see 440-450 WHP on a dynojet if you are lucky..
I'm not hating, i've just been around cars long enough to know bs when I smell it. Still 420-430 WHP is a good amount of WHP and you'll trap some nice 1/4 times with that. Add a 150 shot and now we are talking about finally having fun.
Why can't they just turbo the BRZ ffs.
01-15-13, 06:24 AM
#85
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Nothing a dabble of E85 couldn't fix or a water meth injection kit .
Or hells even a 2 galons of C16 per tank of fuel. But yes California is **** when it comes to cars. That's why I bought a bike, took a bad fall and almost killed my self. (3 broken ribs broken collar bone and 2 more fractured ribs) but who cares about that, after all by driving my car with only CARB approved mods I'm going to live longer.... LOL right... Only if some drunk/crack head/soccer mom doesn't run me over on my bike first.
490WHP I call BULL ****. Sorry, to be the one to say it, I don't care what engine you show me but you are not going from a 375 WHP car to 490 on Intake, headers, exhaust and a tune.
You will get 20 WHP removing the cat's /exhaust 15 if you are lucky for headers and 5 (and thats being generous for an intake. A very agressive tune that adds timing/ leans out may net you 20-30 at best.
I estimate fully tricked NA no NAZZ you would see 440-450 WHP on a dynojet if you are lucky..
I'm not hating, i've just been around cars long enough to know bs when I smell it. Still 420-430 WHP is a good amount of WHP and you'll trap some nice 1/4 times with that. Add a 150 shot and now we are talking about finally having fun.
Why can't they just turbo the BRZ ffs.
.Or hells even a 2 galons of C16 per tank of fuel. But yes California is **** when it comes to cars. That's why I bought a bike, took a bad fall and almost killed my self. (3 broken ribs broken collar bone and 2 more fractured ribs) but who cares about that, after all by driving my car with only CARB approved mods I'm going to live longer.... LOL right... Only if some drunk/crack head/soccer mom doesn't run me over on my bike first.
490WHP I call BULL ****. Sorry, to be the one to say it, I don't care what engine you show me but you are not going from a 375 WHP car to 490 on Intake, headers, exhaust and a tune.
You will get 20 WHP removing the cat's /exhaust 15 if you are lucky for headers and 5 (and thats being generous for an intake. A very agressive tune that adds timing/ leans out may net you 20-30 at best.
I estimate fully tricked NA no NAZZ you would see 440-450 WHP on a dynojet if you are lucky..
I'm not hating, i've just been around cars long enough to know bs when I smell it. Still 420-430 WHP is a good amount of WHP and you'll trap some nice 1/4 times with that. Add a 150 shot and now we are talking about finally having fun.
Why can't they just turbo the BRZ ffs.
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01-24-13, 10:54 PM
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The Novel headers look and sound amazing! And, the prospect of Taku San cracking The Da Vinci Code that is the US IS-F ECM certainly is intriguing. Current product pricing likely is unreasonable for most US IS-F owners (myself included). Nonetheless...I'M SUBSCRIBED! 
01-25-13, 07:29 AM
#87
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01-25-13, 07:34 AM
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01-25-13, 11:34 AM
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proof is in the pudding and once taku san gets down to the tune for the lhd isf...numbers will be posted. i was skeptical also but from seeing all his data logs and charts....he tuned to 490 ish hp. during testing and tuning your always gonna break something.... during his initial testing...he pushed the engine to its limit. he got 550 hp but the connecting rod went through the block due to him increasing the rpms too high. new engine bought and he knows not to do that again..lol