Not too different to giving someone else your money so they can do some guess work on your motor.Originally Posted by fatboyz39
I've seen people pour tons of money into their motor only to get poor results.
I can't help but feel this happens more OFTEN THAN NOT.
No stranger to this myself =\
So please excuse some of us if we generalise Aus engine builders.
Not trying to insult any builders out there but because the demand for built engines is low, so is the supply for quality parts, skills and experience. (Compared to Japan&USA).
Honda build awesome motors, so I'd imagine it wouldn't be hard to go backwards from OEM.
I think it boils down to cost vs gain. Too much cost too little gain.
Also some builders think they know everything and are reluctant to consider new ideas, methods or parts/brands.
Example: A major tuning shop in Japan does certain things to a head which increase the motors' ability to EFFIECENTLY produce power. They've built hundreds of motors using this method and have proven to make 450ps+.
But some insist it's merely a gimmick, among many other things available in the performance field today.
Unless they've specifically built that motor many times and have had consistant results, then I wouldn't question their parts list/build method.
But such a thing is a rarity in Australia (my opinion, please prove me wrong).
On the other hand, tuning shops in Japan build 10's, 100's if not 1000 of the same motor. Simply because there is a demand for them. Not just locally but internationally.
But who are we as customers to argue....it's not like we know anything about building motors.
If we did, we'd be doing it ourselfs, right?
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