To those of you owning Turbod GQ's, I would like to share with you the outcome of my expierences dealing with Denco down in Wagga Wagga.
I spoke to Paul at denco last week on phone and as I had some "stupid questions" for him. He was very good on the phone that day and so i decided to book the old girl in for a dyno run to see if it was just my imagination OR in fact the car was not performing as
well as it could.
Left home Monday morning and arrived in Wagga at 7:30 am. Time to kill till the booked time so i checked out the locals till 10:30. Arrived at denco and had a good chat to boys before car was taken off me. I sat in room awaiting the outcome. Was hoping it was simple and sweet.
Found out that the std Nissan air filter box was restricting air flow which Was causing it to not rev much over 3000 rpm. They suggested some things and i added some more...lol, but in the long run...they won, my suggestion was not used (wanted heaps more boost)
Finally after some replacement parts for more updated and better performing ones, I picked her up and paid the man for his
services. as soon as i drove her out of the driveway i noticed a few changes. Much smoother idoling (no vibrations) and much more throttle precision to what i had before.
So it was late afternoon when i got her back so i decided to "motel" it for the night.
Left Wagga at 5:30 this morning and headed home.
WELL....I am impressed guys. This thing has gone from a great offroader to a pleasure to drive on freeways.
It has amazing power up hills now and not only that, but much more precise throttle control (no more foot to the floor stuff) You touch the throttle now and it takes off.
Also one problem that many GQ owners have expierences is that while heading up hills, most of us switch the air con off to give us that bit more grunt to climb the
hill...
well not any more guys, had air on all the way home and the temp gauge only hit half way once, that was a very steep long climb while pushing her to see just how hot she would get. She sat on 110 - 120 most of the way home and temp gauge was sitting just above 1/4 most of the way. much better than what it was before.
This thing pulls better than SWMBO does !!!
I must point out here that i didnt go for the 12 psi boost, as it was explained to me that it would involve fuel setting changes and in turn run warmer...so as much as i wanted 12 psi, I am more than happy with the outcome. Especially now i have much more room under the bonnet than i did before with the old turbo pipe setup covering most of the top area. I can now see lots more stuff in engine bay and oil filters will be a dream to replace now.
I must point out here too that they did advise me to do the injectors as they have not been touched from new, will also improve performance some more aswell and i will do them myself as soon as money allows
I would recomment the boys down at Denco any time.
Thankyou Paul and the boys for the excellent job ....hell of a long way to go but I will be back.