WTF is stage one two three etc etc
23 November 2008, 12:24 AM
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WTF is stage one two three etc etc
I see it occasionally with people saying they're running stage 2 mods etc but it's said all the time on the american tuning sites as though everyone automatically knows what a stage 2 tune is ....
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WTF is a stage 2 (and 3 and 4) tune and surely there are different levels of stage 2/3/4 etc etc to make it a completely incomparable statement ?
Is a stage 1 air filter / exhaust, stage 2 headers remap ? and what if you have a turbo upgrade but no exhaust or filter does it become a stage 1.5 ?
Or have I had too much vodka and need a kip bad?
soooo
WTF is a stage 2 (and 3 and 4) tune and surely there are different levels of stage 2/3/4 etc etc to make it a completely incomparable statement ?
Is a stage 1 air filter / exhaust, stage 2 headers remap ? and what if you have a turbo upgrade but no exhaust or filter does it become a stage 1.5 ?
Or have I had too much vodka and need a kip bad?
23 November 2008, 10:08 AM
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I see it occasionally with people saying they're running stage 2 mods etc but it's said all the time on the american tuning sites as though everyone automatically knows what a stage 2 tune is ....
soooo
WTF is a stage 2 (and 3 and 4) tune and surely there are different levels of stage 2/3/4 etc etc to make it a completely incomparable statement ?
Is a stage 1 air filter / exhaust, stage 2 headers remap ? and what if you have a turbo upgrade but no exhaust or filter does it become a stage 1.5 ?
Or have I had too much vodka and need a kip bad?
soooo
WTF is a stage 2 (and 3 and 4) tune and surely there are different levels of stage 2/3/4 etc etc to make it a completely incomparable statement ?
Is a stage 1 air filter / exhaust, stage 2 headers remap ? and what if you have a turbo upgrade but no exhaust or filter does it become a stage 1.5 ?
Or have I had too much vodka and need a kip bad?
Marketing bumpf TBH.
23 November 2008, 11:39 AM
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Cracking write up in redline mag dec 07,"Tuning subaru ej20 engine" stage 1: exaust/induction/re-map 275-340bhp £1-3k, stage2: turbo/injectors 300-380bhp £2-4k, stage 3:intercooler/fuel pump (but i'd of said fuel pump at stage 1)330-400bhp £3-6k, stage 4: internals/transmition 450bhp £7.5-15k, and stage 5: ecu/upgrade stages 1-4 550bhp £15-30k, and stage 6: i.e. Andy forrest, zen, roger clarke, 600-800bhp+ £30-60k
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i think a lot of companys have there own versions of what stage1,2,3 is so if you ask one company for stage 2 you might not get the same as another companys stage 2.so basically its a load of bollocks i thinks.
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i'd say stage one was induction kit and exhaust, but its like a vicious circle because when you do those mods, go in some one else's car yours feels slow so you do one more and one more etc
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Ooo, acording to that Im stage 3! 
Always remember my old Calibra turbo days, it was all about what Phase software you had! Load of crap then, and still is now.
Always remember my old Calibra turbo days, it was all about what Phase software you had! Load of crap then, and still is now.
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