400hp Legnum

[i3ooyah]

so i ran into Paul Ohlsen @ ohlsens developments at the "legal" drags and he said he just finished working on a white legnum which was pushing out around 400hp on the standard turbo's

telling me its the fastest legnum hes ever driven and to come into his workshop to do some more work 2 my car. So hopefully if the owner doesnt mind im gonna give Paul a call and see if he can elaborate on the mods of this car.

Anyone heard anything about this mystery legnum with a mines ecu?

[bradc]

my mate has a galant that is getting a link ecu that I've been talking a bit about over the last week or so, he is hoping for around 350hp or so.

I may just have to talk to ohlsens and see what they are prepared to do to my car

[dickytim]

yeah this sounds like either Freddy or another guy who was on these foums a while ago, He came to our Bastion Point meet.

[ShadyNZer]

freddy was tellin me when i bought my eyelids off him that some performance ppl were saying his is the fastest legnum theyve worked on, cant remember who he said tho...so yeah might be him...

[p1_]

yeah this sounds like either Freddy or another guy who was on these foums a while ago, He came to our Bastion Point meet.

What he said.

[paulmc]

do you know any spec on these cars?

[spy]

Hey

Ive got a Mines ECU in my car. It's only putting out about 288hp at the wheels, and I think about 405Nm.

[bradc]

288hp at the wheels is very impressive, what mod's have you done?

[paulmc]

Hey

Ive got a Mines ECU in my car. It's only putting out about 288hp at the wheels, and I think about 405Nm.

Going by my rolling road results that is around 390bhp at the flywheel

[bradc]

thats why I wanted to know what mods have been done. It's also fairly local, so it would be cool if I could have a look at your car Spy

[Freddy]

Yes, thats my Legnum that Paul Ohlson is talking about. I Really need to get it on a dyno to get exact figures.

[bradc]

Freddy, would you be keen to share what work has been done on your car?

[m1vrf]

FREDDY. Can you tell me what you have done & had fitted. Really struggling to get decent information. Got a 96 legnum tt. Got hks induc, powerflow 2.5 exhau, apexi super fuel, gredy boost cont, supra fuel pump & fuel cut defencer. Need more, know intercooler and then turbo upgrades maybe an option, but advice on types, where I can locate them would be a help, cheers, Jon

[-LegnumVR4-]

If u look in the members cars u can get a spec list on most cars here. U will find that its some trick ECU tuning that the MINES ECU has.

[Freddy]

Yes, Legnum VR4 is right, most of the grunt comes from the Mines ecu. The other mods I have done are whats listed in CVR4 cars (Freddy)

[bradc]

So who fitted the Mines and how much was it?

[dickytim]

Brad from memory the mines is a plug and play, one went for $7-800 on trademe a while back they are murderously expensive new.

[bradc]

But you would need an expert tuner to set it up though. I have tons of work to do on it first though.

[AllBeItMine]

the link plus installed and tuned for $2k is a bargain. and there is nothing wrong with a link ECU. most of the guys who do rally's and motorsport events at a club level here in NZ use those as ECU's on their cars.

remember. the ECU just allows you to set the ignition, fueling and boost characteristics of the engine. One ECU may have more features than another or show the ignition and fueling at higher resolutions, but at the end of the day, its not the ECU that makes the car go fast, its the tuner.

[bradc]

what I'm trying to figure out is what computer is actually the best though. While there is definately a big differance in the skill of the tuner, there must be some ECU's that are better than others.