HAZE

Hey guys, I registered here a while back but haven't been posting much because my Tibby's been hibernating during the winter. Now winter is over and I got my tax return and it's burning a hole in my pocket as usual. I am thinking about getting a SAFC and I was looking at the Apexi one because it looks pretty sweet. I know looks aren't everything so I was wondering if anyone here is using one. I did a search and it didn't come up with anything.

I am going to have to bring it to a shop to get it fine tuned because I don't know the first thing about what settings to put it on, etc. I saw one on ebay for $249 which didn't seem that bad. Plus I figure it would be around $100 for installation and tuning at my local shop.

Also please let me know if this is the best upgrade I can get for under $400.

Here are my performance mods so far:

OBX 4-1 Headers
OBX cat back exhaust
AEM CAI
NGK Wires
Short Shifter (hasn't been installed yet)


Thanks in advance,

~H~A~Z~E~ B)

faithofadragon

me personally i would get a smt-6 over a safc

its basically the same thing only WAY better as it lets you mess with ignition timing like a msd

and its only a little more

and i would get a 1.8 cam, 1.8 ecu, and a crank pulley before i would get a safc

with what you have now you will gain like 3 hp with the safc

HAZE

Sorry, forgot to add. I have a 2000 Tib 2.0L

Would the 1.8 stuff still fit my car?

REDZMAN

Of course. We wouldn't recommend it if it didn't.

TiburonWao

Try to tune the SAFC in a place where is a DYNO....

Without a Turbo, the SMT-6 is better than a SAFC??? why?? :unsure: :unsure:

For the modification, I will go for the 1.8 CAMS... and the set of pulleys Or better, get a little more money an get the AIRam from kspec.

faithofadragon

its better than the safc because it does the same things PLUS if you ever upgrade to turbo you have alot more adjustablility

hamhead

S-AFC is more user friendly. Personally I like its ease of operation, which is why it still sells so well. If your N/A, timing does very little for the car, especially when your restricted on how much +/- you can do anyway with the stock ECU.

If you think the S-AFC would only give 3whp with his mods, you've obviously never tuned a car. On a completely stock Tib I would still expect 6-7whp out of fuel tuning simply because of how rich the car runs. You can look @ GKs for an example. I/H/E puts them @ around 160whp. Fuel tuning puts them @ 175whp... You can't expect that big of a gain off of a I/H/E 4-cylinder, but it gives you an example of how much tuning helps Hyundai and their policy of running everything rich.

HAZE

Yea, I would think the SAFC would give me more than 3 hp, but what will give me the most HP for under $500?

Aren't cams expensive to install?

Prices?
Links?


Thanks in advance.

REDZMAN

Do some searching man, chances are we just might have talked about cams and where to get them before.

HAZE

Actually, I did a search and came up with This

None of which specifically told me where to get them from or how much they cost to install.

I'm at work and I really can't be reading through every thread.

Thanks again,

~H~A~Z~E~