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There are seperate sections on the site to talk about ICE, Bodywork, Satellite Navigation, Security etc. but there's no specific section for those that like to tune/modify their cars to swop idea's, info and show off their creations. I know many on here(myself included) consider Blue Neons and dustbin sized exhaust pipes a waste of time but many others like these things so how about we give them an area to play in, might visit it myself if some serious tuners use the area(remaps, turbo upgrades etc.). Many modifications are universal and not model specific so I think a Tuning & Modifying section would be benificial to like minded members.

Do you think the site should have a Tuning & Modifying section.

1. Yes
2. No
3. Don't Care.
 
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if they was prefixed then panda ones would still show up in panda section, if you was to do a conversion on say a panda though a lot of the info that would be of use to you isnt in that section, so you wont have to search just the panda section, to get all the best info you would need to search a few sections, we have often had to send people over to the cento section to see kev an emmas conversions for refrence for example
 
if they was prefixed then panda ones would still show up in panda section, if you was to do a conversion on say a panda though a lot of the info that would be of use to you isnt in that section, so you wont have to search just the panda section, to get all the best info you would need to search a few sections, we have often had to send people over to the cento section to see kev an emmas conversions for refrence for example

so it would appear twice so whats the point? educate people better and the current system would work!
 
Current format does work though.
There is no possible way making things more complicated can make it easier. If i want know something bout tuning the watercooled 126 engine whats the point in going to a section filled with cinq owners telling me to put a 1.2 in or punto owner telling me to fit a gsr or GP guys telling me to remap it? And it was the tuning section it was renamed techtalk to keep someone happy instead of just getting rid cos it was crap.


And how would you mod it correctly?
misinformation is a terrible thing, so mod would need wide range of knowledge from air cool twins to multiair turbos.

Can the software handle multiple prefixs?
2.0 20v engine is in bravo marea and coupe so what section does it get linked to and whichmiss out?
 
The system does work if it's used right!

I wouldn't use it, I'm not interested in stuff like that. However because putting the 1.2 punto engine in the Panda is a very commonly spoken about topic in this section it is now something i'm looking into however if it had been in a tuning and modifying section I would never know that it was possible!

Make a sticky at the top of each section might make folk look at stickys more often, same with wheels and tyres the panda section is full of threads on them too.

I just think that letting people know how to use the prefix's properly then there is no need to clutter up the forum! I.C.E etc is different because the majority of the advice and questions in there aren't model specific as such.

Shadey i believe you managed to find advice and correctly re-map your car without this section so surely if you can do it everyone else can learn too as well?
 
However because putting the 1.2 punto engine in the Panda is a very commonly spoken about topic in this section it is now something i'm looking into however if it had been in a tuning and modifying section I would never know that it was possible!

you would still have known about them as you see them at shows an meets, what happens when the first panda member wants to fit an engine that no one has fitted into a panda yet, he or she has to go search all the other sections where people have used that engine to see any complications and ways around them that can be adapted to a panda. why have a system that is only easy for some when a prefixed tuning section would help many more
 
you would still have known about them as you see them at shows an meets, what happens when the first panda member wants to fit an engine that no one has fitted into a panda yet, he or she has to go search all the other sections where people have used that engine to see any complications and ways around them that can be adapted to a panda. why have a system that is only easy for some when a prefixed tuning section would help many more

That happened recently..

https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-classic/261263-turbo-panda-project.html

And it seems to me alexbpl managed to do this perfectly well without a tuning section!


People tend to stay within they're section's i know i used too, so some people won't even look at this new section, it's not going to help those people is it?

By introducing a new section with even more prefix's that people won't use properly just like in auction watch and members motors is just going to make this problem worse.
 
That happened recently..

https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-classic/261263-turbo-panda-project.html

And it seems to me alexbpl managed to do this perfectly well without a tuning section!

he used multi sections and its a well known engine, new conversions like star jet, t jet and multi air need more shared knowledge

People tend to stay within they're section's i know i used too, so some people won't even look at this new section, it's not going to help those people is it?

that's what panda people said about auction watch, now they are the people who use it most.

it will all show in the side bar of panda section,
 
Ok, so lets say this new forum gets added, and we have all the specific models prefixed - what's going to make people want to read posts about models other than their own, and how does that make it any different to what we currently have?
Members Motors and Auction Watch work because it's a non-model specific environment, the prefixes are there purely as a sorting tool but people who own a Punto or Cinq are very likely to want to look at other peoples Bravos or Pandas, and then in turn have a look for one of their own. Tuning and Customising is very model specific.
 
if you never intend to do any of your own work then its probably hard to understand how it make life easier for us that do. maybe the poll should have had an option for i dont do any of this kind of work. most tuning isnt model specific its engine type specific. i am having to look through quite a few sections for my croma for yet another example.
 
To answer an early question, you don't need to scroll to the bottom to select the filter - the "Prefix Filter" is at the very top, above the first post (and below any announcements) -you can just click there and it will filter for you.

If we had another section that used model prefix's - it *wouldn't* show up in the model's forum unless we put in a new sidebar / topbar / bottom bar or whatever for it - and to be honest, there isn't really any room for much more - it's pretty cluttered as it is.

Now if there was a way to blend all the posts in together, that might be a different story.

What would probably be easier, is to create a "virtual" forum which just encompassed all the "Tuning" prefix threads from each and every forum.

Interesting theory though - as if virtual merging was possible, we could show all "Off Topic" prefix threads in the LL too ... :chin:

As for a new Tuning section - as Venters said. There was one - no one used it, so we got rid of it, created the "Tuning" prefix and made "Tech Talk" a forum instead.
 
To answer an early question, you don't need to scroll to the bottom to select the filter - the "Prefix Filter" is at the very top, above the first post (and below any announcements) -you can just click there and it will filter for you.

If we had another section that used model prefix's - it *wouldn't* show up in the model's forum unless we put in a new sidebar / topbar / bottom bar or whatever for it - and to be honest, there isn't really any room for much more - it's pretty cluttered as it is.

Now if there was a way to blend all the posts in together, that might be a different story.

What would probably be easier, is to create a "virtual" forum which just encompassed all the "Tuning" prefix threads from each and every forum.


Interesting theory though - as if virtual merging was possible, we could show all "Off Topic" prefix threads in the LL too ...
:chin:

As for a new Tuning section - as Venters said. There was one - no one used it, so we got rid of it, created the "Tuning" prefix and made "Tech Talk" a forum instead.

Now this idea I like, a kind of best of both worlds situation, it would need to work in both directions though (obviously not for the LL stuff) so if someone puts a thread in T&C with '126' prefix, it also goes into the 126 section with 'Tuning' prefix, and vice versa.
 
No it doesn't work and how is having all the info someone wants in one place complicating things?

Just saying it doesn't work doesn't make it so. I've asked you to show why it doesn't work and you have nothing.

Yes it will make it more complicated. As I have already stated take the 2.0 20v engine. It is standard in 3 different cars. How would you prefix that correctly?

The 1.2 8V is in at least 3 different cars how do you prefix that correctly?

Or if you want engine styles what about the various 1.8s one for Bravo Brava and Marea another slightly different in Barchetta, Stilo and Punto.

As for the engine conversion arguement that's false aswell. all the info for putting a 1.2 into a Panda is in the Panda section. All the information for putting the 1.2 in a Cinq is in the panda section.

I've shown you my reasons why I don't think it will work, if you can explain how they are incorrect I could be swayed.
 
Mean while.
The Alfa Forum has a great "Tuning & Upgrade" section, as some Fiat and Alfa models use the same engines and parts its deffinately worth a look, especially if your a JTD owner. I'm not into tuning but some of the things they've managed to do is amazing.

Here, take a look.
http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/tuning-and-upgrades

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You'll notice there's quite a few Fiat owners use the forum, probabely because its easy to find the info they want.
http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/tuning-and-upgrades/291964-fiat-stilo-jtd-with-gt2256v.html
 
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