Italian Tune-up

[pnp88]

Good or Bad for the car? How often should this be done? Is this for european cars only? Any recommendations?

[ssaloon]

good din yan, para matanggal lahat ng carbon deposits. ako once a week, italian tune up sa macapagal hehehe

[konde]

ano po yung italian tune-up?

[the_wildthing]

Hehe red line mo through all gears!

[butchokuy]

oic, eto pala ang term. ginagawa ng dati kong mekaniko to.

[OTEP]

Araw araw ata akong ganyan kasi parati akong late magising eh 6am ang pasok ko.

hehehe.

[flakez]

ah yun pala un. hehehe. ako hindi ko na nagagawa to. ang mahal na kasi ng gas, pero minsan nga magawa ulit. dati kasi nung bago-bago pa kotse madalas ganyan sa may coastal. hehehe

[pnp88]

ganda ksi pakinggan yng type ng tune up na yun hahaha isipin mo binibirit mo car mo tpos benefit pa yun... wow!!! kakaiba tlga

[vinj]

The consensus is that this helps clear the engine of carbon build-up, especially if you udont drive out of Metro Manila.

The reason why it's called the Italian Tune-up was because old Italian cars (i.e. old Ferraris) needed to be revved high to prevent the plugs from fouling up amongst some.

[mazdamazda]

rev high then let go of the accelerator. dapat mabagal ang baba ng rpm para mas effective.

[chris_d]

Counted ba as an Italian tune-up pag high speed driving or revving lang?

Kagabi pansin ko after running * 180kph medyo parang smoother yung takbo ng makina...

[speedyfix]

this is done a lot on the dyno. pang tangal carbon deposit. many times you gain a little hp (1-2) after natangal na lahat.

[falken]

Used to do this a lot, when gas prices were much cheaper, ngayon ko lang nalaman Italian tune up pala tawag dito.

[quiksie]

so whats the advantage of this tune-up?

[pitbullz]

alis mga carbon buildup...

did this on sunday. dami kong redlights at 2 checkpoint na tinakbuhan. too fast to stop. sa ghills ko ginawa at edsa

[niky]

EVIL! :lol:

Best to race the engine under load, but find someplace isolated or empty to do this.

On the racetrack is the best. After a 20 minute track run, most of us in the ford club felt our engines loosen up and run better.

Kawawa nga lang yung mga tires mo. :lol:

[bongliza]

How long would you have do this? 2 secs or 3 secs?

[BlackPrince]

ok ba gawin kahit naka park lang?

TIA

[ssaloon]

basta redline shifting at every gear.

[niky]

Yup, shift at or near the redline in every gear, and do it under load (while moving)... not while parked. Revving your engine while parked is a good way to shorten the life of your cooling system. :lol: Sabi nga ni Mazdamazda, you should be able to hold onto the revs after letting go of the gas, and you can only do that while in gear and moving. :D

About five to ten minutes of "hooliganism" should suffice. Don't do drag-race style peel-outs or burn-outs, though, and take it easy on your gearbox... oh, and don't bounce the engine off the rev limiter... it's not good for the engine. Oh, and don't do it on a hot day, please... you might damage or overheat the electronics.