Just as a follow up to adsayer's thread, here's my thoughts on the service Injectortune offers.
I've always been a little dubious of whether injector cleaning provides any benefits for a fairly low mileage car. I had a few odds and sods to do on the car anyway, so while it was in the garage, I removed the injectors from my 52k mile VTS and sent them off to James at Injectortune.
I should have taken a picture of the injector outlets, but this gives you a rough idea of how manky they looked.
A few days later, I got the injectors back with a printout showing I'd reclaimed 62cc/min through cleaning.
Got the car back together and started it last night, but didn't have a chance to give it a good drive until today. First thing I noticed this morning was how quickly the engine starts - from cold, it sounds like the starter does a couple of rotations before the car fires up, before it was more like 5 or 6. Ticking over, the engine sounds a lot quieter too. On the road, the throttle response definitely seems to have been improved - it seems to pull much cleaner from lower down the rev range.
Whether you're fitting cams, ITBs, or just want to know your engine is running as close to factory spec as possible, I would definitely give injector cleaning a go. Injectortune are still offering Sax-P club discount, so cleaning for 4x injectors works out at £46 inc. return postage. Money well spent.
I've always been a little dubious of whether injector cleaning provides any benefits for a fairly low mileage car. I had a few odds and sods to do on the car anyway, so while it was in the garage, I removed the injectors from my 52k mile VTS and sent them off to James at Injectortune.
I should have taken a picture of the injector outlets, but this gives you a rough idea of how manky they looked.
A few days later, I got the injectors back with a printout showing I'd reclaimed 62cc/min through cleaning.
Got the car back together and started it last night, but didn't have a chance to give it a good drive until today. First thing I noticed this morning was how quickly the engine starts - from cold, it sounds like the starter does a couple of rotations before the car fires up, before it was more like 5 or 6. Ticking over, the engine sounds a lot quieter too. On the road, the throttle response definitely seems to have been improved - it seems to pull much cleaner from lower down the rev range.
Whether you're fitting cams, ITBs, or just want to know your engine is running as close to factory spec as possible, I would definitely give injector cleaning a go. Injectortune are still offering Sax-P club discount, so cleaning for 4x injectors works out at £46 inc. return postage. Money well spent.
