well, suppose this could go in power forum too... either/or
Anyways, I'm back from vacation... (my home laptop is shot, i can't get online at all anymore from home)...
While on vacation i spent a day at GODSPEED in michigan and have to say it was a super great experience and my car is now running as it should be...
Made 292 WHP at 6220 RPM's and 265 WTQ at 4550 RPMs on Pump gas 93 octane... car is like night and day as it was super rich when i pulled in.... first dyno run (un-tuned) was 228HP... and confirmed the super-rich settings at 10.5:1.
So as you can imagine... it now feels lightening-quick to me, idles and runs at WOT much better and accelerates much more smoothly and the power band is much more linear.
Very pleased with the results, did not tune with race gas since BOV is stocker and won't hold over 20 psi, (and i passed the exit to buy race gas at on my way there)....
As it turns out (its a small world)... one of Godspeeds mechanics (Mike) is my best man/best friend's 1st cousin.... and we go way back on mutual friends/acquaintances... which was very cool. He's a nice guy, knows his WRX/Subaru boxer engine like the back of his hand, and i learned a bunch of stuff from him while i was there....
also a big thanks to Dan at Godspeed, the tuning master... he tuned the bumps out and all is running well with the car now. I highly recommend their services for dyno and even just mechanical work if you lack the now-how and means to do it yourself.
Dynopack dyno is very cool to watch in action, and wow does 19 psi on a turbo sitting stationary sound way cool... sounds like a small jet engine SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH then i go 'wow, that sounds cool as FU@&!!!!'
eveyone back home is impressed with the get-up and go of the car and its noticeable increase in power...
word to the TXS Wise... their stage 4 map is not great.... i can only assume it designed as a very basic set such that the car runs safely on it pig rich and you absolutely need to further tune the map for use in your stage 4 car.... so from that point it was acceptable to get me to michigan, but don't be asking your car to perform at all on the map... i would get to 4000 rpm in 3rd, if i went WOT at that point the car somehow was jumping cels or load points or something. And it jerked and pulled and hesitated really hardcore... (thought the car was broken when it was doing that)....
This was the stage 4 TXS map for revision 4.2 software.... the 2.5 version and stage 4 map they had out there before ran fine in my car and was pretty fast... albeit not tuned for max HP, at least it ran the car acceptably and performed when called upon. Stage 4 for the 4.2 revision runs about as good as a 'limp mode'.
Anyways, I'm back from vacation... (my home laptop is shot, i can't get online at all anymore from home)...
While on vacation i spent a day at GODSPEED in michigan and have to say it was a super great experience and my car is now running as it should be...
Made 292 WHP at 6220 RPM's and 265 WTQ at 4550 RPMs on Pump gas 93 octane... car is like night and day as it was super rich when i pulled in.... first dyno run (un-tuned) was 228HP... and confirmed the super-rich settings at 10.5:1.
So as you can imagine... it now feels lightening-quick to me, idles and runs at WOT much better and accelerates much more smoothly and the power band is much more linear.
Very pleased with the results, did not tune with race gas since BOV is stocker and won't hold over 20 psi, (and i passed the exit to buy race gas at on my way there)....
As it turns out (its a small world)... one of Godspeeds mechanics (Mike) is my best man/best friend's 1st cousin.... and we go way back on mutual friends/acquaintances... which was very cool. He's a nice guy, knows his WRX/Subaru boxer engine like the back of his hand, and i learned a bunch of stuff from him while i was there....
also a big thanks to Dan at Godspeed, the tuning master... he tuned the bumps out and all is running well with the car now. I highly recommend their services for dyno and even just mechanical work if you lack the now-how and means to do it yourself.
Dynopack dyno is very cool to watch in action, and wow does 19 psi on a turbo sitting stationary sound way cool... sounds like a small jet engine SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH then i go 'wow, that sounds cool as FU@&!!!!'
eveyone back home is impressed with the get-up and go of the car and its noticeable increase in power...
word to the TXS Wise... their stage 4 map is not great.... i can only assume it designed as a very basic set such that the car runs safely on it pig rich and you absolutely need to further tune the map for use in your stage 4 car.... so from that point it was acceptable to get me to michigan, but don't be asking your car to perform at all on the map... i would get to 4000 rpm in 3rd, if i went WOT at that point the car somehow was jumping cels or load points or something. And it jerked and pulled and hesitated really hardcore... (thought the car was broken when it was doing that)....
This was the stage 4 TXS map for revision 4.2 software.... the 2.5 version and stage 4 map they had out there before ran fine in my car and was pretty fast... albeit not tuned for max HP, at least it ran the car acceptably and performed when called upon. Stage 4 for the 4.2 revision runs about as good as a 'limp mode'.