2016 Subaru WRX – Install, Maintenance & Calibration

2016 Subaru WRX – Install, Maintenance & Calibration

Good day guys here again with another project that we have concluded the install on some goodies. Unfortunately because of the COVID19 epidemic we are not going to be putting this vehicle on the rollers just yet. Waiting on this pandemic to subside and then get back to calibration sessions.

With that said here are the list of items that were install on this ’16 WRX:
DBA T2 street rotors / Hawk pads / Grimmspeed EBCS / GS JPipe
GS TMIC / GS Stealth Intake / IAG Performance AOS / IAG TGV full kit
Invidia single CBE / Amsoil motor & Diff change / OEM subaru Trans. change / NGK spark plugs / Torque Solution EGR kit / Induction service

Some of the goodies for this install.
Rear OEM Rotor
Front OEM Rotor
DBA vs OEM
Grimmspeed JPipe
Preparation to install the IAG TGV deletes

Car is purring like a kitten and that Invidia Single CBE is doing the business and sounding very nice. We can not wait to get this vehicle on the rollers after all this virus stuff dies down and see what these parts on this build yields us. So for now a few street datalog session to make sure all is in order and stay tuned.

Dyno Dynamics before and after the install of items and Protune.
Dyno Jet comparison number, WHP and boost of the final numbers. Calibration was done in fourth gear.

2019 Subaru WRX – Install & calibration

Its been a busy week of Subarus coming steady in the shop for calibration or installations of aftermarket parts. This vehicle was one of the last cars we worked on before the COVID19 pandemic hit the world.
Apart from another subaru, this one was also another military personnel that we had a pleasure in working with. His car was going to be involved in a car show that was going to be held at NOLA Motorsports, but because of the pandemic that was also canceled.
In any case parts came in for the install, so we proceeded to do the install on them as scheduled.

Here is the list of items that were installed on this vehicle:
Nameless CBE / Grimmspeed Jpipe & EBCS / Torque Solution EGR kit
IAG AOS & TGV full kit / Cobb Accessport v3 / KillerB header / GFB BOV

Torque Solution EGR delete kit
IAG Full TGV delete kit & seals
IAG TGV Ful delete kit vs OEM
Out with the OEM header and exhaust components
Killer B Motorsports Header
Killer B vs OEM
OEM 2port ebcs vs Grimmspeed 3port ebcs
GFB BOV
OEM vs GFB BOV
Nameless Performance CBE
Nameless Performance vs OEM
Grimmspeed Jpipe vs OEM

One major lesson that we found out on this install and calibration was that when ever you going to do this you better set aside some money for a good TMIC if not the power in the back end is not going to be available.
Another take away is that the Killer B header really shine and was able to bring the engine to full boost way sooner and low end torque was really elevated because of it.
Will post dyno charts when I get back to the shop to extract them from the dyno


2017 Honda Civic Si – Install & calibration

Client showed up with a interest to make a few more ponies on his Civic 1.5T 10th gen Honda. Since we are PRL Motorsports dealers it only made sense to get the quality items from them. PRL at the moment are in the pinnacle of research and development when it comes to pushing the boundaries of this platform.
The client is a military personnel so of course we had to treat our soldiers right and give him additional discounts on his performance parts.
We first took in the vehicle and strapped it to the rollers to see what was the oem output for it.

Modifications done to the vehicle were:
PRL FMIC / PRL CAI / CP upgrade kit / DP & UpPipe combo
Invidia triple titanium CBE
SPEC flywheel & Clutch kit / FlashPro /

Quality parts is one of the keys to a smooth install.
OEM stuff coming out now.

ECU was then loaded with a calibration from the Hondata FlashPro and then the vehicle since had a fresh flywheel and clutch was asked to put some break in miles for the drivetrain components.

Dyno calibration was later done and charts will be posted shortly.
Stay tuned.


2016 Subaru WRX – Install & Protune

Just wrapped a busy work week and in this post we have a client with a 2016 Subaru WRX that we dyno tested when it was completely stock. Now he came back after he installed some items and we installed a Grimmspeed top mount intercooler, some NGK spark plugs and amsoil oil and filter.

After the install was complete that evening we placed the car on the dyno and commenced to the ProTune on this vehicle. Needless to say we found some very nice gains as we left the psi at 19.7 and made power all throughout the power band.
Mods on the vehicle: GS TMIC and EBCS, Cobb Tuning APv3, Invidia DP & R400 CBE, PLM Chargepipe, AEM intake.


Special thanks to Travis for trusting us with his ride.

OEM vs GS TMIC
Stock vs Protune with DJ conversion numbers.

2017 Subaru STi – RevWorks

Got a client that needed some help on this locked motor.
In came RevWorks Inc. short block

Arrival day.
After we finally received the RevWorks RW750 for this build we proceeded to tearing
the motor out of the vehicle and cracking it open to see the carnage.
The exhaust side on the driver’s side head was the leading culprit here.
Valves bent as well.
Exhaust camshafts not looking to well either.
OEM and aftermarket items needed for the build started arriving.
Assembling begins with the passenger side head as the other head will need to be worked on since new parts were order from Subaru to replace the damaged head.
New driver side head being assembled with new valves and buckets.
Old on the left , new one is on the right side.
Killer B oil pick and windage tray were installed and oil pan back in its spot.
Amsoil oil filter ready for the break in procedure.
Amsoil front and center on this build.
Outfront Motorsports were involved in helping rebuild the AVCS for this and all the EJ builds we do at the shop.
Amsoil Break-In oil is now in the engine and car has been delivered to the client.
500 miles and we will see this vehicle again to place the Amsoil Signature series oil
and proceed with obtaining the power out of this engine. Stay Tuned!

2012 Infiniti G37 6MT – UpRev Calibration

On this nice spring day in Southern Louisiana we had the chance to calibrate this manual transmission Infiniti G37.
This vehicle came in thanks to the referral from Christopher, it is always nice to have a client that is knee deep in the local street race scene and sends clients our way from time to time.
So with that said in comes this 2012 Infiniti G37 with 159k miles on the odometer.

Mods on this vehicle were only Stillen Gen3 intakes and a test pipe.  Everything else was stock on this vehicle.

Ambient conditions on the day of the calibration, 76F, 59% humidity and 30.31 baro.  All runs were done in 4th gear.

Blue line is the baseline run – 273whp
Green line run – is where we hit a wall and could not gain any more WHP.  At this moment is when we started checking things as spark plugs, oil level (once again) and even called the client to ask him how many miles the engine oil had.  One of the indicators on the datalog was the intake cam adv. was reporting some odd numbers.

We were told that he did not know how many miles on the engine oil, so we did a oil flush and then added fresh oil and filter.  When it comes to lubrication of engines no better brand than Amsoil as we use that brand in many of our client’s vehicles.
Red line run – is immediately after we changed the oil and no changes were done to the calibration from the Green line.  The power of proper lubrication in the internals!


For all you dyno jet people here is the chart in comparison mode, before and after results.

Videos of the oil change and runs:

 

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