2018 Subaru WRX

2018 Subaru WRX

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Just another week in paradise and this time were we tasked with a little maintenance, cleaning and modding. This engine desperately needed some deep cleaning and with these FA20DIT engine, they tend to clog up pretty quick.
We suggested some walnut blasting to the valve areas and deep cleaning to the intake manifold, throttle body and lower tumbler areas.

Here are some images of the before and after the deep cleaning.
These goodies (IAG AoS / Grimmspeed TMIC & EBCS / DW300c, Amsoil products and NGK plugs) were added before the WRX made it to the dyno to calibrate the engine.

In the end we were pleasantly surprised as well as the client on how responsive the engine is and the added torque from the upgrades, cleaning and calibration made a huge difference.
Graphs above are at 20psi in 4th gear and the ambient temps on the day were 67F, 45% humidity and 30.13 baro.

2016 Subaru WRX – Install, Maintenance & Calibration

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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

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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

2016 Subaru STi – ProTune

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Took on this vehicle one evening as this client had bought a few performance parts from us and it was time now to have the STi calibrated.
Oh yeah the client did a phenomenal job in the install of all the items.

Mods on this vehicle were:
IAG air oil separator, Invidia up pipe, down pipe, CBE, 3port EBCS,
killer B pickup / windage tray, Perrin blow off valve, Cobb Tuning SF Intake, Grimmspeed TMIC, turbo inlet pipe and the pitch stop mount.

Have to say this was a very healthy motor and it showed as it was one of the highest EJ257 that I was have had the pleasure of calibrating with the practically stage2 mods on the vehicle.

Dyno jet simulated numbers & psi

2016 Subaru WRX – Install & Protune

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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.

2016 Subaru STi – RevWorks RW750 build

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Local Subbie owner came to our shop after he had some engine issues with his vehicle. Car was previously worked by another shop and also tuned to what we see were stage2 mods.  Well we confirmed that it was down on 2 cylinders so in comes a call to our go to short block guys….Rev Works Inc.

After looking at the budget and the power goals of this vehicle the owner decided on a RW750_Stage3 short block.
We had to wait to finalize other projects and builds so with the patience of the owner we are finally in the middle of this project.  Here we leave you with some of the pictures of where we are at with this build.



More parts are arriving, as today the upgraded TMIC from Grimmspeed just showed up.

After the build of the engine and installation the car was treated to some #amsoil break in oil for the initial start. That oil was evacuated and then a second oil change with amsoil break in oil was inserted. 500 miles were put on that oil and then the car returned to have that break in oil evacuated. The Amsoil Signature series oil was installed and the tuning on pump 93oct began.
Shell 93 octane calibration at 20psi.
We are awaiting some speed density kit and an upgraded injectors to take
advantage of some ethanol E85R

2016 Subaru STi build – Short block and goodies

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One of our good clients had a mishap on 2016 Subaru STi, yeah you all know the infamous ringland failure due to the crummy OEM oil pick up. So he did not waste time in going for something better that will give his AutoX duty vehicle the piece of mind.  In comes the short block from IAG, and a plethora of performance parts to take advantage of this wonderful robust short block.

Parts on this build include great performance names such as:

Fuel Injector Development 1300cc / Tomioka Racing GTX2971R / Radium Engineering FPR / Gates Racing belt
Mishimoto Rad. cap / KillerB Motorsports oil pick up & windage / IAG Short block, TGV Delete kit, Fuel rails & spacers / Torque Solution Fuel Line kit / Cometic Headgaskets / OEM gasket kit, oil pump & water pump / Grimmspeed TMIC coupler kit / ACT Heavy Duty Street Clutch.

I am sure I am forgetting something but nevertheless I will add it later.  So on to the pictures of the parts of this build which should keep the client busy for some time.

2008 Subaru STI – ProTune Stage2

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Got a chance to post these pics from a tune we did a while back and the same client came back to retune once more.  This time the client added a Grimmspeed 3-port ebcs and Crawford AOS so with that added it needed a calibration for those added items.

     

Before this he had added these items to take him to a stage2 Protune:
Injen intake, TGV Delete, Turbo Back Exhaust, Built bottom end with Shell 93octane.  These were the before and after the initial calibration session with stage 2 items.

Ambient conditions on the calibration day, 55F, 45% Humidity and 30.13 baro
4th gear runs, boost was targeted to 19.5psi and tapers to 15psi

This chart above is the run after the 3-port EBCS was added and AOS from Crawford.  So we managed to pick up a bit of WTQ & WHP all thru the rev range, but realized that we will be needing a better TMIC and a bigger turbo to take full advantage of this built bottom end.  So for the meantime good gains and another happy client leaves the rollers.

1/20/18 Install day and recalibration.

This past Saturday we got the chance to see this same 2008 STI to install the Grimmspeed Thermal Dispersant TMIC we got for him.  Install was pretty straight forward and after it was installed and checked for no leaks it was time to hit the dyno once again.  As you can remember the previous time it was on the dyno the ambient temps were rather cold:
Ambient conditions on the calibration day, 55F, 45% Humidity and 30.13 baro.

On the day of the tune the ambient conditions were 68F, 85% humidity and 30.10 baro.  Boost was also picked up to 20psi tapering to 16psi, I have to say that this intercooler did its job, we got back to the same power levels as we witnessed on that colder day.  Below are the Dyno Dynamics and then the DJ comparison chart so you can see what we ended up with.
Pink lines are the previous run and Green line is with the Grimmspeed TMIC 259 awhp/309awtq.

Above is the dyno jet comparison chart for the Before and after Grimmspeed TMIC install.

2015 Subaru WRX – Protune stage 2

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As always thankful for getting a chance to meet new people and this was no different as I received a client at the shop that day from the state of MS.  His vehicle was a 2015 Subaru WRX on stage 2 mods.  He was using a e-tune and was tired of going back and forth and not being able to get the tune spot on.

Car came in and we first proceeded to do a smoke test on the engine to make sure we did not have a boost leak before the session.  Boost leak test came back negative and then seeing that we proceeded to put the vehicle on the rollers.

Mods on this vehicle were:

Grimmspeed EBCS / Grimmspeed CAI / Perrin Chargepipe /  Tomioka Racing downpipe / PRL tgv and egr deletes
Cobb Accessport v3

Ambient conditions on the day were: 74F, 45% humidity and 30.13 baro.  Test runs were in 4th gear.

Purple line was as the car came in, hitting 20psi and tapering to 15psi.
Grey line was at the end of the tune, 19psi tapering to 16psi.  On this run i let off the throttle after 100mph due to seeing higher IATs. This was later corrected on the highway after some runs in the real world.
These were dyno jet presented numbers.

2015 WRX stg2 Dyno Run

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