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Originally Posted by duo
LOL Ed is going to be bald again...lol SHAVE IT ALL OFF. P.S. I might be up north in two weeks.
Let me know when you're coming up... we should hit up the karts again.
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What year WRX? I've always wanted to get my RS tuned and untuned I put down 200whp/212wtq on GST's dyno with a catted helix dp, 3" stromung catback, kn drop in filter, and sti uppipe. I'm getting a stromung divorced dp catless soon and want to road tune but still looking into it...but you mean to tell me that you only have a TBE and a MBC on your car and you got THAT much tq?? lol
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Originally Posted by maddhatteroo7
What year WRX? I've always wanted to get my RS tuned and untuned I put down 200whp/212wtq on GST's dyno with a catted helix dp, 3" stromung catback, kn drop in filter, and sti uppipe. I'm getting a stromung divorced dp catless soon and want to road tune but still looking into it...but you mean to tell me that you only have a TBE and a MBC on your car and you got THAT much tq?? lol
200/212 untuned is actually really good... many Cobb stage 2 cars put down less than that. Sounds like you have a good motor.
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Originally Posted by maddhatteroo7
What year WRX? I've always wanted to get my RS tuned and untuned I put down 200whp/212wtq on GST's dyno with a catted helix dp, 3" stromung catback, kn drop in filter, and sti uppipe. I'm getting a stromung divorced dp catless soon and want to road tune but still looking into it...but you mean to tell me that you only have a TBE and a MBC on your car and you got THAT much tq?? lol
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Originally Posted by maddhatteroo7
At the time I dyno'd @ GST's dyno day I also was running lean and turns out it was just an old fuel pump going bad so I got it replaced.
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Originally Posted by 1reguL8NSTi
How does the boost solenoid tuning help out with STis. I'm not really familiar with this. It seems like a good bang for the buck.
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
Ah... that'll do it. You're probably back down to ~185-190whp now that you fixed the fueling.
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
The solenoid does help on STI's but the difference isn't as big as it is on the 2.0. I don't usually recommend them to STI's with stock turbos unless the customer is looking to get the absolute most out of the stock turbo... upgraded turbo STI's should deffinately upgrade the solenoid IMO, however.
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Interesting. For the money though it seems tough to overlook. I'll spend 50 bucks or so to get a few horsepower any day.
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Originally Posted by 1reguL8NSTi
Interesting. For the money though it seems tough to overlook. I'll spend 50 bucks or so to get a few horsepower any day.
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
The main gains aren't in overall power but rather in response.