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Originally Posted by Boofneenee
I told myself I wouldnt post the following comments about this product but as a prior owner i feel i would be doing the community some help with this brief review written from my phone and a few beers.
I had the product for over a mos and it put a huge smile on my face initially. Yes the car is absolutely faster than without. Anyone who is skeptical about the dyno or refuses to believe it works give it a rest. It works exactly how it claims to work. Boost when you engage and lots of tq at low rpms. Which is very much like the 2015 WRX with respect to tq and the share the same engine.
Anywho, while my primary reason for selling the product was to free up cash i wanted my old car back. That snappy high reving engine that begs you play in that high rpms range. Not this new car demanding of you to mash the throttle 100% at low rpms to get power.
Now that this has been off for many weeks i cAn tell you I fell in love with my car all over again and let me tell you the reasons why.
1st i believe that everything Shiv touches turns to gold and so I cant attribute the mucky throttle response to his tune therefore, i believe that mucky throttle response can be contributed to the restriction of the compressor. Its not that car really felt slower when not in boost ( which when you think about it is 95% of your driving time) but it lost some of its lively snappy behavior and that ladies and gentatles is unacceptable. This was one of my biggest issues with the system.
2nd 100% throttle. How many of you find yourself putting to the pedal straight to the floor in your driving experiences? Prior to this product I could see myself doing that only when i was racing a dude or running a data log. Even then I felt like a monster beating on my car. It just felt so unnatural and brutal. Did i get used to it after some time with this product? A little but every time i engaged the boost it became this "holy shit experience" in which everything became intense. Yes you can adjust the switch to i think as low as. 70% throttle but when i am reving the engine at high rpms, the way it is meant to be driven, and i have to be cautious not to accidently engage the boost i feel like i am driving with a handicap. Not to mention you lose power at high rpms due to the restriction. This leads me to my biggest issue.
3rd no partial boost. I did know what to expect before i got this. I did know that this thing is literally engage by a switch. Exactly like light switch. But reality kicks in if this is your DD. I hardly ever used it and when I did it was almost this planned approach which ruins some of the fun in this car. Lets face it, with only 200hp this car is All about fun. Think about it now.... How many times could you see yourself mashing the throttle like a tyrant on your way home and from work? I hardly used it.
4th that much LOW end tq feels unnatural and unsafe to the car. Do other systems produce more tq or course but at that low an rpm? When boosting from 1st to 2nd i would feel a violent jerkin sensation. Granted i was really on it but still. Makes me wonder the long term longevity of my transmission and everything else that follows with this rig.
I am ready for the comments and I know their is a huge fan base for this product. Tbh their should be. For its cost an ease of use their should be. I just dont think its for everybody at least not for me.
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Thanks for the honest review from your point of view. I dont see anything wrong with this at all. Everyone is different and not every product is going to be perfect for everyone.
I actually just recently have had the same experience as you, i have went back to stock....not because i wanted to but because Rob is working on my controller so i have been without boost since the dyno day. All i can say is i feel like i am handicapped driving around. The car just does NOT move(even in stage2 93 oct that i am using now). The car revs and revs and revs but it doesn't really feel like you are covering any ground. The culprit here is the FLAT torque curve and general lack of torque to begin with. I found myself always having to downshift just to make a pass up a hill. I feel that i have to rev the crap out of it all the time just to keep up with traffic, which i dont really like doing because my car is quite loud with the exhaust.
Anyways, different strokes for different folks. This products intention is to dramatically change the acceleration characteristic of this car for a fairly low $$$ investment.
For reference here is my stage2 dyno(OFT, OFH, trackpipe, 94oct), it is just soooo boring....there is something to be said about a flat torque curve yes....but a flat torque curve that never actually makes decent torque is also not that fun to drive unless you can rev to 9000 rpm....just my opinion obviously.
I mean it only ever makes 142tq
