So last night I got a call from @
FA20Club.com and he said even though my cable was still in transit that he would flash my ECU for me and when the cable comes in we can transfer the license. Oddly enough, his office is on the same street as mine about 3 minutes away. I hopped in the BRZ and headed up to his office excited to tune my car...FINALLY!! He was very helpful and knowledgable and gave me an awesome deal on two 93 octane maps and 2 E85 maps. I wasn't expecting to tune the car until at least Tuesday after installing my warped Borla UEL so I filled the tank with 93 yesterday morning. If I knew I was going to have a tune later in the day I would've waited and filled up with the corn juice..
So the first 5 minutes of driving were pretty sloppy as expected. Lots of dead pedal feel and play in the pedal off the line. By the time I made it back to I-95, the car was starting to rip! The exhaust note is different from around 2500-4500 RPM and has a strange, raspy sound for a moment under hard acceleration. The power delivery is very smooth and builds up to redline. He raised the redline to 8K but said to shift at 7400 still as power drops drastically at that point. I had him add flat foot shifting and launch control on maps 2 and 4 and I ran map 2 (93 octane with racerom features) the whole way home. The flat foot shifting provides super quick shifts and the power stays on the whole time. 2nd gear is way more than a "chirp" now and breaks the tires loose for a moment before grabbing traction again. With the traction control left in the ''on" position, I get all sorts of blinking in the cluster as the car fights itself from breaking loose. I just leave it off and drove it like I stole it.
I usually only drive the BRZ once a week at the most but I'm sure I will be taking it into the office a few days this week. Tony @
FA20Club.com) said that the Borla UEL wont add much power but will def help the dip in torque...that alone is worth the price of the header so I'm still stoked to get it on the car. I'm shooting to have the header installed Tuesday morning and then get some dyno time with Tony on Tuesday afternoon. I need to burn some fuel in the mean time so I can try the E85 and hopefully beat my boys record for NA.. @
2forme!!
I'll keep this thread updated as it progresses along...
On another note, I also tuned my wife's new Mercedes GL BlueTEC last night with the Brabus D6 S kit...WHAT A BEAST!! I can't believe the difference it made and how fast that big SUV barrels down the road now. It really woke it up. Its said to add upwards of 45hp and 55 ft lb of TQ...I believe it!! I've never driven a diesel that feels so much like a big block, gasoline, engine. It doesn't even sound like a diesel... I know, I know, this isn't a GL forum but since I was talking about tuning and we did it the same day I thought I would share my experience. Next is the Brabus lowering module that drops it 30mm and some 23" Brabus wheels to finish off the package. The $25k Brabus Bodykit is pretty ridiculously priced so I am going to see if I can come up with some AMG bumpers and just get the Brabus Widestar kit to complement them and hopefully save $10k...we'll see. Either way, I'm impressed beyond words with the Brabus parts...its the price I can't swallow.
Chad