AVO turbo kit for BRZ - initial build thread - Page 88 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Sportsguy83 · 10-30-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Calum

@AVOturboworld, what is the REV limiter set to in your tune? Are the racerom features included? John Visconti has posted about ECU controlled boost and the possibility of adding an ECU controlled meth kit. Are these things possible upgrades with your kit?

The REV limiter will be kept stock. The other questions I don't know yet

Drift-Office · 10-30-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ultra

Not my first rodeo with custom tuned turbo cars. The definition of a 'base map' varies greatly. Most times you'll benefit from a fine tune and you're almost always obligated to adjust any base tune to your particular car and driving conditions.

My thougts : the map that's included is part of a value added package - and while you're correct in saying that the term "basemap" is used very loosely, I feel that AVO has gone out of their way to get you a calibration that has spent at least a dozens of hours on a JPN Dyno, then dozens on a US Dyno and the dozens of hours more between Seattle and Las Vegas and then back again with a variety of gas choices.

Nothing will ever be perfect or a "one size fits all" map - but this one has considerably more time and effort into it as opposed to a map that just starts the car up. I don't think any one company has that many 'dozens' of hours in the maps they currently offer in their FI kits for the FRS / BRZ.

My 2 cents!

Bob @ Drift-Office, LLC

Apex Chase · 10-30-2012, 10:20 PM

Got to check out the car today at SEMA. Very clean package.

boredom.is.me · 10-30-2012, 10:37 PM

Why did the Toyota have to be covered?

2forme · 10-30-2012, 10:50 PM

What is that unit where the strut bars connect to the firewall? I have a crawford AOS there....

n00dle · 10-30-2012, 10:52 PM

That's AVO's own breather can.

2forme · 10-30-2012, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by n00dle

That's AVO's own breather can.

Oh good, for a second I thought it was part of their oil pump setup.

subatoy · 10-30-2012, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

Why did the Toyota have to be covered?

Because Both cars are Subarus. One just has the wrong badges

2forme · 10-30-2012, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by subatoy

Because Both cars are Subarus. One just has the wrong badges

Hey! Nuthin wrong with reppin' Toyota.

OmarGC · 10-30-2012, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by subatoy

Because Both cars are Subarus. One just has the wrong badges

I LOL'd

boredom.is.me · 10-30-2012, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by subatoy

Because Both cars are Subarus. One just has the wrong badges

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Originally Posted by OmarGC

I LOL'd

I literally LOL'd too! It's been a while.

Calum · 10-30-2012, 11:08 PM

* facepalm

nix · 10-31-2012, 01:22 AM

How have the oil temps been and is it properly thrashable without a cooler?

AVOturboworld · 10-31-2012, 01:48 AM

We've logged oil temperatures in all conditions, never had any issues, not even in the desert. Same for the water temperatures.

The breather tank is there for monitoring purposes, it's not specifically designed for the FR-S, which is why it has the dodgy bracket I made up just for testing. I ran it for over 2000 miles in n/a form (no blow-by), now running it on the turbo setup to check.

It's already been addressed by others (thanks Bob@drift-office!), but to clarify, the base map as we are calling it is a daily driver tune. If we were simply making it safe to run to the tuner, we'd have been done a long, long time ago. We are creating a safe, smooth, fun to drive tune that works with 91+ octane pump gas. The reason it's called a "base map" is that it's not a tune specific to your personal vehicle.

Seriously, we've put a lot of long, long hours on the road and on the dyno to get this right for everybody, and I think I can confidently say, you won't see that from any other kit on the market. This is a kit designed to have the fit, feel, and reliability of a factory upgrade, just as if Subaru had done it. Except better.

It doesn't mean you cannot upgrade to higher performance with this kit, it means we are getting the stage 1 right from day one.

10-30-2012, 10:20 PM	#1221
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AVOturboworld Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 2013 "AVO Orange" FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 69 Thanked 2,277 Times in 636 Posts Mentioned: 108 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	We've logged oil temperatures in all conditions, never had any issues, not even in the desert. Same for the water temperatures. The breather tank is there for monitoring purposes, it's not specifically designed for the FR-S, which is why it has the dodgy bracket I made up just for testing. I ran it for over 2000 miles in n/a form (no blow-by), now running it on the turbo setup to check. It's already been addressed by others (thanks Bob@drift-office!), but to clarify, the base map as we are calling it is a daily driver tune. If we were simply making it safe to run to the tuner, we'd have been done a long, long time ago. We are creating a safe, smooth, fun to drive tune that works with 91+ octane pump gas. The reason it's called a "base map" is that it's not a tune specific to your personal vehicle. Seriously, we've put a lot of long, long hours on the road and on the dyno to get this right for everybody, and I think I can confidently say, you won't see that from any other kit on the market. This is a kit designed to have the fit, feel, and reliability of a factory upgrade, just as if Subaru had done it. Except better. It doesn't mean you cannot upgrade to higher performance with this kit, it means we are getting the stage 1 right from day one.

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