Vortech Owner Thread & Setup Questions - Page 21 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

AJPG · 02-10-2018, 08:55 AM

Good morning!

Here with the vortech and enjoying life!
To blew the engine all you neeed is a bad tune.
The vortech unit is very sturdy so it may last a couple of cars.

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new2subaru · 02-10-2018, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by AJPG

Good morning!

Here with the vortech and enjoying life!
To blew the engine all you neeed is a bad tune.
The vortech unit is very sturdy so it may last a couple of cars.

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Thanks! This is the kit I'm leaning towards but the silence on the thread was a bit unnerving...

Gopherboy6956 · 02-10-2018, 11:17 AM

Yea, so I'm building engine #3 currently. Bent a rod on the first one (crap 91 and bad tune) and floated my intake valves on the 2nd.

This time its built from the ground up and i'm switching to E85.

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Fish Eagle · 02-10-2018, 11:29 AM

No problems in 4 1/2 years, 77000kms since SC'd (97000 since new), includes 45 race/track days.
Very happy!!

Edited to add a pic of my baby!!

new2subaru · 02-10-2018, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Gopherboy6956

Yea, so I'm building engine #3 currently. Bent a rod on the first one (crap 91 and bad tune) and floated my intake valves on the 2nd.

This time its built from the ground up and i'm switching to E85.

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That sucks. I'm assuming you weren't running the CARB tune?

Let's hope the 3rd times the charm!

new2subaru · 02-10-2018, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

No problems in 4 1/2 years, 77000kms since SC'd (97000 since new), includes 45 race/track days.
Very happy!!

Nice to hear! Are you running the V2 or V3?

How many of you guys are running the CARB tune?

Gopherboy6956 · 02-10-2018, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

That sucks. I'm assuming you weren't running the CARB tune?

Let's hope the 3rd times the charm!

Well, CARB is a non factor in ND, but my first tune was from full blown motorsports in Minneapolis. 2nd was moto east, but nothing wrong with that tune.

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new2subaru · 02-10-2018, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Gopherboy6956

Well, CARB is a non factor in ND, but my first tune was from full blown motorsports in Minneapolis. 2nd was moto east, but nothing wrong with that tune.

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Thanks for the info!

Fish Eagle · 02-10-2018, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

Nice to hear! Are you running the V2 or V3?

V3-H67B, fully de-catted.

new2subaru · 02-10-2018, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

V3-H67B, fully de-catted.

So, obviously the V2 on track only is

Thank you for the info!

DJCarbine · 02-11-2018, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

Sooooooo, no owner reports in 15 months.

You either all blew your engines or things are smooth sailing!

Anyone?

I've pretty much forgotten that it is on the car at this point, except when I change the oil and drain/fill the supercharger

Teseo · 02-11-2018, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

No problems in 4 1/2 years, 77000kms since SC'd (97000 since new), includes 45 race/track days.
Very happy!!

Edited to add a pic of my baby!!

Car looks clean, what product you use?

Fish Eagle · 02-11-2018, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Teseo

Car looks clean, what product you use?

No idea. Once a year, I take it for a valet cleaning and it comes back shiny

Actually, it's always shiny. Really goes POP in the sun

enomadra · 02-11-2018, 01:40 PM

So happy I'll be joining the Vortech club soon

. Just bought a used kit.
I have a two radium catch can setup installed, an Oil cooler on the way and just got done cleaning up the Vortech kit. I don't know much about the tunes yet but I'm thinking of going with Delicious if they have a smog legal tune. I should say something that will allow me to pass somg. I already have my ECUTeck and I'm finishing out a Stage1 tune with them now.

My FRS is an Automatic with the Borla cat back system. My goal is to build a daily that's CA smog legal.

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Gopherboy6956 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 13 BRZ Limited WRB Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 723 Thanks: 17 Thanked 296 Times in 195 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yea, so I'm building engine #3 currently. Bent a rod on the first one (crap 91 and bad tune) and floated my intake valves on the 2nd. This time its built from the ground up and i'm switching to E85. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk __________________ I plan to live forever. So far, so good. My Build - http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31925

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