This was actually said to me....
08-09-2010, 04:52 PM
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This was actually said to me....
...20 y/o kid comes in the office in his blacked-out WRX, 'yeah, just had to have a new motor put it in'. Yeah? I ask? how come? Well, he sez, (shifting eyes secretively side to side) I have this Cobb AccessPort thing, and I downloaded a tune that boosted it to 22lbs boost. In a race with a BMW M3, he split a piston. He said (I kid you not) "Dude, I almost had him"
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08-09-2010, 05:04 PM
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to which the M3 owner quickly replied, "You almost had me? You never had me - you never had your car... Granny shiftin' not double clutchin' like you should. You're lucky that hundred shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake! You almost had me?"
08-09-2010, 06:52 PM
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I can't help it Atilla, I live my life 1/4 mile at a time.
08-10-2010, 12:26 AM
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08-10-2010, 01:22 AM
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FWIW I'd take the M3 over the Subie in a heartbeat.
08-10-2010, 07:36 PM
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...20 y/o kid comes in the office in his blacked-out WRX, 'yeah, just had to have a new motor put it in'. Yeah? I ask? how come? Well, he sez, (shifting eyes secretively side to side) I have this Cobb AccessPort thing, and I downloaded a tune that boosted it to 22lbs boost. In a race with a BMW M3, he split a piston. He said (I kid you not) "Dude, I almost had him"
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I wonder if he used an actual Cobb map but didn't follow instructions for all the supporting mods and plumbing. He may have paid for an e-tune that ended up not being safe. His MAF may not have been scaled properly or there was another overboosting problem. Most Subaru owners use the OEM boost control system with either a factory or aftermarket solenoid, but the exhaust and all the plumbing have to be right for things to work consistently.
He could have overboosted as I said before. Major overboost can occur on the stock turbo for all sorts of reasons. For other turbos, the IHI VF39 and the 16G maps supplied by Cobb crank the boost up to around 17psi. But if he didn't adjust the wastegate arm correctly or use the proper restricter in the boost control line he could have overboosted. If he ran a catless exhaust it could have overboosted and damaged something. I'm not sure what the overboost fuel cut would be set to though.
The guy may be a dumbass, but he also may have downloaded a legitimate tune for 23psi on whatever turbo he is running but something else went wrong. There are a gazillion e-tunes floating around and it's not uncommon to run that much boost on pump gas, either on the 2.0 or 2.5 motors, with the right turbo. The MAF scaling, wastegate solenoid duty cycle tables and gain tables, the restricter pill, and the wastegate arm all work together and all have to be right. Plenty of smart people have made mistakes or oversights on those cars and blown them up.
08-15-2010, 05:34 PM
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The guy may be a dumbass, but he also may have downloaded a legitimate tune for 23psi on whatever turbo he is running but something else went wrong. There are a gazillion e-tunes floating around and it's not uncommon to run that much boost on pump gas, either on the 2.0 or 2.5 motors, with the right turbo. The MAF scaling, wastegate solenoid duty cycle tables and gain tables, the restricter pill, and the wastegate arm all work together and all have to be right. Plenty of smart people have made mistakes or oversights on those cars and blown them up.
I'm getting him a book on turbos and tuning. He'll either be a fanboi or turn into a pretty smart tuner, or maybe somewhere in between.
Besides, show me anyone who know their car who says "Dude, I almost had him"
