Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:24:08 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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From: Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject: Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
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> > I believe that's a turbo diesel AHU right at the top of my site.
>
> Ah ok, sorry man.. I was seeing the svx stuff not the TD stuff.
>
> > Ah, I forgot the east coast rust factor. I think if you search you'll find
> > there is near endless subaru hot rodding and upgrades, in both the street
> > rod world, and in the aviation world.
>
> Yeah baby! You can get huge power out of them they LOVE
> turbocharging... SWEET...
>
> > Quite a bit actually. A stock based WRX ran 170 something ( !! ) in the
> > quarter at Las Vegas within the last two years. Stock-based car, can you
> > imagine that ?!
>
> "170 something" in the quarter... you mean trap speed? What does
> "stock based" mean?
>
> > Also, you know they famous engine company, Cosworth, that cosworth, of
> > Formula One fame. They sell bolt on DOHC 2.5 heads that are built from
> > fresh castings, not modified stock units and these heads would be compatible
> > with 400 or much more hp.
>
> You mean cosworth uk ltd, the folks that designed the zetec heads?
> Yeah I know em :)
>
> > I can't imagine where you are coming from here : " not much is known in the
> > aftermarket about tuning the subie ecu's(not much is relative, they know
> > quite a bit, but the info is scare, and not easily accessible)" I don't'
> > know what you mean by 'accessible' maybe you're referring to the internal
> > mapping of ecu's which I would expect people who do that to keep fairly
> > secret, but I could put easily 50 links right here to all kinds of hop up
> > subaru stuff. There's GOBS of it !
> > Ever hear of SubieSport Magazine ???
>
> Not quite certain here of what you're talking about, here is what I'm
> talking about.
>
> http://www.ecutek.com/tuning/history/
>
> If you know of a more complete and accessible tuning solution for the
> subes.. let us all know.
>
> > Similar in scope to Hot VW's and Dune Buggies ( which had a small pic and a
> > paragraph about my 1967 run in the very first Baja 1000 Off Road race, btw.
> > I ran my first car, a 56 chevy with 301 Chevy V-8 and 6 forward gears. )
>
> Baja 1000... sweet...props dude... What do you mean is similar in scope?
>
> > ..............and SubieSport is all about subaru's and performance.
> > There are MANY 500 to 700 hp WRX subaru's on the street.
> > So can't imagine what you are thinking saying there isn't much available.
>
> Those are all standalone or piggyback setups... that isn't to say that
> you can't make power with a sube, you'll just be using.... piggyback
> or standalone to do it. Or you'll be paying ecutek prices to work
> with the stock ecu and trying to figure it out based on what they've
> deciphered. This is all available via google. If you want I can show
> you precisely what capabilities you don't have with the sube ecus via
> remote desktop.. or better yet when I'm there in May. The capabilities
> we have with other ecus(GM, Ford, D/C) will blow your mind if you
> think subie capabilities are good.
>
> >On the SVX intake gizmo, yes, it's not a dual path, but as you say, dual
> > resonant, perhaps. I can only imagine it enhances low end in some small
> > degree without sacrificing high end - something like that. I shouldn't have
> > said 'dual path' . It's hard getting at the stuff under the intake manifold
> > with it on the engine, but it would be interesting to deactivate it to see
> > if it makes any difference in torque curve or drivability.
>
> Yeah I bet you could see it in a dyno chart.. but what's that? Dyno?
> What? <--sarcasm
>
> If you disconnect an svx IRIS solenoid can you feel it?
>
> Jim Akiba
>
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