Local Tuner
Hey guys. I bought a used WRX 08 not too long ago and I'm fairly new to the area, living in Reno. Looking to get a tune. However, I can't seem to get a tune scheduled in the area. I heard Ed in Fairfield is good, but I'm trying to avoid the 3 hour drive. Any recommendations on tuners around here?
I searched the forum but didn't find anything. Thanks for any and all help. |
Open source or AccessPort?
I'm not sure if Matt at KSTech is tuning cars or not these days, but he was the guy most of us were going to locally. |
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There's a local (to Reno) guy named Cory that tunes for EQTuning too, not sure if he's still in Reno. I think he said he was moving to Fairfield to work for Ed in a recent thread? I forget his SN on here. It's something like Mayhem Tuning I think. No experience with him though. FWIW, I've got 160K miles on my car, 100K+ with a stage II tune from Ed, and I've been autocrossing every year for 8 or 9 years now, and a few track days. Car still runs great on the original motor. |
Thanks for the help guys! Really appreciate it. Matt at KS is doing it. They seem like really good guys.
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Renosubby on here tunes too.
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"Stage 2" (Downpipe and reflash) is pretty common. Makes a bunch more power over stock, and should be pretty reliable.
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I'm leaving my OBXT intake bone stock though. Even if I eventually get around to doing a turbo on the car. |
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The AEM intake for the 08+ WRX/STI is about 10% lean, so it is definitely best to tune for it. Intake manufacturers like to build intakes that lean the engine out, because it makes power on the stock overly-rich engine. What tends to happen though is the ECU learns to add fuel and the gains from that are gone after some driving/learning time.
The stock intake for the 08-13 WRX/STI and the 05-09 LGT is not as well designed as the one from the 02-07 WRX/STI from a power and tuning standpoint. The air has to make a sharp bend going into the intake tract before the MAF sensor. This is why Subaru put air straightener fins in there I believe. The StockMAF KSTech intake for the 08+ WRX/STI took 4 prototypes to get it right. It follows the stock MAF calibration pretty well, and does not *require* a tune on a stock or stage 2 car, and it does not try to make power by leaning things out. But it does probably make power by reducing restriction A KSTech dealer, EFI Logics in CT did a comparison on a 2012 STI stage-2 car, with and without the KSTech intake. They have installed and tuned maybe 100 these type intakes - more than any other shop I know of. The car went from 266whp with the stock intake to 285whp with no other mods. Now, I would not try to claim the full 19whp gain from the intake, but I think that 10+whp from a good intake is a reasonable assumption. |
+1 for Matt at K-speed. I got my forester xt with sti turbo,intercooler, larger downpipe and sti axleback tuned by Matt. After moving, I got it dynoed at a local spot and the tuner said that it was a solid tune. A little on the conservative side, but that is the way I wanted it... No problems after almost 5K miles.
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i would say more then 10%, you will definitely need a tune. I can tune you up in Reno, We charge $400 for a basic stage 2 setup.
The intakes on the newer models is wayyyy different then older years. adding an intake will make it run very very lean under boost conditions. I have seen a few people do that and not tune the intake well leaving it very lean under boost but ok under cruise condition's. you can call me or txt at 775-750-6838 |
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