AWD Dyno

I was talking with the guys over at propulshun and they are taking over rs sports in january. He said they will be getting a new awd dyno and will charge ~60 a run. He also said that they would probably play around with the car when its on the dyno...ex..running 1/4 mile times and what not for no extra charge.

Not sure if this is old news or not...but just an fyi if not.

 

Do you know if they'll be located on University ave in St. Paul or at their same location in Minneapolis?

 

They can do 1/4 miles on dynos?? Since when?! Good, it'll save me having to drive to RockFalls!

 

The last time I was there, from what I heard RS Motors are moving to apple valley.

When I was at RS Motors/Propulshun, I got to see some guys tune a ITR-Turbo. Funny things was if I didn't suggest that the wastegate wasn't opening, they would have been scratching their heads. That ITR has rods and 9:1 pistons running t3/t4 hybrid turbo and 7psi wastegate. While tuning, they set the wastegate to work on its own but they reached a peak psi of 20. Every run they reached 18-20psi until I suggested that the wastegate wasn't opening. It was an external wastegate and when they DID reroute the hoses, it opened up and it was loud as heck.

I told them that when it opens, you can hear LOTS of air flow. The car was tuned with a Greddy e-manage. it made 249hp@20psi (wastegate didn't open). The boost was set to 12psi after rerouting the hoses and he ran a litte over 200hp.

 

I have nothing good to say as far as allowing Propulshion/RSMotor tune my car. I'd rather trust Russ and Matt with my car then those guys.

The products they carry pretty much sales it self... I wouldn't even goto them for suggestions of what parts I should put in my car. If Fuji's was able to point that out to them while they were tunning a car... man, that's scary, not saying I trust Fuji either I don't even trust myself HA HA!

 

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They told me they are going to stay in st. paul off of university. I believe the garage is right behind the parts store.

 

I wouldn't let any yoho at any shop to tune my car... If they blow your motor they shrug and say NEXT! If my engine blows on the dyno I want it to be my fault.

 

Them again. I'd stay away from them.

 

They blew Kuba's engine in his STi.

 

Ha, that story is way old.

 

When i called about two weeks ago for dyno prices they told me 3 runs for $60.

 

Well it definitely sounds like they dont have their sh*t together.

 

Regarding the Tuner who tuned the ITR, he was a different guy. I haven't seen him before and he's new to RS motors. The RS Motors guys didn't tune the car but this new guy did.

The thing is, even with 9:1 CR pistons and rods, they shouldn't have gone 5psi over what they set it to. If it was a different motor, say mine, it would have BLOWN UP! Just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't have let it reach 17-18psi if I ran a WRX turbo with 9:1 when I set it to run the stock WRX wastegate.