Winter mods

LOL...

You people can have your secrets, they can't stay that way forever. Come spring you'll have to show us all the goods. I would like to work on checking/fixing my fuel trims...so if anyone has one of those handy OBDII loggers I could borrow, let me know.

 

Hey howd you get a pic of my new project install? I thought the car was in a restricted area. oh well guess the secret is out.

 

Looks like a stage 18. That's awesome! :mrgreen:

 

Well, I am spending a little time with the RS... I have a new single stage brake booster/cylinder sitting in the garage, waiting to go in. I will have new, custom valved/sprung, JIC FLT2A-RS coilovers in before spring. Let's see, what else... Hmmm, if taxes are nice to me this year I may have a 6psi turbo running on it as well, sometime early this summer. Todd, when you getting that dyno in? } Oh, I have to replace my belt, too, it started to shred last time I drove it. Well, not too much interesting for most of you in your WRXs, but just wait until you see me out at the track!

 

I'm just waiting on a dyno, though I may show up to the shop to get that intake taken care of. I may have posted some secret information on my next mod at some other forum...

 

im letting my car sit for 5 months so it can figure out its problems and tune itself, so when i get back it will ultimate!

LOL

Ben

 

Well, Russ and I got my fuel trims in order (at least at idle). I threw a CEL not even two blocks from his house, but by the time I got to Autozone in St Paul it cleared itself and their scanner showed no codes.

It's been a long time since I reset my ECU, so I don't remember the relearning process. The car is surging a bit under boost...no knock at least. I was fiddling with my timing in the 3000-3500 range but I didn't change anything too drastically. Maybe everything will smooth out in a day or two once the car figures out an IAM to settle on.

 

Vishnu Reset(from what I can recall off the top of my head): After reconnecting the negative terminal, get car in 3rd gear and hold boost at 7psi for ~10 secs.

 

Well I didn't need to do the Vishnu reset, I just needed to slap myself around a little. Somehow I contrived a way to fill a couple cells in my fuel map with 4.4 when it should be -4.4 (haha)...so it was outrageously rich in that spot.

All better now. )

 

So you guys can call me lame but I shaved my back hatch of all emblems and put on a new mesh grille in the front. No power mods though been broke and busy with other things. (i.e. caring 4 pregnant wife and now baby!) I'm going to take off my crappy tint job this spring and put on lighter, prob 50% all around. I think it looks nicer. Not sure yet but the thought of doing an engine swap is upon me right now.

 

<center>fyi here is the shiv reset
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">ust a little trick that has been shown to accelerate the factory ECU's ignition timing learning process.

Background: There is something called "Ignition Advance Multiplier". It represents, by some complicated algorithm, the average learned positive knock correction applied to the ignition maps. It's represented in 1/8th degrees increments. 1 being the lowest and 16 being the highest (1/8 to 2 degrees in absolute terms).

The "happier" (knock free) the car is, the higher the number will be. Conversely, the lower it is, the more knock prone it is. This number, after ECU reset ore ECU swap defaults to 8 and usually creeps up to 16 (if well mapped) through normal driving. Depending on driving characteristics, this can happen within a few hours or a few weeks. Well, here's a way to make it happen in about 5 seconds ....

First: With the car fully warmed up, reset the ECU. This can be done by killing power the ECU or by simply pulling off the neg. battery terminal and pressing the brake pedal for a couple of seconds.

Second: Drive to a nice open road without traffic. Don't go on boost until you get there. Put the car into gear (3rd gear works the best) bring the revs up to 2600rpm. Push the go pedal down slightly so boost stays right around 2-4psi. You will need to MAINTAIN 2500rpm and 2-5psi for approx 5 seconds. You can do this by left-foot braking gently as to prevent acceleration. During these few seconds, the advance multiplier (which you can't see so you'll have to trust me) will go from 8, to 12 and then to 16. Works like a charm. And on our reflashed ECU, is worth an immediate 10-20 horsepower

In an attempt to save a lot of dyno time between reflashes (when the advance multiplier resets itself), I do this little trick after every reflash. In a typical dyno session, it's not unusual to reflash the same car up to 5 times. On the dyno, all I need to do is tell the dyno to hold revs to 2600rpm. Then I just lay on the throttle until I see a few psi of boost... Bingo!

Warning: This little trick artificially speeds up the learning process. This is only a good thing if the re-mapped ECU is mapped properly. If there are trouble-spots where knock is present, this trick will make it even more present. So be careful!

Cheers,
shiv
www.vishnutuning.com

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I modified the front end...

 

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Allow more air to future FMIC?

Sorry to see that.. is it fixed up?

 

beginning of next week it should be ready

 

easier...no cheaper...yes
I wonder how the jdm beam would have faired...

 

Matt thats my car.

 

I'm just realizing the direction this could be taking...so Matt, if you end up not using the injectors I gave you, I'm not really interested in taking them back in a modified state. So if you try to turn them into 700cc's and screw it up, that isn't free.

 

No mods for me this winter but when Spring time comes... I'm setting myself for some suspension tunning, as Matt and I have discussed earlier. Gonna find some time to do an oil catch can as well... been talking about it but haven't got the time to get with any of you guys for this.

No power mods for me for another year. I'm gonna wait and see what works and doesn't work before I jump into the power wagon.

I don't consider adding gauges as mod... as I just got my Defi pod and gauges ordered. Once it gets here... I'll need Matt, Russ or someone whose had experience in this field to help me out with the installation. Payment will be pizza and beer... unless we hit up Perkins or Culvers, etc...

 

Heheh...I'll do gauges for pizza. That's some good incentive.

 

I got the car in July from a guy in Prior Lake.

 

I did a cheap mod this past weekend... I got an oil catch can, with Matt and John's help that is. Thanks guys!

I can't wait till Spring so I can get the other project underway. Beside... I'm still looking for a daily driver so I can park this one and start taking things apart... like someone on this board, LOL!

 

Russ, since you've already seen my oil catch can... let's head on out to get the item needed to make you one?

 

Matt... You didn't hear that from me Maybe you and Russ can work out something about making money from your design.

Matt, check your schedule and see if you'll be available in the late morning. I'd like to swing by to pick up the valves we bought from Home Depot and return it. I'm going to exchange it for other parts to make an Oil Catch Can for my brother's EVO and WRX.