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  1. I'd just like to say that the last comment in this epic thread should go to an epic c*%t like MC. Just because.
  2. I had how-to documents running to thousands of words written to walk e-tune customers through all the step from logging, to flashing, to how drive pulls, where to check for air leaks, you name it. It's hard work getting people through this without an IT department and a help line off-shored to India or the Philippines. This is how Cobb won, or a chunk of it.
  3. I had no problem with what Cobb was charging for the AP. What I resented was that they shut down / poached the top talent from the Opensource community but would not support markets outside the USDM. Almost all my customers as a tuner were in EDM or JDM cars, and a few in ADM. We still had the Opensource standouts that were working on development and definitions, but it wasn't enough. Then they started the pay to play system, fly to the US or get left out. Why would I fly to the US to take classes I could teach, for equipment that doesn't work on the cars my customers own? The Borg won that one. Then you look at the price for systems to edit the factory ECUs on German cars, and what the owners will pay to have them tuned. Sorry guys but the talent will go where the money is.
  4. Rails not needed. I would do a 1.5XTR in 10cm rather than the 440XT, but please note, I and many others have had awful experiences with Blouch when it came to service. I could not even get them to reply to email about parts or cores when I offered to pay for everything, so you can imagine how warranty inquiries are handled. If you don't live close to him, I would choose something else. But, I hear you say, the 440XT is needed to fit the stock intercooler the AVO replicates! And I will tell you, nothing in the stock TMIC footprint will properly cool anything in that power range! You are trying to put 10lb of shit (hot air) in a 2lb bag (intercooler). You need to be thinking minimum GRB TMIC with suitable splitter or better, a FMIC at this point. And please, ditch the UELH. That robs you of so much power and efficiency. ELH or go home. Glad to see this thread is still alive and kicking after all this time!
  5. Meh. 7163 or don’t bother. And don’t forget the exhaust cams.
  6. In case anyone is wondering the car is still going strong and people are still asking how we pulled this off.
  7. It's appalling that the resale value on an unused $700 part is effectively zero.
  8. I think we covered the basics with intercooling in the first post. An aftermarket TMIC basically gives you more heat capacity so it doesn't heat soak as fast. Means you can go on a longer fang before IAT starts spiking and performance drops off. An FMIC is better heat rejection which means you get better intercooling from the get-go, and heat soaking takes way longer than with any TMIC. This means more performance even at the start of a fang and possibly even no noticeable heat-soaking during the sort of time you can reasonably drive that hard on public roads.
  9. You really want to add a 3-port BCS if upgrading the turbo. If you're sticking in the 300whp range the stock injectors are okay, though I'd upgrade the pump to be sure fuel pressure is not falling down at high rpm / injector duty cycle. If you intend to max out an 18G or 20G turbo then you either need both injectors and pump, or meth injection. FMIC is a huge improvement on these cars, a bigger TMIC not so much but still useful.
  10. Or you might find a 1.1:1 transfer gear easier to source than a 3.9:1 ring gear and pinion.
  11. You have a 1:1 center diff not 1.1:1? 3.545 rear diffs are as common as dirt.
  12. You can have a pump gas and ethanol tunes on Opensource also. You just need your laptop handy. Cobb doesn't have a monopoly on this. The one thing they can offer over OS is a flex fuel setup.
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