05GT Guru Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I have little money because im trying to buy a house and move out of my apartment and i had a baby in November. So i decided to go with the cheapest stage 2 setup, i gutted to the dp cat total cost-30 dollars cause i bought new gaskets. Then i got an open source tune and used a friends laptop because it wouldnt work with vista on my comp. Vista=crap, i havent had a chance to data log yet i will shortly, but the car feels amazing, i did a few test runs with a friend who owns a GTP and i was putting 2-3 cars on him from 0-100 when i was stock(he ran a 14.6-14.9 at the track), i must have put 7-8 on him last night. Plus with the new 7200rpm redline i actually have a reason to use sport mode on my 5EAT, due to the fact that the car still shifts at 6500rpms if i leave it in drive. Cheapest hp i have ever gotten out of a car. I suggest anyone who is crying they would love to go stage 2 but cant afford it stop and try this, if you dont liek the gutted cat idea, get a dp with a cat and save yourself 600dollars on a ap and just make an open source tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gire Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Good to hear you got good results! It is very much possible to get a bunch more power out of these cars without spending hardly anything! Now, just datalog it to ensure that everything is in working order! I don't have any experience with datalogging but this Spring I have promised myself to do it with the wagon, just to ensure that the Cobb stage 2 map is working perfectly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Yeah, total cost was 100bucks, 30 for gaskets and because i had a guy make a map tune, and now i have the stock and the map he made so i can see what was changed and start learning how to tune and log myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostsr20 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Glad you like the map. Wait till summer when you have an uppipe and can run a more aggressive map. Get some logs done ASAP though. I wanna make sure its not knocking at all. (It shouldn't the timing is very conservative) EDIT: If you don't like the super fast throttle response you can just copy the Requested Torque (Misc folder) table and paste it into the same place on the stage 2 map and reflash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 I will i just work too much and i live for throttle response lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianspi Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I agree, datalag NOW before doing WOT runs. Losing 20 minutes of work costs less than a new engine. And yes, a bad persistent knock will kill your engine before you know it. Welcome to the OpenECU world! You will soon be laughing when you see people scooping up APs for a $500 pricetag in the classifieds section enough zip ties and duct tape will fix anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 I am not driving the car at the moment and i wont be until i get a datalog but i had to test it before i parked it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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