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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

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I need some input

 

Backstory: I recently bought a modded 20th anniversary GTI. It's in awesome condition and works great. The only issue with it is that it's tuned for 93 octane fuel, there is no place here that carries it. My options to get around this are

 

- Octane booster. It's what i used until now, but it's not a long term solution.

 

- Water/methanol injection. Works like the best octane booster ever with the added benefit of chemical charge cooling, has a consumable (but cheap) component to it.

 

- Tune the ECU for 91 octane. The most expensive option but also the most reliable one.

 

What would you guys go for?

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Terryv said:

I need some input

 

Backstory: I recently bought a modded 20th anniversary GTI. It's in awesome condition and works great. The only issue with it is that it's tuned for 93 octane fuel, there is no place here that carries it. My options to get around this are

 

- Octane booster. It's what i used until now, but it's not a long term solution.

 

- Water/methanol injection. Works like the best octane booster ever with the added benefit of chemical charge cooling, has a consumable (but cheap) component to it.

 

- Tune the ECU for 91 octane. The most expensive option but also the most reliable one.

 

What would you guys go for?

 

 

Change the mapping for 91

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21 minutes ago, Terryv said:

I need some input

 

Backstory: I recently bought a modded 20th anniversary GTI. It's in awesome condition and works great. The only issue with it is that it's tuned for 93 octane fuel, there is no place here that carries it. My options to get around this are

 

- Octane booster. It's what i used until now, but it's not a long term solution.

 

- Water/methanol injection. Works like the best octane booster ever with the added benefit of chemical charge cooling, has a consumable (but cheap) component to it.

 

- Tune the ECU for 91 octane. The most expensive option but also the most reliable one.

 

What would you guys go for?

 

 

Just wondering, where do you live that won't provide 93?

 

 

If it were me, I would dump a bit of cash so I wouldn't have to face these inconveniences, since 91 is probably more convenient and available than the other options.

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1 hour ago, Terryv said:

I need some input

 

Backstory: I recently bought a modded 20th anniversary GTI. It's in awesome condition and works great. The only issue with it is that it's tuned for 93 octane fuel, there is no place here that carries it. My options to get around this are

 

- Octane booster. It's what i used until now, but it's not a long term solution.

 

- Water/methanol injection. Works like the best octane booster ever with the added benefit of chemical charge cooling, has a consumable (but cheap) component to it.

 

- Tune the ECU for 91 octane. The most expensive option but also the most reliable one.

 

What would you guys go for?

 

 

Last time I checked octane booster only raises octane by like .5 for a whole bottle (depends on how much gas is in the tank though) making it basically worthless

 

You need to tune it for 91 or less. Anything else you do just greatens the chance for something to go wrong.

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@warmmilk that little hatch will be fun around a track lol

 

But yeah I beat him... he normally does better though so I think he just had a bad day. Also his re-71R’s were like bald in the rear so that wasn’t doing us any favors lol

 

i love how the suspension felt with koni yellows; very responsive feel and not too much body roll. I need some lol

 

The turbo was annoying idk. We turned everything (TC/ESC/whatever else) off fully of course. Perhaps the ecu does do some torque management idk. Needs smaller turbo haha

 

He did record me... it was a cool angle he had the camera at; it was on the rear window and you could see me kind of and the left side of the car. I’m interested to watch it

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17 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

@warmmilk that little hatch will be fun around a track lol

 

But yeah I beat him... he normally does better though so I think he just had a bad day. Also his re-71R’s were like bald in the rear so that wasn’t doing us any favors lol

 

i love how the suspension felt with koni yellows; very responsive feel and not too much body roll. I need some lol

 

The turbo was annoying idk. We turned everything (TC/ESC/whatever else) off fully of course. Perhaps the ecu does do some torque management idk. Needs smaller turbo haha

 

He did record me... it was a cool angle he had the camera at; it was on the rear window and you could see me kind of and the left side of the car. I’m interested to watch it

gonna post the vid on the youtubes?

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29 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Last time I checked octane booster only raises octane by like .5 for a whole bottle (depends on how much gas is in the tank though) making it basically worthless

 

You need to tune it for 91 or less. Anything else you do just greatens the chance for something to go wrong.

there are proper octane boosters, they aren't cheap though. I personally use the royal purple stuff. Some perform even better, think of it as a race fuel concentrate.

 

it only needs the octane under boost, water/methanol injection can be set to spray during boost only, but i agree that proper tuning is the best choice here. Time to contact Unitronic

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1 hour ago, warmmilk said:

gonna post the vid on the youtubes?

That’s the plan. I will try to get them from him if he doesn’t upload them himself

 

In other news here’s the PAX results. 5th. Not too shabby. Waaaaay behind first tho

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18 minutes ago, XboxCarsForza said:

It looks like that car has a lift kit on it.

Tacomas are pretty tall. My buddy AJ's dad used to have one, same spec other than auto and white and it was about the same height iirc 

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25 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

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Why does it look like it’s curved upwards in the middle of the car? It’s bothering me

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http://sportscar365.com/sro/mclaren-reveals-720s-gt3/

 

omg @MEC-777

 

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Also @bcredeur97 what part do you consider "the middle"

 

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Back to driving the Elantra now for a few weeks (2013). Forgot how nice it was to drive. Yeah, I miss driving manual, but the 6 speed auto ain't terrible and the engine is no slouch. Reminded me why I bought it in the first place again. ;) If it had fewer taller gears, it would definitely be less fun to drive.

 

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4 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

 

Anyways, got the snows installed yesterday, all ready for winter. :)

 

Uhg theres no snow at all. At least it's not deathly cold, but it also means this weekends rally will be 90% gravel and ice. 

 

Time to play rock chip roulette with my lenses :/

 

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54 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Uhg theres no snow at all. At least it's not deathly cold, but it also means this weekends rally will be 90% gravel and ice. 

 

Time to play rock chip roulette with my lenses :/

 

mount a sacrificial piece of glass to the front of the lens or something?

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1 hour ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Uhg theres no snow at all. At least it's not deathly cold, but it also means this weekends rally will be 90% gravel and ice. 

 

Time to play rock chip roulette with my lenses :/

 

Do they make tear offs for lenses?

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who else thinks this looks like a big miata? :D

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2 hours ago, MEC-777 said:

Back to driving the Elantra now for a few weeks (2013). Forgot how nice it was to drive. Yeah, I miss driving manual, but the 6 speed auto ain't terrible and the engine is no slouch. Reminded me why I bought it in the first place again. ;) If it had fewer taller gears, it would definitely be less fun to drive.

 

Anyways, got the snows installed yesterday, all ready for winter. :)

Yup, just installed mine last night too. Even though it snowed yesterday, but today it's going to be 51°

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On 20/11/2017 at 8:33 AM, iDeFecZx said:

Looks like you're gonna have to get a Matiz

 

Nah

 

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