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I have a set of those on my car. $500 delivered. Livens up the top end a bit. Must be accompanied by a tune though

PM Matt and book it in. And yes he can do the SI drive boost maps.

Andy. Ask Matt to do you a base tune. He can email you the file. If you don't have tactrix then I think Daytona lives in Tauranga. I'm sure he'd lend it to you for loading up a tune. Otherwise if you're in Auckland at some point I can load one up for you.

1:30 consistently on my first (and only so far) track day @ Hampton Downs August 2014 (HRC Motorsport Track day) Legacy 3.0R SpecB 6MT. Still completely stock at the time.

Discussing your visit here if you want to chime in http://clubsub.org.nz/forum/showthread.php?42030-Ask-your-tuning-questions-here!/page20

He's doing my mates JDM STi and even on the base tune it's quite an animal.

Any tried znoelli?

The tune should stay the same cost but the dyno cost will be shared between those using it. I expect around $150 to $200 per car.

Yes he's in Auckland too from the 22nd to the 24th of October. We are looking at booking a dyno for the day on Friday the 23rd for those that want it. Let me know if you want book in some time and I'll get him in touch with you Edit: Here are the actual dates Auckland: 22nd, 23rd, 24th Wellington: 24th/25th Christchurch: 25th/26th

Nice write up. Almost makes me want another TT :-) I miss the 2nd turbo power surge

If you are looking to just give it a tune then I would probably not go with XRT. I know people from the Aussie forums that have used him and then retuned afterwards with better results. Personally I can't speak highly enough of Matt Mcleod. He is Kido_tuning on the aussie forums and Throttlehappy on the US forums. He is reasonably priced @ $400 and does free retunes for the life of the car in case you ever do any mods to the car. He is in Christchurch on the 24th and 25th of October so he could do a road tune for you. He only comes to NZ very rarely.

I have to agree with Marky here. If you really want more power then get a GTB. They are pretty affordable these days and will put a good smile on your face. Better handling, more power and just nicer on the inside in most cases. If you can afford it get a post facelift (2001 onwards)

I had a 2000 GTB and I loved the thing. But I think a facelift model would have been better due to the ability to smooth out the engine with a reflash. The earlier cars we just a bit like they had to be driven hard to be smooth-ish. Never drove an auto though so this was just a manual car. Almost bought another before picking up my current car. I found half of them would not spool up the primary turbo properly and felt laggy up to 4500RPM. As for fuel consumption. I found that it used 12.5l/100km all day every day. Town, open road, driving like a nana or driving like it was a rental. So very consistent. Reliability was OK. In the 40k I drove it, the radiator blew up which is a common thing and I had to replace the MAF so that it would stop CEL turning on all the time. Anyway, I still think they are amazing value for money.

He does kiwi tunes at kiwi prices :-)

A bit of both :-) We all know that stock tunes are pretty pants. Most of Subaru's stock tunes will pull timing by dropping the IAM This bit is only my opinion, so I'm open for discussion. Pre made custom tunes could go in 2 directions. 1. A good safe tune that will work on pretty much any engine that is stock. I think these are actually a good start. This would be what most E-tuners would send you as a starting point and is normally 80% of the way there 2. If the tune has been custom made to a specific engine and not normalised for the mass market so to say then I think these are a bad idea because your engine may not be as good or as bad as the engine it was made for and you could either end up damaging your engine (worst case) or with worse performance.

Yea. Kido_tuning (Matt) did a great job on my 3.0R and he is busy doing my mates GRB JDM Sti. He's turned that into a weapon. So I would recommend Matt all day every day. He is actually going to be in NZ at the end of October so he can do a proper road tune too. Price stays the same $400. Cryotune had a go at my car about 2 years ago and the result was far from spectacular. It was one of his first 3.0Rs though.

Yea, thought I would check out the local scene :-)

Pre mapped configs are just a bit average. Not all engines are the same. So while a tune may be good for someone else's car it may not work for yours. You can get a decent e-tune done for around $400. Plus you will need aa tactrix cable. Either buy one from tactrix.com or borrow one.

You can get a decent e-tune for $400. Matt from the Aussie (Kido_Tuning) forums knows the EZ30 inside out and will make it much nicer to drive. You will need a tactrix cable (or borrow one) but it's worth it. For Handling start with a Rear sway bar upgrade. Either Whiteline or Cusco. It will reduce the body roll a bit without making it too firm.

I have a MY05 3.0R and have done headers and some exhaust with a remap. Best thing I ever did. MUCH more torque and worth every penny imho. You can't get rid of the big air box in front of the intake unless you are going forced induction. You can replace it with an aftermarket unit from Kakimoto but you will need to spend a fair bit for relatively small gains. But if you are wanting a starting point for performance on the 3.0R then a remap is the first and best thing.

I have an anycarlink plugged into the CD changer port on the McIntosh system. Gives me bluetooth and Aux input plus SD card etc. The sound quality for music is outstanding on the bluetooth. It goes a bit soft for voice calls for some reason though. Also upgraded the parcel shelf sub with a kicker unit that punches a bit harder along with some dynamat on the shelf. A worthwhile investment.

A good ECU reflash will give you better economy if you drive it softly, but will give you better low down torque and a much smoother automatic gear shift.