#ETUNES OAHU CAR INSTALL#
#ETUNES OAHU CAR MODS#

For anyone wondering, I am running the SubiSpeed F1 Brake Light in the lower JDM housing, but that's going to be up for sale pretty soon to allow for other plans. My plan is to actually switch up the diffuser style in the near future, so I still have the stock hangers ready to go back on and raise the exhaust once the time comes. I purchased 3 Kartboy extended exhaust hangers and dropped the catback about. After a few weeks with the new exhaust, I actually ended up melting a bit of the black diffuser that is on the bottom of the bumper. I'm always tweaking the little things here and there so that's constantly changing. So only time will tell what's in store for her. The header will be swapped out when/if the turbo gets swapped. As far as I'm concerned, the exhaust system is almost a complete straight-pipe with a single exit muffler. My turbo system also doesn't utilize an up-pipe, as my turbo is low and front mounted, and thus doesn't have a pre-cat. Lots of companies have taken apart and examined the stock EL headers on the new FA20DITs, and they found that there isn't really much room for improvement as this header is worlds ahead of the stock EJ UEL header. IMO, I would like to have it much louder, but the occasional backfires I get when downshifting will suffice for now. A bit obnoxious, especially for cold starts, but it's just about what I'm looking for with turbo spool satisfaction and BPV cycles being much more pronounced. If I were to describe the sound, it starts off as a low rumble and gets nice and raspy at 3krpm+ due to the lack of resonator in the race version (street N1 is resonated). It gave the car that sound and response that is always lacking when it comes to factory tune/setup. With things finally running straight and everything flowing again, I finally made the jump to Stage 2 with a Cobb AP V3, Invidia Catless J-Pipe, and Invidia N1 Single Exit Race Catback.

#ETUNES OAHU CAR INSTALL#

Don't really have too many install pictures since it's all pretty straightforward. The car stayed with this performance setup for a few months before I tweaked it some more. I was able to upload a smooth-running map with no CELs, datalog, and coordinate with them to get finetuning as needed. Due to this, I reached out to BrenTuning for an eTune, and I'm still very satisfied with the results to this day. Unfortunately, there aren't many tuners on Oahu, we have only one full-service AWD dyno, and well-known tuners from the Mainland only get flown out here every once in awhile.

#ETUNES OAHU CAR MODS#

Please note that you need to consult with a tuner to be able to run mods like these at this point, and there are no OTS maps that I'm aware of when it comes to TGV deletes and EBCS. Shipping car parts to Hawaii is no joke sometimes but luckily there are companies and people out there willing to help you get the best possible deals when it comes to parts. I got my TGV deletes from TiC, Intake from ETS, and 3-port EBCS from GrimmSpeed. Stay tuned.ДЄfter being satisfied with the exhaust for a month or two, I figured it was time to expand the horizons a bit to get closer to getting max power out of the stock longblock and turbo. Might make some more bumper tweaks while it's off.

Not really looking forward to tearing apart the front end just to get to the charge pipe, but it is what it is. Kinda curious to see if this will really hold my boost better than the RTV Copper will and hoping that once I put this in, my boost leak is solved. Hopefully it stays tight and does its job! I also got the charge pipe gasket from ETS in the mail today. Saw my heat wrap getting smokey at red lights on the way home, as expected. Getting ready to sell that since the rear end won't be needing it once it gets chopped up. Maybe I'll do more extensive testing on the brace in the future. Did not really notice any brake feel difference on the way home. So many bolts to torque down with almost no room to work. I also installed Perrin's brake master cylinder brace, which was a huge PITA to install. All went pretty smoothly and I replaced the turbo exhaust gasket with one from GrimmSpeed which is about 7x thicker than OEM and employs a fire ring design to prevent it from leaking in the long run. I had been meaning to do this for quite a while now, but am just now getting around to it since I wasn't looking forward to dropping the exhaust again. Today I dropped my J-pipe and wrapped it in PTP Lava Wrap and secured it with some worm gear clamps. I'm a few hundred miles past 6000 on the odometer right now, so I did a tire rotation/inspection about a week ago as per FSM. I spent a few hours at the shop today doing some little things here and there.

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