MrDude_1

(I broke up your quote into pieces so I could talk about each part without being too confusing.. I apologize if it seems like a wall of responses. lol) yeah, that bothers me too. Notice they're the 5eat transmission too, not the late model CVT. So we have a company that apparently makes enough of these that they are sold as a kit, but I cant find any other installs. agreed. if you're not trying to just make it "better" and instead are trying to make it fast, it becomes a waste of money. I'll waste some money on this... I've wasted more money on worse things. Cool, I just shot him an email earlier today. My research showed him as the only guy that did both the supercharger and the CVT.. but not on the same car. Can you elaborate on the ECU not being readable? what do you mean by that? I have seen Ed compare what a previous tuner did to the CVTs, so he has to be able to read what they had on there. My understanding is we can read the bin off the ECU... and the catch is you need the proper XML files to parse it so the table and values are human readable... and then know the checksums to be able to spit it back to a valid bin file for flashing. is there a catch here? Thats already covered. Brakes upgraded, coilover suspension that lowers it back to a car height and wheels/tires changed. Besides, this isnt a 500hp monster thats doing laps.. its less than 300whp practical street car that holds two dogs, kids, an adult and all the junk that goes with them on a roadtrip. I just need to have the power to pass the slow truck before the dotted lines end. lol. walbro 255 in the tank is a given. cheap insurance. I'll look at what the injector duty cycle is, but even if I need new injectors I can just step up to bigger OEM ones. This is about 5-6psi... I might add water/methanol injection if the IATs get high in the summer, but overall most people would say its so little its not worth doing. To them, I just ask where can I get a wagon like mine, with airbags, crumplezones, etc thats quicker without six figures? And dont anyone point at the damn CTSV wagon. the manual CTS-V wagons get more expensive every year. lol. This car is paid off. Couple grand on forced induction is nothing over a couple years. Especially if I can sell the kit off in a few years when I sell the car. Im on there. Someone showed me how to replace the lower seat cover the other day. stupid thing split and the car is only 3 years old. The reason this isnt posted on there, is that there are zero outbacks with a supercharger on there. and most of them are modding for offroad use... I mod for what I use it for. That is 99.8% on pavement. The initial reason for lowering the car was to reduce the body roll and bring the CG down. The car was going through tires too fast. I could corner slower, drive more conservatively.. but thats not fun or my style.

Thanks guys. I had to find my login info so I could reply. I'll try giving these people a call and see what I can come up with.

Hey guys. Yes this is my first post here. I'm running into a bit of a question And this seems like a active form with people that will probably know the answer or at least know where to point me the right direction. Just to get it clear right out of the bat, I have a 2017 3.6R Outback. US model. I'm in Charleston South Carolina. My question is is there a tuner in the southeast that is familiar with tuning the 3.6R raptor supercharger and the CVT transmission? My follow-up question, is: Can anybody can point me to where I can find the files I need to edit the ECU for a 2017 3.6R Outback myself? Longer version: We have an Outback because I needed a wagon and family car. It recently went out of warranty, and after owning it for over 3 years there's a few things I want to change. One of them being the lack of power. Since the CVT is the limiting factor of the drivetrain, and because my wife has had surgery on both ankles a manual swap is out of the question... So looking around the cheap raptor supercharger kit with no intercooler seems like the best choice for me. It's one mod (well I'm going to put headers too but only because the stock manifolds suck) And I'll have enough power to be at the limit of safe CVT usage... IF IT'S TUNED PROPERLY. That's a huge question mark for me, because I'm coming from tuning GM cars, and I have never worked with a CVT. As a matter of fact I leave all the transmission tuning to my best friend, and always owned manuals for myself. So now I'm very serious about buying this raptor supercharger kit and I know I can get the hardware. And bolting it on looks like it's going to be pretty damn simple, but the tuning world for Subarus is brand new to me. Ideally I want to be able to slap the parts on, and then flash up a tune and have it safe to drive. This means not only running without hurting the engine, but also idling properly and not stalling because it's really hard to restart a car with the push button start if you're in the middle of the road. I'm not the only user of this car and it's the family car. The other vehicle is a two-door sports car so it can work in a very tight pinch but everybody will be driving this car immediately after installation and I need it to be safe. I would love to ask the guys at raptor superchargers about it, especially since these kits and such are super popular in Australia and I know there's a ton of guys there but I sent them a email and haven't heard from him in a couple days. I don't blame them As with the time difference, it was already their weekend, but I'm hoping to find somebody local that I can deal with... And I want to be able to see all the parameters myself and modify stuff myself so as I get the hang of what we're doing and why we're doing it if there's something small I need to modify it's within my ability. So who do you guys recommend for tuning? Who has experience with this stuff? The kit is actually made for a legacy, and underhood drivetrain wise we're identical so other than a possible ECU differences we should be looking at the same thing. So come on, tell me what you know. And yes it's a lot of money for very little power. And yes if I want a performance car I should buy something else. And yes I'm fully open to somebody donating a Mercedes AMG wagon or any of the few other higher performing wagons... But considering that I already own this one, and that I only need to do a few things to it I think I'll be happy with 300wheel hp.