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It would have helped me taking it apart multiple times to chase down what turned out to be a bad coil... My back was sore the next morning, from being bent over, and r&r the battery a few times too!
I wouldn't pay for use of a lift, but if one was available, as always, it does make it a little easier.
Or course every jobs gonna be a bit different, eh?
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Well Yes it would, because the car would be able to be lifted so that you need not bend over so much. But you would still be accessing them from up top.
I don't see that it would really benefit that much. I changed mine in driveway. Broke 3/8" knuckle, but besides that it wasn't too awfully bad. The one on driver's side closest to firewall was the hardest. Have to work it a bit to get out, then same to get back in. I rolled it upside down and worked it out that way.
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Pardon my naivete - Question - if you are running stage 2 with an up, dp and resistor fix and you unmarry the AP (which prevents cels), will you trigger a cel without the AP but with the up and dp?
I'm assuming not because this seems to be what most folks do when they go in to Subaru for servicing, correct?
The resistor will still be in place, so it's lying to the computer all the time, this should prevent cel even w/o the AP married to car. Resistor's will restrict the flow of electric current regardless. That's no guarantee that car won't throw a CEL, but probably won't.
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This is yet another reason EVOs make so much power with so little money. Compare changing their two cams in a couple hours and a few hundred bucks with changing our four cams in a day or two and around a thousand dollars.
Maybe so.....but who'd want one??
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I just hope that I don't have to take mine to dealer for anything ever. I have seperation anxiety when my baby is not under my direct care. So I just hope that I've gotten a reliable car that doesn't need any crappy dealer care. But yes....Unmarrying would be the only way to go if one had to go to dealer I suppose. On Trip A computer I've not reset in let's say 4500 miles and I've averaged roughly 20.1 MPG, that's varied driving. Sometimes I shove pedal through floor and sometimes I drive like a grandma. You must be driving Ms. Daisy if you are gettin' that good of Gas Mileage. In that case you may see 30, but I'm still up on my high horse about sinkin' all my hard earned money into makin' it go faster, ain't no way I'm tryin' to get good gas mileage. I don't care if it's $5.00 a gallon, which at current rate, it may very well be. I'm always gonna be ready for that wimpy 5.0 liter or gay camaro. Or whatever bubba tries to match up his american "muscle" against my quaint little wagon.Well I average 24mpg with each tanks and on road trips I get as much as 28. The best way I could see to increase fuel economy is to add a 6th gear that gives us an RPM around 2500. That would be nice.Tundwgn,
When you said you go stock when you go to the dealership does that mean you use a "STOCK" RT map or do you unmarry the AP and take it in?
If I ever had a significant problem under warranty I would think of unmarrying the thing because often times the dealerships diagnosis is "REPLACE THE ECU" that would be a bad thing if it was married to the AP.
So what do you do?
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No one here says you shouldn't use the other maps, just that we've tried the gas mileage map......I don't think your going to see over 30 mpg on your legacy gt b spec, IMHO, I don't even think you'll see a true 25, but if so, AMEN......but you sure can try! Makes car feel wimpy and sluggish and with my experience didn't reap the benefits one might expect. So....with that said....I'm Stage 2 till I need to go to dealer. Then I'll be stock......then back to stage 2. The Valet map....GOOD DEAL. Gas mileage map> Not worth fooling with...IMHO. No one here says you shouldn't use, merely states the numerous reasons why your not going to gain as much as you might think. And the point that most members make is that, we buy all this aftermarket crap to make ol' subaroy faster, so why bother with economy.OK GUYS...Quit getting on the guys case who was asking about economy maps. Ii drive for a living and when I have my SUPER long drive it would be nice to average 30+ miles to the gallon or get another 75-100 miles per tank if possible. I would load up that RT map in a hurry.
I'd also like a good valet map to have pre-loaded and ready to go in case I ever needed to leave my car at a tire shop or dealership for somem sort of service that I wasn't doing myself.
Of course... the firs time you put the economy map on some porsche will drive up on you and want a piece and all you'll be able to say is... "I get better gas mileage than you do." HA HA!!!!
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Reflashed my Leg with 93, 1.15 last night and it made a nice difference. Noted an increased snap in 1st and 2nd gear but there is more of a noted difference in 3rd and 4th gear where the boost can build and the hp takes over (weight, wind resistance, gearing ect where HP will make the real difference). Has definately increased the fun factor in the car. Jon (TDC), I'll be making an appointment with you in the near future to see if any more tuning can be done to the accessport.......and don't forget about my Miata Spyder......it's feeling a little left out that the new ride is getting the toys......Spyder is smelling a turbo in its future......
About the gas mileage with accessport; mine will suffer for sure as my foot just got a lot heavier and my smile got bigger........
Ranks high as one of the best 6 bills I've spent.....
Amen..........we've had this gas mileage conversation in the past, I'm not tunin' the piss out of my car to get "good gas mileage" either Max, I just don't see the point in spending thousands to juice it up, then hope that we can eek a 1-2 more mpg's out of 'em. But that's my 2 centz.
AP Stage II, Crucial Racing Uppipe(backorder), Stromung DP, Unorthodox Racing Pulleys, Piaa FR-S Wheels, Nitto Neo-Gens.
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That's just wrong.........
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Why do people ask COBB about economy map? Something is missing...
No S417! Why would you worry about gas economy after sinkin' hundreds, if not thousands in the dang thing to make it use more?! More power requires more air, fuel, and fire. So don't build a rocket when a bike would do!!
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It's idea to go to one-step colder's when running more boost. It's just gooder. Keep readin', they are many good things about changin' to a colder plug.
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AP TDC Pro Tune Stage 2 Map, Crucial Racing Uppipe, Stromung DP, Unorthodox Racing Pulleys, Crucial Racing 160* T-stat, K&N Air Filter, Piaa FR-S Wheels, Nitto Neo-Gens. My list is slowly growing!!