seabass07

Either way, it's an 07 or 08 5eat. That means the VB mod isn't ready yet.

I think you can use freessm with an accessport. If not, a dealership wouldn't be able to access anything with SSMIII if you have an accessport. Romraider should also work if that's the case since it also uses ssm.

 

BTW romraider also works with a vag-com on the 07+ ecus. AFAIK, everything works with vag-com except for ecuflash.

2.5l EJ255 block single scroll turbo....

 

Year?

Thanks. You've just wasted my entire day tomorrow.

NSFW hit an internet goldmine!

Looks good!

How does the chra of the vf52 compare to that of the vf40 or MHI one used by bnr?

Do it!

Looks great!

$0.02.... I think it would look better if it extended rearward to cover the entire factory scoop. It's starting to look like a scoop on a scoop... I think it's going to be tough to make that look like a single scoop.

 

Props to you for tackling the job though. I'd kinda like to put a bigger scoop on my car and use it for an air intake (MAF-less) but I'm totally afraid if how my handiwork would turn out.

 

That was my first reaction as well. But I think it's an illusion from the different colors. It looks like it's tiered.

 

I'm curious about the side profile of it.

You'd need a mullet to pull that scoop off.

We should probably move this back here.

 

Obv this value should be tuned within reason, you dont want stiff shifts for daily driving and light throttle.

 

I dont recommend going house on your tranny once this is done, its still brittle, lol

 

 

You can't go over 408 rt or you get less throttle. It will limit the max throttle to whatever plate angle coincides with 408 on the map. It doesn't have enough of an effect to give harsh shifting though.

We did this once for a customer. Tranny went boom shortly after we made the map change. Because of this, we do not recommend it.

 

You are saying that it is harmful? I don't see how it can be. Wasn't that customer getting tuned for a 20G?

 

Not trying to start an argument, just saying that one case of a big turbo wrecking an already beaten on 5eat really doesn't point to that.

 

Having said that, it doesn't appear do enough to fix the slow shifting problems that wear out the transmission and it gets learned away pretty quickly.

There's a thread on it. A few of us did it and I think I'm the only one who noticed a difference. I will say that the TCU learned it away after a while. I did back to back flashes with it and there was definitely harder shifts with the higher requested torque value at lower rpm. It doesn't increase the max line pressure though, just in the lower rpm.

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If I can just steal music from my living room, then why make all of the cokeheads more rich?

 

I was thinking more along the lines of self installing ClimberD's kit WITH instructions. I wouldn't attempt something like this blind. That would be about equal to taking a hammer to my VB and hoping it shifted better.

 

With good instructions, I'm confident I would be fine. I'm very organized and thorough.

How much time do you think it would take to mod the VB with the proper kit and tools. IIRC, you only have to drop the pan to get the VB out. I'm curious if it would be doable at a DIY garage in a day without a second VB.

the avcs that does pretty much nothing ! well maybe 5 ft lbs more torque at idle ?

 

That was my point.

He has a problem with the fact that the 3.8 doesn't have the low center of gravity of the boxer or the badass AVCS technology.

Why this thread has attracted all this attention is beyond me.

My 1st question would be ,WHY do this swap???

I think Frankster has tooooo much time on his hands or has an extreme case of Canuck ADD.

 

 

 

And do a quick search on what people are doing with that engine.

The real question is "why not?"

Hows the tune? Running more than 5 psi yet?

lol...sorry for the derail.