BrenTuning Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 In the automotive world, more times than not you get what you pay for. This past weekend we had a customer come in with driveability complaints on another tuner's tune (who shall remain unnamed) and wanted to give us a shot. In cases like this when no parts were added just tuning only we like to provide the customer a baseline pull to see where what they started with. What we found was shocking and bad enough to end the pull early as the map was completely unsafe. Thankfully we were able to save this car's motor before catastrophic damage had occurred. Dashed lines are the base pull, solid is our final. Event: Dyno tune Car: 2008 Legacy GT SpecB Tuner: BG @ BrenTuning Location: Sea Level Temperature: 74 degrees Dyno Info: DynaPack Transmission: 6MT Gear: 3rd Peak HP: 291whp Peak Torque: 345wtq Baseline hp/tq for stock on same dyno: 195whp/190wtq Fuel: 93 octane Engine/Power Modifications: Invidia Turbo Back Exhaust Cobb SF Intake Cobb BPV [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Koq-wOOgrg]BrenTuning 2008 Subaru Legacy GT SpecB "Stage 2" 291whp/345wtq - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecBFan Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Thank you for posting this and making everyone aware of what can happen and thank you very much for saving my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrenTuning Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Fixed another car today. This time a 2005 Legacy GT 5eat, FMIC, TBE, EWG, Intake. Dead boost controller so running wastegate boost, 17psi. Old tune 23psi. Only change was the tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators BarManBean Posted September 21, 2013 Moderators Share Posted September 21, 2013 Fixed another car today. This time a 2005 Legacy GT 5eat, FMIC, TBE, EWG, Intake. Dead boost controller so running wastegate boost, 17psi. Old tune 23psi. Only change was the tune. Same tuner as the previous issue? "Bullet-proof" your OEM TMIC! <<Buy your kit here>> Not currently in stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrenTuning Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Different tuner, still local Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick4dr Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Fixed another car today. This time a 2005 Legacy GT 5eat, FMIC, TBE, EWG, Intake. Dead boost controller so running wastegate boost, 17psi. Old tune 23psi. Only change was the tune. curious as to the numbers of the 5eat with EWG car, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrenTuning Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 curious as to the numbers of the 5eat with EWG car, As shown in the graph, previous tune baselined at 228whp/275lbft left with 278whp/323lbft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpmarky Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 nicely done, are you able to share what the driveability issues were that you addressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrenTuning Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 nicely done, are you able to share what the driveability issues were that you addressed? I can only speak for the first car as I wasn't at the shop when the second car came in. But not smooth a smooth powerband/choppy. Which as you can see in the before graph the car was not happy at all. Neil@BrenTuning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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