Ron89 and ModularMike's EFILogics adventure.

**ModularMike** · 09-05-2010, 03:26 AM

Ron89 (a friend of mine on here, doesn't post much) and I set out to get his 2005 Subaru WRX STi dyno tuned at EFILogics. Here is the story:

I go to school in Williamsport, PA so we made an appt. to get the car tuned on Saturday Sept. 4. Ron came from Pittsburgh and picked me up on Friday night in Williamsport and we drove to Danbury, CT. We got to the hotel at about 1am Saturday morning, got some sleep, then headed to EFILogics.

At EFILogics, they were having some fan difficulties on the dyno. They had the repair man there in NO time at all. Thankfully he was able to repair it so we could go ahead and have the car tuned. The car is put on the dyno and after a couple adjustments and some short pulls, Chris @ EFILogics finds out that the internal wastegate is opening a slight bit which is sending the boost all over the place because it now utilizes an external wastegate. He told Ron that he needed to buy the GrimmSpeed version of the wastegate bracket. He told us to come back when we have the bracket not knowing how far we came to get this car tuned.

He asked us how far we drove and we told him we are from Pittsburgh and it is about an 8 hour drive. He was shocked to find out how far we came and he told us that we could use his tools but he can't pull his guys off the big job they were working on. With the help of Rob @ EFILogics and borrowed tools, we had modified the current wastegate block off tab to keep the wastegate shut. The car was loaded back on the dyno and everything turned out OK thankfully!

Once fixed the car made a very safe 304awhp/320awtq on the stock tiny VF39 turbo and pump gas. We didn't go crazy because it is a daily driver. At the end of the day we were very happy with the results, the car drives amazing now and the guys at EFI really helped us so that we didn't have to come back another time, and they didn't even charge for pulling the car on the dyno again or the help of the employees. I would definitely recommend them and they have great guys in a clean shop.

And for what its worth we made it from Danbury, CT to Pittsburgh, PA in 6 hours.

Pics:

Pulling the car on the dyno for the first time

Making a pull

Wastegate tab that needed modified

More pics here:
[ame="http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa261/ModularMike/EFILogics/"]EFILogics pictures by ModularMike - Photobucket[/ame]

And two vids:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5adNY3I_KM&hd=1"]YouTube- Ron's STi at EFI Logics Dyno[/ame]

and

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVYE6fxJjA0&hd=1"]YouTube- Ron's STi at EFI Logics Dyno 2[/ame]

**Silverhatch** · 09-05-2010, 09:57 AM

Nice numbers and pics. Were they the few guys that have an awd dyno? Never heard of one close.

**bgblockelcamino** · 09-05-2010, 11:36 AM

nice sounds like a fun trip.

there is an AWD dyno in verona now. the only one local but think they specialize more in the Evos though for tuning.

**laz2447** · 09-05-2010, 11:44 AM

Pretty sweet roadtrip...I really like the Sti. Clean looking...

**yeahloh95** · 09-05-2010, 12:08 PM

i know of an all wheel in york pa , if you ever need on closer and they tuned subbys there too

**ModularMike** · 09-05-2010, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by luxurysportscar

Nice numbers and pics. Were they the few guys that have an awd dyno? Never heard of one close.

There is an AWD Mustang Dyno in Verona called J & S dyno but I would never use them for tuning for my own reasons but they have very cheap dyno time if you just want to see what your car puts down. We decided to go to EFILogics because they have an awesome reputation. They are like the "Jon Lund" of Subarus. You don't ever really hear bad things about them, and it was a fun little trip.

**AdamantiumSilvr** · 09-05-2010, 01:01 PM

Definately a wild adventure Mike. Those kinda trips are alwayz fun. When we were on tour playing in Featherlight we actually played in Danbury, pretty cool little town too. Damn u guyz were in luxury suits. Them two Blue Subys are baaadddd and that lifted Forester is wild too!

**ModularMike** · 09-05-2010, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by AdamantiumSilvr

Definately a wild adventure Mike. Those kinda trips are alwayz fun. When we were on tour playing in Featherlight we actually played in Danbury, pretty cool little town too. Damn u guyz were in luxury suits. Them two Blue Subys are baaadddd and that lifted Forester is wild too!

Haha yeah its a nice little town. Great part is, I opened a Marriot credit card because I was staying there for placement tests before school so we got that night for free!