Ben's Subaru wrx Auto with vf28 Turbo
VF28 is one of my fravourite turbo. Ben is a car person, the way he pampers his car... omg... if the car has feelings, she will wet herself dry,.. hahaha
For Ben, he consistently make comparison of his car against a sonata taxi. A tinge of insult for me of course... Basically, Ben came to us through Kevin's recommendation, Kevin called me up to persuade me to blow Ben's engine... hahaha... Then I conveyed this to Ben and told him that I am going to blow his rex... hahaha
Knn lor... Ben was like cursing and swearing with Kevin beside him lor... hahaha...
Ben likes to describe how a sonata taxi would accelerate off traffic, using his palms as illustration of how quickly the taxi would run, then how powerful the taxi would be... I kept asking him to stop comparing his WRX to a taxi.
Ben's ride comes with HKS evc boost controller, 3" full exhaust system, slowered suspensions, STi interior which makes the cabin feel like a 747, Defi meters with genome control unit, Varis CV bonnet, and many many more...
This is an Automatic transmission ride and in the past, he was using TD05-18G turbo, tuned by B#Nn#
Ben is the owner of Uncle Leong's restraunt in Ang mo kio. Omg, we had one of the best butter crabs ever! I tried Meh ben last time, and used to frequent that place... but, I think Ben's shop is 100 times better la... The meat of the crab is cooked Just nice! Not soggy and not too hard, just chewy and sweet, when your molar crushes the crab's tender meat, the buttery juices from within flows unto your taste buds, releasing some of the wonderous flavours of creamy smooth buttery taste with a tinge of mushrooms, coupled with the flavours of fresh live sri lankan crabs. Oh! The fatique and stress of the day melted away, the effects of a wonderful dinner after a day's work is beyond words.
A bowl of crab eggs was placed beside, showing the craftmanship of the chef who prepared it. I ate them with a slight guilt, knowing well the effect of cholestrol, I devoured the crab eggs nevertheless... kekeke... eat first, think later...
Sam has never tried this before. I insisted on trying the Beehoon soup with crab... No regrets!
Beside's the world best dinner, Ben's hospitality is so good, we felt a compulsion to do even better and demostrate it with his car... hahaha...
Sam tested Ben's wrx brakes, something which he never do... soemthing which endangers his life... on a rainy day, he slammed hard on the brakes, memorizing the distance at which the car stops is crucial and can prove useful on track days which its raining.
Ben's car now feels much lighter, with better fuel consumption and much more low torque, I hope he can now compare his car to a more worthy ride. Boost is 1.8 bars on stock internals. For a multitude of reason, this is still safe. Well, you can expect lower boost level in certain senarios. To keep the technicalities outside our blog, you need to talk to Sam who is on reservist this week to know more...
Many a time, I would type a lengthy article on intercooler effects, turbo comrpessor maps, engine temperature, how to blow which component and stuff... Only to end up deleting it. I thought about it, and it is like your bosses in your day job, asking you this and that... Asking you stupid questions, why do this and why you did that... Reluctant as you are trying to describe or explain your actions, knowing thats it is plain simple and obvious (to you at least) and cursing and swearing why being your boss, he do not know such simple things.... The reluctance to explain is similar to mine...
I leave the explaining of technicalities to sam... since it is his job... mine is a passion and I plan to keep it that way.
I tune the cars like I would to mine. Ben's ride is on the conservative side... 1.8 bars, conservative? hahaha... If I own his ride... I would do it that way, while retaining everything else,... and yet nice to drive around... Ben knows.
Overall, I enjoyed the dinner, the company and it was an excellent way to spend the evening... think will call Ben later... hahaha... persuade him to upgrade his intercooler... then go his shop with sam to makan... He gives us discount... hahaha... forcing an indirect obligation to return the discount from sam.
Oh, this ride is a perfect street racing machine now! forget sonata taxi,... hahaha... Its a Subaru WRX!!
coming soon:
Sam rebuilts Subaru TS with 2.0 engine Turbo
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Edwin's Subaru TS 1.5 turbo charged
Edwin's Subaru TS 1.5 turbo charged
Subaru TS 1.5 prides a sleek and sporty interior, meter cluster has a cool opening ceremony where the hands on the dashboard swings in orchestric rythem, previously only found in the STi models, now found in the TS. How I wished mine was like that. The Rev limiter has also been raised to 6500 rpm, subaru also adobted the ACVS technology from the STi giving this EL15 engine a new life. With a turbo charger installed, the variable cams which prides inself in smooth idling and efficient low end with higher horsepower on high end, allows the use of a bigger turbo to further exploit this technology and the potential to double the horsepower than before.
The suspensions and comfort level in this TS surpasses those of its predecessors. After tuning this ride, I found my car damn noisy and old. I gives my the thought of buying the new TS and installing all my existing hardware inside... kekeke....
Garret TD04 turbo, something we took out from the WRX churns out notable power at around 3500~4000 rpm, this coupled with AVCS, produces an impressive 200 bhp on engine. Bearing in mind, we are conservative in our tuning and setup, so much so, you can almost be sure that this car can produce much more than 200, but, what we had in mind, is to produce 200 of reliable horsepower, preserving everything else, and allow the owner to further modify the car without damaging anything. Our preference is to preserve the hardware and upgrade them progressively, such that the 270 targetted horsepower for example, is something achieve over a period of time. Instead of 270 on day 1, and replacing damage parts along the way... thats how we look at things...
Car runs with factory quality idling, stock exhaust system which will be upgraded to powervalve exhaust later on, big injectors, Garret TD04 turbo, boost controller and controlled using emanage blue.
Edwin was with us, seeing the entire process involved from troubleshooting to completion. There was nothing interesting to Sam and myself, since we have already done it before... For Edwin, it is at times exciting, and at times shocking... Ed... you know what I mean... kekekeke...
Ok,... Owner came back from test drive... hahaha... having experience 100 bhp since day 1 on his TS, and now, with 200 bhp on this ride, all smiling, he is very happy with the results. After all, this is a 1.5L TS, with stock sounding exhuast, the only thing that betrays the turbo charger is the induction sound produced by the HKS filter
during harsh driving. Otherwise, this ride looks and sounds stock. Very discrete except for the power during overtaking senarios and stuff, this 1.5L is a fabulous ride with the turbo charger installed.
Sam was contemplating between using Unichip Q and emanage blue,... he finally decided to use emanage blue... well, to me, not much difference whether it is Q or blue... though both uses different technique to tune, I am familiar with both...
The day came to a close with fatique all over... but the smile from the owner and all the stupid jokes to keep us occupied through the day, keep us awake and going. Fun as it was, we still need to rest,... Till we meet again,... Bid each other goodbye and left for home satisfied with the evening's results.
Overall:
This setup is ideal for people who prefers good fuel consumption, power only when you need it. Turbo kick in only when I step hard on the gas. Pickup wise is slightly better than stock since during normal driving, we still keep the fuel consumption in check. Good for 30 lamp post drag race.
Subaru TS 1.5 prides a sleek and sporty interior, meter cluster has a cool opening ceremony where the hands on the dashboard swings in orchestric rythem, previously only found in the STi models, now found in the TS. How I wished mine was like that. The Rev limiter has also been raised to 6500 rpm, subaru also adobted the ACVS technology from the STi giving this EL15 engine a new life. With a turbo charger installed, the variable cams which prides inself in smooth idling and efficient low end with higher horsepower on high end, allows the use of a bigger turbo to further exploit this technology and the potential to double the horsepower than before.
The suspensions and comfort level in this TS surpasses those of its predecessors. After tuning this ride, I found my car damn noisy and old. I gives my the thought of buying the new TS and installing all my existing hardware inside... kekeke....
Garret TD04 turbo, something we took out from the WRX churns out notable power at around 3500~4000 rpm, this coupled with AVCS, produces an impressive 200 bhp on engine. Bearing in mind, we are conservative in our tuning and setup, so much so, you can almost be sure that this car can produce much more than 200, but, what we had in mind, is to produce 200 of reliable horsepower, preserving everything else, and allow the owner to further modify the car without damaging anything. Our preference is to preserve the hardware and upgrade them progressively, such that the 270 targetted horsepower for example, is something achieve over a period of time. Instead of 270 on day 1, and replacing damage parts along the way... thats how we look at things...
Car runs with factory quality idling, stock exhaust system which will be upgraded to powervalve exhaust later on, big injectors, Garret TD04 turbo, boost controller and controlled using emanage blue.
Edwin was with us, seeing the entire process involved from troubleshooting to completion. There was nothing interesting to Sam and myself, since we have already done it before... For Edwin, it is at times exciting, and at times shocking... Ed... you know what I mean... kekekeke...
Ok,... Owner came back from test drive... hahaha... having experience 100 bhp since day 1 on his TS, and now, with 200 bhp on this ride, all smiling, he is very happy with the results. After all, this is a 1.5L TS, with stock sounding exhuast, the only thing that betrays the turbo charger is the induction sound produced by the HKS filter
during harsh driving. Otherwise, this ride looks and sounds stock. Very discrete except for the power during overtaking senarios and stuff, this 1.5L is a fabulous ride with the turbo charger installed.Sam was contemplating between using Unichip Q and emanage blue,... he finally decided to use emanage blue... well, to me, not much difference whether it is Q or blue... though both uses different technique to tune, I am familiar with both...
The day came to a close with fatique all over... but the smile from the owner and all the stupid jokes to keep us occupied through the day, keep us awake and going. Fun as it was, we still need to rest,... Till we meet again,... Bid each other goodbye and left for home satisfied with the evening's results.
Overall:
This setup is ideal for people who prefers good fuel consumption, power only when you need it. Turbo kick in only when I step hard on the gas. Pickup wise is slightly better than stock since during normal driving, we still keep the fuel consumption in check. Good for 30 lamp post drag race.
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