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Thanks for the feedback Kenny - always a pleasure to be working on another modded bugeye!

Cheers

Alistair

Just posting to say thanks to Alistair Dinnis at Trackhound tuning, he mapped my hawk eye this morning. The mapping process is really interesting and he explains everything in an easy to understand way, taking his time to get everything just right. The car feels much more alive through the revs now, running 1.4 bar with 350ish BHP... Thanks for a great morning, the drive home wasn't bad either.

Hi Alastair thanks for the feedback and great to hear you are happy with the car.

All the best

Alistair

Glad to see she passed emissions in the end Ciarain

i already have most of the mods in place been buying them over the last wee while , although some are getting changed, so far i have on the car

vf35 funds allowing change that to an md 321 t

550 pinks replacing with 650s (thanks to phil)

headers up pipe de cat

sports decat downpipe

decat center pipe

sti tmic

pfr7bs

walbro 255 fuel pump

k&n typhoon induction

probably more stuff but i cant remember just now , as ive said before i dont want big power i just want to keep up on the runs my 2.0 wrx mostly un modified couldnt cut it on the straights behind the sti,s i just got left behind so hopefully this will be rectified

kenny

Hi Kenny the 321T on a forged 2.5 is a formidable combination but will kill you 5 speeder pretty quickly from the torque (been there done that with a 20g on a 2.5). I'd recommend a 6 speed conversion if you are aiming for anything over 400lbft of torque.

Cheers

Alistair

Another happy customer from trackhound tuning

Thanks Jac

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the feedback and it's a pleasure to work with another wagoneer!

Cheers

Alistair

is there any difference between the uk supplied and the us supplied 2.5 sti block , even with delivery its still about £ 700 cheaper from the us . next question, the block is a 2002 -2006 why are these blocks so damagable is it through to much powewr going through them or very hard driving or are the internals just garbage

thanks for any answers

kenny

Hi Kenny - both have the notoriously fragile EJ257 OEM pistons. Rods seem to be ok to 450 and casing up to the 450 - 500 mark. After that the risk of liners cracking/moving increases without the block being strengthened with inserts around the liners. I'd suggest a 257 short motor with forged pistons for your application for peace of mind. Suggest speaking with Steve at SW Motorport who usually has a set of 257 casing and rods/crank etc kicking about looking for a good home. I'd also suggest getting the chambers in your 2L heads modified to suit the larger 99.5mm bore (generally allows you to run more timing). Steve can do this too and does a first class job.

Cheers

Alistair

do you touch link ecu's as wanting to tweek the terzo soon

got a link in it, got lead and software for it

Hi Neil in terms of stand alone ECUs, it's mainly Syvecs/Solaris and Apexi Power FC I work with at the moment.

Cheers

Alistair

Alistair mapped my 300 and I can't speak highly enough of the guys work, my car even passed its emmisions tests yesterday during its MOT with no cats fitted all due to Alistairs work.

Well recommended you wont be disappointed.

Thanks for the feedback Alan.

Ballistic - FFS and LC are available for the 06-08 Sti but switchable boost is not currently via the software I use.

Cheers

Alistair

Hi

Thanks for the feedback John.

Spaceman/Grant - Launch Control and Flat Foot Shifting are available on the UK hawkeye STi with the software platform I use but switchable boost is not currently.

Cheers

Alistair

Hi another boost solenoid question, can I just swap this out or is there any tuning involved when changing one any info appretiated thanks

If it is a straight swap with same model of OEM solenoid then there is no need for a remap.

Cheers

Alistair

I have a spare one - just south of Edinburgh.

Cheers

Alistair

Looks like you've been busy Martin!

Looking forward to working with another Wagoneer!

Makes a big difference and in my opinion should be the first one to remove. When you remove it there is an EGT sensor there which needs to be removed. Unplug the sensor from the loom and put a 2.2k ohm resistor across the plug on the car side. This fools the ECU into thinking the sensor is still fitted by sending a signal proportional to an average EGT, this stops you getting the associated cel light.

It is also possible to permanently disable the corresponding diagnostic trouble code on the ECU when you get the car mapped

Cheers

Alistair

A goat has left the building,i repeat a goat has left the building

Kenny

Kenny - I have a spare one which I don't need and works perfectly if you don't mind buying one second hand?

Cheers

Alistair

I've just had my car done today by Alistair at Trackhound Tuning, fantastic difference in my car and well recommended. Car feels totally different now.

Thanks Alan - that is the most immaculate UK300 I have ever seen!

Thanks mate

Woof Woof Pete. Looking good today. Awesome project my friend. Can't wait to see that thing on full song.

Cheers

Alistair

Agreed - Steve is a first class operator

Alistair

was around 340 340 very happy need 2 find ma self an avcr now

Thanks for the feedback Barry and for your good driving during the session!

Cheers

Alistair

very nice but weres the rest of the car

Here we go

Here's my shopper

I would definately recommend remapping the car if an aftermarket induction kit has been fitted as this can often skew the maf cailbration causing the car to run lean. I have seen a number of newage cars which have large negative fuel trims stored on the ECU as a result of this.

Cheers

Alistair

yeah that thing's a bit of an animal!

Agreed - big respect to the man for putting something so outrageous together!

Just looked at the line up for Saturday's trackday at knockhill.

A 650 bhp Fiesta with an EVO transplant will be joining us. Should be interesting

The car has an ITG panel filter, walbro and decat exhaust and yes mapped using open source.

Mike - thanks for the feedback and great to hear you are happy with the car.

Cheers

Alistair