^I notice I also tended to ease back just slightly in 1st before shifting. If I kept the same TPS (only for aggressive driving, DD is no problem) I would get a bit of bucking/rev hang from time to time (not consistent at all). But for 1st gear only if I lift off just a hair the shift is perfect and I can instantly lay in to her hard (just the way she asks for it ;P ).

 

Any way to rid of this boost hang without lifting off a bit? Parts? Mapping?

 

I already have the ECU closing throttle there. It helps, but not fully.

 

Small update.

Put some new tires on this weekend. Same tires as before, Continental DWS but upsized to 245/40/18 from 235/40/18.

Also updated the alignment. Went from -0.8 front camber to -1.9

As expected, it totally transformed the car. In all honesty this should be the first mod anybody does with a RA. Camber bolts and alignment.

 

Did you do the rear camber kit as well? I was pretty happy with the -1.5ish my lowering-spring install left me with, so I let it be; seems to cooperate pretty well with the -2 up front (after some ingalls bolts as well)

 

Just front camber bolts. If I was going to track the car I would do the rear to take the rear negative out but I'm not, so I won't.

 

Did you ever install the 24mm rsb?

 

It's still garage mounted.

 

How is the clearance at that width of tyre? I can't imaging anything bigger than my 225's fitting under the arches.

 

My rear fenders are rolled.

I'll take some photos this weekend if I get a chance.

 

Running 255's here woot

 

So Bryan I am thinking of doing e85 with my New setup would it be bad to get tuned on e85 during the winter months? Will I have starting issues?

 

I'm curious of this too. Not so much for the starting issues, but in regards to safer tuning. I've had a few people asking me about switching to e85 here and it was my understanding that (if you only plan on getting it tuned once) it's generally safer to convert and tune on e85 during the summer months, especially around here where they change the blend for winter.

I always thought that if tuned on e85 fuel during the summer, when/if the concentration changes to e75-ish during the winter it will richen the mixture and still be relatively safe to run vs. tuning on the 75-ish blend in the winter and having it potentially lean out when running hard during the summer months on an 85 blend. I realize an ethanol concentration tester would eliminate any doubt, but many people wont or don't want to bother testing their fuel regularly.

Thanks

 

I'm curious about tuning in the winter months in general... especially something like an e-tune where you need to go do pulls. Because the temperature is obviously much lower than it would be in the summer months, I believe with the higher air density you would run leaner than you would in the summer, even at the same boost. Based on this reasoning, I'm thinking of holding off tuning my new X until at least mid-spring. Am I totally off the mark?

 

As I understand it the denser air creates more boost, causing the load to increase; this would transition you to a richer part of the fuel map. So maybe your fuel tune will have more of an impact.
I was getting a re-tune ever 6 months for seasonality. Now I'm trying to learn how to manage this on my own (don't ask how it's going, haha).