I personally believe that the "strong/weak" cars aren't necessarily differences from the factory (although there may be minor variances) but more on how you break the car in. There is so much debate on how to break your car in and both sides have valid points, but I personally believe in the "drive it like you MEAN it" break-in method. I've SEEMED to have good results and I even had my car dyno'd after about 3000 miles or so and the place that did the dyno said it was one of the higher reading completely stock 05s he'd seen on his dyno, not the highest, but respectable (I did 218HP/231TQ on a mustang dyno). Now, not sure if that's from my break-in method or a factory fluke...but I'd like to think it was the break-in...

Check this...an interesting read:

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Take it with a grain of salt...you decide what's best for you...

 

Hey, aresix6, where did you get dynoed @. I got dynoed on FFT MD dyno with my near stock 05 GSR - mods and numbers are in sig, didn't have Xede.

I also agree with what you said, but I don't know if the "drive it like you mean it' break-in method is the best (not saying the other is better). BUT I'm gonna do a half-*** comparison........

Me and my buddy got our evos from the same dealer and a month apart. I have GSR and he has a MR. I broke-in my car following Mitus Spec in the manual, but with a little bit more agressivness then Mitsu would like. Now, my buddy broke his in very agressivly, first time he redlined was @ 250 miles (he picked it up w/ less then 10 and @ a dealer about 250 miles away) and continued to beat on it from there on. Now he is complete stock, but he's gonna get a HKS panel filter & JDM MR DV (the same mods I had when I dyoed) and then dyno @ FFT. Then again, this really wont be a great comparison because......

MR has different gearing
I dynoed my car @ 5K miles and his now has 12K miles
I dynoed in Aug. and he'll peobably dyno in Jan. or Feb

Well, whatever.

 

just try and get the one that has the least miles

 

cool, I got dyno'ed at S-Squared up here in Sac. They have an AWD Mustang dyno. They do mostly Subies, but have recently been gettin into Evos more. I'm not really usin them to tune as I am gettin Shiv to tune for me, but I am using them as my benchmark. Every time I get a mod, I'll go there just to see what my gains are. I think that is a better comparison than goin to different dyno's. Even after I get it tuned by Shiv on his dyno, I'm takin it down here just to compare what gains I've gotten to try and take the most variables out. There seem to be some significant variances between dyno's. They are pretty friendly and charge $80 for 3 base runs, no tuning, not too bad, really. I can get their info for you if you'd like.

 

Word, I didnt know there was a MD in Sac, thats alot closer then FFT. I already got my baseline @ FFT, but I might have to get a base line there. Do you think they would give me a deal for two sets of dyno pulls in one week? Here's what I'm thinking, get a new baseline from S-Squared, then go home, installing my exhaust (gonna get in a week or two), driving around for a day or two to check everything and dial in boost if needed, then getting a new dyno to show exhaust gains. I was gonna install my exhaust, then go down to FFT and get the new numbers, but I think this would be better cuz its closer and my original baseline was takin in the summer. Also, my buddy with his MR needs to dyno (like I said above) and my friend with a S/C A4 may want a new baseline (he got his @ FFt the same day that I did). Anyways, I don't know, I have to see, I tell you for sure in a week.