Ron Swatty says... "Airborne Motorsports is #1!"

jo · Post by jo » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:09 am

Actually I am running an intake now;)

Kouki7 · Post by **Kouki7** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:11 am

ok well when you get your full exhaust is when you'll feel the biggest increase. remember, turbo's love to breath. you'll spool faster and have better top end as well.

jo · Post by jo » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:13 am

I am well aware of it:) I've been focusing on suspension right now though because it's more of an interest to me. I did manage to stomp an M coupe on the top end, though, so I don't think I'm doing too bad power wise with the current set up.

Kouki7 · Post by **Kouki7** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:15 am

nice kill. 300hp stock isn't much to laugh at nowadays with most car coming stock with tons less. (EVO, and 350z are the closest to the STi power wise)

OutDriveU · Post by **OutDriveU** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:44 am

Hey airBorne I saw a car with one of your foglight intercoolers or whatever you call them this Sunday. Is it something you make?

Also are you getting an ECU or piggyback upgrade? Is so what?

airBORNE · Post by **airBORNE** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:32 pm

the foglight heat exchangers is part of a water to air intercooler system that eric is developing. basically instead of cooling the intercooler with moving air it circulates water through the heat exchanger to create a colder intake charge. this system combines the advantages of a FMIC and TMIC for the optimal intake temps without all the extra piping required for a FMIC. as far as engine management goes that car is running UTEC. for my personal car i plan to either do the ECUTEK flash or the Cobb Access port. hope that answered your questions.

.

jo · Post by jo » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:47 pm

I'm trying to decide between ecutek and the cobb access port myself. I'm still waiting for more results to come out for both.

That headlight diffuser thing sounds AWESOME! got any more info on it? when it might be fully available? etc.

OutDriveU · Post by **OutDriveU** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:04 pm

nobody why not the Utech? From what I heard the ECUTEk has a problem with the knock sensing and can lead to the engine blowing pretty easily. I can get the details. But a couple unbiased people said to stay away. But what do I know

jo · Post by jo » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:08 pm

Don't know too much about utec honestly. I really loved what the access port offers though as far as maps and such. I just don't know what to get yet! I have gotten a chance to dig through some of the ecutek code though and it looked pretty solid.

i'm holding off on any kind of engine management for awhile. I have a bunch more stuff to do before i actually need it. and in the meantime i can collect data.

Prince Nismo · Post by **Prince Nismo** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:38 pm

hey airborne how ya doin... it's been along time.. i met you guys when you used to come to the target meets way back... i had a black spec v at the time... anyways, i might be gettin you guys to do some work for me soon. i need to finish up my exhaust system... i've got 3" pipe run to a magnaflo exhaust... thats 2 3/4... what can i say it was free!

airBORNE · Post by **airBORNE** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:55 pm

OutDriveU wrote:nobody why not the Utech? From what I heard the ECUTEk has a problem with the knock sensing and can lead to the engine blowing pretty easily. I can get the details. But a couple unbiased people said to stay away. But what do I know

i havent heard of anyone getting det with ECUTEK??? from my experience it runs very smoothly on WRXs and i expect the same results when it is made available for STi's. I have heard of UTEC having detonation problems however. While UTEC is a piggyback system, and ECUTEK is not, the biggest advantage of UTEC is being able to run multiple maps and switch on the fly. Both forms of EM have their pros and cons, but the most important factor is the tuner.

Roy

airBORNE · Post by **airBORNE** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:04 pm

Prince Nismo wrote:hey airborne how ya doin... it's been along time.. i met you guys when you used to come to the target meets way back... i had a black spec v at the time... anyways, i might be gettin you guys to do some work for me soon. i need to finish up my exhaust system... i've got 3" pipe run to a magnaflo exhaust... thats 2 3/4... what can i say it was free!

thats cool. what were you looking to have done?

Roy

Prince Nismo · Post by **Prince Nismo** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:13 pm

i need to have a test pipe installed unless my DP is long enough and eliminated my cat, then all i need is my exhaust to opened up some more... i found a muffler section of a blitz nur spec but i was kinda looking for something with the stock look kinda like the Tanabe hyper system but nothing is 3" wide... it's all like 2.5 or something. but i need to have that exhaust section fabbed up cuz i don't want it crush bent ya know... and maybe get some electronic tuning later on... PS do you guys have an intake kit for an RB20DET or know a good one... i can't find shiznit for this engine and it's driving me crazy.

Post by **andysapp** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:29 pm

Kouki7 wrote:umm, you do know the FC is one of the best handling cars of its time right?

Of it's time perhaps... in today's time, I'd bet on the STi, IMHO.

MTRLevolution · Post by **MTRLevolution** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:30 pm

poop would win the race.