Protomotive E85 tune
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Email Todd @ Protomotive and ask?
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No need to do rods on stock turbos, or?
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You don't have to but if I am going to build a higher hp car, I am going to upgrade it so I don't get a 30k bill because I bent a rod and blew the motor.
My plan when I get back to the US is to upgrade the rods, do coolant tubes and add injectors then decide if I want to upgrade the turbos. I can do all of those things myself so it won't be a super expensive upgrade.
My plan when I get back to the US is to upgrade the rods, do coolant tubes and add injectors then decide if I want to upgrade the turbos. I can do all of those things myself so it won't be a super expensive upgrade.
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You don't have to but if I am going to build a higher hp car, I am going to upgrade it so I don't get a 30k bill because I bent a rod and blew the motor.
My plan when I get back to the US is to upgrade the rods, do coolant tubes and add injectors then decide if I want to upgrade the turbos. I can do all of those things myself so it won't be a super expensive upgrade.
My plan when I get back to the US is to upgrade the rods, do coolant tubes and add injectors then decide if I want to upgrade the turbos. I can do all of those things myself so it won't be a super expensive upgrade.
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I have Protomotive (Bosch) 80lb injectors, and a 5-bar fuel pressure regulator. The latter is quite cheap and will buy you a whole lot of headroom. If I were doing it again I would buy the Injector Dynamics ID1300's (also mostly Bosch) and be done with it since I plan to swap to those soon anyway.
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Stock car except for e85 tune and exhaust ?
So I got the protomotive xpipe and tune. I installed the exhaust a couple months ago but I had a full tank of 93 octane so it took a while to burn it off. Well I finally got around to a full fillup with E85 so I figured I would post my feedback.
1. Todd was amazing to work with, answering my 10000 questions quickly and shipping everything out quickly as well.
2. The catless xpipe exhaust sounds great. I don't notice any drone and even my 7 year old daughter told me today to keep the radio off so she could hear the Porsche.
3. The E85 tune is ridiculous. I have driven fast cars before...cars with 500+rwhp and the Porsche on E85 scared the **** out of me the first time I spun her over 5k rpm. The tires can break loose easily.
4. The tune retains 100% stock idle and drivability characteristics. No differences at all.
Now the bad....so I was merging onto the Autobahn today. Third gear then shifted to fourth, then 5th at around 4k rpm. I floored it and at about 5k rpm the clutch slipped badly. I was ready for it and shifted to 6th and got off the gas.
So now I have to decide if I want to do a clutch swap over here where is it VERY Very expensive or do I detune it until I get back to the US in about 2 years.....I was hoping it would last at least a little while.
1. Todd was amazing to work with, answering my 10000 questions quickly and shipping everything out quickly as well.
2. The catless xpipe exhaust sounds great. I don't notice any drone and even my 7 year old daughter told me today to keep the radio off so she could hear the Porsche.
3. The E85 tune is ridiculous. I have driven fast cars before...cars with 500+rwhp and the Porsche on E85 scared the **** out of me the first time I spun her over 5k rpm. The tires can break loose easily.
4. The tune retains 100% stock idle and drivability characteristics. No differences at all.
Now the bad....so I was merging onto the Autobahn today. Third gear then shifted to fourth, then 5th at around 4k rpm. I floored it and at about 5k rpm the clutch slipped badly. I was ready for it and shifted to 6th and got off the gas.
So now I have to decide if I want to do a clutch swap over here where is it VERY Very expensive or do I detune it until I get back to the US in about 2 years.....I was hoping it would last at least a little while.
Do an upgraded clutch now.
Does this car have stock turbos?
congrats on fun set-up
