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Anyone chipped their 2.5 N/A engine

Posted:
Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:00 pm
by [Liberty2.5]
Hey,
Just curious if any one has chipped their naturally aspirated engine?
If so, what type, how much, and did it make much difference?
Thanks


Posted:
Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:02 pm
by silo's_sube
Hey mate,
there is another forum which i started a while back on this and didnt get much response from it. Got told a tune would be better...but got no answers as to the reality of tuning an n/a.
and also the phrase,'sure you can do it if you want your engine to blow up' got thrown around a little bit so im not sure if its the best thing.
cheers

Posted:
Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:55 pm
by overl0ad
a tune wil help with the AF ratio
and some other stuff.. but iforget what.
damm beer makes me forget...

Posted:
Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:25 pm
by silo's_sube
overload with the tune, is that pretty pricey compared to the little gains you would get?
i have been noticing that lately with beer too...

Posted:
Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:26 pm
by overl0ad
the AF tune will get u better km/$ of fuel.
depends on your other bits too. exhaust system. how big? this that...
this is purely playing with the AF ratio tho, not the timing and all that.
ie: SAFC + tune
usually a tune on dyno will set u back around 200~300 depending on who you go to and how "good" he/she is.
i'm looking at getting my car chipped, but not ready to do anything mroe to it untill subaru sort out the "new and improved version of our great DMF" whcih they put in not so long ago.
edit: DMF + clutch plate was replaced 11 Sep 2007 at subaru glenn.
comment for replacement was: "REPLACED DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL AND CLUTCHPLATE DUE TO , NOISY OPERATION"
even gave me the warranty cost...
Re: Anyone chipped their 2.5 N/A engine

Posted:
Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:21 am
by LibJam
the "v-tune" by Vinnie (?) at Docklands is supposed to be good, heard some good reports for around the $300 mark... but would it really do that much for the 2.5NA? I've only heard reports done on 3.0R's and GT's...
Will
*edit.... should read the last-post date first....
Re: Anyone chipped their 2.5 N/A engine

Posted:
Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:04 pm
by teK--
I'd be looking at other benefits like driveability and throttle response as opposed to peak power which would be minimal if any gains. Otherwise would rather spend the $300 or so on higher impact mods such as an uprated rear swaybar

Re:

Posted:
Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:28 pm
by adhar
overl0ad wrote:
damm beer makes me forget...
But beer makes you so much better looking!

Re: Re:

Posted:
Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:11 pm
by overl0ad
adhar wrote:overl0ad wrote:
damm beer makes me forget...
But beer makes you so much better looking!

awwww... i feel loved
Re: Anyone chipped their 2.5 N/A engine

Posted:
Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:40 pm
by sinist4
do et and see if its worth it lol
Re: Anyone chipped their 2.5 N/A engine

Posted:
Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:59 pm
by bydant
You should get a few gains out of getting a tune.
The areas that can be improved on are throttle responsiveness, fuel consumption and power.
Subarus are tuned for passing emission testing and the worst case fuel possible in a country, or sometimes its a hand full of countries.
I have worked on forced induction subarus, but not NAs.
I was looking at doing my own, but I am not sure that the NA liberty is a supported car under ROMRaider.
In all I would say that it would make the car a bit more fun to drive.