Tune - MY08 STI Liberty

by **miller0** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:07 pm

Hi everyone,

I had my 08 STI Liberty fitted with an XForce turbo back exhaust on Friday, followed by a tune with Michael South (MSR).
The exhaust is three inches from the turbo back, and then mated up to my stock STI quad mufflers.

I am absolutely over the moon with the result. I wasn't expecting the car to drive as well as it does now, nor was I expecting that much of a power figure.

The turbo spools up faster, and the car now has a nice note to it now with no drone what so ever - exactly what I was looking for.
Michael said the overall power figure was the best he has achieved on an STI Liberty, and after taking it for a drive himself, was stoked with the end result.

Huge thanks to Michael South for the exhaust install and tune, I honestly couldn't be happier.

Dyno sheet below.

And a shot of the car.

by **Gambit** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:20 pm

A very freakish power result, well done . Many people have spent buckets loads more money for more mods and for marginally more power than this!

by **rooby** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:25 pm

That is great. And even with stock muffs. Is the exhaust the only mod?

by **miller0** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:33 pm

Gambit wrote:A very freakish power result, well done . Many people have spent buckets loads more money for more mods and for marginally more power than this!

Thanks mate, I know - Michael was as surprised as I was.
Still smiling!

by **miller0** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:36 pm

rooby wrote:That is great. And even with stock muffs. Is the exhaust the only mod?

Yep, only mod is exhaust.
I spoke to Michael alot before going in for the tune, and he advised that he actually got a better result by mating up the STI quad mufflers to a 3" XForce exhaust before, plus it lowered the noise level, so I went with that.

by **mynameisdaniel** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:41 pm

Nice, seems too easy to get that much power

Is 18psi safe on the stock turbo and internals?

Got a clip of the exhaust sound? I don't want mine much louder than it is at the moment, just more of an aggressive sound when I open it up

by **miller0** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:46 pm

mynameisdaniel wrote:Nice, seems too easy to get that much power Is 18psi safe on the stock turbo and internals?

Got a clip of the exhaust sound? I don't want mine much louder than it is at the moment, just more of an aggressive sound when I open it up

Apparently so. Michael is a very safe tuner, so I have my full trust in him.

I don't have an exhaust clip right now, but can possibly get one for you over the next few days.
Even from a video, it's hard to get an accurate and true sound but.

I definitely recommend this combo tho (XForce > STI quads). I had the same concerns as you; didn't want something too loud, or droney.
There is a clip in the Exhaust section of the forums from Jery who has the same setup - check his out

by **Kekotic** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:53 pm

How can I get 600Nm of torque?

by **mynameisdaniel** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:00 pm

miller0 wrote:
mynameisdaniel wrote:Nice, seems too easy to get that much power Is 18psi safe on the stock turbo and internals?

Got a clip of the exhaust sound? I don't want mine much louder than it is at the moment, just more of an aggressive sound when I open it up

Apparently so. Michael is a very safe tuner, so I have my full trust in him.

I don't have an exhaust clip right now, but can possibly get one for you over the next few days.
Even from a video, it's hard to get an accurate and true sound but.

I definitely recommend this combo tho (XForce > STI quads). I had the same concerns as you; didn't want something too loud, or droney.
There is a clip in the Exhaust section of the forums from Jery who has the same setup - check his out

Fair enough, always good to know.
No problem, if you do put one up I'd love to hear it. Yeah sounds exactly like what I'm after, I want the power gains and a note but nothing loud and definitely not droney

Is this the one you're talking about? I'd love the sound of this as long as it doesn't drone while driving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCRbZxQsilA

by **miller0** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:43 pm

mynameisdaniel wrote:
miller0 wrote:
mynameisdaniel wrote:Nice, seems too easy to get that much power Is 18psi safe on the stock turbo and internals?

Got a clip of the exhaust sound? I don't want mine much louder than it is at the moment, just more of an aggressive sound when I open it up

Apparently so. Michael is a very safe tuner, so I have my full trust in him.

I don't have an exhaust clip right now, but can possibly get one for you over the next few days.
Even from a video, it's hard to get an accurate and true sound but.

I definitely recommend this combo tho (XForce > STI quads). I had the same concerns as you; didn't want something too loud, or droney.
There is a clip in the Exhaust section of the forums from Jery who has the same setup - check his out

Fair enough, always good to know.
No problem, if you do put one up I'd love to hear it. Yeah sounds exactly like what I'm after, I want the power gains and a note but nothing loud and definitely not droney

Is this the one you're talking about? I'd love the sound of this as long as it doesn't drone while driving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCRbZxQsilA

Yep, that's the one. Sounds alot deeper when driving, but there is definitely no drone.
I would definitely recommend it.

by **jacks-GTB** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:52 pm

+ 1 well done

Mick is awesome...

by **imania** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:00 pm

chaotic2050 wrote:How can I get 600Nm of torque?

Get your tuner to use the brakes on decel on the dyno iirc :lol:

by **jaydece** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:27 pm

Hello Luke,

Nice results there?! dont take this the wrong way? I'm just curious.....

But I must ask....looking at jacks-GTB results also from MSR and his current mods...I'm just wondering how can you of pulled that figure? especially on the torque side of things?

by **Rome_BRZ** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:57 am

I'm kind of thinking the same thing, doesn't look quite right. If you get a chance you should take it to the drags or do a few 0-100km/hr pulls and let us know the results

by **crowds74** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:14 am

what kinda money did this cost ya approx?