tony_bruce wrote:Can you explain the kido tune for me? It keeps popping up.
It's one of the best bang-for-buck mods you can do. I had my car tuned by XRT and the driveability of the car is vastly improved. Many Kido customers will tell you the same thing.
Your car's stock tune from factory is very conservative because Subaru have no idea where you will drive and how you will drive, so to ensure that the car works well for everyone, the car is sold in a very de-tuned state. By tuning the car for your local atmospheric conditions and the way you drive, the car can gain volumes of extra power and torque (with no extra hardware mods), become more fuel-efficient and make the car that much more fun to drive. Flat spots are removed. Lagginess is removed. Go-power from standstill is improved. Idling is improved. etc etc etc.
Tuning is easy - they connect your car to a laptop (effectively turning it into a glorified USB device), take a copy of the existing code that governs how the car handles input and engine control, modify the code accordingly, upload it back to the car, take some acceleration logs, review the data to see where further improvements can be made or if there are problems to address, and then then continue to tweak the code with multiple revisions until both tuner and owner are happy.
If you do decide to do hardware mods down the track (and you will), you can update your tune later to best take advantage of them, though some would argue to do those mods now before you tune.
tony_bruce wrote:DON'T PLAY WITH MY EMOTIONS
Muhahahahaaaa...

I was going to procrastinate, but I put it off...