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I have been getting a lot of inquiries about my Type RA and what all I have done to the car. So, I figured it was about time to make a write up to catch everyone up. This write up isn't going to included every little thing I have done but it will be pretty close. I bought the car May 5, 2018 from Marin Subaru from a good friend of mine Alejandro which made getting my hands on the car way easier. Big shout out to him for making sure everything went smooth at the dealership.  From there it was a waiting game on support from COBB Tuning to update the software so I could access the ECU and start doing some tuning. Once I had the update to AccessTuner I was off and running on building a custom tune for the car. I was able to smooth out the power band and make sure the car was running safely on the crappy 91 ACN fuel we have here in Cali.  The stage 1 tune was completed, but it didn't stay that way for long. I pretty much ripped the top of the engine apart and slapped on a FP Blue Turbo, COBB Flex Fuel, COBB Fuel Rails w/ custom fuel lines with Speedflow fittings, ID1300, Turbosmart FPR2000, AEM 320, and the list goes on. But I ended up with 428/441 at 24psi and it was a lot of fun at the track.  But of course I wanted to go a bit more crazier with the build and opted to put a rotated turbo kit on it so more to come on that. Next I turned to SuperPro USA for some awesome suspension goodies and installed a set of Ohlins Road & Track Coilovers. I also swapped out the wheels and tires to better fit the setup I wanted to run for Global Time Attack in Enthusiast AWD. I went with a set of Titan 7 T-R10 in Machine Black wrapped with 255/35ZR-18 Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. Lastly, I installed a PST Carbon Fiber Drive Shaft in the car as well to get rid of more rotational weight. As I stated above I decided to install a rotated turbo kit on the car because who doesn't like a rotated turbo? I reached out to IAG Performance to get my hands on their top secret turbo kit. I will now be running a Garrett GTX3076r Gen II with a Tail V-band .63 to achieve the quickest spool up with regards to this setup. With the bigger turbo going on, I needed to bump up the fuel system to support it. So I swapped out the ID1300's with ID1700's and also installed a Radium Engineering Dual Fuel Pump Hanger with two AEM 340 pumps. For the fuel plumbing I used -6 fitting and -6 line from Speedflow to supply and return the fuel from the tank. To control the fuel pumps in the Radium Hanger I used the iWire Fuel Pump Controller Hardwire Kit. This kit runs the single pump during normal driving using the factory fuel pump controller while the second pump is triggered from a pressure switch based on boost pressure. This fuel system was installed by the magic fingers of Brandon from M45 Automotive. Some of the last parts to go with this kit would be the COBB FMIC and COBB Titanium Catback. Here is the updated dyno graph with the rotated setup I installed on the Type RA.  You can also check out our Instagram or Facebook Page to get more up to date info on this build. I also have an Instagram Story Highlights about the Type RA as well. Check out the mod list below with some links to info about the mods. For any questions or inquiries on order the parts we used on this build please email [email protected] Til next time, ~Travis P.S. Yes it's still on the stock engine. MOD LIST: Engine:
COBB Flex Fuel and Fuel Pressure Sensor Kit COBB Titanium Catback COBB Fuel Rails w/ custom fuel lines with Speedflow fittings COBB EBCS CSF Radiator IAG Rotated Turbo Kit IAG Comp AOS IAG Transmission, Engine, & Pitch Mounts Garrett GTX3076R Gen II Turbosmart Raceport, FPR2000, Gen-V WG45 Hypergate45 ID F750 Fuel Filter ID 1700x Radium Engineering Fuel Pump Hanger with Dual AEM 340 iWire Fuel Pump Controller Hardwire Kit for Radium Hangers - Double Pump GrimmSpeed Lightweight Battery Mount Kit Antigravity ATX-12 Tuned by Snail Performance with COBB Tuning Accessport Suspension: Ohlins Road & Track Coilovers 9K Front / 7K Rear SuperPro Front Alloy Control Arm Kit w/ DuroBall Caster Increase SuperPro Front Roll Center Adjustment Kit SuperPro Rear Control Arm Kit SuperPro 26mm Front Adjustable and 24mm Rear Adjustable Sway Bars SuperPro Toe Control Arm Kit - Adjustable Drivetrain: PST Carbon Fiber Driveshaft Wheels & Tires: Titan 7 T-R10 Machine Black 255/35ZR-18 Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 Brakes: GoodRidge G-Stop Stainless Steel Brake Lines Front / Rear Exterior: JDM R1300 Convexed Side Mirrors JDM STI Bumper Canard JDM Rear Fog Light STI RA-R Front Fog Light Covers STI Side Skirts
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So you bought that super cool carbon fiber hood for your STI or WRX but you didn't swap over the under hood ducting from your stock hood for your intercooler. Is that hurting the way your engine performs? We did a test on two different 15+ WRX's on the same day to get you the info. Both of these car are running the same mods with stock TMIC. Only difference is one is running the stock hood with the ducting and the other is running a carbon fiber hood with no ducting.  Here is what we found out and wanted to share with you. The graph above is the manifold temperature taken after the intercooler. The bottom line shows the temps from the car with the stock hood with the factory air scoop ducting. The top line shows the temps of the car with the aftermarket hood with no ducting. We already know that the stock TMIC on the 15+ WRX's are not that great and upgrading to a Grimmspeed or ProcessWest TMIC is the best thing you can do for the WRX. The whole pull on the dyno the difference was around 20 degrees this resulted in a power loss mainly at the top end of the power band start at around 4700 rpms. The chart below shows the intake air temp the temp sensor was seeing in the intake. The intake temps are pretty close to each other so you know the air coming in wasn't that different between the two cars.   Here you can see the power and torque loss due to the increase in manifold temps. Some cars can be different, but this is what we found with these two cars. This was a loss of 21 whp and 11 wtq for the car with no ducting. Would have been more if it was in the summer months with the warmer ambient air. In closing the hood does add some style to your car and that's what modifying cars is all about, but if you want the hood please install the scoop ducting or go FMIC. If you have any questions feel free to give us a call be happy help you out. Just a little add on since people where asking about it. This is comparing the stock TMIC to a Grimmspeed TMIC w/ chargepipe kit. You can see that the GS TMIC is keeping the charge air temp lower than the stock TMIC. Also a big improvement at the top end with almost a 40 degrees difference over a stock TMIC. Cooler air equals more power!!   Snail Performance Arizona is now offering APr for your Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, and Lamborghini!About APR : APR LLC is an automotive engineering firm operating a 78,000 sq. ft. performance campus in Opelika, AL with 50+ employees. APR was founded in 1997 with a corporate philosophy of Innovation, Integrity, and Excellence. APR's Sole Mission is to provide the highest quality and most highly engineered aftermarket performance products available for Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen vehicles. Contact us today to schedule your upgrade appointment!
 Photo by Jeremy Howat It’s been a long overdue wait for our new Ford Focus RS to arrive at the shop so we could start tearing into it and begin R&D. First things first…tuning. Being a COBB Protuner, we wanted to utilize the COBB Accessport for ECU calibration. The Ford team at COBB has developed very powerful software that gives us full access to the factory ECU which allows us to recalibrate it to our liking. We started out with the car in completely stock and strapped it on our Mustang Dyno for some baseline pulls. We unplugged the RDU as instructed by COBB and the RS laid down some very nice numbers for a bone stock car: 280 whp and 331 wtq and yes that is the window sticker still installed.  Next, we loaded up the Stage 1 - 91 octane OTS map from the COBB Tuning Accessport to see what changes occur. This map really woke the car up, putting down 296 whp and 358 wtq which was very impressive for an OTS map on an all stock car. Of course we couldn’t stop there; we used the Accesstuner Pro Software to create a custom ECU calibration. After a few small adjustments we were able to squeeze a little more out of the RS. Peak numbers 302 whp and 374 wtq and decided to stop there for now as we were really happy with the results.  Stay tuned, we have more plans for the RS to include adding some E85 to get an E30 mix and some new hard parts. But for now check out the smoke show..  Photo by Jeremy Howat The Seibon C Style Trunk for the 2015+ Subaru WRX/STI was a huge hit and Seibon has done it again! Now with the C Style Trunk for the 2008-2014 Subaru WRX/STI! This is brand new to the market and in limited supply available only from Snail Performance. For More Information contact Snail Performance at 623-518-3462 or Sales@SnailPerformance. Ready to buy?! Click below to purchase immediately before they sell out.   We were happy to team up with Seibon Carbon last year to build up our 2015 Subaru STI for SEMA 2015. Here are some of the highlights from the build by Seibon Carbon. Anyone who has really built a car will tell you that it’s easier said than done, especially when there is a deadline involved. There’s something about deadlines that encourages the universe to throw “wrenches” your way. That’s exactly what happened with Seibon Carbon’s SEMA Subaru STI. Before getting into the details on how the universe tried to conspire against our build, let’s talk about the build.  Anyone who has really built a car will tell you that it’s easier said than done, especially when there is a deadline involved. There’s something about deadlines that encourages the universe to throw “wrenches” your way. That’s exactly what happened with Seibon Carbon’s SEMA Subaru STI. Before getting into the details on how the universe tried to conspire against our build, let’s talk about the build.  Seibon Carbon 2015 Subaru STI at SEMA 2015. Featuring Seibon’s CW-style hood, C-style trunk, MB3-style front lip, MB-style side skirts, MB-style rear lip, and Beat Sonic/Seibon Carbon roof fin spoiler. The first order of business was to wrap the STI with Intense Blue Avery wrap. This color was chosen for obvious reasons. In terms of carbon fiber, the STI received the Seibon Carbon treatment: hood, trunk, front lip, side skirts, rear lip, and roof fin spoiler. SEMA 2015 was the first time the public was introduced to our CW-style hood, integrated duckbill C-style trunk, MB3 front lip, MB side skirts, and MB rear lip. Also introduced at the show, the Beat Sonic/Seibon Carbon roof fin spoiler. The fin spoiler was a special collaboration piece with Beat Sonic and is only available through them.   Beat Sonic/ Seibon Carbon roof fin spoiler.  Up close look of Seibon Carbon’s C-style trunk, MB-style side skirts, and MB-style rear lip for the new STI. The C-style trunk lid is not a style we usually offer for Subarus. This year we decided to make the STI’s trunk a little more aggressive. The feedback Seibon Carbon received was exceptional!  Also on the exterior, Rays/Volk Racing ZE40s in Matte Blue Gunmetal accompanied by Yokohama’s ADVAN Neova tires. This combination allows the STI to maintain driving control on and off the track. On the interior, Razo/Carmate’s competition RP123 MT Super Grip pedal set, black 46g shift knob, and wide mirror. Not everything was smooth sailing at SEMA. One of our show pieces was damaged while in transit to the show! Luckily, and with the help from the crew at Mothers Cleaning Supplies, we were able to restore the roof fin spoiler to its intended glory!  The crew from Mothers Cleaning Supplies helps us repair a damaged show piece! It’s true what they say– “not all heroes wear capes”.  Seibon Carbon 2015 Subaru STI at SEMA 2015. Featuring Seibon’s CW-style hood, C-style trunk, MB3-style front lip, MB-style side skirts, MB-style rear lip, and Beat Sonic/Seibon Carbon roof fin spoiler. Credit:
Written by Seibon Carbon  The first round of Global Time Attack Pro Series is in the books. Road Atlanta was a beautiful track featuring high speeds, huge elevation changes, and close walls that makes any off track excursion a bit sketchy. Getting the SHOWKAR ready for the event was a mad dash. Having suffered some cooling system issues in previous races, the entire engine was torn down and gone through to ensure out 4000 mile round trip would yield solid results. Along with RA Worx, we managed to finish assembly with enough time to participate in a local NASA AZ Time Trials event for testing.  With a happy car, we finished the final pieces for Atlanta and packed up. Having personally been to the Atlanta Global Time Attack / Formula Drift event the past few years without driving, I couldn’t wait to get there and turn some laps. Until this time, the only laps I had under my belt in Atlanta were on Forza and one lap in a Toyota Prius rental car with drift fans screaming for me to do a burnout. ( A Prius wont do a burnout, I tried. ) We arrived Wednesday just before the gates closed to unload the SHOWKAR and get set up. Thursday morning, drivers were given a short practice session in the morning before the competition started Friday. During practice we recorded video and took baseline tire pressures and temperatures.  Road Atlanta is a two day event, and every session counts. The plan was to turn as many laps Friday as possible to learn the track and dial in the car. We took this opportunity to link corners and get an idea of entry/exit speeds without pushing into any of the fast braking zones for fear of pulling a Travis Dukes of Hazard moment like years past. We hit every session Friday, slowly knocking some time off our laps, but leaving a lot on the table for Saturday. Unfortunately in our final session Friday, we suffered an engine failure coming around turn 12 which also led to some oil leaking onto the exhaust wrap creating a small engine bay fire. Luckily Kyle Lewis “BroPhoto” and a few of our other favorite photographers were in the corner we pulled off in. Had it not been for them, the fire may not have been as manageable and I would still have been sitting in the car. Kudos goes to the master tow truck driver that was able to load my car onto the flatbed without removing or damaging any of the aero components. What a bad ass.  For now, we will proceed to build and improve for the future, while prepping the rest of the Snail Team for GTA Pro Am events and the next Pro race in New Orleans. Thanks to my brother Steele, for making the long journey with me, Snail Driver Markos Mylonas for coming out and crewing for me, Rich Kim from RAWorx for the last minute prep, my amazing girlfriend Kasey, and everyone that came out to support the team and Global Time Attack. If all goes well, Road Atlanta 2016 will field 4 Snail Cars on track! A huge thank you goes to all of our sponsors and supporters!!  Whiteline Flatout
Turbosmart USA Turbo by Garrett CSF Radiators LIC Motorsports Forge Motorsport APR Performance Fortune Auto Suspension JE Pistons Mothers Polish Brian Crower Hankook USA Rays Engineering / Mackin Industries Fathead Fabrication For the full image gallery by “Brophoto” Kyle Lewis, click the link here. Written by: Taylor Wilson 
It seems as though 2015 just got here, and yet, we are already multiple races into the New Year! Big things are happening at Snail Performance and we are excited for the new opportunities that have presented themselves. 
Other new partners include Bulletproof Automotive, who along with Snail Performance will be building the first Varis 2015 Subaru STI in the US. This will be a beautiful build using our 2015 STI featuring the full Varis components kit sitting on Rays Volk ZE40 wheels. Be sure to follow this build as it progresses. 
Keep up to date with the team as we keep our page updated with team updates, new builds, and everything Snail Performance! 
Tested out the Turbosmart USA IWG on our 2015 Sti today and it works really well. We first tuned the car with the stock IWG and just swapped on the Turbosmart IWG with no changes made to the tune. Both IWG are being controlled by the stock EBCS. The Turbosmart IWG is running a 7 lbs spring. The Blue line is the Turbosmart IWG and the Red line is the Stock IWG. You can see that boost comes on a littler faster but also over shot the target boost table causing the boost dip. With tuning that will be no problem to tune out. But as you can see boost is holding higher in the upper RPM's with the TS IWG over the Stock IWG. We think this IWG paired with a 3-port EBCS will be awesome combo. We will be trying that out next. 
Ever wondered if the aftermarket Blow Off Valves “BOV” really work or what can they do for your car? Well we did some testing with our 2014 Subaru STI using Turbosmart’s Subaru Dual Port BOV. Info on the car: It’s a Stage 2 STI, only mods are turbo back exhaust, Turbosmart FPR-800, and a Cobb Tuning Accessport Protuned by Snail Performance. We strapped the car on the dyno, then got everything warmed up and ready to go. We started out with the Turbosmart Subaru Dual Port BOV installed and fully tuned the car running just under 19psi of boost. After getting the tune dialed in we swapped out the Turbosmart Subaru Dual Port BOV for the factory BOV the STI comes with stock from Subaru. Now with the stock BOV installed we did some dyno pulls with the same tune and what the graph showed is pretty crazy.
This dyno graph shows the boost curve. “Solid line is the Turbosmart Subaru Dual Port BOV / the Dotted line is the Stock BOV”. As you can see the stock valve is not able to hold the higher boost pressures that the Turbosmart BOV can in the early RPM range. Turbosmart BOV peak boost is 18.6psi and the Stock BOV is 17.8psi but that is just peak boost the graph shows the real gains. Check out how much quicker the boost comes on about 150rpms over the Stock BOV. 
This dyno graph shows the horsepower, torque, and boost curve. So you can see the difference in power and torque. Not being able to hit the target boost pressure with the stock BOV the STI’s torque curve is lowered by 13 lbs. So the question “does a BOV add power?” has been answered why yes it can because boost pressures aren’t lost. 
So next time you are looking at a BOV and thinking it only just adds sound think again. It can actually do more than the cool blow off sounds between shifts. For more information on the Turbosmart Subaru Dual Port BOV, check out this link. Turbosmart Subaru Dual Port 
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