JG Pasterjak wrote:Parkeway wrote:As an MS3 owner I can give you my pros and cons...and the "pros" vastly outweigh the "cons" in my book.
"Pros"
Torque till the cows come home - not much lag and punch in the gut at 3500ish; *Steering feel is good, sharp and "point-and-shoot" quick; *Responds well to easy mods like intake (20hp) and turbo inlet; Cobb Accessport unlocks even more power. Safely.; A BEAST in the twisties; Best braking in the game IMHO; Room for the kid's carseats or two grown adults in the back
"Cons"
Car won't pull till redline on a stock ECU map and 1st/2nd gear are governed by ECU to prevent wheelspin of all things; Torque steer is prevalent (a stiffer rear motor mount fixed mine); Heavy car; High boost levels require a fuel pump upgrade on pre 2008.5 cars
Overall, a great get-away-with-murder-daily-driver-track-car-in-an-unassuming-package sports car.
Who's mount did you use? I might be interested (especially if we can make a new industry pal)
jg
I went with the cheap n' cheerful corksport motor mount inserts. if you're not going to go much farther than an intake and downpipe, they're more than adequate. no more vibrations than the stock mount, it just gets rid of the annoying wheelhop when you lay into it in 2nd or 3rd and the tires can't manage. I never really had an issue with torque steer at Stg1+ SF intake unless the tc was on, in which case when it would grab the spinning wheel and send power the other way, it would tug at the wheel a bit.
if you like the extra revs with the intake, it only gets better with a downpipe and aftermarket intercooler. I've got a cp-e catted downpipe on my car and it'll run to 6500 still pulling pretty strong. part of the reason the stock tuning closes the throttle and reduces the wastegate duty cycle (to lower boost) is that the stock turbo is a bit undersized for the application, and running past 6000ish takes it outside of its efficiency range.
have you requested your copy of Accesstuner Race yet? COBB released it a couple of weeks ago and people have been making some progress on their own versions of the off the shelf maps. i've taken the boost tables and AFR targets from the economy map to make a stage 2+ intake economy map.
