[rgt]

Yeah, i saw that one too afterwords.. good eye, i never saw the flame!

['05 STi]

Originally Posted by SoaReS

this is a better video comparing the cobb stage 2 vs stockness
http://videos.streetfire.net/categor...7C5CCCB457.htm

Thanks for the vid. The Stage 2 definitely walked away. It's obvious that off a roll the Stage 2 is definitely going to show the superiority, because off the dig in the other video it wasn't as clear.

Good vid.

[xjerseyzfinestx]

raced a stage 2 protuned sti....drove a stage 2 protuned sti.....much faster



.....stage 2 teh winner

[jawwadh]

Originally Posted by '05 STi

Thanks for the vid. The Stage 2 definitely walked away. It's obvious that off a roll the Stage 2 is definitely going to show the superiority, because off the dig in the other video it wasn't as clear.

Good vid.

was that a fifth gear pull?

['05 STi]

Originally Posted by jawwadh

was that a fifth gear pull?

I'm not sure. I'm not the guy that posted the vid. But that Stage 2 car sure took off!

[JKonquer]

remember withs tage two you gain lot of torque at the low-end, not as much as top-end. So from dig, it will be much much faster. on a roll,not much of difference.
however i have to tell, it made big, big difference when i got mine protuned.
i have a friend with 350z auto, when i was stock, we were about dead even and he will pull at 5th gear. but now i can gain on him about 3-5 cars on every gear. even at 5th gear.

Not to mention, when you get protuned or stage2, your redline or peak hp drops down to 5.5-6k rpm. therefore you ahve to shift way early. or you just run out of power. with this in mind, he(video) should race again while shifting at 6k

[JKonquer]

Originally Posted by Brahmzy

We need to get 2 cars...same year...one stock...one Stg 2 Protuned...same track...same time...same race...same driver skillz...

...who's gonna volunteer?

me? im staged 2 protuned

[JKonquer]

Originally Posted by '05 STi

For someone reason everyone thinks a Stage 2 STi is some "street beast." I'm estimating, but 30 whp isn't going to make a significant difference. In the 1/4 it may make a difference of about a car length. Hardly a huge "seat of the pants" feeling.

But, every little bit counts.....

its actually 60+whp and 90+wtq after protuned. considering using 250hp/250tq stock base line. and with 95 or 100 octane another 30-50whp.

and it makes huge difference in low-end. HUGE! and 5th gear doesn't feel like sti at all. hehe

['05 STi]

Originally Posted by JKonquer

its actually 60+whp and 90+wtq after protuned. considering using 250hp/250tq stock base line. and with 95 or 100 octane another 30-50whp.

and it makes huge difference in low-end. HUGE! and 5th gear doesn't feel like sti at all. hehe

Ok, what do you mean by "pro tuned?" I thought a Cobb Stage 2 program was a factory program that came on the Cobb AccessPORT that you simply flash, the same as Stage 1.

['05 STi]

Originally Posted by JKonquer

remember withs tage two you gain lot of torque at the low-end, not as much as top-end. So from dig, it will be much much faster. on a roll,not much of difference.
however i have to tell, it made big, big difference when i got mine protuned.
i have a friend with 350z auto, when i was stock, we were about dead even and he will pull at 5th gear. but now i can gain on him about 3-5 cars on every gear. even at 5th gear.

Not to mention, when you get protuned or stage2, your redline or peak hp drops down to 5.5-6k rpm. therefore you ahve to shift way early. or you just run out of power. with this in mind, he(video) should race again while shifting at 6k

Why would your redline drop with a tune? Wouldn't you want to make power up until around 6500-7000 rpm like the stocker?

[JKonquer]

i didn't mean redline.i meant peak power. torque curve is much steeper than stock. i don't think our turbo can handle that high rpm

[rgt]

Originally Posted by '05 STi

Ok, what do you mean by "pro tuned?" I thought a Cobb Stage 2 program was a factory program that came on the Cobb AccessPORT that you simply flash, the same as Stage 1.

As I was admonished in another thread, i discovered that a pro-tune is not the same as a cobb stage 2 reflash. The latter is an "off the shelf" map that has varying results on different cars but the protune "stage 2", as is described above, is having a TBE and then having the car professionally tuned. Where it gets confusing is that "Protune" , correct me if i am wrong, is a software that comes from CObb that allows a tuner to manually change the feul maps instead of buying and loading the basic stage 2 "off the shelf" map. In both cases the hardware is the same - both require a TBE.

[b00st3d]

Originally Posted by '05 STi

Ok, what do you mean by "pro tuned?" I thought a Cobb Stage 2 program was a factory program that came on the Cobb AccessPORT that you simply flash, the same as Stage 1.

*edit* ^^ rgt, you beat me to it.

[East Bay STi]

Cool vid, I like how they ran into oncoming traffic.

-Gio

[drdome99]

good god i have never heard slower shifting in my life, you gotta do a race like that then switch drivers, esp with crappy drivers like that