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[Design]

My advice is to plan for a clutch. It's one of those things where it's more dependent on driving habits than the tune itself. I've read owners slipping above 20 PSI with 20-25K on a base tune. Others are still going strong after 30K.

In my case, 90% of my commute is conservative due to So Cal traffic. At 22-24K per year, I expect the stock clutch to last another 50-75K (but I'm prepared to swap earlier if needed).

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[MutatedMango]

I did not have sports mode on, I most likely got the jump on him and when he realized I was accelerating fast to change lanes that's when he tried to beat me before I could change. It is also possible that this was not a 5 series, I did not see the back of the car. It was bigger and had a sportier front end and that is why I assumed it was a 5 series. Could have been a 3 series.

Also is not always about HP, I saw a race between an almost 1000 HP Dodge Demon and a Nissan GTR with less than half the HP, and the GTR won 1 out of the 2 races they had

What GTR has less than 500 horsepower?? Was it an R35?

 

[amirza786]

What GTR has less than 500 horsepower?? Was it an R35?

GTR Nismo, 600 hp I believe. Dodge Demon has 840 hp. Here is the link

 

[aighead]

GTR Nismo, 600 hp I believe. Dodge Demon has 840 hp. Here is the link

Jimoney that Demon sounds mean.

 

[MutatedMango]

GTR Nismo, 600 hp I believe. Dodge Demon has 840 hp. Here is the link

600 is not "less than half" of 840 though bro haha

 

[amirza786]

600 is not "less than half" of 840 though bro haha

I had my numbers wrong, I watched this awhile ago (I was thinking 1000 for the Demon and 500 for the GTR), so you will have to forgive my math... and memory lol

 

[Design]

So I've decided to hold off on the TSP tune until I can find out if they're willing to configure the Rev Hang a little more conservatively. In talking with several tuners familiar with the approach, Rev Hang is designed across the industry to alleviate some crankcase pressure - particularly on turbo applications. Over time, excessive shifting at WOT "could" lead to minor oil loss, increased deposits throughout the PCV, and mild seepage along the oil seals - particularly at the valve cover gasket.

Although I don't think it's going to be a problem, I think I'm going to play it safe and stay with the base maps for now. I'll be following the TSP owners with great interest the next 6-12 months.

 

[fenix-silver]

So I've decided to hold off on the TSP tune until I can find out if they're willing to configure the Rev Hang a little more conservatively. In talking with several tuners familiar with the approach, Rev Hang is designed across the industry to alleviate some crankcase pressure - particularly on turbo applications. Over time, excessive shifting at WOT "could" lead to minor oil loss, increased deposits throughout the PCV, and mild seepage along the oil seals - particularly at the valve cover gasket.

Although I don't think it's going to be a problem, I think I'm going to play it safe and stay with the base maps for now. I'll be following the TSP owners with great interest the next 6-12 months.

I could be wrong, but I thought you could ask TSP to modify those parameters?

 

[Design]

Possibly, but their response in the dedicated thread made it seem unlikely.

I will email them and ask.

 

[amirza786]

So I've decided to hold off on the TSP tune until I can find out if they're willing to configure the Rev Hang a little more conservatively. In talking with several tuners familiar with the approach, Rev Hang is designed across the industry to alleviate some crankcase pressure - particularly on turbo applications. Over time, excessive shifting at WOT "could" lead to minor oil loss, increased deposits throughout the PCV, and mild seepage along the oil seals - particularly at the valve cover gasket.

Although I don't think it's going to be a problem, I think I'm going to play it safe and stay with the base maps for now. I'll be following the TSP owners with great interest the next 6-12 months.

Rev hang is really not as bad as people make it out to be, at least that is what I feel. I prefer rev hang, and hated driving with it disabled. Since you are already driving with rev hang, you can install the TSP Stage 1 tune and before you upload it you can turn rev hang on by unchecking the Disable Rev hang box, than it will be enabled. That is what I did. Later on if they decide to tweak it for you, can than re-upload the tune. I'm telling you, TSP Stage 1 is so much better than the base Ktuner maps because you are not stuck on one driving mode, but have 3! Think about it.

 

[Gotch]

Not sure what you are talking about amirza, I have 6 "modes" with the KTuner dual basemaps. I think that that Sport Hatch has even more with the eco button.

3 maps (on the fly) 2 modes each map (Sport on/off).

 

[amirza786]

Not sure what you are talking about amirza, I have 6 "modes" with the KTuner dual basemaps. I think that that Sport Hatch has even more with the eco button.

3 maps (on the fly) 2 modes each map (Sport on/off).

OK, I didn't know you could switch modes with the Ktuner base maps without reflashing. I did see that they had the maps where you could switch for example 19.5/21.5 with the sports mode button. Thanks for educating me on that. But I can say that TSP has "stock mode" where you can switch to stock with some performance enhancements

 

[Design]

I do enjoy running with a touch of throttle padding. Just enough to dampen the buzzy behavior at higher RPMs. But not so much that RPMs drop immediately.

And to confirm, map switching is available on base maps as well. I run Factory/Factory, Factory/23 (my personal favorite), and 19.5/23 w/ improved turbo response. TSP's main difference over base maps seems to be the additional fuel/ignition tweaks, lighter midrange boost, and higher peak boost on Map 3 Sport. For me it would be worth forking over $80 to try it out.

 

[amirza786]

I do enjoy running with a touch of throttle padding. Just enough to dampen the buzzy behavior at higher RPMs. But not so much that RPMs drop immediately.

And to confirm, map switching is available on base maps as well. I run Factory/Factory, Factory/23 (my personal favorite), and 19.5/23 w/ improved turbo response. TSP's main difference over base maps seems to be the additional fuel/ignition tweaks, lighter midrange boost, and higher peak boost on Map 3 Sport. For me it would be worth forking over $80 to try it out.

Good to know you can also do map switching with the Ktuner base maps. But do you have No Lift Shift? I think that is unique to TSP

 

[Design]

It can be activated with base maps as well. Though I currently don't have it enabled.

http://www.ktuner.com/KTunerHelp/full_throttle_shift.htm

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