Chaos's 05 STi: OFFICIAL JOURNAL. Back from the body shop. Still official.

[CHAOS]

go dyno ur car... youll see

[FASTERTHANU]

did you max the gears out to get 254whp?

[CHAOS]

its more maxing the engine out... i believe it was done in 3rd gear... so basically you run it to redline in 3rd gear and then you have ur numbers.

[FASTERTHANU]

yo, how much for dyno? like for my car.

[CHAOS]

i think i paid $70 for 4 runs... check out xotic motorsports.. they are one of our sponsors... call and ask for andy... tell him jon patton sent you.

[wgknestrick]

Originally Posted by chaos311clarity

its more maxing the engine out... i believe it was done in 3rd gear... so basically you run it to redline in 3rd gear and then you have ur numbers.

4th gear.

And to no offense to anybody here, but I think dynoing a stock car is throwing money away these days. You can search the net for hundreds of stock dyno sheets for about any car. Your car will be within 5hp of the mean with how well (repeatable) they build engines now. Save your $70 for after you mod to really see how much HP you have.

I understand the need for a baseline, but it's hard to go against a mountain of data.

[JET02WRX]

Originally Posted by wgknestrick

..And to no offense to anybody here, but I think dynoing a stock car is throwing money away these days. You can search the net for hundreds of stock dyno sheets for about any car. Your car will be within 5hp of the mean with how well (repeatable) they build engines now. Save your $70 for after you mod to really see how much HP you have.

I understand the need for a baseline, but it's hard to go against a mountain of data.

Jon as always... I'm jealous of your car....

As far as dynoing a stock car goes... imho I agree it makes no sense if you don't plan on doing any modifications. If you do plan on upgrading...then for some, its a must in order to truely see gains that pertain to your car and your and your car alone. I dyno'ed my WS6 when it was stock. I made 15 HP more than most other stock graphs I had seen. Jons car actually dynoed almost 10hp higher than most stock STI graphs I've seen as well. Everyone i've come across has put down around 245whp...but everyone likes to spend their cash in different ways...

[FASTERTHANU]

Originally Posted by JET02WRX

Jon as always... I'm jealous of your car....

As far as dynoing a stock car goes... imho I agree it makes no sense if you don't plan on doing any modifications. If you do plan on upgrading...then for some, its a must in order to truely see gains that pertain to your car and your and your car alone. I dyno'ed my WS6 when it was stock. I made 15 HP more than most other stock graphs I had seen. Jons car actually dynoed almost 10hp higher than most stock STI graphs I've seen as well. Everyone i've come across has put down around 245whp...but everyone likes to spend their cash in different ways...

amen

[CHAOS]

Originally Posted by wgknestrick

4th gear.

And to no offense to anybody here, but I think dynoing a stock car is throwing money away these days. You can search the net for hundreds of stock dyno sheets for about any car. Your car will be within 5hp of the mean with how well (repeatable) they build engines now. Save your $70 for after you mod to really see how much HP you have.

I understand the need for a baseline, but it's hard to go against a mountain of data.

if you understand the need for a baseline, then what you said kinda negates itself. i dyno'd my stock car because i wanted to see what my car specifically put down. i knew about what kind of power it should make, but no specifics, hence the dyno. i feel like my money was well spent and i was pleased with the results.

[CHAOS]

Originally Posted by JET02WRX

Jon as always... I'm jealous of your car....

As far as dynoing a stock car goes... imho I agree it makes no sense if you don't plan on doing any modifications. If you do plan on upgrading...then for some, its a must in order to truely see gains that pertain to your car and your and your car alone. I dyno'ed my WS6 when it was stock. I made 15 HP more than most other stock graphs I had seen. Jons car actually dynoed almost 10hp higher than most stock STI graphs I've seen as well. Everyone i've come across has put down around 245whp...but everyone likes to spend their cash in different ways...

thanx john

[WRXD]

Originally Posted by JET02WRX

Jon as always... I'm jealous of your car....

As far as dynoing a stock car goes... imho I agree it makes no sense if you don't plan on doing any modifications. If you do plan on upgrading...then for some, its a must in order to truely see gains that pertain to your car and your and your car alone. I dyno'ed my WS6 when it was stock. I made 15 HP more than most other stock graphs I had seen. Jons car actually dynoed almost 10hp higher than most stock STI graphs I've seen as well. Everyone i've come across has put down around 245whp...but everyone likes to spend their cash in different ways...

Those are sweet stock STi numbers!!

you said the dyno normally reads low? Pretty average numbers for the Sti are 230-240whp. I have only heard of a few that hit 250 stock. If your dyno read low, then you very well could have somewhere in the 260s!

Originally Posted by FASTERTHANU

hey chaos311clarity. Why does your car had 254 whp, I thought they come 300/300 whp?

I hate to break it to you man...but those numbers they quote on the TV commercials...thats not actually the power you are putting to the ground...you lose quite a bit of horsepower to drivetrain loss--- its kind of sad that an Evo owner doesnt know that...since AWD cars have it the worst.

[CHAOS]

exhaust should be going on the car this weekend... im amped... tuning shortly thereafter.

[TTsupra911]

Originally Posted by WRXD

I hate to break it to you man...but those numbers they quote on the TV commercials...thats not actually the power you are putting to the ground...you lose quite a bit of horsepower to drivetrain loss--- its kind of sad that an Evo owner doesnt know that...since AWD cars have it the worst.

Unless you drive an SRT-4 and then usually there dead on.... and then you get off the dyno try to launch and get wheel hop and wheel spin like a mofo FWD<AWD FTW

anyways chaos the car looks great. If you don't install your exhaust this weekend let me know, I'd be more then willing to give you a hand

[TripleBlack9SE]

Nice post Jon!

The STi is lookin good...and the front lip is super-nice...i dont think that was on there the last time i saw you. Well done!

Next time you go for a little photo-shoot, hit me up...id like to get some pics with an STi

[05CGMSTi]

Car looks great man! Love the V-limited lip and the JDM fogs. Looking forward to seeing it around sometime.
What did you pay for the Genome exhaust? I have the Apexi WS now, but I may be replacing it in the future.

[Renegade_]

Originally Posted by 05CGMSTi

Car looks great man! Love the V-limited lip and the JDM fogs. Looking forward to seeing it around sometime.
What did you pay for the Genome exhaust? I have the Apexi WS now, but I may be replacing it in the future.

came with the car

[CHAOS]

thanx for the comments guys

ttsupra- got it partially on... ran into some fitment issues that ill hopefully get taken care of today... ive got a tuning session scheduled for this evening.

jon- ill definitely hit you up... PM me ur number

05cgmsti- the genome was on the car when i bought it... so i paid about 30 grand for it haha

[CHAOS]

THE RESULTS!!

well after some fitment issues with the fujita downpipe ... aka dont waste ur money... ive now got a 3 inch tapering to a 2.5" in the rear... and it sounds ****ing awesome... i also had andy from xotic motorsports tune her up with the latest ECUTEK EasyECU software... and holy **** shes fast. without further dragging... heres the dyno chart.

for those of you that cant see it...

300 AWHP, and 345 AWTRQ

[Renegade_]

glad to hear you got it all squared away - I gotta hear it some time

[lagos]

congrads again on the power!