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Old Dec 6, 2016 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ben.harris
Hmmm - OK, well mine's not totally standard. Internals-wise, it is, but I've also done the following to it:

- Cosworth panel filter
- 440cc injectors
- Ported manifold
- Harvey up-pipe
- Silicone Y-pipe
- 3" downpipe with 200 cell cat
- 2.5" stainless exhaust mid section and silencer
- 3 port boost control solenoid

Maybe I should be seeing more....
I would have expected more too, I would expect 270+ with the turbo being the limiting factor
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 08:05 AM
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I would have expected more too, I would expect 270+ with the turbo being the limiting factor
Sport cat will be what's holding it back a little. I's a case of do you want the hastle come mot time for the sake of 10bhp.

Blowing exhaust won't help either.

In Duncans defence, I can see why with a blowing exhaust ond maybe some other small problems why he's not spent the time on it to stretch every last bit out of it, If I were doing it on a car with problems I'd just make it safe and tell him to book back in for a tweak when all the problems are solved and the car is in good shape to be looking for that "last bit"

Better safe than sorry.

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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
Sport cat will be what's holding it back a little. I's a case of do you want the hastle come mot time for the sake of 10bhp.

Blowing exhaust won't help either.

In Duncans defence, I can see why with a blowing exhaust ond maybe some other small problems why he's not spent the time on it to stretch every last bit out of it, If I were doing it on a car with problems I'd just make it safe and tell him to book back in for a tweak when all the problems are solved and the car is in good shape to be looking for that "last bit"

Better safe than sorry.
Blowing exhaust? Must of missed that part
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 08:29 AM
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If you knew you had a blowing exhaust. Why take it for a map though.
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Matty81
If you knew you had a blowing exhaust. Why take it for a map though.
There is no blowing exhaust! Ditchy just made that bit up lol
A rush mapping session is what happened,which wasn't signed off with a final road run!
Poor form imo.
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ossett2k2
There is no blowing exhaust! Ditchy just made that bit up lol
A rush mapping session is what happened,which wasn't signed off with a final road run!

Poor form
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JCR34
Is this something I need to be worried about it going bang or will it be fine to carry on driving.

Has a slight leak on the up pipe so wondering if that's the cause of the fluctuation?


As usual people don't read EVERYTHING that's written.


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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster


As usual people don't read EVERYTHING that's written.

The confusion has come from the quote you were replying to suggesting 270HP+ should have been attainable and mentioning the sports cat (plus other mods) which was aimed at my car, not the OP's which has a fully de-catted, but blowing exhaust...

The OP hasn't had his car mapped yet. He was enquiring about Duncan and I simply posted to say that I'd had mine mapped by Duncan last month and gave details when people asked and has now somehow morphed into yet another "have a go at Duncan" thread.

The only problem Duncan had with my car was a vacuum hose that had gone brittle and blew off during the mapping session. It took less than 5 minutes to identify and resolve.

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Originally Posted by ben.harris
The confusion has come from the quote you were replying to suggesting 270HP+ should have been attainable and mentioning the sports cat (plus other mods) which was aimed at my car, not the OP's which has a fully de-catted, but blowing exhaust...

The OP hasn't had his car mapped yet. He was enquiring about Duncan and I simply posted to say that I'd had mine mapped by Duncan last month and gave details when people asked and has now somehow morphed into yet another "have a go at Duncan" thread.

The only problem Duncan had with my car was a vacuum hose that had gone brittle and blew off during the mapping session. It took less than 5 minutes to identify and resolve.
The OP as had a remap - Post 1.
He later mentions his blowing up pipe - "Has a slight leak on the up pipe so wondering if that's the cause of the fluctuation?" Post 35

PPPPPPP

"Recently had a remap on a blobeye Impreza. Has a couple of mods.

Fully de cated (2.5" I believe)
Miltek exhaust
Sti TMIC
NGK PFR6B spark plugs
Lightened pulleys
Walbro 255 fuel pump
Ramair foam air filter

Remap was done on a rolling road and only made 272bhp.

Always run on Tesco 99 Ron.

From the tuning guide I've read I should have expected around 280-290 bhp.

Any ideas why the short fall in power?

Cheers
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 02:31 PM
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Ah, OK. Fair 'nuff.
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster


As usual people don't read EVERYTHING that's written.

YES @ @ditchmyster read the thread properly!!!
Dynamite Dunx didn't map the OP's car

Nor did the OP have a sportscat

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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ossett2k2
YES @ @ditchmyster read the thread properly!!!
Dynamite Dunx didn't map the OP's car
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 08:24 AM
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Matty81 dont bother taking it to tdi, they are not a subaru specialist and may not be able to tune your car to how you would like it.

I have had my car tuned by Duncan for 4 years now, currently running 436 bhp, 385 torque, completely standard internals, just bolt on parts with 20% methanol mix, has run superbly well with no issues, for 20,000 miles.

Lots of launches as i do like a blat up the 1/4, fastest time currently is a 12.14 @ 113 mph, i am close to Lakeside at times, so if you fancy a test drive of how my car is, im more than happy to meet up.

Duncan has alot of haters on this forum, dont let them make a decision for you, i know its good to ask the question, but most of these people have probably never actually used duncan or had there cars mapped by him, they have heard stories, and feel the need to jump on a band wagon to belittle him and how he maps.

I too have heard stories of engines going bang, and bad mapping from every single tuner that have been mentioned on these forums, and yes they include RCM ,Scooby Clinic, Engine Tuner,Bob Rawle, Zen, etc etc etc

Its your money, YOUR decision, pros and cons where ever you go IMO.
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 08:49 AM
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Thanks for the info bud. Had a look on tdi and they do specialise in subaru's reading their website. Won't be until next year though, so a while for me to decide where I'm gonna go.
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 09:23 AM
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Lmao, its haters on him now? Given what i have read all over the place i think there a tad bot more to it than just haters.

I see he gave up posting on 22b after Andy made him looking like a monkey with a keyboard hahahaha

Use him at your peril
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 09:30 AM
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No smoke without fire...
Or should I say...no explosions without dynamite!!!
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by On-the-bog
Lmao, its haters on him now? Given what i have read all over the place i think there a tad bot more to it than just haters.

I see he gave up posting on 22b after Andy made him looking like a monkey with a keyboard hahahaha

Use him at your peril
Why are you hiding behind a different forum name, something to hide?
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by jayallen
Why are you hiding behind a different forum name, something to hide?
I don't remember what my old login was since i hadn't been on for about 5 years so i created a new account. What has that got to do with anything?

Or trying to deflect the subject?
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On the bog.

Clearly a Internet Troll.

Listen to him at your peril.

I have nothing to add, you have nothing valuable to say. I have no interest in you or any further comments you may add on any subject. Ciao.
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Originally Posted by On-the-bog
I don't remember what my old login was since i hadn't been on for about 5 years so i created a new account. What has that got to do with anything?

Or trying to deflect the subject?
I'm trying to deflect nothing just curious as to why you have all of sudden decided to log on 24hours today posting 200+ times when by your own admission, haven't been on for 5 years....

So what was your username before you "forgot" your login.....?
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Originally Posted by ossett2k2
No smoke without fire...
Or should I say...no explosions without dynamite!!!
Loads of mappers have blown up customers cars, loads of people were on the JGM bandwagon and he even killed his own engine while mapping it!
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Originally Posted by jayallen
So what was your username before you "forgot" your login.....?
I bet hes conveniently "forgot"!!!!!
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Originally Posted by BoozyDave
Loads of mappers have blown up customers cars, loads of people were on the JGM bandwagon and he even killed his own engine while mapping it!
Killing your own engine is slightly different from killing a customers!
Never seen a bad word about Simon
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There have been a failures with JGM, but most were kept quiet.
He always had 'tweeking' days up our way, every other month or so. He charged £150 for a tweek and was doing 8-10 in 5 or 6 hours. Then 2 months later the same lads were paying for another tweek , surely if it was mapped well and within its limits, it wouldn't need tweeking every 2 months

When I first bought an Impreza 8 years ago I wanted it remapping, I nearly didn't have it done because I thought it would need a £150 tweek every 2 months to keep it running right
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Originally Posted by BoozyDave
There have been a failures with JGM, but most were kept quiet.
He always had 'tweeking' days up our way, every other month or so. He charged £150 for a tweek and was doing 8-10 in 5 or 6 hours. Then 2 months later the same lads were paying for another tweek , surely if it was mapped well and within its limits, it wouldn't need tweeking every 2 months

When I first bought an Impreza 8 years ago I wanted it remapping, I nearly didn't have it done because I thought it would need a £150 tweek every 2 months to keep it running right
Yet no complaints on here? Why have there never been any posts about it?

My car was mapped 4 times by Simon because of different stages of tune. Never needed a "tweek". Had the car mapped at SRR, Area 52 and Scooby World. I didn't travel there from Glasgow for no reason

Did Simon ever map your car?
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In the 10 years I've been on SN I've not seen one bad post about JGM's mapping.
Duncan is a different matter,and it's not just bandwagon witch hunt talk!
It's fact!
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He never mapped mine, I was put off by the constant need for tweeking.

Hence, I never comment on the quality/power of remap or drivability of his maps

There have been threads on here over the years, but a lot were on local forums by reputable posters
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Originally Posted by ossett2k2
In the 10 years I've been on SN I've not seen one bad post about JGM's mapping.
Duncan is a different matter,and it's not just bandwagon witch hunt talk!
It's fact!
Has Dunc mapped yours?
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Originally Posted by BoozyDave
He never mapped mine, I was put off by the constant need for tweeking.

Hence, I never comment on the quality/power of remap or drivability of his maps

There have been threads on here over the years, but a lot were on local forums by reputable posters
Post a link then mate, would be an interesting read lol.

403 bhp (20% meth) on a 2.1 with TD05 18g supplied by JGM never missed a beat with 2 years abuse and no "tweek" needed. Engine still going strong at 500 bhp now.
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Originally Posted by BoozyDave
Has Dunc mapped yours?
Yes
I have the shattered pistons in my garage and,his poor map on my laptop.
Best place for both are in the bin!
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