GollyGwagen (Chuck)

I got back night from a quick road trip into the Rockies for work. Before I left town I decided to swing by Avalon and have the GIAC software installed. They had it done in about an hour and I was on the road with the new setup.

The first observations from in town was it pulling harder to redline and not having the drastic "fall-off" I always felt stock. There was a little pinging under hard acceleration at first, but that went away quickly as the car relearned it's mapping. There was a new turbo report from blow off between shifts which was cool too.

Like some other reivews I read, it wasn't a shocking change right from the shoot. I personally credit a lot of that as it sneaking past the old butt-dyno with a super quiet car and the smooth power increase of the turbo. My perception changed as the miles racked up though, and probably the car became more responsive as the engine came into tune.

I headed striaght out of town on I-70 and into the mountains. The first leg was all on I-70 out to Grand Juntion, about 4 hours of easy mountain driving with speeds in the 70-80mph range. The power change there was quite dramatic with 6th gear pulls being much more powerfull than before. It would pull the car from 70 to 100 with no fuss and plenty quick.

The next leg was all canyon driving with posted speeds ranging from 35-65... for 9 hours straight! It was a lot of fun and the car would either pull nice and strong from any gear above 2k rpm, or go like stink if any gear above 3k. I had MANY (and I mean TONS) of passing to do with it being only 2 lanes most the time with short stretches of strightaway. Pulling from 50-60 in 4th brought a fantastic pull to 90-100 in nothing flat and left me grinning like an idiot. It was certainly nice to be able to pull the passes off in a safe length of road. I watched many people struggle to pass and witnessed some dangerous situations. 10,000' elevation just kills most cars and people had a hard time adjusting.

Overall, very thrilled. Oh, as a side note I always thought that speed warning thing was ridiculous before yesterday. When you are canyon driving cruise just isn't an issue and the car is so quiet it's easy to sneak up into "big ticket" speeds in a hurry. I would just pull up to the speed I wanted and tap the left button and viola! A nice beep when I went 5mph over the speed I set, which is a good range to have some flexability and not have to watch the speedo constantly. Very, very cool feature. Who whould have thought that a feature I thought of as the biggest waste could become one of my favoite features.

-Q

boxster02

Garissimo

thanks for the report. Did you upgrade your diverter valves and TBB before the flash?

brian@avalonmotorsports

upgrade. Please feel free to stop by anytime to discuss your car.

lemieux@curbside

for piece of mind.

GollyGwagen (Chuck)

Those items are still the same as when I got the car. Looking in past records it looks like this is the third TBB on the car. I plan to do the valves, TBB and F-hose next just to be on the same side. Lots of road miles for work, but at least I've got one awesome teritory to drive in!

brian@avalonmotorsports

We'll be ready to help when you are ready.