Yeap. Saw a guy selling it for less than it would cost from Cobb with a 10+ week wait, so i did it. Now i just hope Cobb will cancel my order. Heheh.

Must... resist... turboback....

you should let me borrow it first.

Must... resist... turboback....

Must...pay off....Visa.....

I worked this year's No Alibi rally over the weekend. The first long trip I have taken since buying the AccessPort. It confirmed that it is probably the best $600 I have ever spent. Third gear now a lot more useful...able to power through more gravel sweepers without downshifting...and a more free-breathing "Let's pass the semi" experience. A great product.

In a side note I will say that working a rally can be more fun than competing. As I drove across a plateau on East Oliphant road in Asotin county, I looked down at the route book and said "Whoa, those poor bastards (competitors!) have to drive 42 MPH here?". I have to say it is a great thing to live in such a big corner of this country. Huge views, empty roads.

Loren, you should drive north and get your car dirty

Oh, and I have concluded that the new Conti Extreme Contacts are 6.35% better than the OE RE-92s on gravel. I gotta put some real gravel tires on my Visa card!

Oh, and some Winter Alcan reportage in the July Road and Track and Automobile. Look real hard on page 78 in Automobile and you'll see our silver wagon parked next to Pete Soper's black wagon (the one with the big chunks missing out of the front spoiler).

Mine drove twice as good after a week of learning. Mine had a "few" mods to learn around though... either way, the best is yet to come for your AccessPort experience!

Jim... damn. I really wanna get into rally driving. I can't imagine how amazing sliding around dirt and gravel must be. I wish i new some locals who were into it. Budget and hobby free time are constraints right now too... hopefully over the next year or so i'll slip out of one thing and into dirt driving. As it is my weekends are booked til the end of the year. Damn that's depressing! heh.

Brad... yeah, I'll probably do the Vishnu Reset over lunch and see if that accelerates the learning any. I'm bone stock as far as engine mods go so there's not much to learn around at this point. So far the overall smoothing out of the overall driving experience is way more impressive than the power. I really didn't expect it to make shifting that much smoother.

New maps are out. There are also California specific ones for the gas you get.

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New maps are out. There are also California specific ones for the gas you get.

Oh, cool.

/jim going off to look for 94 octane map for that Chevron station in Cache Creek, BC!

Sweet! Thanks for the heads up! Downloadin' now...

Installed the new Stg1 map today at a gas station on the way to work. Wow man. It's amazing how much little tweaks can really make a difference in the overall feel of the car. It feels like it pulls even more now, with a little sacrifice in the smoothness when letting off throttle. Good stuff. I'm not sure if i'm going to run the CA gas map... been reading weird stuff about it on the message boards. I haven't been getting any pinging with the Stg1 maps in the past so i don't think i need it. Apparently they just added a little more headroom for safety in the CA maps. Anyhow, thanks for the heads up! They need a mailing list for new map releases.

Really makes you think twice about picking the right tuner for a custom tune doesn't it? Sure, anyone can hit certain targets, but to do it properly and have the engine run smooth takes experience.

Sorry for the bump, but this doesn't deserve its own thread...

I'm looking for a USDM WRX 5spd manual tranny from a 2002-2003 car. If any of you 'rex guys know someone that has that lying around for some reason, let them know. I also made a post in the WTB section of NASIOC.

Thanks.

You should run a search on the for sale forums on NASIOC and Iclub every day and i bet you'll find one pretty quick.