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Rebirth Of A Rally Legend – Prodrive S5 Subaru WRC

The crew at Lyfe Motorsport works on fantastic projects and this late 90s Prodrive built S5 Subaru WRC car is the stuff rally and Subaru dreams are made of. I was tasked with calibrating updated Motec electronics in the vehicle,

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Guest interview on the High Performance Academy “Tuned In” Podcast

Andre Simon, co-founder of the leading high performance automotive education source High Performance Academy, had a chat with me about the pros and cons of standalone ECUs vs. custom reflashing of stock ECUs, CARB EOs, and more.

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Superlap Battle 2021 – Lyfe Motorsport GTR Wins, Resets Track Record

Check out Motor Trend Magazine’s recap of the exciting finish of the 2021 Superlap Battle USA event at Circuit of the Americas. This is the premiere time attack event in North America and it was an honor to be a

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Caught Being Good: A thank you to SPL Parts, a comment on what makes a great aftermarket part, and the value of removing variables from a system.

I want to give a big shout out to SPL Parts for creating this spherical bushing replacement product for R35 GTR, as well as their rear spherical bushing replacements. I think it’s safe to say nobody at SPL sat down

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Turbo R&D for Garret Advancing Motion

In this article which includes excerpts from an article I wrote for Speed Academy, Garrett, often referred to as Garrett Turbo, reveals test results from a deep dive I took in testing multiple sets of Garrett turbos on my project

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Tuning DSPORT Magazine’s 2019 WRX – Part 3

In this iteration of my work on the DSPORT Subaru WRX, the performance benefit of ethanol based fuel is shown, with a 100 horsepower gain on a basic bolt on setup after custom tuning. Key benefits of ethanol fuel are

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Tuning the Speed Academy “Abandoned STI”

The awesome duo at Speed Academy had me along for the ride on their “Abandoned STI” project build which spanned 20 videos with about 200k views, detailing the work involved in building the car and the multiple tuning sessions I

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Tuning DSPORT Magazine’s 2019 WRX – Part 2

In this video interview with Bassem of DSPORT Magazine, you’ll see the dyno tuning process, talking about area under the curve, comparing to baseline values, as well as the test drive where drivability and off dyno performance are verified. We

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Tuning DSPORT Magazine’s 2019 WRX – Part 1

“Sucks” is a pretty strong word and not one I would use to describe the factory tune, but I think it shows how car owners respond to inconsistent power delivery. When you hit the go pedal, you want a smile

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Chatting custom CAN bus and ECU functionality with Andre of High Performance Academy

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