My journey to Freektuneland

[PearlySpeed]

Well a couple months ago I had an itch to modify my daily driver, a 2013 CWP Mazdaspeed3, something I repeatedly told myself that I wouldn't do. I restrained from doing so for more than a year and 30k miles, but my daily commute was just becoming boring again. Florida summers just seem to be getting hotter and hotter, and well you know the effects of heat on a turbocharged vehicle. The speed didn't feel happy anymore. So I decided to start with the basics, picked up a Cobb APv3, Autotech internals, NGK 1 step colder plugs, JBR 3" Intake, RMM and TMM, a CNT Catless DP with a 3" CBE, and a CPE TMIC. I picked up some OTS tunes through a vendor and ran them for about a week. The care felt completely different, in a good and bad way. The powerband was quite useless on the street. It made gobs of TQ early on and fell flat on its face in the top end. It was fun for a few days roasting the tires in 3rd gear, but thats not what I wanted. The delivery was not smooth at all, and it felt like the tune was wandering on it own. The idle was jumpy, boost was inconsistent and I felt like a needed someone to spend some time dialing the car in. I got in touch with Justin after a week of installing everything and I was on my way. I opted to go with a 93 custom tune and added a side of corn as well. I received my base map within 2 days, sent Justin the requested logs and after 4 revisions he had my car dialed in on 93. After each revision, the car became smoother and more enjoyable. I had realized how much faster the car has actually become, and its completely usable on the street. I threw together a start to finish virtual dyno to show the 93 tune progress, and will do the same for the E33 tune.