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Old 12-19-2008, 12:30 AM
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COBB Off the shelf MAPS bad?
Just got my AP and I recently heard a veteran Subie owner that COBB's MAPS cannot be trusted and can ruin your stock ecu. Is that true?
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as far as i know cobb maps are perfectly safe. however they are not optimal for power. a little on the rich side.
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+1 a so cal guy blew his motor on one
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lol prolly due to his own modds not the maps. or the maps were incompatible? =p
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I know a lot of people ignored the "use stock intake" rule for the Cobb maps. The maps however run on the more conservative side, meaning that sacrifice power for safety.
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lol prolly due to his own modds not the maps. or the maps were incompatible? =p
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him not knowing what detonation sounds liek and blowing a motor
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off topic but how much did you buy the AP for? i'm looking to buy one as well.
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^ same here im been looking for one for almost a week now i need soon cuz i have dinero on hand for now
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Here's where you can buy a COBB AP for $625.00 plus Free Shipping!
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off topic but how much did you buy the AP for? i'm looking to buy one as well.
Well, first off I appreciate your feedback. I bought my COBB AP from CVR Motorsports. Hit up www.cvrmotorsports.com, right now they have free shipping. Godspeed on your tuning.
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him not knowing what detonation sounds liek and blowing a motor
Really? His fault then not the map lol
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im having good conservative fun on my COBB maps. i'm planning to get a pdx map after i install my ej257 block on my wrx.

pdx maps, anyone hear any good results with them?
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ok... Cobb maps are menat as a "get to the tuner" map... they are not meant as a drive around all the time map... it is safe, but a tune is recommended
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Hat3r 671, look into Clark Turner maps.. he does e-tunes if you're on a budget, and basically personally tunes your car.. you just got'a get the map.. log it, send it back, he revises.. and repeat until perfect.
Clark Turner has a thread on Nasioc.

Also, John Shafer(tuner from Cobb) does e-tunes as well...
john.shafer@cobbtuning.com
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