A rally car goes through a lot on stage between the rough terrain and demands that the driver puts on the brakes, suspension, and especially the engine. One of the keys to success in Rally is to have as reliable a car as possible, and it is with that in mind that Jeremy from Money Shift Rally installed an Emtron Standalone ECU in their Rally car. For episode #141 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Jon sits down with Jeremy to go over the data that he collected from the 100 Acre Wood rally and what they have learned from it. What is the relationship between oil temperature and oil pressure? Wh ..read more

Dominic Acia is back for the second part of our conversation in episode #140 of the Flatirons Syndicate podcast. In this second part, we dive into Dominic's experience developing and making parts for the Subaru EJ platform. We talk about pistons, stroker and de-stroker EJ25 builds, and of course we discuss the his Cylinder-4 Cooling mod. We also talk about somethings that he is working on, including a Dry Sump oiling system and Air Oil Separator. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned! You can find Dominic at: https://www.getadomtune.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@GetaDomTune/videos Here is ..read more

Dominic Acia of GetaDomTune has been a constant fixture in the Subaru world for over two decades. For this episode we sat down to talk about how Dom got started working on and tuning Subaru's, and the plan was to talk about what he is doing now with parts like the Cylinder 4 cooling mod, and the new parts he is working on, etc. And we did. It was a great conversation, but we chatted for over 2 hours. So we are going to break this conversation up into two parts. Part one is all about how Dom started playing with, and then working on Subaru's, and how he got involved with tuning them as well. Pa ..read more

For Episode #138 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Jon, Tasso, and Viet sat down to talk about the state of both Tasso's new OTC Racing Rally Car build, and the Flatirons Tuning Pikes Peak car. The conversation started out well, and some good points were made.... But then the conversation got a bit chaotic. It is a good chat and we hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening and Stay Tuned ..read more

For episode #137 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Jon sits down for a deep conversation about Subaru Engines with Ryan from P2P Racing. P2P Racing has been building up a diverse set of engine packages, and they have been doing a ton of testing in their project cars at events like Super Lap Battle, and World Time Attack. From that experience, they have learned a lot about what works on high-power Subaru EJ and FA engines, and they do a few things differently from some other engine builders out there. They are also working on a crazy re-fresh for one of their shop cars, and Ryan shares what h ..read more

For episode #136 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Jon has a deep conversation about Turbochargers with Matt from Turbo Dynamics. Turbo Dynamics has been building high performance Turbo Chargers for Sport Compact cars since the mid 90's, and one of the first cars that the specialized in were Subaru WRXs and STIs. We switched to a Turbo Dynamics MDX555-450 turbo on our Pikes Peak car years ago, and we were immediately impressed by it. In this episode, we try to get an idea of how Turbo Dynamics builds their turbos, and what sets them apart. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned ..read more

In the last few years, Subaru has been making some big changes which have helped them continue to grow, but some of those changes have not gone over well with enthusiasts. The BRZ has made a big step forward with the second generation, and so has the WRX with the new VB chassis, but we have lost the STI. The Crosstrek and Outback Wilderness Editions are big hits, but they only come with CVT transmissions. In fact, it seems like CVT transmissions are taking over Subaru. So the question is, can we save Subaru? Could a couple of small changes make cars that aren't doing that well like the Ascent ..read more

On this episode of the Flatirons Syndicate podcast, Jon sits down with Tasso and Jeremy from Money Shift Rally to talk about all of the lessons that they have learned building a new Rally car/Race car. Both Tasso and Jeremy have been working on building up their cars, and while Tasso is still in the midst of his build, Jeremy has completed the build of his car and run a couple of events, but in doing so has discovered a few things that need attention, or needed to be adjusted. When you are building a race car from scratch, there are ton of things to consider from seating position, how you are ..read more

For episode #133 of the Flatirons Podcast, Jon sits down with Harvey from The Boostcreep and Zek from In Boost Performance to talk about Tuning a car and making power Post-Greenspeed. In April of 2022, Cobb Tuning announced that they were making a fundamental change to the way their Tuning software worked with the Cobb AccessPort. Their goal was to move to get CARB E.O.'s for as many parts that they could, but in doing so, they also had to dramatically reduce the access that Tuners had to re-map the ECU when tuning a car. Now that we are nearly a year and a half on from that change, there are ..read more

There is no easy form of Motorsport. They all have their challenges, but one of the most challenging forms is Endurance Racing. There aren't many Subaru's that compete on track for hours at a time, but one is the STI run by James "Gator" Hudson of Colonel Red Racing. And he is building up an impressive history of wins. For episode 132 of the Podcast, Jon talks with James about how he found Endurance Racing, and about all of the aspects of the build of his car from cooling to power to aero to find a winning combination. If you want to follow James and Colonel Red Racing, check out these links b ..read more