Jon, DP and Dylan attempt to help a 03 Subaru WRX owner with some low boost issues and then find an unusual answer to the problem. Dylan then shares the recent issues with his 2011 Subaru STI and the strange issue with a coil pack we had not seen before.

00:00 Intro  00:44 Matt's 03 WRX Boost Issues

For episode #102 of the Flatirons Syndicate Motorsports Podcast, we are picking up where we left off with the last Podcast.

Since Episode #101, Donut Media has released 2 more videos with their Hi Low WRX project cars.  And they have had a ton of new issues.

If you want to take a look at them, they are the HiLow Brake episode and the HiLow Turbo episode on Donut Media's page.

Given the reaction that their first engine failure had on the community, we had to take a closer look at what happened in their Brake Hi Low and Turbo Hi Low videos.  From there, Dussex, Tasso, and Jon have a good conversation about Subaru's and their potential in general.

Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned! 

For episode #101 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, Jon catches up with Dussex and Tasso.

Dussex wrapped up his season at the Global Time Attack Finals at Button Willow, but he ended up having an engine failure at that event as well.  We talk about that, and this leads us to a discussion about the Donut Media Hi/Low WRX engine failure as well.

Beyond that, Tasso is involved in looking at the rules for the CHCA for next season, and one detail that they need to nail down is what is a Rally Car?  It turns out that this is a more difficult question than you might think.

DP and Jon tackle a 2010 Subaru WRX STI with a strange oil pressure issue and Donut Media's Engine failure in their HiLow WRX.  What might have gone wrong?  And are Subaru engines really that fragile?

The guys try to help out a fellow gearhead trying to balance family and cars, a 13 Subaru WRX with ethanol sensor problems on a Flex Fuel Build, a 04 Subaru WRX with boost control problems, a 04 Subaru Forester XT with engine swap questions, and finally a 2013 Subaru WRX with a wandering idle. 

Jon and Mike aka Drifting Platypus aka DP got to talking and found that they both were regular listeners to the Car Talk radio show with Tom and Ray Magliozzi.  That inspired us to get a list of problems or issues that you all are having, and that is what we talk about here!

In this episode, we talk about:

A guy trying to balance family life with his car hobby 

A 2013 Subaru WRX with a malfunctioning Ethanol sensor on a Flex-Fuel build 

A 2004 Subaru WRX with boost control issues 

A 2004 Subaru Forester XT with some engine swap questions 

A 2013 Subaru WRX with a idling issues 

If you have a problem or issue you would like us to discuss, be sure to leave it in the comments, or to send it to us through the Contact Us Link on the Flatirons Tuning web site.

Thanks for listening and Stay Tuned!

This is the first episode of something new that we are calling "Hey, what's your problem?"

Jon and Mike aka Drifting Platypus aka DP got to talking and found that they both were regular listeners to the Car Talk radio show with Tom and Ray Magliozzi.  That inspired us to get a list of problems or issues that you all are having, and that is what we talk about here!

In this first episode, we talk about:

A Subaru WRX with Tuning Issues 

A Subaru WRX Hesitation and popping from the exhaust under partial throttle

A Subaru Legacy with a JDM Swap that is having hesitation issues 

A Subaru Forester with an Evap Leak, P0457 Check Engine Light Code

For episode 100 of the Flatirons Syndicate Motorsports Podcast, we got Tasso and Dussex in the shop, to record the episode "old school" but we live streamed the episode as well.

We talk about the beginnings of the podcast, and about how the podcast changed and developed through the years.

At the end, we make some predictions about what might happen in the next two years and 100 episodes.

For episode 99 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, we first check in with Dussex about his last couple of races, and Tasso about how he is getting along with finding a shell and building a new OTC Rally Car.

We also have a new member of the Podcast this episode, Mike aka. The Beard aka. DP, from the shop.

We then talk about the news that the Pikes Peak Hill Climb is now working with manufacturers that want to set an Official Race Time on Pikes Peak, but outside of the actual race that is only held once a year.

This now makes Pikes Peak effectively America's Nurburgring... But is that a good thing?  Or a bad thing?  

And what does it mean for the race itself?

We also talk with Dussex about the 2023 PPIR Gold Rush Race that he is putting on the week after the hill climb next year.

Lots of good stuff packed into this episode.

Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Loni Unser is part of a family that has a rich history in motorsports, and especially in racing in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.  In this episode we talk about her road from racing go-karts, to Miata's, to driving in the 100th Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

Believe it or not, Loni started out racing on skis, not in anything with 4 wheels.  That came later when she started driving Karts a bit, and that quickly moved into racing Spec Miata with NASA Rocky Mountain.

From there she ran the Mazda MX5 cup with Hixon Motor Sports in 2021, and her success there set the foundation for her to secure a place in the Porsche Cup for the 100th running of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

For episode 98 of the Flatirons Syndicate Motorsports Podcast, we talk with Loni about her path to racing, what she though about competing in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb for the first time, and we also talk to her about Shift Up Now which she is a part of.

Thanks for listening and Stay Tuned!

There are a lot of WRX STI swapped Subaru's out there, and most likely iWire has had a hand in a lot of them. But since we last had Brian on a lot has changed. With the Cobb Green Speed changes, and the fact that all modern WRXs and STIs have a CAN bus, it is a lot more difficult to swap the engine and transmission now.

But since this is what they specialize in, this is exactly what iWire is working on now. Brian is trying to get his modern CAN bus STI swapped RS through California's BAR certification. Once they figure the process out, it will hopefully help with applying the process to other cars.

We also talk about all of the different build iterations that Brian's RS has been through, including trying to make an EZ36 6-Cylinder swap work with the help of a Haltech Standalone, and what went wrong.

Thanks for watching episode 97 of the Flatirons Syndicate Motorsports Podcast!

Stay Tuned!