"His name was Morpheus... and he sent me a key... a key that unlocked the Matrix... and now... my LMS Tuned XSport... flies..."
Okay, so his name was Anthony...
Last night after work I pulled my XSport into the warehouse, below zero temps outside here. I tightened all the spark plug gaps to .030 using a NAPA Spark Plug Gauge
http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Spark-Plug-Gauges/_/R-SER165_0006544127. Next I replaced the thermostat, and installed the 3Bar. After the parts were all installed and everything was put back together, I connected the LMS tuner and loaded in the 93 Octane 3Bar tune. Last, I ran it, topped off the coolant, and headed home about 40 miles away.
The first thing I noticed was the harder shifts, which I know it's part of the adaptive learning process. I also noticed that I can easily hear the turbos now, which I could hardly hear them when stock. Giving it part throttle when pulling away from a traffic light I was easily leaving everyone behind. I came to an intersection on some back roads, nailed the throttle from a stop with traction control off. All 4 wheels broke loose, took off hard, I looked down to see when I'd hit 60 and I was already past it! By this time I was already laughing saying "Holy s***"! Did not expect that... Next I'm curious to see how the mileage is effected and how the trans feels after adapting completes.