If anyone is interested, I'm going to sell my bluespark. Make me a reasonable offer. Nothing wrong with it or how it works, I liked using it. Just going to move on to a bigger car eventually.

 

Longshot, but any change you still have the Bluespark?

 

Konig reforms with stock all season tires DCT. They were like 9 to 10 pounds lighter each than the stock wheels. Haven't changed it from the stock C setting yet.

 

Been driving with the bluespark for a while now. Has made a huge difference, then added a pierburg valve in the wg side and it's just all around better and more consistent. Honestly traction is my biggest issue at this point. With my lightweight wheels I cannot floor it anymore and not spin the tires even in 2nd gear... so once these burn off I will be looking for some better rubber.

 

I am looking to replace my wg actuator as well. From using them on previous boosted cars they provide and more refined boost delivery. What wheels and tires you have now? What bluespark setting do you use? Are you a manual or DCT car. Thanks for posting.

 

The "boost" boxes will never be better than an actual "good" tune. Coming from the Evo world I have spent countless hours on a dyno and road tuning my '06 Evo IX. I have tuned and been tuned on 91 oct, 100 oct and E-85.
Fast forward to my N-line. Nowadays dealers are on to tuned vehicles. I will not invest into an additional ECU to have it available to swap out in the event I need to. Plus the cost of having someone tune it that puts the cost over 1K which is not in the cards for me. For anyone else who wants this then great.....enjoy.
The piggyback serves its purpose fine to me. Heck in the early days guys would just use a manual boost controller and step up boost that way. Now the piggyback senses and does this. If you run one with precautions you will be fine. I changed to the recommended plugs and run over 91 oct if I go to Sport+ or Race settings. I will upgrade the wastegate solenoid as all have mentioned as the stocker starts stuttering and is inconsistent. I intend on getting a boost gauge and start doing some logging as well.
Since I only paid $250 for my scorcher and $277 for my Takata stg 2 intake I am happy with the performance/fun factor. Can't see getting anymore performance since N-line is just FWD and a single tire fryer.
So does the Bluespark have 4 settings too? Scorcher has Stock, Sport, Sport+ and Race. I assume A,B,C and D may correlate to about the same on the Bluespark.

 

Nice....Install that and have some fun!

 

So, after running the Bluespark for a few days I'll highlight my pros and cons for this part. I will use the SXTH Element stage 0 tune as a reference point since that's what I had on my Veloster for years.

Cons: This is just tricking the ECU into producing more boost. You still have the funky tune from the factory except now when the boost comes on its much more aggressive. Up against the SXTH tune it is inferior in the sense that on the proper tune my Veloster would jump to 21 pounds of boost from 2,500 damn near to redline. This just produces more boost on the factory tune. SXTH was power on tap, this still has a bit of lag on it.

Pros: This is a marked improvement over stock. If you keep your shifts up in the rev band you stay in boost much better vs stock. It will chirp second gear if you get on it and it pulls much harder than stock. Passing power in 6th gear on the highway, 4th gear pulls like a beast on the highway. If I had to put a number on it I would say this is 2/3rds of the joy from the SXTH Stage 0 tune at half the price. Install was 10 minutes since I don't have a stock airbox to remove.

I'm still on the recommended "C" setting that it came set to. Once I do plugs, packs, downpipe etc. I'm thinking of moving it to D and see how the car performs.

Is anybody on here running it on the D setting? If so could you list your mods and what your impression is vs the C setting?

 

Well, happy birthday to me!

 

Finally pulled the trigger and got a bluespark. Thanks for the coupon code Jeff!!

 

When you get it installed tell us what you think!

 

I ran an E30 tune in my Fiesta ST. The FiST only has a 12 gallon tank so I would add about 3 gallons of E-85 per empty tank. I used a calculator app for in between fill ups. On our tank which is 14 gallons I would figure 4 gallons would bump you up to at least 93 oct equivalent. Here is a link to a calculator:

BREW CITY BOOST - ETHANOL CALCULATOR

Calculate expected ethanol % for e20 / e30 / e50 tunes. Tools to measure ethanol content.

www.brewcityboost.com

Have used E85 on all my boosted cars. My Evo made 450 whp with it.

 

I ran an E30 tune in my Fiesta ST. The FiST only has a 12 gallon tank so I would add about 3 gallons of E-85 per empty tank. I used a calculator app for in between fill ups. On our tank which is 14 gallons I would figure 4 gallons would bump you up to at least 93 oct equivalent. Here is a link to a calculator:

BREW CITY BOOST - ETHANOL CALCULATOR

Calculate expected ethanol % for e20 / e30 / e50 tunes. Tools to measure ethanol content.

www.brewcityboost.com

Have used E85 on all my boosted cars. My Evo made 450 whp with it.

great info thanks man. 450whp GOTTTTTTTTT DAMN!

 

I am lucky to have E-85 pumps nearby and can add a few gallons to bump up our 91 oct if needed. Works like meth injection but don't have to worry about buying a system to add it.

 

I'm considering doing the same, got some E-85 pumps around me too. Lemme know how it goes if you try it/what ratio you went with

 

Yes I did and I have checked up on it. Having owned a modded Fiesta ST and Evo I understand the precautions. Was able to get over there and read all the posts. Allot of info there like you said. Thanks for the heads up. Only have 500 miles on it and just enjoy being in sport mode for now running on 91 oct. Didn't think I would be able to find something as reasonably priced and fun as a Fiesta ST but I think I have. Both have their high points but ESGT N-line is more reasonable to live with day to day. Also being DCT my wife can drive it.

 

Glad you're enjoying it and have done your research! I'm running 91 + lucas octane booster, may just be snake oil but I noticed it drives better

 

Installed my scorcher module this week and really like the response it has given the car. I picked up a used one for $200 less. Installed with it a Takeda stage 2 CAI. It provided the slight induction noise I was looking for and now can hear the turbo spool. Swapped out plugs for the colder recommended set and went through the different module programs. Race mode gets with it pretty good! Just going to leave it in sport mode as it provides a good response until I get about 600 more miles on it and do a oil change. Want to do some 1/4 mile runs as I have seen others get into the low 14's with a similar DCT set up. Coming from a Fiesta ST this is impressive.

 

Careful on race mode for extended periods of time. Some folks have had some engine issues with that setting. Check out the I30/GT owners group on Facebook for more info

 

Got my bluespark module today. Car never felt like boost regulated properly stock and with this it made it feel worse. Yeah I get how from a butt dyno it could make it seem faster but this is certainly not the way to properly improve your vehicles performance and it definitely isn't capable of making the gains it claims. I'll be sending it back first thing tomorrow morning.

I'm just going back to my original path which was intercooler, downpipe and ecu tune from SXTH Element.

 

Surprised to hear this. Did you change your boost control solenoid? If not, it makes sense that you're running into this issue. That should be replaced with any tune/chip you put onto the car. That and the BOV Solenoid. My recommendations at least.

 

Submitted to join. May take awhile to get approved. Wonder if they want a blood sample......

 

lol don't worry, it's pretty snappy. Got mine within a few days

 

I have a Scorcher coming. Hopefully I can get it installed and report on it next week.

 

I’ve heard from other forums to avoid the Race setting just to avoid potential engine issues

 

Yeah unfortunately that’s true. Had to ship mine to a friend in AZ and then ship it here

 

Bummer they don't ship directly to Kalifornia due to CARB!

 

I am pretty confident it isn't traceable. I'll let you guys know when I'm due for a scheduled maintenance and have to remove it.

 

What'd they say considering getting this tune as well just want to keep her under warranty

 

Only one way to find out if it's really traceless then...I went ahead and purchased it along with some colder plugs and a catch can. I think I'm going to wait for my downpipe and intercooler before installation but only time and UPS can tell.

 

Also, there should be some leeway if you use higher octane gas, since the OEM "tune" is for 86 or whatever.

 

Well, I'm not as sure about the "traceless" claim. That may be a bit far, most modern ECUs can log these changes and these can show up when the data is pulled.

 

Is the bluespark chip detectable? Also, you guys that have installed it, have you done any mods to help support the extra power? Colder plugs, downpipe, solenoid upgrades, etc?

Edit:
Nvm, I've seen that it claims to be 'traceless' and it has different modes so I can install my upgrades incrementally.

 

Got my blue spark and installed it today. What a difference! It smoothes out the boost and overall performance. I have the automatic and it spins the tires through 3d gear. If anyone is in the market for one, here's an attached coupon for ten percent off

 

Thanks for posting th

Got my blue spark and installed it today. What a difference! It smoothes out the boost and overall performance. I have the automatic and it spins the tires through 3d gear. If anyone is in the market for one, here's an attached coupon for ten percent off

Thanks for posting that, I used it! Hoping to smooth stuff out, similar to how my Cobb smoothed out my WRX back in the day.

 

Man lemme tell ya. The bluespark is the real deal. This is my first car that I've ever tuned, but the power/torque gains were so immediately noticeable. Honestly completely changed the car. Looking into what it'll take for me to be able to run the highest setting (E9)

Happy to answer any questions for anyone who has them

 

Man lemme tell ya. The bluespark is the real deal. This is my first car that I've ever tuned, but the power/torque gains were so immediately noticeable. Honestly completely changed the car. Looking into what it'll take for me to be able to run the highest setting (E9)

Happy to answer any questions for anyone who has them

So I got the ‘18 Elantra gt base 2.0 model... which blue spark should I order then? Sites kinda confusing

 

How is everyone liking their bluespark? What part number did you get for your 1.6t gt n line? The website is a little confusing the way it is set up, may get one and want to get the correct box...

 

I reached out to bluespark and for the Elantra 1.6 T-GDi engine this is the correct part https://www.bluesparkautomotive.com/hyundai-elantra-1-6-t-gdi-sport-204ps

 

93 Octane. That’s why they recommend on the higher settings.