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

 

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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.

 

Definitely recommend both solenoids. Smooths out the power delivery considerably.

 

How hard is it to do the solenoid replacements with:

No garage
No driveway
No jacks

lol

Do you think I could do this on the side of the street with just a ratchet set, and from the top down? No need to get underneath?

 

The bov you can do pretty easily with a 10mm wrench, some elbow grease and a zip tie for the new one all from the top. But wastegate solenoid you want a jack and definitely have to go from under. Definitely a bigger job than the bov.

 

Ok, so I received the tuning box and I can say that I immediately noticed that the power delivery is much smoother, throttle response is way better and turbo lag is non existent. I was able to shave of 3 tenths of a second off my 0-60 time in warm weather. Mid range is better as well. I will use the default setting for a couple hundred miles and then move to the next setting and see how that works out. For 200.00 I think it was a nice improvement.

 

How does this compare to the GAN?

 

I will say this. Besides all of the drivability improvements, my 0-60 time has dropped a full second and this was achieved in 84 degree weather and a full tank of gas. Its not fancy and it doesn't have an app but man does it work well.

 

So you are in the 5.7 second 0-60 range now? You upped the box to high performance, 91 octane?

 

I just ordered one of the Bluespark boxes for my spouse's Elantra GT N-Line with DCT. The guys in the UK were very helpful. I told them about this forum and your favorable comments and promised I would add my feedback as well.

 

I've had a hard time getting in touch with blue spark. Do you have contact info?

 

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

 

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?

 

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.

 

Go with GAN. That is what I have and it's amazing.

 

I forgot to mention the AFE Scorcher. It was dynoed with a 38 horsepower gain and 54 torque. Plus I have the AFE Intake. But the Gan looks good as well. I heard the Race chip sucks.

 

I have a scorcher but haven't installed it yet --- on account of living downtown Toronto with no garage and it being -12 outside lol.

Lots of people liked them though as an interim before they flashed their ECU.

 

Just curious, have you had a chance to install it? If so, how have you liked it so far?

 

Well being that it’s my daily and it’s new with a warranty, I figured this would be a good option as it is easily removed. Also I saw a you tube video between 2 Elantra sports, one with a Scorcher and one with a Lap3 Tune and the module won. I was surprised.

 

Has anyone utilized one of these boost controllers and would I need a tune for it?
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Hey, how long have you had the Gan Box and what kind of performance gains did you see? Assuming you had it dynoed.

 

Just came across another tuning box(RSChip) not to be confused with the race chip. Has anyone used this product?

 

Just thought of this but has anyone had an issue with the boost solenoid Not being able to keep up with the boost causing a surge?

 

I should probably mention that this is with a tuning module. Can the solenoid handle it?

 

Hey, I just came across another Tuning box called BlueSpark and it got excellent ratings. Right up there with GAN and TDI Tuning; but at half the cost. Anyone ever used this brand?

 

I just ordered one of these to try. I will let you all know how it works.

 

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It’s supposed to be the same
Thing, however I heard more positive things About the blue spark and their customer service was far better.

 

I'd say thats accurate in ideal conditions. I was able to do it in 6.0 and 6.3 in 90 degree weather with a full tank of gas.

 

Thats awesome! Now that Ive got 500 miles or so on it, I would keep it on the default setting of C or D if you want some better top end. E isn't has smooth as the latter but its fast.

 

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

 

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