The nicest man in a big brown truck delivered this to me today:

http://www.deadboltspeed.com/images/hydra1.JPG

:banana:

WOOHOO!!!

Will be installing this week and giving an idea of the software.

Me happy!

Finally. . someone posted a pic of what the thing looks like. I almost thought it was vaporware until now. ;)

Calvin

Nope, it is real! It looks quite snazzy! Very professional appearance, no exposed boards, LED's or anything, just a nicely powdercoated box with VERY high quality connectors. They actually have real pivot latches instead of the other cheap alternative found on many products.

Nice. Makes me wish they didn't cost so much (my Corolla doesn't deserve something worth more then itself). :lol:

dammit why is yours so much nicer to look at then mine!!!

They can make them for anything I think, go ahead and treat your Toyota. ;)

they also make them for builts RS's. if you have cams, full exhaust, intake, and such, you can expect to see 12-18 hp gain on an NA.

Is the Hydra going on a 2.0 or 2.5? Is it a VF22 or a Zilla series?
I feel my bank account shrinking...

when is the STi version out? I've been on a waiting list for one of these things for over a month! Great News!

The STI units are in Phil's hands. Call him.

Is the Hydra going on a 2.0 or 2.5? Is it a VF22 or a Zilla series?
I feel my bank account shrinking...

This will be going on our 2.5L hybrid with an experimental turbo. ;) We may have a new turbo available depending on how this testing goes.

:)

Does this mean you may have an EG uppipe for the Tial WG with this turbo?
Will I need new pistons?

dammit why is yours so much nicer to look at then mine!!!

Hydra has made some improvements for Element Tuning in the looks and quality department. Element also supplies some additional hardware for easier installation.

Thanks,
Phil
www.elementtuning.com

I was commenting on the new look... what are the other differences in quality you are referring to? everything else pretty much looks the same as mine.. except for I have the old sticker box... not that nice looking logo hehe... and is this exclusive to element?

Does this mean you may have an EG uppipe for the Tial WG with this turbo?
Will I need new pistons?

We are having a local exhaust shop here custom fab up an uppipe for us, or rather, they are taking another uppipe we have here, and adding the feeder pipe for the Tial.

Well, got the box installed. The install was quite easy, the instructions from elementtuning.com were great, even the wiring of the wideband.

This is such a nice system! I will take some install pics this afternoon.

Well, got the box installed. The install was quite easy, the instructions from elementtuning.com were great, even the wiring of the wideband.

This is such a nice system! I will take some install pics this afternoon.


Wha Happan?

Holy hiatus batman? Jerry where are you?!?!?

Heh the car is for sale, including the Hydra.

Nothing to do with the hydra Im sure? Any other details dwx?

Nah I think he was selling both the Hydra and the Utec with the car. There was something in the car for sale classified, he'll probably chime in here.

saw some old pos with some rims he was sellin... hope he wasnt wasting a perfectly good hydra on that!

How the RS-T crowd doing with the hydra? instally still easy?
-Eli

What a **ck tease that was! I've had a thousand buck down on this thing for 2 months and he's selling it. Phil give it me mine now and I will actually use it and report to the community my results.

LOL hahah

Yeah, it's good when you've figured it out on your own, early adopters like me are sometimes the real suckers.

Finally. . someone posted a pic of what the thing looks like. I almost thought it was vaporware until now. ;)


Same here. It was like "The Emperors new clothes"

Pretty color. :)

-Jim

f the color... I wanna hear from someone whos actual got it up and running (esp on an sti) :)

Sorry guys, forgot about the thread to be honest.

Install was extremely easy, didn't get many pics. The thing runs like a beast!

Is this on a daily driver?

Jerry is it true you are selling the setup as well as the hydra? After all this wait what happened?

is the hook up for an RS going to be just as easy? i guess that one is going out to the RS-T people since WRXers prob wouldn't know. and does it work with cruise now? and any changes?
-Eli

Yeah, I've got one on my RS, easy install, easy to tune, runs great.

I never had cruise control in the car so I can't say anything about that, but the Hydra's a great system.

I will put my cruise back in to see how it goes... will report back..

im gonna get Gannon EMS.

The cruise control will work. At least it does on my 02WRX. It should only be a problem for the STI guys with the DBW throttle body.

i just installed my Hydra. a few problems cause I am a dumb as but we got it straightned out, THANKS PHIL...gonna butt dyno it for the next couple of days... my first time, oh well certainly one way to pop your cherry :) anybody got any pointers for my first day?

STI or WRX

i just installed my Hydra. a few problems cause I am a dumb as but we got it straightned out, THANKS PHIL...gonna butt dyno it for the next couple of days... my first time, oh well certainly one way to pop your cherry :) anybody got any pointers for my first day?
Read the tuning guides on Element Tuning's website, if you haven't already. I have more info for you but I don't hijack this thread. Seach a little, then start a new thread.

Read the tuning guides on Element Tuning's website, if you haven't already. I have more info for you but I don't hijack this thread. Seach a little, then start a new thread.


Its for my 2002 WRX... sorry to hijack. I ran it all day... maybe its just me and I know people will not like what i have to say, but with the hydra unit there is a huge deal with passwords and encryption. It gets me very confused and before anyone says anything, I have been talking with phil from element about this. and I was told to ignore it. But being the nitpicking jerk that I am , I get nervous when I see "fails" under encryption keys. Honestly i think its a great product, I have been helped tremedously, and I am sticking with it and struggling on my first tuning assignment. The tuning guides have been read, I know the software pretty well. The biggest thing right now is that I have nothing to compare my current map/experience too. I understand what I am looking at but without a comparison to where i was or some previous experience i find myself frozen in front of the injector pulses...so thats probably the help i need most

Its for my 2002 WRX... sorry to hijack. I ran it all day... maybe its just me and I know people will not like what i have to say, but with the hydra unit there is a huge deal with passwords and encryption. It gets me very confused and before anyone says anything, I have been talking with phil from element about this. and I was told to ignore it. But being the nitpicking jerk that I am , I get nervous when I see "fails" under encryption keys. Honestly i think its a great product, I have been helped tremedously, and I am sticking with it and struggling on my first tuning assignment. The tuning guides have been read, I know the software pretty well. The biggest thing right now is that I have nothing to compare my current map/experience too. I understand what I am looking at but without a comparison to where i was or some previous experience i find myself frozen in front of the injector pulses...so thats probably the help i need most

It show "fail" in some of the spots because you are locked out of those areas. In most cases those are areas of the EMC you don't/won't need access to. I know it says pass or fail but it means you have unlock codes for some things but not all. Insted of ignoring it just understand it as not being a bad thing. When you have time, start a new thead. There are quit a few guys on tuning the Hydra that will help. I had a bunch of info that I was going to PM you but if you ask ?'s in a thead it will help you and others.