How-To Load Custom Maps Onto Your AccessPORT

With all our PERRIN customers, we consider all our maps to be Custom maps, because each map is tailored to each car.  With our ALTA customers, all our maps are preloaded onto the Mini AccessPORTs so normally there is no need to go through these extra steps.  There are cases where we feel it requires [...Continue Reading...]

 
How-To Install your AccessPORT (Subaru)

Special Notes About Your AccessPORT Install: Install the AP Manager Program and Check for updates. This is the first most important step to make sure your AP has the most up to date ECU, Vehicle data and MAPs for your car. After the update, you will not see the maps in the AP manager until [...Continue Reading...]

 
How-To Datalog Using Your AccessPORT (MINI)

From time to time we may ask our customers to provide us with a Datalog to help diagnose a problem or help make their tune a little better.  So what is a Datalog?  A data log is just that, a log of data!  The type of data being logged is parameters and information your ECU [...Continue Reading...]

 
How-To Datalog Using Your AccessPORT (Subaru)

From time to time we may ask our customers to provide us with a Datalog to help diagnose a problem or help make their tune a little better.  So what is a Datalog?  A data log is just that, a log of data!  The type of data being logged is parameters and information your ECU [...Continue Reading...]

 
Customer Tune - Ethan Esterline

We have a customer/friend that works at Portland Mini that owns a 2011 WRX and he was asking to get his car tuned.  Normally we don’t do a lot of customer tunes, but in this case i didn’t have much planned one night, and i was dying to tune a Stage 3 2011 WRX. Ethans [...Continue Reading...]

 
Cone Tunes For The First Time

When you email tech@perrinperformance.com, or need help with an AccessPORT map, or ask for help with installing your PERRIN Radiator Shroud, you get Cone.  Chris Cone that is. Chris handles all the AccessPORT customers along with all the general tech stuff.  Chris is 100% a car, guy but never actually tuned a car on the [...Continue Reading...]

 
BMW 135i AccessPORT Stage 1 and Beyond

This is the first time I have made a post on a forum that wasn’t business related for our company, and it should be a good one!  I am excited to be just one of the forum guys this time around. I bought my 09 135i last year just before SEMA time mainly because I [...Continue Reading...]

 

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EVO 9 Stealth Build from JL

JOHN’S PROJECT IX – KEEPIN’ UP WITH THE JONES’ AKA JEFFS’ ’08 STI AND PROJECT X It all started back in March (2008) after trying a few other cars for a wile (mustang GT, BMW M Coupe) I just had to get back into and Evo.  So I was looking at the used ads for [...Continue Reading...]

 
2008 WRX Sedan Stage 2 & 3 Dyno Tuning and Intake!

We left our rather boring but tuned 08 WRX much faster than it started out but it was dying to get more power.  While we were the first to tune the 08 WRX using an AP (not to mention first to tune an 08 WRX period with the Hydra) it was early enough in our [...Continue Reading...]