By Marshall on 07/27/2010

COBB Tuning’s Tim Bailey and his 600hp GT-R on Drivingsports TV!

COBB Tuning’s Tim Bailey and his 600hp GT-R on Drivingsports TV!

Check out Drivingsports.com’s exposé on COBB Tuning’s top tuner, Tim Bailey, and his Nissan GT-R. Along with COBB Tuning ECU Wizards Joe Graham and John “Thistle” Banks, Tim is the man behind testing many of the performance upgrades available for the GT-R market, using his own car as the test mule for COBB’s Godzilla enhancements. Whenever Joe and John take apart a line of code that unlocks more features for...

By Marshall on 07/07/2010

Racer Recap: Cameron Benner takes 1st at Redline Time Attack Round 6!

Racer Recap: Cameron Benner takes 1st at Redline Time Attack Round 6!

Our weekend competing in Redline Time Attack Round 6, Liberty Gran Prix started off about as rough as one could expect. Despite our intentions of fitting our new brake rotors and top hats for the first practice sessions on Friday morning, a miscommunication by our supplier left us without any new brake hardware. “The existing hardware was literally falling apart,” car chief Brian Marsteller stated as he frustratingly tried to...

By Marshall on 06/24/2010

COBB Tuning Smashes Through the MAZDASPEED3/6 LOAD CAP Barrier!

COBB Tuning Smashes Through the MAZDASPEED3/6 LOAD CAP Barrier!

COBB Tuning is proud to announce updates to the MAZDASPEED AccessTUNER engine management software and Off-The-Shelf maps that remove the Load Cap roadblock to producing prodigious amounts of horsepower and torque while still providing all of the sophistication and safety inherent in the stock ECU. COBB Tuning continues to push the envelope in stock ECU engine management control by removing the “load cap” that has prevented enthusiasts from achieving maximum...

By Marshall on 06/18/2010

You Just Cut Half Your Tire Away!

You Just Cut Half Your Tire Away!

I’ve been known to shave tires for racing. I usually get some puzzled looks when I explain why I just cut off half the tread. The RA-1 is one of the few tires where the manufacturer openly recommends shaving for better performance. For their next generation, the R-888, Toyo recommended customers go full-tread. I think this article does a good job of explaining the pros and cons: Buffing or shaving grooved...

By Marshall on 06/14/2010

COBB Tuning Film Festival 2010

COBB Tuning Film Festival 2010

Are you a COBB Tuning fanatic? If so, here is your chance to do what you love and get paid for it. All you have to do is create a YouTube video of you enjoying the excitement and performance COBB Tuning products bring to your driving experience and share it with the world. The contest officially begins on June 15th, the video entry that receives the most YouTube views between...

By Marshall on 06/07/2010

Racer Recap: Brian Lock, COBB Tuning Motorsports GT-R, Overall WINNER! Round 4 Redline Time Attack, Auto Club Speedway

Racer Recap: Brian Lock, COBB Tuning Motorsports GT-R, Overall WINNER! Round 4 Redline Time Attack, Auto Club Speedway

With the season off to a rocky start and the GT-R suffering engine trouble, I wasn’t sure what to expect at the Auto Club Speedway event. However, with a month of downtime spent rebuilding both the STI and the GT-R, we decided to go for broke and run the GT-R in both Modified and Super Modified with our new Yokohama A005 slicks. However, we were taking on a big challenge...

By Marshall on 06/01/2010

COBB Tuning Dominates Redline Time Attack Round 4 at Auto Club Speedway

COBB Tuning Dominates Redline Time Attack Round 4 at Auto Club Speedway

The COBB Tuning Motorsports team dominated Round 4 of the Redline Time Attack series at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, taking 1st in Super Modified AWD, 1st in Modified AWD, 1st in Street Tire AWD and capturing the Overall Event Win. The Super Session wheel-to-wheel race was an exciting inter-class battle and saw the Nissan GT-R win overall in Modified trim and the STI take the Street Tire class...

By Marshall on 05/19/2010

AccessPORT Racer Spotlight: Whitney Edmister, Redline Time Attack Modified Class GT-R

AccessPORT Racer Spotlight: Whitney Edmister, Redline Time Attack Modified Class GT-R

Whitney Edmister is a GT-R owner and racer. Not only does he drive this 2009 GT-R on the street, but he is racing it in the Redline Time Attack in the Modified Class. Whitney’s car is a great example of what the dedicated enthusiast can do with a well-prepared machine and a COBB Tuning AccessPORT! When I started to upgrade my 2009 GTR for the track, I started out with...

By Marshall on 05/04/2010

Racer Recap: Trey Cobb at Redline Time Attack Round 3, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Racer Recap: Trey Cobb at Redline Time Attack Round 3, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

While perhaps not as exciting to the reader, the 370Z was drama free and reliable the entire weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This allowed me to continue to focus on improving as a driver and getting more comfortable in the car. Having other experienced and talented drivers as part of the team is also an enormous benefit as I can always pick their brains on what areas I should...

By Marshall on 04/30/2010

Racer Recap: Cameron Benner COBB Tuning Motorsports STI 2nd Place, Las Vegas Redline Time Attack!

Racer Recap: Cameron Benner COBB Tuning Motorsports STI 2nd Place, Las Vegas Redline Time Attack!

This weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was an absolute roller-coaster ride for the COBB motorsports team. I arrived in Las Vegas Thursday night with plans to test and tune over the course of Friday and Saturday, and by 8:00a.m Friday morning I was in the car learning the track. We began our weekend on par with our previous performances; I picked up the track relatively quickly, running consistent 1.51’s...

By Marshall on 04/23/2010

Video from Round 2 of Redline Time Attack at New Jersey

Video from Round 2 of Redline Time Attack at New Jersey

By Marshall on 04/20/2010

2010 Legacy GT AccessPORT Maps Available Now!

2010 Legacy GT AccessPORT Maps Available Now!

Stage 1 BETA maps for the 2010 Legacy GT AccessPORT are now available from COBB Tuning. These maps are only available for download and only in “Stage 1” form. Development is currently under way for Stage 2 maps pending release of AccessTUNER Pro from BETA testing. Maps can be directly downloaded from our 2010 Legacy Map Download Page.

By Marshall on 04/12/2010

COBB Motorsports Wins Big in New Jersey

COBB Motorsports Wins Big in New Jersey

COBB Motorsports’ 3,000 mile trek from California to New Jersey paid off big with Brian Lock taking the the Overall Win in his Nissan GT-R Modified Class car, a historic first for the Redline Time Attack series. Cameron Benner and his Street Tire Subaru STI were strong all weekend and brought home the 2nd place trophy in class. Trey Cobb and his Enthusiast Class Nissan 370Z are beginning to hit...

By Marshall on 04/07/2010

COBB Tuning Takes on the SCCA National Tour in Texas!

COBB Tuning Takes on the SCCA National Tour in Texas!

The 2010 SCCA SOLO National Tour came to Mineral Wells, TX and COBB Tuning Plano was there to talk to and take on fellow enthusiasts and competitors. COBB Tuning employees Rob Irish and Jon Pomrenke competed in the hotly contested STU class and finished 2nd and 4th respectively in their AccessPORT powered Subaru STI while Chris Fleming took on the SM class in his AccessPORT equipped Mitsubishi EVO X and...

By Marshall on 04/06/2010

One Lap of Buttonwillow with Trey Cobb!

One Lap of Buttonwillow with Trey Cobb!

Follow Trey Cobb in the COBB Tuning Motorsports RWD Street Class 370Z as he races around the track! Trey was able to grab 7th place in the highly-competitive enthusiast class after a 4-year hiatus from the racetrack! Trey’s 370Z is running a complete COBB Tuning prototype cat-back exhaust system with high-flow cats, COBB Tuning prototype SF intake system with COBB Tuning prototype airboxes and tuned with an AccessPORT. The car...

By Marshall on 03/30/2010

COBB Tuning Motorsports Podiums Twice at Redline Time Attack Season Opener

COBB Tuning Motorsports Podiums Twice at Redline Time Attack Season Opener

COBB Tuning Motorsports wrapped up Round 1 of the Redline Time Attack in winning style this weekend. The team arrived at Buttonwillow Raceway Park dressed in their new racing colors in full force, bringing three AccessPORT equipped cars to cover the Modified, Street Tire and Enthusiast classes. When all was said and done, COBB Tuning Motorsports had claimed trophies for 1st place in Modified AWD in the Nissan GT-R and...