ECU advise?

Reeco

Reeco

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couple of questions, firstly can the original ECU get remapped? and are there any disadvantages to this? and secondly, as far as aftermarket ECU's go which would be the better/ most popular one to use?
 
srankin90

srankin90

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standard ecu cant be remapped. you need some sort of a piggyback ecu like emanage blue/ultimate or dastek. you could go with standalone ecu as well but it all depends how much you want to spend and what you want from the car
 
thefalls

thefalls

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As said above,what are your goals for the car?

And what mods do you have at present?

There are no limits to tuning/modding but you must have set a target,so knowing that can help people advise you on what ECU to go for.
 
Reeco

Reeco

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okay cheers guys, planning to go for 300bhp upwards, as im having the engine out of danes old car, not sure on what turbo im getting yet, friend of a friend is selling his quite cheap aparantly is a faster spooling equivalent of the td05, have yet to find out details though :/ would prefer a standalone ecu but how much would i be looking at? cheers again guys
 
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AdamB

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I'm a big fan of full standalone systems, but price varies muchly, anything from £1000-2000 brand new. Get a link for around the £1000 mark and the likes of motec etc at the higher end of the price range. Don't forget you will have to get it fitted and mapped.
 
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Skalabala

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AdamB said:
I'm a big fan of full standalone systems, but price varies muchly, anything from £1000-2000 brand new. Get a link for around the £1000 mark and the likes of motec etc at the higher end of the price range. Don't forget you will have to get it fitted and mapped.
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What he said :)
 
Reeco

Reeco

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AdamB said:
I'm a big fan of full standalone systems, but price varies muchly, anything from £1000-2000 brand new. Get a link for around the £1000 mark and the likes of motec etc at the higher end of the price range. Don't forget you will have to get it fitted and mapped.
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cheers mate, going for a vf34 turbo now too so will defo need one :)
 
Reeco

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GTwayne said:
All down to budget and who you want to map it.
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yeah im not sure who im going to get to map it, dont know many places nearby, i know dyno dynamics is a driavble distance but i wouldnt wanna go too far with a car that isnt apped properly :/
 
GTwayne

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Reeco said:
yeah im not sure who im going to get to map it, dont know many places nearby, i know dyno dynamics is a driavble distance but i wouldnt wanna go too far with a car that isnt apped properly :/
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That's going to be one of your big decisions, you don't to be taking the car to someone who as no experience with the ecu you decide on.
 
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AdamB

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Reeco said:
yeah im not sure who im going to get to map it, dont know many places nearby, i know dyno dynamics is a driavble distance but i wouldnt wanna go too far with a car that isnt apped properly :/
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I would recommend JD modified in Basingstoke if you don't mind travelling an hour and a bit. Not many places round these parts.
 
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