weeJohn
Lifer
Mostly everyone has made good points here, and not all of them or wrong and not all of them are right in my opinion. There is no point in fitting a 2 grand ECU and getting a monkey to set it up, and anyone looking a big bhp figure then go to a shit dyno and get one. BHP is not everything as Rory said, after my last changes to my set up my peak bhp dropped but the car is running nearly 0.5 seconds faster up the quarter mile. I will take the faster times thanks very much.
I had a Blitz Acess ECU on my car for many years, I was able to change my set up and "reset" the ecu each time myself which suited me as I like to try things not in the mainstream so there was no guarantee it would improve things. It made 248.2 bhp on a good dyno here. Once I got a set up I thought worked well I got a Power FC and paid a reputable tuner here £350 to map it. The car ran well and I used a little less fuel but when I took it to the same dyno it made............... 248.4bhp!!
To say I felt like dragging him out of his shop and giving him a good kicking was an understatement, I wanted his balls!! After some time I asked him out of interest how much he would charge for a tweak if I changed my set up and he was after another £300!!!
Point I am making here is this, if you DONT have access to a good mapper, who wont pull your trunks down and ass rape you every time you want him to change a few things then the Blitz/Jam/cruise/Mines ecu have a place on your car if you dont have a mental set up. Chris has mapped many cars on here and great results for their owners without charging an arm and a leg, at the minute I would not entertain one of theses ecus as I can use and abuse him but I dont think I would be prepared to fork out the sort of money these tuners are expecting for a few hours work.
I had a Blitz Acess ECU on my car for many years, I was able to change my set up and "reset" the ecu each time myself which suited me as I like to try things not in the mainstream so there was no guarantee it would improve things. It made 248.2 bhp on a good dyno here. Once I got a set up I thought worked well I got a Power FC and paid a reputable tuner here £350 to map it. The car ran well and I used a little less fuel but when I took it to the same dyno it made............... 248.4bhp!!
To say I felt like dragging him out of his shop and giving him a good kicking was an understatement, I wanted his balls!! After some time I asked him out of interest how much he would charge for a tweak if I changed my set up and he was after another £300!!!
Point I am making here is this, if you DONT have access to a good mapper, who wont pull your trunks down and ass rape you every time you want him to change a few things then the Blitz/Jam/cruise/Mines ecu have a place on your car if you dont have a mental set up. Chris has mapped many cars on here and great results for their owners without charging an arm and a leg, at the minute I would not entertain one of theses ecus as I can use and abuse him but I dont think I would be prepared to fork out the sort of money these tuners are expecting for a few hours work.