my cars a 1998 on an S

 

It won't have the ecutek option then and would require the ESL board, so I can't see it being mapped no, unless somebody had undergone a wiring upgrade to take the ecu which tbh I can't see them doing, but I could be wrong

 

hi that cant be a y7 ecu as the ecu harness is the wrong colour,(yellow instead of grey)
8s ecu is a 1998 uk spec ecu 208 hp standard.

 

i was obviously told the wrong information then,im not very mechanically minded as you can work out for yourselfs by the posts,thing thats scaring me is if 0.5 - 1 bar is standard then why have mine been booting at 1.5 for the few months since iv owned it with no trouble.also got the front mount,decat straight thro exhaust and upgraded filter, theres alot of upgrades for a standard ecu shouldnt it of gone bang by now or broken down of some sort?

 

The 8s ecu is a uk 2000 1997/8 and from the look of the ecu there is no daughterboard so it is unmapped.

 

In layman terms:

Should it not be mapped, then with the above additions, I would say you are simply just getting away with it. Im quite technically minded, but Im not up on the classic ecu or mapping, but I would say your car would be overboosting, and running lean with the above additions.

A poor quality FMIC may be offering no real benifits, as such the IAT may not be that far away from what the MAF thinks anyway.

Overboosting can happen without cauing serious issues, so that combined with a poor FMIC may actually be why the car is running ok.

The Air filter wouldnt make that much difference, and in terms of "theres alot of upgrades for a standard ecu", I wouldnt say thats a lot, but then it doesnt take much to throw out the fueiling mix.

When something mechanical gives way, in particular within the engine, it doesnt always present its self with a bang, or breaking down. Ringland failure, or damaged valves could go unknown for sometime, and would take a keen ear to know, or obviously software/engine builder.

Rob

 

thanks for the replys its booked into indigo gt for a week tomorrow il let them look at it see what they got to say.the car have altered itself as now its only boosting at 1bar where as it always boosted at 1.5, don't ask how its altered itself as I only took the ecu cover off didn't disconnect it.
I think the car is cursed.

WILL UPDATE WHEN IV BEEN TO INDIGO GT.

THANKS ALL FOR THE REPLYS AND COMMENTS.