Link v TEK v Electronic Boost Controller
Too many variables really. Depends what you want from the car, and how far, safe and effective you want things to be.
Your future planned or unplanned mods should also be taken into account.
Speak to vthe various tuners on here directly, express your thoughts re your car, and then base your decision on their comments.
John Banks (Tek)
Bob Rawle (Link and Tek and others)
Power Engineering (Tek)
Scoobysport (Tek)
Many others i am sure, but they are ones i know of.
Your future planned or unplanned mods should also be taken into account.
Speak to vthe various tuners on here directly, express your thoughts re your car, and then base your decision on their comments.
John Banks (Tek)
Bob Rawle (Link and Tek and others)
Power Engineering (Tek)
Scoobysport (Tek)
Many others i am sure, but they are ones i know of.
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My interest as P20 says is that I map with Ecutek tools.
However, there are advantages to every method you mention above and every one has its advantages and disadvantages - pick the one right for you.
The Link is good because there is a wealth of experience with it in the UK, and it will support a very high or growing level of mods. With the tuning module or a laptop you can program it yourself, and it is a very well thought through package.
Ecutek maps are good because they preserve all the standard ECU functionality. You cannot tune it yourself, and things get fraught on anything over 550 injectors and over 380 BHP, but there may be ways around it.
EBC is good for quality of boost control, adjustability etc, depends on which model you get. Would work well with your mods, but any further and you miss the opportunity to map fuel and ignition, the gains from these can be large, and are essential in many cases when really pushing on with power to stop it detting (eg big turbos, high boost etc).
With supporting equipment the costs are not all that different. Do some reading and work out what is best for you.
[Edited by john banks - 3/7/2003 6:13:43 PM]
However, there are advantages to every method you mention above and every one has its advantages and disadvantages - pick the one right for you.
The Link is good because there is a wealth of experience with it in the UK, and it will support a very high or growing level of mods. With the tuning module or a laptop you can program it yourself, and it is a very well thought through package.
Ecutek maps are good because they preserve all the standard ECU functionality. You cannot tune it yourself, and things get fraught on anything over 550 injectors and over 380 BHP, but there may be ways around it.
EBC is good for quality of boost control, adjustability etc, depends on which model you get. Would work well with your mods, but any further and you miss the opportunity to map fuel and ignition, the gains from these can be large, and are essential in many cases when really pushing on with power to stop it detting (eg big turbos, high boost etc).
With supporting equipment the costs are not all that different. Do some reading and work out what is best for you.
[Edited by john banks - 3/7/2003 6:13:43 PM]
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