just bought a very nice wrx sti. its an import so its restricted to 120mph. any ideas how i get this taken of? thanks

 

when you get it mapped for uk fuel Vpower, they will remove it for you

 

what do you mean? its been in this country since 2001 pritty much since it was new. and i am running it on super unleaded now? thanks

 

Sorry thought you just imported it

 

no mate. so how do i stop it being restricted then? any ideas?

 

You could do it yourself if you fancy. You'd need a Tactrix cable and a copy of Romraider and ECUFlash.

 

Surely it's already been done when it was converted to mph for it's sva?
Or am I being thick?
Wes

 

it belonged to a lady from new so she probaly didnt even realize it was restricted.

 

restricted to 120 is strange thought the japs equiv in mph was 110, ask a mapper to have a look for you they might not charge much if your not having a full remap. you could ask jollygreenmonster

 

I love the whole dead pan "No, I mean it" tone! Brilliant.

 

The limit's 117mph, it might look like 120mph on the clock. Doing it yourself with the tools I mention would take about 5/10 mins.

 

were do i get the tools to do it from? thanks

 

tactrix - You could get a cheaper 1.3 cable on ebay for about £60.

RomRaider - Open Source ECU Tools | RomRaider / Rom Raider for info and ecu editor.

EcuFlash - OpenECU for the ecu flashing software.

Probably not cost effective, but it will get the job done.

 

sounds like its probaly goin to be easier just geting a garage to sort it out. thanks for your help

 

edited for accuracy

 

Re-edited, I've got the 2001 JDM STi ROM infront of me.

 

i have rang up scooby clinic and they can do it for 100 quid plus vat. but there in chesterfield which is about 2 and half hours from me. Is there anybody on this site that would be able to come and sort this proublem out? thanks

 

I would have done it for you, would have taken 5 mins, I wouldn't have charged £100 though, ouch.

 

were abouts do you live and how much would you charge? thanks

 

I'm in central Scotland Tim, so would be about £200 in fuel to come down, lol!

 

you can do this job easy yourself mate all you need is a 55 quid speedo converter off ebay.

 

i thought it was only the clasics that were deristricted in that way? i will have a look on ebay then. thanks

 

bought the spedo converter deristrictor. goes up behind the engine somewere just got to try and find were. goin to atempt it at the wkend.

 

Try Zen Performance as they are only down the road from you in Wellingbourough and can derestrict it etc..

Simon

 

the software I use (EcuTek) is geared towards a full remap and therefore has costs involved and therefore not really suited to just loading a map with speed limiter upped.. would be cheaper to fit an electronic derestrictor, or leave it restricted and change exhaust etc and incorporate derestriction with a remap to gain more power etc..

Simon

 

yeah i have got a electronic derestrictor now and buying an exhaust today so going to get them both fitted. how much would you charge to do a remap? thanks

 

550+vat but if you are getting Zen to do exhaust then get them to map it?

no need for the derestrictor then