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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 11:37 AM
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Hi guys

I have recently purchased a 2007 STi scooby and being a 2007 still has a good year of subaru warranty. The PPP retains warranty but an ecutek would prob give better gains and have a better map.

What to do what to do???

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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 11:40 AM
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Ecutek everytime.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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What about warranty though???
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by JJstiuk
What about warranty though???
Invalidated

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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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ecutek all day long
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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Ecutek:

Pros - Cheaper, more power, future proofing for further mods
Cons - Loose warranty on engine (can't reallly see you having a problem with a '07 car and you still have warrenty on everything else)

PPP

Pros - 12 months warrenty
Cons - less power (generic map on ECU not custom for 'your' car), more expensive

The question you should be asking is where do I want to be in 2 years time (are you going to continue modding)? If yes the question is Ecutek or Solaris ?

All IMO.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by dave_garrett
Ecutek:

Cons - Loose warranty on engine (can't reallly see you having a problem with a '07 car and you still have warrenty on everything else)
Incorrect, you modify the engine for more power and you lose the warranty on ALL parts as it puts more strain on everything

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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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Depends on dealer I suppose . I've had two cars from two different subaru dealers, both honoured the warrenty on my cars when:

a) I had problems with rear diff (engine had been modifed at time which they knew about).
b) I had problems with air-con (again, despite having modified suspension and engine at time).

I'm sure they wouldn't have honoured the engine warranty with the mods I had but they had no issues putting right problems that had obviously not been caused by my mods.

As I said it depends on your dealer really .
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