What next?
10 July 2006, 10:08 AM
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What next?
Morning all!!
After seeing a pretty poor 250bhp / 240lbfts on saturday i have the hankering for a bit more power. Although pretty chuffed with the power for the mods that i've done, the power's not enough.
So what should i add next to my equal length headers, decat dp, decat centre section, back box and uprated panel filter? is it possible to gain power without spending huge amounts of £££? my ecu is the early type, no remapping available. so a new ecu would be the logical step i guess but a bit on the £££ side.
I was thinking dawes device and a walbro fuel pump (or similar). or should i just start saving for an aftermarket ecu?
After seeing a pretty poor 250bhp / 240lbfts on saturday i have the hankering for a bit more power. Although pretty chuffed with the power for the mods that i've done, the power's not enough.
So what should i add next to my equal length headers, decat dp, decat centre section, back box and uprated panel filter? is it possible to gain power without spending huge amounts of £££? my ecu is the early type, no remapping available. so a new ecu would be the logical step i guess but a bit on the £££ side.
I was thinking dawes device and a walbro fuel pump (or similar). or should i just start saving for an aftermarket ecu?
10 July 2006, 11:52 AM
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i guess that the ecu is the safer option.
figures are ok for what i've done and the age and mileage of the car (94wrx and around 88k miles) they're not too bad. just a little disapointing when it's meant to have 240bhp as standard (jap import run on 99 ron and octane booster).
figures are ok for what i've done and the age and mileage of the car (94wrx and around 88k miles) they're not too bad. just a little disapointing when it's meant to have 240bhp as standard (jap import run on 99 ron and octane booster).
10 July 2006, 12:01 PM
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Thats the downside of going on the rolling road, it's easy (too easy) to get obsessed with the print out. Before you went I bet you were happy with the car, now you've seen the figures you are unhappy with it.......
Just think, with a '94wrx with 88,000 miles do you REALLY want big figures or do you want to have some money in your wallet at the end of the month?
What am I talking about....... get the ECU QUICK......
Just think, with a '94wrx with 88,000 miles do you REALLY want big figures or do you want to have some money in your wallet at the end of the month?
What am I talking about....... get the ECU QUICK......
10 July 2006, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Milamber
Thats the downside of going on the rolling road, it's easy (too easy) to get obsessed with the print out. Before you went I bet you were happy with the car, now you've seen the figures you are unhappy with it.......
Just think, with a '94wrx with 88,000 miles do you REALLY want big figures or do you want to have some money in your wallet at the end of the month?
What am I talking about....... get the ECU QUICK......
Just think, with a '94wrx with 88,000 miles do you REALLY want big figures or do you want to have some money in your wallet at the end of the month?
What am I talking about....... get the ECU QUICK......
i was thinking on the way home that, if they car feels that quick with 250 bhp, what would it be like with a bit more
i may just have to stop increasing the size of my waistband with pub lunches and stick the money in a pot for that ecu.
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Originally Posted by mneame
i may just have to stop increasing the size of my waistband with pub lunches and stick the money in a pot for that ecu.
10 July 2006, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mneame
already got full decat and equal length headers spally. 
sorry dude mis read your post. Thought you would have been pushing slightly more than 250 though!!!
10 July 2006, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by spally
sorry dude mis read your post. Thought you would have been pushing slightly more than 250 though!!!
10 July 2006, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by mneame
one factor that i can think of is that i run the car on tesco 99 ron as i don't live near a shell garage that sells optimax. heard someone mention at the rr day that they changed from tesco to optimax and gained 10 bhp.
that surprises me, i have both near me so use which ever one im closes to and have never noticed any difference in performance!!
10 July 2006, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
me & mrs spec'c' were both running on 99 maybe i shoulda used optimax.... 
TBH i doubt it would make that much difference....
TBH i doubt it would make that much difference....btw, got a nice shot of your spec c at home. will post it up later.
10 July 2006, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mneame
still happy with car, just would like to have say......... 300bhp.
i was thinking on the way home that, if they car feels that quick with 250 bhp, what would it be like with a bit more
i may just have to stop increasing the size of my waistband with pub lunches and stick the money in a pot for that ecu.
i was thinking on the way home that, if they car feels that quick with 250 bhp, what would it be like with a bit more
i may just have to stop increasing the size of my waistband with pub lunches and stick the money in a pot for that ecu.
10 July 2006, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Granby
It's never ending mate, i was happy when i had a remap and got 269bhp, then i started thinking what if i had a new turbo-full decat-new injectors etc, now i'm getting 333bhp and i want more as i'm used to that now
10 July 2006, 01:19 PM
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hello mneame
i guessed my 94wrx (import) at 240bhp on saturday and the result came out at 258bhp ive only got air filter and just had a full decat put on about 3 weeks ago and was quite happy with the result, but like you said the power bug does get to everybody now im looking for around the 280-300bhp for mine now
i guessed my 94wrx (import) at 240bhp on saturday and the result came out at 258bhp ive only got air filter and just had a full decat put on about 3 weeks ago and was quite happy with the result, but like you said the power bug does get to everybody now im looking for around the 280-300bhp for mine now
10 July 2006, 01:34 PM
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mmm. am tempted to stick my standard headers back on and have another run to see what happens. guess i'd need to go all the way back up to wrc to get a fair comparison though.
what you looking at doing to get to the 280 - 300 mark?
what you looking at doing to get to the 280 - 300 mark?
10 July 2006, 01:46 PM
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not to sure at the moment just asking a few people and getting some ideas of what to do next im in no rush im just enjoying what ive got for the year of the car, just taking my time for the right mods to go on
10 July 2006, 01:53 PM
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that's the thing, i guess. like people have mentioned if you're happy with it before knowing what it's putting out then it must be fine.
i think for now i'll get a dawes device to take the boost to 1.0 bar. then i'll stop the pub lunches at work and start saving for an apexi power fc and commander.
i think for now i'll get a dawes device to take the boost to 1.0 bar. then i'll stop the pub lunches at work and start saving for an apexi power fc and commander.
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Getting 300+bhp isnt cheap, iv just thrown a load af cash at mine in the hope of brakeing the 300 mark, only to be kicked in the *****, and have no more then before the new mods!!!!
10 July 2006, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 320bhp
Getting 300+bhp isnt cheap, iv just thrown a load af cash at mine in the hope of brakeing the 300 mark, only to be kicked in the *****, and have no more then before the new mods!!!!
answer ALL you questions in one.... buy a spec'C' and in STANDARD form get 300bhp....
10 July 2006, 04:45 PM
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phone ScoobyClinic and ask for Pat Herborn, he can put a scoobyECU in your original ECU to release more horses, but on the other hand, for what that costs (around £450 including mapping) you can get an Apexi with commander for £450.
Before I blew my engine up (Oil pump failure I hasten to add) my mods were full decat, headers/up pipe, Walbro fuel pump, induction kit, water injection Z4 ECU with ScoobyECU and I got 311BHP - from a WRX!!
Before I blew my engine up (Oil pump failure I hasten to add) my mods were full decat, headers/up pipe, Walbro fuel pump, induction kit, water injection Z4 ECU with ScoobyECU and I got 311BHP - from a WRX!!
10 July 2006, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Cornelius
phone ScoobyClinic and ask for Pat Herborn, he can put a scoobyECU in your original ECU to release more horses
and ask them to re-map your ECU, yes it can be done and will have everybit the same functionality as the Apexi whilst retaining the factory sensor monitoring and more importantly closed loop feedback control, the OE ECU does a little more than flash the CEL if it experiences knock.
: if so, I'll have to pop over sometime to check you out
