Thanks for your input lads.

Hugh

[Edited by Hugh Jass - 10/9/2003 10:03:33 AM]

 

I am finally going to take the plunge and get Ecu remapped. Always being the cautious one I was wondering has there been a spate of blown engines or engine related problems after cars have been treated to ecutek? I need the car every day so I can't afford it to be off the road with problems. What experiences have people who have had it done, good or bad. My car is a 02 WRX with no cats.

Cheers

Hugh

 

Nice name by the way , if your cars is an STI, your a slightly more likely to have an engine go bang (unless you take precautions) without a remap than after a remap, predominantly only high output engines go pop after remaps

 

There must be somebody with experiences of this, I just want to make sure it is money well spent.

 

Do a search on TEK3, i myself am off this saturday to have a TEK3 done at BRD so i will let you know

 

Not a noticeable one.

Don't we all? Don't forget the old adage about the light that burns twice as bright burning for half as long. Increasing the power output of your engine almost certainly will have some sort of effect on its ultimate working life. Thus, if you literally can't afford to have your car off the road, you should reall have left it bog standard, as at least then the chances of anything untoward happening are minimised, and if the worst does come to the worst, at least you've got the warranty and Subaru Assist to fall back on.

A good remap is probably the safest form of power boost you can get, as the ECU is still in full control of the car and retains the ability to reign things in should something go out of parameter.

If reliability is of paramount importance to you, it may be better to have the standard exhaust refitted and then book the car in for a PPP. Not only will this retain the warranty, the PPP ECU's include increased levels of engine protection - something third party remaps may not.

 

A PPP on a MY02 WRX consists of a piggy-back ECU module and not a remap as used in the 03's. 1600 quid for an extra 20 bhp - Nah I dont think so. I have driven a TEK3'd fully decatted MY02 WRX and **** ME does it fly! STI beating stuff and for 600quid its a no-brainer. Oh and incidentally it pi$$ed all over a PPP'd MY03 WRX version. Just make sure you get a mapper who knows his $**t !

 

The mapper should check the car for any potential air and fuelling
problems. I got my Tek 2 map from Pete at Scoobysport, and the guys insisted I go for a few high rev runs to ensure everything was ok.

Good job they did, since both MAF and lambda sensors were wrong (I understand lambda sensor just wears out over time).
Interestingly, I picked up an ECU fault code (23, I think) from my SECS monitor after the new sensors were fitted; which were likely to have been from the original faulty sensor.

I personally don't tend to use the upper 1000 revs during normal driving; and hopefully will allow me to keep to car for a good few more years yet.

 

dont want to be a pain- but code 23 is MAF I think.
just replace the sensor- not the whole unit as the price diff is massive

if its not MAF code.. - ignore me dude

 

There is quite a problem associated with my Tek3. I have had it about 3 months and I can't stop driving the car. I'm getting back ache, leg ache and neck ache and my Optimax bill is through the roof. The Mrs thinks I love the car more than her, my friends are bored of hearing about it, the dog is not getting walked enough and the cat is scared of the bangs and pops from my exhaust.

Don't do it!!!!!!!!!!

 

PMSL!!

i'd show the wife the post- but then she'd have an inkling as to the cost!!!

 

EcuTek supplies the technology which enables any number of people to remap your ECU. If your car goes bang as a result of a remap, it is not a problem with EcuTek, but with the mapper

Richard

 

Just to clear up any potential misunderstanding from my post, when I went to see Pete for my Tek map, fuelling was not correct until both MAF and lambda sensors were changed. The code 23 no doubt related to the duff MAF sensor, and the lambda was probably not suffinciently defective to register a problem with the ECU; but made a noticeable difference once it was changed.

Now that car is tuned to a higher level, I'll get the fuel pump changed soonish, and check the MAF/lambda again in a year or two; as they appear to me to be consumables, much like suspension bushes that wear out, etc.