R33BAZ

I have a 1993 K Plate WRX Import which is still re-stricted to 112mph.

How do i go about taking this out??

cheers

Mr.Ripley

Same with my 96 wrx import, it's limited to 120. Does anyone know if its expensive to be done? Cheers

mrfuzzyfelts

Im sure someone will correct me if im wrong! But chipping / remapping the ECU is the way to do it!

Scoobyecu is your best bet! or silmiler! Plug n play!

Mine used to limit at 118 till i chipped it! now it goes off the clock

tath

a mechanical speedo convertor should raise the limit from 180km/h to 180mph as the car will still think it's kilometres.

rolyatescort

A 1993 uses a limiter in the speedo so that when it reaches its full sweep at 180kmh (112mph) is cuts the power. The answer is to buy a mechanical delimiter, available on ebay, subaru websites/forums. Don't pay more than £60. You take the clocks out, unplug the speedo cable, plug in the delimiter and plug the speedo cable into it. This alters the dash so that it is now in miles rather than kilometres. Stick a mph sticker over your kmh badge and your limiter is now effectively at 180mph so if you manage to hit the limiter now you're doing 180mph and you've just fallen off a cliff!

Tony.

Mr.Ripley

Hiya guys, iv'e done a bit of browsing and found this company http://www.protech-uk.co.uk/speedo_con_delimit.htm I think I will be giving them a call.

mrfuzzyfelts

i did that to mine yet it still limited out untill i chipped it

chris666

hi all
my car was limited when i got it my97 with cable drive speedo
got a converter from api it fits into the speedo cable between the gearbox &
cable & takes 5min to fit ( let engine cool down cable is next to turbo ! )
cost about £60-£70 & has delimited the car

flat4_ire

get an fcd (fuel cut defender) available from places like www.whifbitz.co.uk or the apexi rev speed meter also de limits the car, bout 100 squid for the fcd, very simple

Delboy2

All the FCD will do is raise the boost cut - To derestrict a chip with the speed cut raised is probably the best option (Scoobyecu will derestrict and allow safer use of Optimax) - though a speedo convertor can be used

Cheers

scoobydood

I have a ScoobyECU which will up your boost to 1.1 bar (up to 280bhp with decat), safe for UK fuel and remove the speed limiter. Was in my Scoob for 3 years before the car was sold and ECU removed.

send me pm if interested.

mrjud

agreed this is what you need not a ecu chip not a fuel cut defencer and new it costs about 70 £100 at the most if you have it fitted ecu and fuel cut is for over boosting

tath

and incidentally i've got one lying about somewhere - £50 and it's in the post tmrw?

R33BAZ

right guys im lost!!!

so i need a ScoobyEcu? or a Mechanical Speedo Convertor? or a DeLimiter?

i thought the Speedo Convertor was purely just to change the car from KPH to MPH? and you had to get something else to actually de-restrict the car?

HELP!!!

wah

No the mechanical converter ( which fits between your gearbox and speedo cable ) will de-restrict your car as this is what I did when I first got my MY93 WRX, you can take the Scoobyecu option to also overcome the issue and to gain more BHP over the standard ECU which is onboard

R33BAZ

sounds like the scoobyecu is the way forward then!! if i can de-strict the car but gain BHP aswell then that sounds the best option to me

so whoever it was that said had one please get in touch with me

cheers