hi i have a my 99uk turbo getting the car mapped soon. but i was thinking what is best price wise and performance wise and long term for later mods the power fc or the ecutek i do have a apexi acvr aswell .

 

Good question....anyone?

 

I would say it depends on your long term goals. Personally if I had the choice between ecutek and powerfc (I currently have a power fc and avcr) I would go with the ecutek, I believe it can cope with over 400bhp and it has the advantage of knock control whereas the power fc doesnt so if you get bad fuel it should prevent the engine from detting to oblivion. Saying that though the powerfc is a nice bit of kit and is the best mod I have had done

 

i am getting the power fc but just wanted 2 hear some views on both sides my reason for going with the pw fc is cost ok dear to get but cheap if you get the car mapped after mods.

 

powerfc all the way!! u can monitor knock levels and whole load of other important info about whats going on under ur bonnet....choose ur mapper wisely though id highly reccomend paul from zen performance

 

simon is doing the mapping (aka jolly green monster) as im in kent and heard good things about him just waiting for him to fit me in but i hear he can do both now so was looking at my options

 

hes a very good mapper too

 

Simon did my pfc map and happy with it....... reason i went the apexi route instead of ecutek was simply because i could easily return the car to standard by removing all the mods ive done,and refit the original ecu,then sell all the bits inc the pfc to recoup some money..... hard to do when the original ecu has been remapped when going ecutek..... performance wise i think they are pretty equal,although to add further mods when initially set up,the power fc is easier to do as it would need just slight tweaking,ecutek would need a complete new reflash to accomodate any changes.....

 

when im finished and its time to sell i will return it back to standard so apexi does seem a good option cheers for your input

 

Your mapper will keep a copy of the std map on your car and can revert it back to that if required.

Personally, I'd stick with Ecutek unless you're planning some pretty extensive mods. It's been proven very capable up to and beyond 400bhp IIRC and retains all the std factory features.

Ns04

 

the only problem i can see with that is its back to the tuner again when i sell and being in kent there is not alot of tuners here im really looking at long term cost ie keep mapping after mods the power fc seems cheaper to tweek after mods if im right. but the ecutek does keep all factory setting oh its a hard one