scooby87

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What do you guys think is best, now obviously with about a £300 price difference i'm assuming the the remap will be better. ??

But from what i read about the polar performance chip it seems to be very very good for £195!! ??

Will it make my car safe for UK fuel as well? well safe for 99tesco or Vpower??

myblackwrx

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tbh a remap gives you waaaay more flexibility if you want to add more mods (changing turbo,injectors etc)
What impreza do you have?

scooby87

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96 wrx import, yea but i wasn't really planning on doing any mods for a long while yet.

It came with an exhaust and filter, so ideally i just want to make sure its running safe and well for now and power is just a bonus!

myblackwrx

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Well your car is safe on the 99 fuels anyway.
Take it to a good rolling road and for about £50ish they can tell you healthy your car is at the mo.
As for mods it all depends on how much you can/want to spend really always worth looking through the Project threads for ideas.

With associated mods your car can get to 300bhp quite easily and be a rapid car

scooby87

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I'm trying not to mod lol, said to myself i wouldn't go for power straight away. Its hard to resist haha.

So basically just leave the chip alone for now and wait for a remap yea?

myblackwrx

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imo yes ,plenty of people are happy with chip but the remap is better.
I would also spend some money on your brakes as if you have the 2 pots still they are quite lacking in stopping power (possibly before you increase the power)

joz8968

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You dont need to pay £195 for the PP chip.

If you check the classifieds on here or ebay, you quite often see 2nd hand MY93-96 4-plug ECUs with the PP chip pre-fitted for around the £80 mark! So just swap it over and play!...

The PP chip's AFR's are okay for full decat/system/filter, so your exhaust/filter mods will be fine.

If you pick up a cheap 2nd hand bellmouth downpipe for around £60 second hand... get it fitted... then with the PP, you should be producing anywhere between 260-280bhp. Make sure you use at least any 97 RON - but preferably Esso Supreme (what the chip's designed around) - or of course V-Power 99...

...HOWEVER!...

I've just seen this!:-

Subaru Impreza wrx/sti ESL daughter board chipped ecu!! on eBay (end time 26-Aug-09 21:10:53 BST)

This is the MAPPABLE! daughterboard (already pre-fitted in a replacement ECU too!) and it means that you can get a custom map done for you motor (and future ones too!), thus making it as safe as possible, etc. JGM can travel to you to map it for no more than £250+VAT (might even be less for the ESL - not sure)

Also, unless you intend to change the TMIC before the remap, you could sell the supplied 440s to get back a bit of cash (c.£60-80), as your existing 380s you already have will make 280bhp i.e at the TMIC's limit anyway!...

scooby87

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It has upreated disk and pads on the front, but i've noticed there not to great really. So definately some breaks would be a good idea!

Oh right that would be a much better idea, £80 sounds a bargain to me and i already have the downpipe on the car.

A mappable ecu would be much prefered though, purely for when i inevitably add some mods.

Yea i was planning on keeping the TMIC for now...

myblackwrx

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Most people (including me) went with the later model 4 pots (they've SUBARU embossed on them) with braided hoses,,uprated fluid, standard discs and uprated pads.

It will cost about £400ish,yes it's a lot but ,imo,worth it i've never got brake fade with them unlike the 2 pots which are quite scary when braking hard repeatedly.

Always have a look in the For Sales section on here as there is always a bargain to be had.

joz8968

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Annoyingly, theere was a PP-chipped ECU on ebay a few days ago!

But keep looking, one WILL turn up...

joz8968

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I too have the OEM 4-pots/braided lines/carbon-metallic pads/Godspeed 6-grooved discs on my WRX. Significantly better than the rubbish 2-pots - and are a MUST IMO... even at the std 240PS!

The 4-pots are most certainly NOT the last word in decent brakes for the Impreza by any means...... but for the money and compared to those damn 2-pots? A no-brainer.

Glowplug

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As said above, the remap is more flexible than the pp chip, i've had the chip fitted for nearly 2 years now and am very happy with it but i intend no more power modsThe car is plenty fast enough and boosts to a very nice 17psi (1.172107 bar) Scott was/is doing 30% off the chips see here https://www.scoobynet.com/trader-ann...de-30-off.html

On the brakes front i have just purchased a set of s/h 4 pots from SN (nice one Micky) and a set of drilled and grooved front discs with Mintex pads off ebay for a grand total of £220, just have to source some braided hoses this week and it's all go for next weekend

All the best in what you choose

scooby87

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Cheers guys will keep a look out for a pp chip on ebay or another mappable ecu like in the link above, its a shame i can't buy that one untill i get paid.

Wow there really are a lot of options out there for me! 4 pots sound like a very good idea and i'll probably go down that road and hopefully find them for a good price.

It has ebc grooved and dimpled disk on with yellow stuff pads at the moment, so will get the 4 pots first then use those disks and pads.

Glowplug

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You will require 4 pot discs and pads mate, can't just fit the calipers, discs and pads are a different size

scooby87

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Lol dam, that would of been too easy really anyway haha.

joz8968

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Yeah, the 4-pot discs are 294mm (not 277mm as for the 2-pots).

To keep things straightforward, you can't go wrong with with the ubiquitous Ferodo DS2500 pad and a decent make fo brake disc - loads out there..

joz8968

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There are lots of decent 294mm discs avaialbe for around £100. Same with the pads...

myblackwrx

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Whilst we are going on about brakes what wheels do you have?
As the 4 pots will not fit under 15" wheels and quite a few 16" wheels i found this out when i fitted my 4 pots and the fecking wheels clipped the caliper DOH

joz8968

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Yes, mbwrx makes a valid point (that I overlooked!). The MY97>on 16" 5-spokes with the triangular scallops at the end of the spokes obviously fit the 4-pots.

There's always a set available on ebay, for not too much coin...

scooby87

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Fortunately i have 18" wheels on the car.

That would of been something i would of totally forgotten about though, bought the brakes and then realised my wheels are too small lol!

myblackwrx

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Well in that case maybe the Brembo option may be better value (along with a good pad/disc combination) although once again you may need to check the clearance.

Or if you do think of just upgrading to 4 pots then Godspeed Motorsport Home Page offers big brake upgrades for the 4 pots.

joz8968

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Yeah I agree with mbwrx - your 18" wheels have opened up your options somewhat (only if you are willing to pay for better, of course!)

OEM Brembos... or AP Racing, etc.

How about the K-Sport kit? With a decent pad - e.g. like the Pagid Blue 4-2-2 - it's allegedly a well decent option for around a £grand (+ fitting)...

scooby87

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Soooo many options!!! this is going to take a long time to decide. Without looking at anything yet though for some reason i like the sound of Brembos

uk300scoob

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personaly i would go for a remap brings most of each mod and smooths everything out

will_wrx

I'll be using the Polar Performance chip on my Wagon, I dont want crazy power at the moment, so this is perfect for me. I'll be happy with anywhere near 300hp. Whilst I build a motor for the future. Lol.