Heva

I have a 1999 impreza sti type r, it was rebuilt 3000 miles ago but needs remap. I live in the Isle of Man so I need some where round liverpool, lancashire but i'm willing to travel futher for better quality. Any suggestions on personal experiences?

LizP

Well Ive just had my 53 plate STI done from its standard Prodrive to an Ecutek remapped to 350 at Tracktive Solutions Melton Mowbray near Leicester. It is amazing and has made a huge difference for racing in sprints. There are several others that are good to be fair, and loads of people on here will recommend their favourite. Richard, the owner of Tracktive is often called the guru for his skill with remapping. Its only 50 more bhp on mine but the difference is noticeable, AND I get an extra 40 miles to the tank so its all good! I did have new headers ceramic coated and a miltek catback exhaust with a resonance chamber instead of a silencer which also helped, but I was impressed with how professional Richard is and how comfortable his waiting room is. V. important when you are travelling a distance and waiting for your car. So thats my opinion for what its worth. All of the above mean the car still passes the MOT, and its actually quieter for track noise tests which is unexpected. And I didnt lose the scooby burble. Liz

shep_UKSpec

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Hi mate I had mine mapped by Paul at Zen.
http://www.zenperformance.co.uk/

Very good at his job, a quite bloke but he definatly knows what he's talkin about, I sprung an oil leak while there and he diagnosed the problem and advised me what to do. Would definatly recommend him.

Heva

thanks. Mine definately needs quietening down sounds beautiful but u can here it coming for miles! no worries about passing the MOT we dont have them

juggers

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Engine mapper AKA Graham .....he can also come to you. £225 with open source does exactly the same thing as Ecutek ,but with out any silly license fee's.

He is also responsible for mapping the STI SALOON which broke the Isle of man TT record for average speed of 113MPH.

Link to thread

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...tempt-car.html

yetiarc

+1 for Graham. Had my 2004 WRX de-catted and mapped by him and he defo knows his stuff! Couldn't ask for better after service either!

Antony@indigo-gt

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What ECU do you currently have in the car?

craigyp

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Another can worms opened

Heva

just standard ecu at the moment

shep_UKSpec

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You going for a new ecu or just a re map?

Antony@indigo-gt

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Have you seen this?

https://www.scoobynet.com/car-parts-...-last-one.html

Heva

I think graham sounds good just watched this car do 113 mph lap today

dynamix

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Ecutek only on that year of car I am afraid so it rules out any open source mapper.

Paul at Zen would be my recommendation.

classicgc8

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hi Duncan ,sorry to hijack thread op
i have wondered what do you think of the sp prodrive ecu as a option??
obviously ecutek is better all round but in terms of doing a replacement as a budget option?
2000 uk w reg ??
thanks in advance Dave

dynamix

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It's a good option if the budget is very tight and your mods match the Prodrive cars. But, I would get it checked ou to make sure it is happy with it, fueling right and det free.

classicgc8

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thanks Duncan for your advice

maydew

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send jgm a pm mate ,ecutek mapper along with many been using him for years and travels all over,faultless service
https://www.scoobynet.com/traders-co...r-limited.html

EngineMapper @ Group B Motorsport

The 99 cars even on Ecutek have a certain failure rate for flashing. A drop in voltage will kill the chip on the ECU and considering the amount of flashing you have to do to map the cars I wouldn't recommend it. At the current vat duty an Ecutek map will cost £660 all in plus dyno time usually or such like.

My suggestion is to seriously consider going to a Simtek fitted and mapped at £1074 all in including dyno time if you want at Teg Sport's dyno.

You'll be running mafless too with no limitation to the amount of power you can run, (map sensor capable of reading 1.7 bar approx.)

Give me a ring if you want to discuss the details or need any advice, very happy to help.

Graham

maydew

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has been known but aint that pretty rare and most mappers do carry spare ecu for this year for this reason just in case?

EngineMapper @ Group B Motorsport

I think it's about 5% the failure rate. I'm not sure how many would carry spare ecus, but yes potentially and whether they charge you for the privilege of course.

Have a chat with one of the Ecutek guys about it.

Graham