Hi all, I'm after an ecu for my99/00,I'm looking 2 mod my car but not go over the top (on a budget) looking for simtec or ecutec which has been mapped for light mods,hence tight budget,


Cheers,Sam

 

For wot you would pay for a 2nd hand simtec you could get the much improved esl new.

 

How much is the esl mate

 

I believe around the £550 mark fitted and mapped you pay £600+ for a 2nd hand simtec.

 

Far too much pal,dropped a nad yesterday,got offered an ecutec mapped by AF for 250 quid,by the time I could answer the guy it was sold

 

Wouldn't this need to be then remapped to suit your car?

I would think that would cost another couple of hundred so will be almost as much as buying new.

 

It was the AE 801 and would of just been plug and play

 

You still have to get it mapped or at least checked by a mapper

 

This.

I bought an ECUteked ECU for £140 already mapped/liecensed to Bob Rawle. I contacted him regards mapping cost for a fresh map and it was under £300.

So for £420 I got the ECU and custom map to my car. some pleaces/mappers charge a little more due to license fees on the software etc. so I saved myself around £100 with no compromise on service.

I wouldn't simply buy an ECU and plug/play unless the map was generic and a lot safer than a custom map. Every car is slightly different hense different results when mapped. You'd be foolish to think you can plug and play unless actually advised to by a respected mapper.

 

You know the score , wait and take Steve Simpson up on his offer ( job done )

 

I'm after buying 1 that's been mapped with small mods as I'm only after 300 bhp tops, if I can get 1 for the right price and licence then it's a start,I'm fully aware that it'll need tweaking to suit

 

Get all you're bits together , fit em in one hit then go see Steve , no messing and it will be proper and cheaper in the long run

 

I can relate to what ya saying toneh,but I was looking for a quick base to start with, as I've said I'm on a budget

 

If you fit a pre mapped ecu and its not set for your car i think you budget will be going in a rebuild after your engine goes pop, I would save for a bit longer till you can afford a ecu and the cost to get it mapped imho.

 

It won't go pop if its a very conservative map , maybe something along the lines of a ppp
But doing it that way will be ultimately more expensive
Because as sure as eggs is eggs you will want more power and need it mapping again for future mods

 

Cheers toneh, the Big Bang theory,what if you took your pride and joy to a big name mapper and it goes bang,if anyone on here was worried about that then there would be a **** load of standard subaru's around

 

Your want 300bhp on a 2nd hand ecu with out considering the outcome good luck with that :-).

 

What's to consider? I get an ecu with a licence put the additional mods on I want then get it tweaked, walbro and a filter will get me 280,running on v power and ngk plugs,if you get your ecu mapped twice does that mean its getting weaker,nah dint think so, so brand new or used,what's the difference

 

You won't just get the mapped "tweaked" though. You'll more than likely require a fresh map minus the license fee. That will cost around £300. Unless (and I'll gladly be corrected), a mapper will tweak a map from one car to another.

 

Keep my mouth shut then i said get a esl for less than a simtec you "far to much pal" but now you can afford a ecu and tweek at the end of the day you can't get 300bhp with out a map.

 

Had 2 pm's off well known mappers saying they'll tweak an ecu for 150 quid,so if I paid 200 for an ecu, I'm sure that comes in less than a new ecutec or simtec or even the new esl,

 

^^^^^^ I am completely lost now lol.

 

Read chocolate o Brian post above,you might follow what I'm saying then

 

Nice one, you'll get it properly sorted and customised for your car for not a lot of money then

 

Cheers chocolate, need the ecu 1st,

 

There's one on this section now.

 

I will have a link G3 with sensors and wiring to suit a99-00 car. Runs maf-less and has antilag, having it taken out by enginetuner today and having a alcatek with toucan fitted. It will need a remap, was last done by Bob Rawle. £350