looking for the chip that goes onto the ecu board that is suitable for my motor...any ideas ? or if anyone has a suitable one can you email me at rabanjaq@btinternet.com with pic and price !

 

anyone ??

 

no one ?? some one must know !

 

A chip is probably not a good idea ... ECU remap would be better?!

TX.

 

i thought you couldnt remap a 97 ecu ?

 

I think Scoobyclinic cracked the early ecus and offer custom mapping for them.

Maybe viable to get an Apexi power fc and get Andy F. to remap.

 

I think Superchips do one.

They are on Superchips - Rediscover the joy of the open road

The only dealer in Scotland is in Glenrothes, Scotland Superchips.

Go onto Superchips Web click dealer & they have their own Web Site.

Good Luck.


Alan MaC

 

Superchips! IMHO it smacks of cheap fix ie doesn't cost a lot however doesn't deliver a lot either? Could be me that is a tw*t of course ...

TX.

 

It isn't mate, Superchips have been getting away with this for years. They offer a custom mapped chip allegedly when infact it's just a fuel cut coupled with a pneumatic bleed valve. There is no alteration to the fuel/air ratio and whilst you will get more power undoubtedly it is a cheap fix and poor value for money. The Subaru isn't the only car they did this with in my experience the Rover T series turbo ecu was modded in the same way, fuel cut and tacky bleed valve.

 

dont want the superchip option, ive seen them and offer 38bhp at best...it has 4 wires and isnt a bleed valve either, well not that i know of !....was offered one for 100 quid and knocked it back as it isnt what i am after...its the daughterboard type i am after but not a lot about unfortunately...if i was going to do a lot of modding then the apexi /gems is where i would go probably but i only really want just around the 280 mark as that means no big costing upgrades to go with it ! i have just had a decatted magnex fitted which was a friends and near new. filter next and after i get a chip thats it ! i had a drag spec type ra and was hard to live with on a daily basis hence the limited mods as i know what i want power/drive wise !here is my old type ra !

 

You cant, unfortunately. Your best option will be an APEX'i PowerFC which should cost about £750 fitted and mapped from Andy Forrest. The ScoobyECU type products referred to only suit 1993-1996 MY cars Im afraid.

A Possum Link is available to suit a MY97 Impreza too..........


Simon

 

^ Yup MY97-MY98 ain't remappable without a piggy back ECU or a complete ECU change.

I should know, I have one of the uddy things

 

ah ****e ! well thats it ! time to go ! i wil just have to find another mint early car from japan(again !!)

 

Why? Both the Possum Link and the APEX'i are relativley economical and they both provide WAY better value than the mapable ScoobyECU-type products available (you can pay well over £500 for one after RR time!).


Simon

 

yeah, i checked scoobyclinic and its 480+vat for their piggy bvack thingy ! i dont want to spend 500 quid minimum on an apexi as i dont think the uk cars can take too much anyway so didnt see the point in 600-700 for 60bhp if you know what i mean. my old ra had the uprated work done to it already but was a bit harsh but shouldve kept it and replaced that final drive gear !. i want a little more but not too much as reliability suffers etc etc..so either i live with it or shop around for a fresh jap import sti...hmmmm acting like a brat now !

 

Im with you; Id assumed that you still had a JDM car as I had misread (barely read...) the original post.


Simon

 

so can you get a chip for the uk ?? as you thought it was a jap import ?? or am i getting confused now ?? cos scoobyclinic do one but as i said its 480+vat. i just wanted a plug and play job !

 

If that is a pic of your white car above then it is a 96 model running a 97 plate/registration.
If thats the case then a ScoobyECU is do-able. Just plug the remapped chip into the spare socket in your ECU. It will push boost from 11.47psi to 16psi (approx).

Doh! ignore my comments above, just re-read your post and thats your old RA.....

 

Thats his old car Scott; that was why Id said 'Why sell?'. With the '97 your options are limited, UK or JDM.

 

THIS THREAD IS GETTING HILARIOUS ! AND ITS A 94 L PLATED WRX TYPE RA UP THERE
SO SCOTT, SIMON....ARE MY ONLY OPTIONS APEXI GEMS TYPE ECU REPLACEMENT OR CAN I USE A MANUAL BOOST CONTROLLER TO GET TARGET OF 16.5 PSI OR IS THAT NOT GOOD..LOOKING FOR OTHER OPTIONS APART FROM TH EPRICEY ONES...IE CAN I REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER IMPREZA ECU THAT CAN ACCOMODATE THE CHIP OR ARE THERE WIRING ISSUES ETC...

 

I believe that the only real option is a replacement ECU such as an APEX'i or a PossumLink.

 

CHEERS GUYS !