le guen

used to own v2 ra had to sell due to work or lack of anyway thinking of rejoining the fold and buying a sti wagon got a german shepherd now so will be sticking him in the back for trips away.
can a v3 ecu be re-mapped.
is it better to buy a fresh import or a car with mapping etc allready done in this country.
have seen a nice one from jap performance in bradford are they ok.
priced 4995 what do people think any advice welcome
thanks
bob

GC8

The V3 will need a replacement ECU; unless ESL/Scott Taylor have made some progress that I havent heard a bout.

Skoobie Dhu

iTrader: (3)

My V3 runs standard ecu and has done for the last 10 yrs I've owned it - copes with SUL fine and ran 326bhp at a Subaru rr day with lots of standard cars for calibration. V3 likes to rev

Not suggesting you do this but this is my experience.

harvey

iTrader: (48)

As above V3 ECU probably cannot be mapped yet.
My Wagon did 335 bhp 333 ft.lbs quite safely on OE ECU, injectors and turbo. It was still on OE TMIC but I had to change that as it could not cope with the temperatures.
If you are getting a fresh import try and get one with only minor modifications. You want to be the first owner in the UK. Pretty good cars in my experience and I have mine to carry around dogs, guns, engines, gearboxes and anything else.
£4,900 is about the top of the bracket for a standard car in very good condition.