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Sep 10, 2007, 02:31 PM
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Bone stock? Not a whole ton. Maybe 10 or so. But here's what you're not thinking about - peak HP doesn't mean anything.
What a good EcuTek tune will do is tune the WHOLE powerband. The car will take off better, ride around town better, go hard better, etc.
Think about a dyno graph. What really matters is NOT the peak number. What matters is all the space under the line. It's a lot more complicated then you're thinking of it as. This isn't Gran Turismo where you just want the peak HP number to be as high as possible. This is a real car, and it needs real tuning.
If you don't like the $120/hour cost, then I don't suggest you get something like this. The RRM piggyback might be more your taste (since it comes pretuned and you just install and forget it).
What a good EcuTek tune will do is tune the WHOLE powerband. The car will take off better, ride around town better, go hard better, etc.
Think about a dyno graph. What really matters is NOT the peak number. What matters is all the space under the line. It's a lot more complicated then you're thinking of it as. This isn't Gran Turismo where you just want the peak HP number to be as high as possible. This is a real car, and it needs real tuning.
If you don't like the $120/hour cost, then I don't suggest you get something like this. The RRM piggyback might be more your taste (since it comes pretuned and you just install and forget it).
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Bone stock? Not a whole ton. Maybe 10 or so. But here's what you're not thinking about - peak HP doesn't mean anything.
What a good EcuTek tune will do is tune the WHOLE powerband. The car will take off better, ride around town better, go hard better, etc.
Think about a dyno graph. What really matters is NOT the peak number. What matters is all the space under the line. It's a lot more complicated then you're thinking of it as. This isn't Gran Turismo where you just want the peak HP number to be as high as possible. This is a real car, and it needs real tuning.
If you don't like the $120/hour cost, then I don't suggest you get something like this. The RRM piggyback might be more your taste (since it comes pretuned and you just install and forget it).
What a good EcuTek tune will do is tune the WHOLE powerband. The car will take off better, ride around town better, go hard better, etc.
Think about a dyno graph. What really matters is NOT the peak number. What matters is all the space under the line. It's a lot more complicated then you're thinking of it as. This isn't Gran Turismo where you just want the peak HP number to be as high as possible. This is a real car, and it needs real tuning.
If you don't like the $120/hour cost, then I don't suggest you get something like this. The RRM piggyback might be more your taste (since it comes pretuned and you just install and forget it).
Sep 10, 2007, 03:59 PM
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At this moment, you have one choice - get the RRM piggyback. Either install and leave it or use the software to do some light tuning.
Once EcuTek becomes available, it should be a tuning solution that allows for more options. You can tune any part of the engine.
Works is also working on a solution in which they take your stock ECU and change some specs to increase performance. This is not in production yet.
I've been told that basic piggyback units like the SAFC will not work with the 2008, but I don't know if that's true yet.
Yes, this will cover what you'd need for boost.
Sep 10, 2007, 04:44 PM
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Well...I appreciate it to both of you guys.
That does fill it in quite well.
$120/hr is steep but it was without knowledge on the effects.
But DJ and ambystom explained it well enough.
All it comes to is a decision on what would benefit me.
Personally the ECUtek sounds much better if we are looking at an overall performance. Like reaction-retardation is at a minimum.
Good looking out guys.
Much love
That does fill it in quite well.
$120/hr is steep but it was without knowledge on the effects.
But DJ and ambystom explained it well enough.
All it comes to is a decision on what would benefit me.
Personally the ECUtek sounds much better if we are looking at an overall performance. Like reaction-retardation is at a minimum.
Good looking out guys.
Much love
Sep 10, 2007, 04:56 PM
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Well...I appreciate it to both of you guys.
That does fill it in quite well.
$120/hr is steep but it was without knowledge on the effects.
But DJ and ambystom explained it well enough.
All it comes to is a decision on what would benefit me.
Personally the ECUtek sounds much better if we are looking at an overall performance. Like reaction-retardation is at a minimum.
Good looking out guys.
Much love
That does fill it in quite well.
$120/hr is steep but it was without knowledge on the effects.
But DJ and ambystom explained it well enough.
All it comes to is a decision on what would benefit me.
Personally the ECUtek sounds much better if we are looking at an overall performance. Like reaction-retardation is at a minimum.
Good looking out guys.
Much love
Piggybacks like the RRM unit are a good middle ground. Low-cost, relative ease, but smaller gains. Actually paying a professional to tune the system is going to be the best way possible. The most expensive too, but you gotta admit it's worth it. Your girlfriend has Louis Vuitton, you have ECU tuning.
Sep 10, 2007, 05:58 PM
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The advantage of Ecutek (and why it costs a lot) is that it's not just a simple piggyback, it actually modifies the stock ECU. This means that 1. you don't need to do any splicing and have a piggyback sitting in your glove box and 2. you retain all the parameters of the stock system like its ability to adjust to different temperatures. This is part of why it costs so much to tune, first they have to crack the ECU code, then they need to learn how to modify it correctly and then they need to learn how to put that knowledge into practice.
Sep 19, 2007, 09:10 PM
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Not to kick a dead thread back to life, but I have been wondering if there has been anymore info on this EcuTek chip?
I am looking to make this the first mod I have installed on my GTS.
I am looking to make this the first mod I have installed on my GTS.
