 Standalone ecu for a st205, Worth it? |
 Nov 25, 2013 - 8:01 AM
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Hi, a workshop is changing the engine in my st205, and they have given me an offer to change the ecu to a haltech stand-alone and remap it for a total of about 900£ extra. Do you think this will be worth it? They will be putting in a Spec stage 3+ clutch while they're at it.
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Nov 30, 2013 - 4:57 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 11, '08 From Auckland, New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
just because you haven't heard of it, haltech does have a name for itself, it is not a no-name made-in-china deal at all.
sounds like a pretty average deal for the haltech and tune, you cant promise a price like that at all. a good wiring job will take a day or two even if he's done several 3sgte st205 looms. a good road tune will take a full day to complete with a couple hours in the morning , a couple hours during the day, a couple hours at night. then when you finally hit the dyno, all that mapping has to be gone over again with knock headphones and exhaust sniffer. road tuning will only save you a couple runs on the dyno, not enough to make it worthwhile, its alot faster to ramp up 4th gear on a dyno than it is to find a good stretch of road where you can nail it -------------------- Mike W
1996 Toyota Celica ST205 GT-FOUR GT2860RS turbine, TiAL mvr44, JE 86.5φ piston, Clutchmasters FX400, APEX P-FC 269awhp / 273ft-lbs |
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skogs Standalone ecu for a st205 Nov 25, 2013 - 8:01 AM
bsamps4 That sounds like a really good deal to me! Nov 25, 2013 - 8:31 AM CELL_PROTOTYPE_X If you plan to make big power...it's necessary... Nov 25, 2013 - 9:12 AM malpaso As offer it is looking really good (price of ECU a... Nov 25, 2013 - 9:38 AM yellowchinaman How much HP's do you plan on gaining is a big ... Nov 25, 2013 - 11:54 AM Trodai having a standalone Ecu is only worthwhile if you ... Nov 25, 2013 - 12:59 PM skogs The mechanic have a really good reputation, and is... Nov 25, 2013 - 1:29 PM malpaso Road mapping explains a lot. No need to pay for dy... Nov 26, 2013 - 4:15 AM skogs I will probably go for it then. The mechanic recom... Nov 26, 2013 - 6:52 AM
malpaso QUOTE (skogs @ Nov 26, 2013 - 12:52 ... Nov 26, 2013 - 8:27 AM skogs There is a guy with a 4wd dyno, but he is insanely... Dec 1, 2013 - 10:32 AM delusionz depends how good the tuner is, but in general, sta... Dec 1, 2013 - 7:49 PM lagos QUOTE (skogs @ Dec 1, 2013 - 10:32 A... Dec 1, 2013 - 10:27 PM delusionz ^-- the difference between st205 tuned and st205 s... Dec 2, 2013 - 4:57 PM malpaso In my opinion both guys (lagos and delusionz) are ... Dec 3, 2013 - 6:30 AM skogs It seems that some recommend dyno tune, some road ... Dec 3, 2013 - 7:44 AM pitcelica You need to understand that a full standalone tuni... Dec 3, 2013 - 2:26 PM lagos QUOTE (delusionz @ Dec 2, 2013 - 4:5... Dec 3, 2013 - 8:35 PM skogs Finally, the car has been mapped, but i suspect it... Sep 12, 2014 - 5:12 PM timbo16 QUOTE (skogs @ Sep 12, 2014 - 5:12 P... Sep 16, 2014 - 10:31 AM cardshark525 Technically the mechanic is right. Really shouldn... Sep 18, 2014 - 10:53 PM skogs I have been working on this myself for a while now... Sep 21, 2014 - 3:43 PM jbod The difference between a standalone and factory ec... Oct 11, 2014 - 5:17 AM |
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