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post 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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post Dec 3, 2013 - 8:35 PM
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QUOTE (delusionz @ Dec 2, 2013 - 4:57 PM) *
^-- the difference between st205 tuned and st205 stock is like night and day,

fuel economy, turbo response and midrange torque are all drastically improved. at the same boost levels a tune can pickup an extra 10-20hp from the midrange to the redline, with every psi after that yeilding a good 5-10hp spread across the whole range and from stock theres a good 5psi you can bump up from 14 to 19.

the more advanced the ecu is the more things you can do when you find yourself detonation limited at a certain power level you want to surpass



I'm not saying there is no difference. I'm saying that there won't be much difference if you don't visit a dyno and properly tune the spark map.

This post has been edited by lagos: Dec 3, 2013 - 8:59 PM


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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
- - delusionz   just because you haven't heard of it, haltech ...   Nov 30, 2013 - 4:57 PM
- - 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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