So my head is getting kinda fried.
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My 2' is pretty much standard apart from an HKS mushroom filtery thing
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(don't like the look of it design wise, can't see it filtering particularly well?) and what seems to be an aftermarket IC of some kind, poss HKS as discussed in my
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"Is my intercooler custom?" thread.
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I just don't know where to go mod wise from here, been reading so much stuff I've just flummoxed myself I think.
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Just as I had a pretty fine idea what to do, I started reading that the stock ECU needs replaced pretty much straight off??
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My plan was only to get the exhaust sorted out
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(still factory), get a decat pipe
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(I have a feeling mine might have been gutted already, will check when doing exhaust), modest boost increase
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(14psi) and for reliability, although prob not needed but because I could make a project of it myself, maybe playing with WI
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- I need little things like that lol
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Would the stock ECU do all that OK?
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If I have to go custom ECU I just have no idea where to start; I am not sure I can justify the budget for it either, in terms of the unit itself, or the setup time it might
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- will
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- require.
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So, how far can the stock ECU go?
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Who has good road power on a standard
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unit?
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What are your specs?
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Help me de-confuse myself
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- I'm not interested in monster power, just a good increase, and with as much reliability as is easy and cheap to get lol
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On a side note, I just don't feel that impressed with the grunt of my 2' any more.
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well have never been blown away really
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- maybe I am expecting too much.
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I mean with the custom IC and filter surely it should be making a tiny bit more than stock.
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boost seems slow to come up
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- but admittedly I have nothing to compare too.
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I also still need to check that various systems are working right, TVIS, TVSV etc, but the engine does otherwise seem in great condition.
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Might be worth a code read to see if that throws anything up.
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But yeah, stock ECU, what have you guys got from it and how?