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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 1, 2013 - 7:49 PM
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depends how good the tuner is, but in general, starting with a basemap and trimming it down to make the individual car run happy is about achieving reliability and safety for the motor rather than seeking power which is done on the dyno. so on a road tune its hard to say that youll get any gains at stock boost levels, the gains will come from increasing the boost and mapping out higher boost than the stock ecu allows

whereas on a dyno tune which is done to increase power at all revs and all boost levels. the road tune is done afterwards to make sure it all safe


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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
- - 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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