Found Something... Please advise!

[90tsi]

what exactly is the hp and torque goal by trying putting a stand alone setup. you can't just change the brain and expect great things to come from it. with this motor you might be lucky to get few horse out of it. so thats what 1300 bucks to get few horse. thats kinda point less i think.

[paultyler_82]

Originally Posted by 90tsi

what exactly is the hp and torque goal by trying putting a stand alone setup. you can't just change the brain and expect great things to come from it. with this motor you might be lucky to get few horse out of it. so thats what 1300 bucks to get few horse. thats kinda point less i think.

Yes, but for those that plan to go SC or turbo wit a bit more agressive boost...well, something is needed to fine tune settings, the factory ECU alone with stock programming just isn't going to cut it. And those that will go with all motor setups may want to change parts of the program to optimize timings and air/fuel for say... different compressions, different cams, etc. You're not likely to see gains from JUST an ECU on these cars, the point is, to fine tune and optimize for your other modifications