how much can the stock ecu take ?

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Dec 21, 2003 | 02:49 PM

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silver_rex_4eat

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take a look at cobb tuning also

ona stock wrx they claim 260hp to the crank on 91 octane and on 93 octane 265. With a turbo back they claim in the neighborhood of 280hp. I too want to do a full turbo back and up pipe but for now i got a n axle back turbo xs fora little more sporty sound and i will get the reflash for say 400 bucks. If you ever want to get another additional reflash its like 20 dollars for each one. You just send them ur ecu out of your car, mail and they return it all done and plug it in.

I hope this helps. LIke others have s tated your ecu will handle the mods that you are talking about, but you wont see the true potential gains of those mods without some kind of tuning.

chris

Dec 21, 2003 | 03:16 PM

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awns729

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was it when they first got the rex? 000024 was the vin #? i dont have that issue, sorry. but the car they got was very new and since than many people have reported hp gains after reset +driving it like its stolen so personally i believe a reset will give you a hp gain.

Dec 21, 2003 | 05:37 PM

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Yeah, I think that it's the same car with the early vin. I will do a difinative test with my g-tech and find our for shure about resetting the ecu.

Dec 21, 2003 | 05:50 PM

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Origami posted by awns729
i dont have that issue, sorry.

Sport Compact Car Magazine Project WRX:

Part 1 June 2002.
Part 2 September 2002.
Part 3 March 2003.
Part 4 August 2003.
Part 5 September 2003.

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Dec 21, 2003 | 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by awns729
reflash will help a lot ...high hp gains...20+?

When I got my car dynoed there wasa guy ahead of me who had a wrx that was getting dynoed. He had an up pipe/down pipe combo and an exhaust and had his ecu reflashed, that's why he was at the dyno cuz the tuner, bIll, was fine tuning the car. On the dyno his car put down either 214 or 224 at the wheels, cann't remember which number it was. But I'd have to say numbers will vary from car to car. So I'd have to add my $0.02 and say go with a reflash...it's what I plan to dow when I get several engine mods done.

Jason