Can Dealerships detect accessports after the ECU was flashed back to stock?
Originally Posted by sonicsuby
FYI: intake + exhaust - EM = engine damage.
as long as we are speaking about a full catless exhaust.
plus an intake...thats just dumb on a STi, loss of power; wow that sounds fun!
where do i sign up?
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Originally Posted by Mad Ra88it
qft
as long as we are speaking about a full catless exhaust.
plus an intake...thats just dumb on a STi, loss of power; wow that sounds fun!
where do i sign up?
as long as we are speaking about a full catless exhaust.
plus an intake...thats just dumb on a STi, loss of power; wow that sounds fun!
where do i sign up?
Caveat:
Now, of course, if you have some built motor and giant turbo, it may be more than a 5WHP difference, and the cats are only one of a long list of CARB violations, so it may not matter nearly as much as some guy with a few bolt-on parts.
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Originally Posted by Mad Ra88it
qft
as long as we are speaking about a full catless exhaust.
plus an intake...thats just dumb on a STi, loss of power; wow that sounds fun!
where do i sign up?
as long as we are speaking about a full catless exhaust.
plus an intake...thats just dumb on a STi, loss of power; wow that sounds fun!
where do i sign up?
FYI... CAIs on STis work.
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
Fixored.
meh.. do you remember at the shop when Nate first slapped a CAI on a STi and got 15hp without tuning ?
remember how he got more after tuning ?
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I remembered it as 15hp after tuning. We've had this discussion before- more power from bolt-ons without tuning is not necessarily a good thing. Indiscriminant leaning out in parts fo the powerband = bad.
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
I remembered it as 15hp after tuning. We've had this discussion before- more power from bolt-ons without tuning is not necessarily a good thing. Indiscriminant leaning out in parts fo the powerband = bad.
with the CAI it was a good thing since the AFRs after the bolt-on were more inline with what the car should be running.
its an easy fix for a car that run fat from the factory
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Originally Posted by Mr. Xevious
with the CAI it was a good thing since the AFRs after the bolt-on were more inline with what the car should be running.
its an easy fix for a car that run fat from the factory
its an easy fix for a car that run fat from the factory
Besides that, the long term fuel trims will eventually add the fuel back in and the gains will dissapear. Its just ghetto a/f tuning. Do it right the first time and you won't regret it.
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And to answer the original question, if the dealership really wants to, they can check how many times the ECU has been reflashed. Then when they compare it with their records that say they have never flashed the ECU themselves, they'll know it has been messed with. Now I've never heard of this actually happening to anyone, so I would imagine you'd have to give them a really good reason and it would have to be a very crappy dealership. Stick to the recommended dealerships and try not to break things and you should be ok.
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
Not so good for a car that already pings excessively from the factory.
Besides that, the long term fuel trims will eventually add the fuel back in and the gains will dissapear. Its just ghetto a/f tuning. Do it right the first time and you won't regret it.
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Besides that, the long term fuel trims will eventually add the fuel back in and the gains will dissapear. Its just ghetto a/f tuning. Do it right the first time and you won't regret it.
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Odd.. my 05 never pinged from the factory. I guess I had a magicial STi
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
And to answer the original question, if the dealership really wants to, they can check how many times the ECU has been reflashed....
Reminds me a a VW guy I was talking too. I told him about the theoretical flash limits of the Subaru ECU and he went on about how VAGtools (or whatever it's called) could reset the counter. He just didn't get it that it was a physical limit not some software limit.
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So then i have another question:
If you add Catback Exhaust and Intake to a 05 STI you need to tune it because it wont run correctly if you dont, correct?
Well then why does subaru offer a SPT catback and a SPT intake but no tuning for them??? It doesnt make sense??? Can someone show me if i am missing something here.
If you add Catback Exhaust and Intake to a 05 STI you need to tune it because it wont run correctly if you dont, correct?
Well then why does subaru offer a SPT catback and a SPT intake but no tuning for them??? It doesnt make sense??? Can someone show me if i am missing something here.