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Re: Settle a debate.
Just buy a turbo ECU they are as cheap as chips when they come up for sale over here. The 2 i bought were less than $100 each.
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Re: Settle a debate.
Rev1 and Rev2 ECU's are cheap, Rev3+ ones aren't. Still less than a basic standalone though.
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Re: Settle a debate.
Stand alone or aftermarket ECU's like the Link are thousands of dollars over here then you have the tuning so the price is crazy. The car runs so well on the stock ECU and even with small modifications that give you up to 10% - 15% power gains its not worth the hassle swapping it out the stock ECU.
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Re: Settle a debate.
I was thinking of going the piggy back route but the gains weren’t financially worth it for me.MR2DI4 wrote: ↑02/11/19 18:26 Stand alone or aftermarket ECU's like the Link are thousands of dollars over here then you have the tuning so the price is crazy. The car runs so well on the stock ECU and even with small modifications that give you up to 10% - 15% power gains its not worth the hassle swapping it out the stock ECU.
Just wish somebody would eventually managed to crack them!
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Re: Settle a debate.
The MR2 is ancient electronics technology using a micro and OTP Eprom memory, its a closed shop in terms of easily implementing an ECU "Flash" like a modern ECU with Flash memory.
Simply in the too hard basket and ultimately not many people play around with the engine that much and as soon as you want more than like a 15% power gain the stock ECU goes in the bin anyway and you move straight to a modern aftermarket standalone ECU that can be flashed.
Really would never look at some sort of piggy back arrangement myself.
Simply in the too hard basket and ultimately not many people play around with the engine that much and as soon as you want more than like a 15% power gain the stock ECU goes in the bin anyway and you move straight to a modern aftermarket standalone ECU that can be flashed.
Really would never look at some sort of piggy back arrangement myself.