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Originally Posted by bayerischeperformance
did he finally change his mind to run aftermarket engine management? last i heard he was going to try to make those numbers with stock ecu and an off the shelf tune...honestly you'd be better off spending the extra money on a new ECU system
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he is sticking with the stock ECU, though he is not going to be running an off-the-shelf tune. to be more specific, he has sent his ECU to Nick G. of Technique Tuning, who is going to program it the same way he programs the OEM ECU on all the stage 3 kits TT installs (i'm pretty sure that's accurate, but Brian will get in here soon and clear it up if it isn't)...at which point Nick will send the ECU back and we'll install it. at any rate, this off-the-shelf tune, or "stage 3" map, is only to get the car started and drivable so Brian can drive it back over to Nick G. and get a true custom tune (albeit on the OEM ECU).
at the current power goal, the OEM ECU and Nick G's tuning skills are more than enough to make it happen...in fact, Brian will still have some headroom to push higher if he wants, but at that point, no amount or skill level of tuning can protect the internals...which is OK, b/c Brian is eventually looking to break the boosted stock block/head S52 power record. and when you're going for those kinds of records, an engine rebuild is always just on the horizon. but that is more or less why we decided against SEM - the price to performance ratio just didn't warrant it, especially when a tuning professional has been able to make it happen with the stock ECU reliably.