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Old May 12, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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i need some good advice someone that knows

does anybody know if i might be ready for a flash with the little upgrades that i have for my 06 evo mr. well i have a greddy evo 2 exhaust,with delete pipe, greddy intercooler, fuel pump,boost control,greddy blow off valve well thats what i have for now. does a flash give enough horse power? or would it be a waste to get a flash? or should i get a after market ecu ?
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Old May 12, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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does anybody know if i might be ready for a flash with the little upgrades that i have for my 06 evo mr. well i have a greddy evo 2 exhaust,with delete pipe, greddy intercooler, fuel pump,boost control,greddy blow off valve well thats what i have for now. does a flash give enough horse power? or would it be a waste to get a flash? or should i get a after market ecu ?
Stay with the OEM ECU and get a flash. You will not be able to take full advantage of your mods until you flash.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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You are more than ready for a flash. Just go with the stock ecu and a good custom flash.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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ya with your better intercooler, pump and exhaust DO NOT do a mail in flash, would be a total waste man. Get a real tune, and you will be blazzing fast.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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Yeah this shouldn't be too hard to tune with a flash . Just make sure that you get someone to log the car after its been flashed (preferably with a wideband A/F).

Running that car with the fuel pump and no flash probably has it running a bit rich though.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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I suggest replacing the 2 1/4" resonator in the Greddy EVO2 cat-back with either a 3" pipe or a full-through 3" resonator. I replaced mine with a pipe. Sound is a tad louder, but not too loud.

Get a custom dyno tune from an experienced EVO tuner. You won't be sorry.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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i heard dat u can't tune by doing a flash
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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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i heard dat u can't tune by doing a flash
You heard wrong. A good tuner (preferrably hands on) can tune an evo just fine with the flash method....it might take a few flashes to fine tune it though. Search around on this forum and see.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim in Tucson
I suggest replacing the 2 1/4" resonator in the Greddy EVO2 cat-back with either a 3" pipe or a full-through 3" resonator. I replaced mine with a pipe. Sound is a tad louder, but not too loud.

Get a custom dyno tune from an experienced EVO tuner. You won't be sorry.
OT I have the same exhaust. How much gain did you get by upgrading the resonator? How expensive was it to do this mod? How much louder did it get? I like how quiet it is now.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:59 PM
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Dude---go to these peeps...
http://www.turbotrix.com/

They will hook you up, at the very least ask this question to them rather than people that dont know what they are talking about...conjecture...is all you'll get on here..
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Old May 13, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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A flash IMO is the best mod you can do to an EVO at ANY stage even stock.

You must datlog and send the logs to the tuner afterwards to actually TUNE the car if you are doing an E-Flash, otherwise get a custom tune.

I have used 3 of the major vendors on evom, the best e flash is listed in my sig, hands down.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 01:33 AM
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so u guys are telling me dat a flash is better then an after market ecu i donno cause i went to a shop in queens ny yesterday and i asked about this they told me that a ecu is better are they just trying to sell it to me or wat cause im trying to get to 600hp at least without having to bye things twice
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:16 AM
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Dude---go to these peeps...
http://www.turbotrix.com/

They will hook you up, at the very least ask this question to them rather than people that dont know what they are talking about...conjecture...is all you'll get on here..


man dat site was pretty cool
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by lemmonhead
ya with your better intercooler, pump and exhaust DO NOT do a mail in flash, would be a total waste man. Get a real tune, and you will be blazzing fast.

A mail in flash won't be a waste. You don't need a aftermarket ECU yet. Well, unless you have that much extra money to spend. Your OEM ECU can handle these parts just fine.
If you have a Evo IX then you get more benefits out of the flash. I say 20-30 whp more.
Do a M1 flash with jester at http://www.jestrtuning.com/
They will take good care of you.
I spent $52 for my flash. It worth every god damn penny.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 03:07 AM
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Cool

Oh and for the record.
How long have you been driving your car without having it flash ???
Specially when you have a aftermarket fuel pump installed. You must be crazy buddy.
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