Race Gas
I thought having a laptop was pretty much standard. We have 3 in our house, and you only need a barebones laptop anyway to use EcuFlash. The cable is $90, and the software is free - doesn't get much cheaper than that. If someone has no laptop, then they can borrow one unless they just don't know anyone that has one.
I flash people all the time with my laptop and cable for this very reason. I don't perform the tuning myself, but I upload their eflashes from tuners like Dynoflash after first downloading their stock ROM for them.
I flash people all the time with my laptop and cable for this very reason. I don't perform the tuning myself, but I upload their eflashes from tuners like Dynoflash after first downloading their stock ROM for them.
The power gains are increased from just cranking the boost on your pump gas map (thats what i have been doing) but after some research though i have found that a retune is a must to really take advantage of the race gas, with the amount of fuel your ecu dumps from the boost increase you just aren't running enough timing advance to make huge power. Like i said though, i do it just for now until i get a retune on a AEM.
right before Al tuned my car i had a base map from jester and i was running 24psi on 93 and my car was knocking so i hvae to keep it at 22psi, but around pittsburgh here they have turbo blue i thought it was 104 but its been awhile since i used it anything so i have to go check out for sure wat octane and whether its leaded or not
When i run race gas i run leaded gas (usually 110 or 112), to me its not a big deal. My front o2 sensor pretty much shot which only makes my closed loop fuel jump around a little, the only other problem is that it fouls my plugs a little faster but at 28-30psi im not getting any knocks and its worth it.
When i run race gas i run leaded gas (usually 110 or 112), to me its not a big deal. My front o2 sensor pretty much shot which only makes my closed loop fuel jump around a little, the only other problem is that it fouls my plugs a little faster but at 28-30psi im not getting any knocks and its worth it.
well i found from running a couple tanks of 112 leaded the plugs will go in less than 1500 miles, the cost of the plugs is minimal. For some that is a problem, but look how easy they are to change, can't get any easier than the 4g63. You should really be changing plugs everytime you do an oil change anyways.
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