i have suspicions that my 05 mr is not running a stock map, so im wondering where i could get it flashed to a stock map? at idle i can hear the exhaust note going up and down, but my rpm needle remains stationary at about 950 rpm, and the engine shakes a bit and can feel it sitting in the car. im hoping i dont have aftermarket cams cause i was really looking forward to having it stock

 

ummmmm...pull your map and post it...best way to tell.

 

how do I pull my map? What do I need to do that?

 

All you need ecuflash and a tactrix cable to do it, there is a couple of tutorials stickied in the ecuflash forum. Remember to write your immobilizer code before attempting to flash another rom if needed or you gonna have to deal with disabling the immobilizer.

 

im not too confident when it comes to tinkering my ecu, so could i possibly go to a dealer and get a reflash there?

 

no, a dealer will not flash the rom and probably wont know what your talking about if you would ask...

now you could take it to a performance shop that tunes evos and they could do it for you

 

sounds like cams. why dont u take off your camgear cover and look to see if u have aftermarket cam gears.

also dont be afraid to work on the ecu yourself. as long as your not changing parameters and maps you shouldnt have a problem jsut uploading your map for us to see.

 

so if i were to take it to say, vishhnu performance or gst motorsports, i could ask them to flash to the stock map? if i take the valve cover off how can i tell if the cams arent stock?

 

buy a cobb accessport, it is dummy proof

 

OH GOSH hell no dont do this.

if your going to do this sell your car and get a sti instead.

 

you could got to some one nere you to read it for you
were are you from?

 

im from the bay area in california. we have a couple good tuners around here so thats why i was thinking of taking a trip to one of them and having them flash me to a stock map

 

if u put ur stock map back on and the car is modded well there goes the reliability of your car. find out if its modded first.

 

alright sounds good, so how can i check if its modded? what i mainly want to know is how can i tell if the camshafts arent stock?

 

post up a vid of your exhaust at idle that should help.

well if u take off the cam gear cover and the cams look like this
they are obviously not stock but that still doesnt mean they dont just have camshafts.

Im telling u just buy that cable and upload your map i swear your car wont mess up. Your not even gonna change anything, all your gonna do is look at your map. Then u will know for free if its stock or not.

But i know you want to be stock and all but if the car is running good i dont know be happy, i wish i had cams haha. Well if u do have cams and dont want them please donate em to me and ill trade u my stock ones haha