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Hey all,
Just doing the standard introduction thing. Brand new to the forum. Just picked up a 2015 Evo X FE and planning to have some fun with her. Not new to cars and mods, very new to Evos. I have much of what I want to do already planned out but have some questions about roms and tuning. I've never flashed OEM ECUs before, so I have a lot to learn there. History of cars:
1995 200SX SE-R - GTIR swap, made 376 to the wheels on OEM turbo. Blown motor
1994 3000GT VR-4 - Never made it to the dyno but was still on stock turbos with E-Manage Ultimate. Eventually spun a bearing and let her go
2005 S2000 - GTX3076r w/ Hondata KPro. Made 576 to the wheels on E85. Someone rear ended me and sent me into a wall, car was totaled.
And now, Evo X FE
Hahaha! Don't bring that kinda negativity over here! Hahaha.
I came close to buying a 2014 GSR with basically every package available: leather recaros, heated seats, sunroof, rocksford fosgate system. but the car had been modded and I make it a habit of not fixing other people's projects. It has an intake and cobb boost solenoid. Also, when I test drove it, above 6K I saw the check engine light flash so it was tuned and had some kinda knock. No thanks.
It was either 2014 like or a 2015 FE. I found the exact FE I wanted (pearl white, unmodded) first so here she is.
More pics soon. I'm still waiting on my registration and such. DMV is slow cuz of COVID.
Thanks for the welcome!
Welcome to the forums. What are your plans for the car and what's your timeframe on those things?
That would've been a tough decision for me, between a 2014 GSR (maybe not the specific one you were looking at, since it was modded and had some problem) and a 2015 FE, since the 2014 GSR has the Recaros but the 2015 FE is limited and has a little more punch out of the gate.
@DeeezNuuuts83
Thanks for reaching out.
It was a tough decision between the 2014 and the FE. I really wanted the FE for superficial reasons but the 2014 is "better" in my opinion, because of the Recaros. But I decided it's either a fully loaded 2014 (sights and sounds package, leather, sunroof; everything), or the FE. And the FE found it's way to me first. Trust me, i'm not happy about not having the recaros!
Timeline is slow, probably about 2-3 years for everything I want to do. I'm in no rush! I'm just coming off of my turbo S2K (got wrecked in May) so I'm sure my wife will be happy to see my build slow. End goal is between 550-650 whp. Probably use a GTX3576. I had the 3076 on my S2K; the new GTX series are something special. Not a DD, just for driving locally and the occasional track day. I know a lot of folks are making that kinda power on stock block and sleeves but I'm more conservative. I'd rather not worry about the block and just wet sleeve at, but we'll see. I'm hoping to hear from you all on best approaches there. And I need to learn about Open Source tuning since i've never done it/used it, so hoping to do that here too.
Thanks everyone.
I get it, I drove a 2014 and the seats are clearly superior. But it is what it is. I'm just happy to have one and have gotten what I wanted, which was a great condition, unmodified 2014 or FE.
This thread seems to be getting more love than the one I posted in the tuning section. Is anyone willing to crash-course me on ECU Flash and roms, etc. I posted in the tuning section trying to confirm what I think I know and posed like 2 questions, but no one is really chiming in.
This thread seems to be getting more love than the one I posted in the tuning section. Is anyone willing to crash-course me on ECU Flash and roms, etc. I posted in the tuning section trying to confirm what I think I know and posed like 2 questions, but no one is really chiming in.
it's actually, not exactly that simple. there are a lot of small details regarding which software to install, where to install it, options to enable, getting your computers comports etc. to communicate correctly. then there are hardware choices such as wideband, how to wire it into the ecu, etc. lots more smaller details that a lot of people don't think about. they only come to mind because I've tried to walk somebody through it online, once, and it was a horrible experience LOL
it takes forever.
if you could find somebody locally to walk you through it, in person, you could probably figure it all out in a day.
to be honest, it's probably just that nobody wants to take on that responsibility.
p.S. Seats, shmeats. You made a great choice!
it's actually, not exactly that simple. there are a lot of small details regarding which software to install, where to install it, options to enable, getting your computers comports etc. to communicate correctly. then there are hardware choices such as wideband, how to wire it into the ecu, etc. lots more smaller details that a lot of people don't think about. they only come to mind because I've tried to walk somebody through it online, once, and it was a horrible experience LOL
it takes forever.
if you could find somebody locally to walk you through it, in person, you could probably figure it all out in a day.
to be honest, it's probably just that nobody wants to take on that responsibility.
p.S. Seats, shmeats. You made a great choice!
Thanks for this; much appreciated.
I'll keep doing my HW and connect with some folks locally. Everyone tell me ECUFlash is super easy but coming from standalones or plug and play ecus, it seems like a whole new world.
I've also got a lot of good tuners locally who I can lean on, if needed. Thanks again!
Thanks for this; much appreciated.
I'll keep doing my HW and connect with some folks locally. Everyone tell me ECUFlash is super easy but coming from standalones or plug and play ecus, it seems like a whole new world.
I've also got a lot of good tuners locally who I can lean on, if needed. Thanks again!
Once everything is installed and set up, it's super easy. It's the setup that's tougher to explain, via internet.
