Yessir! New turbo, aem, and a new fuel system.

 

What made you decide to go AEM instead of retaining the stock ECU?

 

Just no interest in the stock ecu, I would rather run a stand alone 99% of the time. Especially now that the series 2 is out.

 

What changes were made for the Series 2?

 

http://aempower.com/files/EMS_vs_Series2.htm
In addition to the research I have done which is conflicting, it is supposed to start up much faster rev more freely and run light years smoother than the original. And supposedly a little bit better software,not to be mistaken with more user friendliness.

 

Update?

-Acree

 

Not much to report, the car is running, driving, and pulling very smoothly! All is working well. I've spent most of the past week and a half just driving the car to see what my fuel trims do but they're still hovering very close to zero so I think that aspect is dialed in perfectly. The car makes nice clean and strong WOT pulls, it does taper a bit rich in the upper RPM's though so I'm probably going to pull out a bit of fuel tonight.

 

How's the partial throttle drivability?

While my car is down, I'm going to making changes to the setup. It currently has a MBC, so at the very least I want to switch it over the direct boost control on the JDM map sensor. Speed Density sounds very interesting but I'm not quite sure the pros/cons of each system.

-Acree

 

Part throttle drivability is great. The biggest benefit to switching over to SD in my eyes is how much smoother the idle and low-speed/RPM drivability becomes.

I tried ECU-controlled direct boost (with JDM MAP sensor) for about a year and was never impressed with it so I switched back to a MBC and couldn't be happier. I know plenty of people will disagree with me so to each their own, just my 2-cents.

 

Is it possible to do ECU-controlled gear-dependent boost table while the ECU is configured for SD?

-Acree

 

I think it is with Tephra V7.

 

i couldnt agree more with the mbc part.