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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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m2 didnt recommend the ecu be used without the main cat OR a port.

if you wanted to do that, they sold you a rising rate fuel pressure regulator (this was the 90s!).

theres nothing wrong with the m2 ecu, but using outside its tune, will result in engine failure, eventually

if you're going to be over 300rwhp, then you should be adding fuel, or using water injection or something
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Socamoto
Just wanted to be sure its a safe way to save me time and money along the line
If you want to be 'safe', get the motor ported and then keep the boost at 10 PSI with the M2 ECU. When you have the money, get your KS turbos and a PFC (or other programmable ECU) and start tuning and increasing your boost.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
m2 didnt recommend the ecu be used without the main cat OR a port.

if you wanted to do that, they sold you a rising rate fuel pressure regulator (this was the 90s!).

theres nothing wrong with the m2 ecu, but using outside its tune, will result in engine failure, eventually

if you're going to be over 300rwhp, then you should be adding fuel, or using water injection or something
Thats exactly right. The M2 Stage 3 ecu was designed to operate safely on a standard port motor (with oem cat), and was designed for 12 psi. How do I know this???? Because Brian (the owner) and Kyle (the head mechanic) at Mostly Mazda (M2) told me this while I was at their shop in July of 2002.

13 psi on a ported motor is beyond the safe limits on that ECU.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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I don't think it was ever confirmed whether M2 discouraged the use of a midpipe because of tuning reasons, or the fact that boost can become uncontrollable and cost someone a motor (i.e. they didn't want to be blamed for blowing a motor). As already mentioned, a wideband will tell the story as there have been several people to run midpipes with M2 ecu's over the years without issue.
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:40 PM
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at 10 psi with a ported motor and hf cat the car will be fine. even the stock ecu will support this. so if the 10 psi rule is followed with all the bolt on's , the m2 ecu will support the added flow just fine and my guess is it will still be rich (at 10 psi) . "The Key is to Control the boost"

Jeff
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