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Old 05-02-04, 09:23 PM
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with these mods do i need pfc or ecu

axle back exhaust, dp, intake system do i need a ecu or a pfc or neither?????????

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Just keep your boost at 10 psi with a manual or electronic boost controller and you'll be fine.
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You need a boost gauge. If the boost is staying at 10 PSI, you don't need anything. If it's spiking, you either need a boost controller to hold it at 10, or an ECU and turn it up!
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get a boost gauge immediately if you don't have one already chances are your spiking 12+ psi NOT GOOD
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10psi=?bar. and 15psi also

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Originally posted by Little 7
10psi=?bar. and 15psi also

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what ecu do u guys recommend i have a boost gauge and boosting at 10psi if i want to turn the boost up i need an ecu right?
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yep, get a PFC
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i think 14psi=bar. With exhaust, dp, and intake you are adding a lot more air and no more fuel=you are running lean. Not a good thing for our FD's. I wouldnt say you need a PFC for these upgrades, but an upgraded ECU like the Pettit would be a good idea. $400 for an upgraded ECU is cheap insurance for what motor rebuilds are going for these days.
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Originally posted by mr g lord focker
With exhaust, dp, and intake you are adding a lot more air and no more fuel=you are running lean.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong again. It has been repeatedly proven by wideband testing that the stock ecu can handle all the bolt-ons at 10 psi and still be very safely rich.

The 3-mod rule was proven false years ago. Unfortunately, it still carries on....
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Originally posted by rynberg
Wrong, wrong, and wrong again. It has been repeatedly proven by wideband testing that the stock ecu can handle all the bolt-ons at 10 psi and still be very safely rich.

The 3-mod rule was proven false years ago. Unfortunately, it still carries on....
Here here, I will testify to proving the 3 mod rule incorrect. I have a customer running Greddy 2 row FMIC, Apex intake HKS DP, Mid- pipe, GT CB, Profec B spec 2. NEVER gets above 10 psi. And runs very rich. Stinky rich at that. No WB #'s to give though, Sorry.

That said EVERY car is different. Watch your boost gauge and if it goes over 10 you may as well bite the bullet and just get a PFC cause you know you want to do more anyways!!
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Originally posted by mr g lord focker
i think 14psi=bar.
1 bar = 14.696 psig
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Originally posted by rynberg
Wrong, wrong, and wrong again. It has been repeatedly proven by wideband testing that the stock ecu can handle all the bolt-ons at 10 psi and still be very safely rich.

The 3-mod rule was proven false years ago. Unfortunately, it still carries on....
i'm just curious as to how the ECU compensates for the extra flow. i would think that if the fuel map isn't changing, and the air flow is increasing, you would lean out. not that i don't believe it, i just don't understand it.
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Originally posted by particleeffect
i'm just curious as to how the ECU compensates for the extra flow. i would think that if the fuel map isn't changing, and the air flow is increasing, you would lean out. not that i don't believe it, i just don't understand it.
The stock ecu doesn't compensate. It just runs so pig-rich from the factory that there is A LOT of safety room. My car with d/p, cat-back, intake, and SMIC was still a bit below 11:1 throughout the boost range with the stock ecu.
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Originally posted by rynberg
The stock ecu doesn't compensate. It just runs so pig-rich from the factory that there is A LOT of safety room. My car with d/p, cat-back, intake, and SMIC was still a bit below 11:1 throughout the boost range with the stock ecu.
ahh. nice to see a number. ty.
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wount the map sensor help add fuel?? (long day maybe wrong)
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Originally posted by DjRannyKan
wount the map sensor help add fuel?? (long day maybe wrong)
only based on boost, not airflow.
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