wrx sti tim

just bought a very nice wrx sti. its an import so its restricted to 120mph. any ideas how i get this taken of? thanks

scooby1doo1

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when you get it mapped for uk fuel Vpower, they will remove it for you

wrx sti tim

what do you mean? its been in this country since 2001 pritty much since it was new. and i am running it on super unleaded now? thanks

scooby1doo1

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Sorry thought you just imported it

wrx sti tim

no mate. so how do i stop it being restricted then? any ideas?

bluenose172

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You could do it yourself if you fancy. You'd need a Tactrix cable and a copy of Romraider and ECUFlash.

weso

Surely it's already been done when it was converted to mph for it's sva?
Or am I being thick?
Wes

wrx sti tim

it belonged to a lady from new so she probaly didnt even realize it was restricted.

TingTongPJ

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restricted to 120 is strange thought the japs equiv in mph was 110, ask a mapper to have a look for you they might not charge much if your not having a full remap. you could ask jollygreenmonster

joz8968

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I love the whole dead pan "No, I mean it" tone! Brilliant.

bluenose172

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The limit's 117mph, it might look like 120mph on the clock. Doing it yourself with the tools I mention would take about 5/10 mins.

wrx sti tim

were do i get the tools to do it from? thanks

bluenose172

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tactrix - You could get a cheaper 1.3 cable on ebay for about £60.

RomRaider - Open Source ECU Tools | RomRaider / Rom Raider for info and ecu editor.

EcuFlash - OpenECU for the ecu flashing software.

Probably not cost effective, but it will get the job done.

wrx sti tim

sounds like its probaly goin to be easier just geting a garage to sort it out. thanks for your help

Rich_wrex

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edited for accuracy

bluenose172

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Re-edited, I've got the 2001 JDM STi ROM infront of me.

wrx sti tim

i have rang up scooby clinic and they can do it for 100 quid plus vat. but there in chesterfield which is about 2 and half hours from me. Is there anybody on this site that would be able to come and sort this proublem out? thanks

bluenose172

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I would have done it for you, would have taken 5 mins, I wouldn't have charged £100 though, ouch.

wrx sti tim

were abouts do you live and how much would you charge? thanks

bluenose172

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I'm in central Scotland Tim, so would be about £200 in fuel to come down, lol!

uk300scoob

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you can do this job easy yourself mate all you need is a 55 quid speedo converter off ebay.

wrx sti tim

i thought it was only the clasics that were deristricted in that way? i will have a look on ebay then. thanks

wrx sti tim

bought the spedo converter deristrictor. goes up behind the engine somewere just got to try and find were. goin to atempt it at the wkend.

Jolly Green Monster

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Try Zen Performance as they are only down the road from you in Wellingbourough and can derestrict it etc..

Simon

Jolly Green Monster

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the software I use (EcuTek) is geared towards a full remap and therefore has costs involved and therefore not really suited to just loading a map with speed limiter upped.. would be cheaper to fit an electronic derestrictor, or leave it restricted and change exhaust etc and incorporate derestriction with a remap to gain more power etc..

Simon

wrx sti tim

yeah i have got a electronic derestrictor now and buying an exhaust today so going to get them both fitted. how much would you charge to do a remap? thanks

Jolly Green Monster

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550+vat but if you are getting Zen to do exhaust then get them to map it?

no need for the derestrictor then