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Old 14 August 2007, 07:06 PM
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Question ECU Tek or Apexi Power FC??

For a UK 2000 with mods as in sig, which would be best option. 320bhp ish.
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Old 14 August 2007, 07:14 PM
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depends what you want to achieve, but be aware you loose the factory knock protection with the apexi


PS nice wagon but minging lights
Old 14 August 2007, 07:21 PM
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Id say ecutek, Apexi hand controler is handy though. I THINK the Apexi can be mapped to flash the CEL when knock is detected. Could be wrong though.
Old 14 August 2007, 07:39 PM
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If you dont want to mess with the map once done, go with the ECUTEK, You can buy a program for it if you want to look inside the ecu,
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PS nice wagon but minging lights [/quote]

Yeah I know. liked them at the time.
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Originally Posted by Paddi70
PS nice wagon but minging lights
Yeah I know. liked them at the time.[/quote]

Old 15 August 2007, 10:35 PM
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Apexi because it can be simply removed and sold on when/if you decide to sell the car as standard,your original ecu would have to be reflashed with the original map,or another one sourced to do the same..... the cell light will be programmed to flash if knock becomes too much,also will do the same for other sensors that reach their limit,injector duty cycle for instance,then its up to you to back off,the commander is a very handy tool to see whats hapening with the boost fuelling,knock etc.... also if you wish to do further mods the apexi can be easily tweaked to allow for these,the standard ecu with ecutek would need a complete reflash to take care of these,and would from my research cost a little more than the apexi...... i weighed up all this before i decided which way to go on mine.
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