do they replace the origional sti ecu with the ppp one or are they in conjunction with one another? Are they preset maps? Give me all the info you have got!! haha. I was wondering about using one second hand. Any advice/tips?

 

depends on the year! - my99/00 is just an STI ecu, other years have a piggy-back boards, others years are remapped. wot year is yrs? (2005!? - cant help......)

 

anyone?

 

I think on newage cars at least they replace the ECU, and generally the other changes are a new exhaust system with sports cat, decat centre and prodrive backbox. There is also an uprated Y hose under the bonnet.

Remapping refers to a tuner changing the standard map using software such as Ecutek and is specific to the individual car. Prodrive don't remap each car individually, they have developed a standard 'upgraded' map which is the same on all cars of same type and year.

I don't think there's much point getting just the ECU without a matching exhaust, and it could even cause you some problems...

 

escott is spot on with the details for a WRX, but I thought the STi (which Clarke172 has) also got a new fuel pump too?

 

Yes, think you are right.

 

On a 07 sti PPP consists of

New back box and centre section
Uprated fuel pump
Re- programed Ecu from Pro drive

Basicaly they take out your original Ecu and send it back to Prodrive.
It is replaced with a new programed Ecu from Prodrive.

You can keep all the bits they replace but they wont let you have the Ecu

If you go down that route I would advise having the Pro drive springs fitted too.

 

if i bought a ppp ecu for example and also bought..... a sports cat/centre section and backbox then a fuel pump, swapped my whole ecu for the whole ppp one...Would it work? Someone said that you may need to get keys recoded?