04-06-2012, 06:17 PM | #1 |
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ECS supercharger install
I've only had my car for about 4 months. From the time I got it, I knew that I wanted to do work to it. I've read the forums, did my research and after much deliberation and saving, I brought my car to ECS to install their supercharger system with the alky control. I went with an alky control system now rather than later because from my understanding, after installing a methanol system, I would need a good tune anyway for proper functionality. Why not spend the extra money now and save it later. I'm hoping to get my car back Tuesday and be somewhere between 650 and 700rwhp. I'll update when I get the car back.
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04-06-2012, 06:47 PM | #2 |
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You in good hands over there at ECS. Time to invest in some tires.
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04-06-2012, 07:22 PM | #3 |
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I'm gonna try and wait for those. I know that it's inevitable that I'll replace them, so until then I'm going to drive a little more conservatively. I'm thinking Nitto's or Toyo's. I had the 555's on my last car and they held up pretty well.
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04-08-2012, 07:42 PM | #4 |
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great choice. are you haveing a cam installed also?
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04-08-2012, 08:26 PM | #5 |
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Yeah your In good hands great guys!
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04-08-2012, 08:55 PM | #6 |
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04-08-2012, 08:57 PM | #7 |
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04-09-2012, 03:23 PM | #8 |
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In the works, and going well!
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04-09-2012, 03:49 PM | #9 |
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Great!! Looking forward to picking it up and going up the TurnPike.
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04-09-2012, 07:09 PM | #10 |
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I'll be dropping mine off on Saturday... can't wait!! Paul... |
04-09-2012, 07:19 PM | #11 |
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your going to love it.
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04-09-2012, 09:23 PM | #12 |
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I'll take pics and post up info when I get it back unless someone from ECS does it for me. Either way, numbers will be this week and pics to follow this weekend.
One thing that slightly concerns me is how my top will hold up. I'm sure driving with the top down won't be a problem. If anyone with a FI setup on there vert. has any experience, please chime in. Otherwise, I'll let you know of my own. |
04-12-2012, 09:02 PM | #13 |
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update:
SNAFU!! I went to pick up my car yesterday. Everything from what I was told made me really happy. However, I went to take my car, got on the road, and BAM, my car jumped into "limp" mode. I brought my car back, and Doug pulled the code, reset my ECU and reloaded the tune file. This was something that has never been encountered. Got back on the road and it happened again. Apparently, I got the luck of the draw and have a bad ECU. It is what it is. There's no one to blame and I'm not coming down on anyone. Like I said, it's the luck of the draw. Matt is being gracious enough to pull the ECU from his car to put it in mine since mine is shot. I have to hand it to these guys there. I'm an impatient SOB and I've been emailing Matt ever since I dropped my car off last week. They have been very composed and very tolerant of me. Being impatient is one of my flaws and they have been working with me to accommodate me and make me happy. I couldn't ask for anything more. They need more guys like them to be working all over the place. They are even making sure that the car will run right after the ECU swap. Before I picked up my car, I was given numbers which I'm sure most everyone is curious about. So, with a base tune, alky control system, 92mm throttle body, and NO other mods, they were able to get me to 641rwhp/605rwtq. To me, that's impressive and I can't wait to see the full potential of my car. Thanks to the guys at ECS for working with me!! |
04-13-2012, 01:36 PM | #14 |
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Wow nice numbers. I'm really thinking about going with the ECS kit but i got to admit the more i research it the more I back off a bit just due to the "what if something goes wrong" thought. It's my daily driver and last thing I need is a blown motor.
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