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Originally Posted by mcgrews3
Appreciate the expertise from Stl-986 and MaxD - now leaning back towards a flash tune.
From my forum reading it sounded like with various mods like exhaust, plenum, intake one would **need** to tune the car to get the most out of the upgrades.
A whole new ecu etc sounds like way too much trouble for my use case.
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Hey mcgrews, I have been heavily modifying my 986 over the past winter and have learned some valuable stuff.
Dig deeper into old posts about mods before you test the old girl to pieces. You will notice two things - there are very few dyno plots to substantiate the "awesome pull" you get from any mods and those that are available show modest gains at most. In addition to this, I will personally vouch for the depth of the rabbit home that you are staring into. I'm not saying that you won't get something out of the car, but it's a long stretch to get a few extra ponies and you'll never see anything close to 100hp/l (or even 90 for that matter) unless you're going to go FI.
The short about tuning - stick with the oem dme, it's actually more advanced than most aftermarket systems available today. And stick with stock tunes, even with modifications. These one size fits all flash tubes from softronic and fvd are likely a waste of money. If you don't believe me, learn everything you can about ME 7.2 and NA tuning. Read about tuning approaches on nefmoto. and then have a conversation with those flash tuner guys. In just a few emails you will realize you are talking with an idiot.
I'm not trying to dissuade you from persuing this journey, but understand that it is exactly that. If you want to get the girl out of her heels and show you her dirty side, go for it If you want a project car that will make you **************** your pants in the end, this is not the lady you want.
Just my 2c.
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