some advice please.

[QIKSTI]

At the moment Im preparing to remove my engine from my 97 type r first time removing a ej20 but will be having the assistance of Gazzy which is a great sigh of releif, so anyways once out im going to get the cambelt done and head gaskets etc etc just for peace of mind, now I am looking at doing the usual bolt ons ie pully kit, external waste gate, semi tuned extractors, electronic boost controller, upgrade my flywheel, clutch few others i have proberly forgotten. Can anyone inform me if the computer i have atm assuming its the factory computer for my type r if i would have to get anything done to it ie reflash or whatever its called i know my best option is G4 the beast but $$ does not allow at the moment. Its also running a VF23 and seems to go hard but what is a safe zone limit for them boost wise, at this stage im not looking at going down the road of a fully forged demon im wanting a reliable, nice sounding sti that has the potential to be a lil more than standard.

Any info whatso ever related to any part of my vehicle would be greatly appreciated.

[funkytown]

Factory ecu can not be tuned dude. But a good electronic boost controller set to about 18psi is the safe limits of your vf23.

Forget headers they are a waste of your money. Instead look at a good downpipe and exhaust. Keep your factory airbox, replace the filter while ur fixing her up.

Add a 22mm rear sway bar to ur mod list with $$ saved on headers

[Stoffa]

also theres no need to change the head gaskets if theres nothing wrong with the engine, I'm assuming you mean rocker cover gaskets.

[QIKSTI]

 funkytown said:

Factory ecu can not be tuned dude. But a good electronic boost controller set to about 18psi is the safe limits of your vf23.

Cheers Funky

haha yeah i kinda questioned that question in my head about the ecu but posted anyways, ya never know truly till you ask, is there any sort of upgrade ya can do or replace ya ecu aside from the G4 i keep seeing possum link etc etc or get ya ecu chipped but i dont really wanna muck around with something that can still do a job, so the factory ecu will run the bolt on mods with out issue?

Geez 18psi when gazzy took it for a spin im sure he said it was already pushing 17psi i reckon 16 imo but anways, any sort of recommendation of a decent controller?

[QIKSTI]

 Stoffa said:

also theres no need to change the head gaskets if theres nothing wrong with the engine, I'm assuming you mean rocker cover gaskets.

Cheers Stoffa.

Ok not head gaskets im going to say yes i was meaning rocker cover gaskets lol. ;D

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 funkytown said:

Factory ecu can not be tuned dude. But a good electronic boost controller set to about 18psi is the safe limits of your vf23.

Forget headers they are a waste of your money. Instead look at a good downpipe and exhaust. Keep your factory airbox, replace the filter while ur fixing her up.

Add a 22mm rear sway bar to ur mod list with $$ saved on headers

also no to headers check, it has a pretty breathy exhaust got note an flow, down pipe looks to be after market (2 into one) Simesse maybe

ok and rear sway bar, all being noted down Big thanks guys, its pretty hard to get local advice from timaru considering with my last gf8 i had nothing but issues and showering money to "mechanics" for no gain or reliablity kinda put a damper on trying to get a lil more hp outta the bottle until i got this type r, actually does anyone know of the previous owner its old number plate was WKDWRX??

[Stoffa]

theres always the option of an air flow controller (SAFC, SAFC2) they intercept the signal from the AFM to the ECU and can give you a little fine tuning to make sure things are safe if you wind up the boost a little.

[sultan]

safc would be the same outlay as a possum link, still require to be tuned, but won't be as good. i'd go for a possumlink and a pro dyno tune. you'll get 200kw at wheels, and you won't blow it up

[Stoffa]

you can pick up a safc secondhand for a few hundy and you'll never get factory drivability off a possumlink

[Disruptz]

only the 2001+ computers can be factory tuned/flashed.

[sultan]

 Stoffa said:

you can pick up a safc secondhand for a few hundy and you'll never get factory drivability off a possumlink

depends on injectors used. i've run on both yellows and 550s and it runs well. it wasn't too great with 800s.

[rex-leggy]

 sultan']

[quote name='Stoffa said:

you can pick up a safc secondhand for a few hundy and you'll never get factory drivability off a possumlink

/quote]

depends on injectors used. i've run on both yellows and 550s and it runs well. it wasn't too great with 800s.

a rs at mm had my decapped yellows which were over 800cc ..... it ran mint on the old link

[sultan]

what exactly do you mean by "ran mint". did you try maintaining a slow driving speed in 1st gear?

[rex-leggy]

 sultan said:

what exactly do you mean by "ran mint". did you try maintaining a slow driving speed in 1st gear?

i never try to do that in any car. but i was in it cruising and was fine .

my cars worse thats for sure

so no cant comment on first gear but gtlegacy could he drove it while tuning

[sultan]

try peak hour traffic on the motorway with a possum link and 800cc inj, it will be tedious. general cruise is ok, it's when low duty injector control is required the flaws come out big time