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hey guys, looking for something to replace my stock ecu so i can up the boost to around 10 or so without it hitting hard rich mixtures caused by the stock ecu, would this be a good replacement? what exactly will it do?

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Its an early model Link (currently also sold as Vipec). It should enable all the usual: tune afrs, timing, eliminate speed limit, reset rev limit etc. You can probably get any specific questions answered by the factory:

http://www.linkecu.com/

do some reading and find out what you are buying and how much it will cost to install, setup and tune

do the same for the apexi powerfc - as per my sig, the powerfc faq has everything you need to know

yeah be aware the tuner cable is not longer available for these so you need to make sure your tuner can tune it, i have a few customers i have reffered to AVO here in melbourne as they are the only ones with the cable / handset... as it was discontinued years ago and is no longer supported.

Good ecu, just need the handset, but i see your in berwick so AVO will be able to tune it and they are fairly local (moorabin).

yeah be aware the tuner cable is not longer available for these so you need to make sure your tuner can tune it, i have a few customers i have reffered to AVO here in melbourne as they are the only ones with the cable / handset... as it was discontinued years ago and is no longer supported.

Good ecu, just need the handset, but i see your in berwick so AVO will be able to tune it and they are fairly local (moorabin).

i have no idea with ecus, is there anything else that is readily available and easily tunable on the market? thats cheap? whats the cheapest option to go for? im not trying to get awesome power, i simply want to run 10psi without it running rich.

i have no idea with ecus, is there anything else that is readily available and easily tunable on the market? thats cheap? whats the cheapest option to go for? im not trying to get awesome power, i simply want to run 10psi without it running rich.

honestly most places charge 650-850 for a tune regardless of ecu so that ecu @ 450 + 650 is about the cheapest option around. Ring AVO and get a qoute for a tune and you will soon see what it will owe you in total.

honestly most places charge 650-850 for a tune regardless of ecu so that ecu @ 450 + 650 is about the cheapest option around. Ring AVO and get a qoute for a tune and you will soon see what it will owe you in total.

do AVO supply ecus? obviously as an extra charge...

Its an early model Link (currently also sold as Vipec). It should enable all the usual: tune afrs, timing, eliminate speed limit, reset rev limit etc. You can probably get any specific questions answered by the factory:

http://www.linkecu.com/

only the link G4 ecu's share the same hardware as the vipecs (or which ever way round you want to put it) the earlier model links are/were only sold as link

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