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Hi guys.

I have dumped a lot into my car including 460hp turbo, fuel pump, Wolf3D v4 etc. Now I have someone who is interested in purchasing the old R33 Gts-t ecu off me. I'm not sure if I want to sell it because I know some people keep them in case they ever have to go back to stock. I have also kept the intercooler, airbox and turbo (although the exhaust wheel is rooted) but I wanted to check on your guys opinions as to if it's even worth me keeping it.

The stock ECU would not be able to handle my turbo and I'm not planning on selling this thing considering the money I just spent on it so the chances of me ever going back to stock are very slim. The only thing I can think of is if the Wolf died on me and I needed something to plug in to last me a week or so of driving. However, I will have larger injectors in the near future so I don't know if the stock ECU would even run the car with these in.

Any advice would be great. However, the main question is... how readily available are these ECU's and what are they WORTH? That's the main thing... how much is a reasonable price for the ECU?

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