Never said it was bad, I'd prefer to go a plug and play over something that cuts into your loom
Also for EPA/defect reasons
+ installation for the E-MANAGE - its just easier to go a plug and play and might even work out cheaper
Unless you want to pay for the wiring harness etc - by the time you get all that, you might as well spend a little more and go a stand alone ECU
$1,500 is an overstatement, if you look hard enough you will find one for cheaper than that
I know someone who bought one off this forum for $1,000 brand new with HC - that wasn't to long ago either
I also bought a AP Engineering one for $1300 delivered - people are asking anything up to $1600, it just depends on how hard you look
Basic ECU if you think so but it does everything you need it to do for a tuned street/track car
If you were going all out with a spastic track car - 1000hp style then I'd say AUTRONIC or MOTEC but whats the max he will go with an RB25, 300wkw maybe?
PFC is more than capable of handling that
Updated? What for - it does what its designed to do and always has