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Im currently in a dilemma, I want an engine which is good for low down responce/torque and performance for everyday street use. Im going for 2530's or GTSS turbos. As for ECU Mines are known to make responsive cars, and I was told to go the mines ecu route, Im looking for about 550-600 bhp....but I am also considering the power fc

any tips advice would be welcome

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who will tune a MINES ECU??? the main thing when considering an ECU is what tuners are available to you, and what do they specialise in? You are in London? I read an article from your Japanese Performance Mag, on the autronic ecu... Best bet is to find the tuner you want to use, and ask what he prefers to tune, and there is your choice.

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firstly are the gt2530's still available? i know that many of the GT series are discontinued. They are rated at 320ps each and would be perfect for the power you want, and you can still get them 2nd hand.

The GTSS's would be awesome for response, but are rated slightly less at 280ps. but im sure if you get a pair of them setup and tuned you wont be complaining!

who will tune a MINES ECU??? the main thing when considering an ECU is what tuners are available to you, and what do they specialise in? You are in London? I read an article from your Japanese Performance Mag, on the autronic ecu... Best bet is to find the tuner you want to use, and ask what he prefers to tune, and there is your choice.

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firstly are the gt2530's still available? i know that many of the GT series are discontinued. They are rated at 320ps each and would be perfect for the power you want, and you can still get them 2nd hand.

The GTSS's would be awesome for response, but are rated slightly less at 280ps. but im sure if you get a pair of them setup and tuned you wont be complaining!

who will tune a MINES ECU??? the main thing when considering an ECU is what tuners are available to you, and what do they specialise in? You are in London? I read an article from your Japanese Performance Mag, on the autronic ecu... Best bet is to find the tuner you want to use, and ask what he prefers to tune, and there is your choice.

Power FC i believe is really your only plug and play option and used with proven results here in Aus, but as said above, you tuner has to like it.

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ok ecu got to be power fc an awesome unit and easy to tune to what ever setup you like throught hand controller or datalogger.

turbos your on the right track but there is also the ball bearing garret 320hp turbo which is very similar to the 2530s but maybe a bit better responce down low and a little less high boost(1.7bar) capabilities (ownly my opinion) a very good compo

with these to mods you might want to consider rb20/25 afm(cheaper than z32 and good to about 540rwhp) and 700cc sard injectors ,cos as you tune up the setup you will fast run out of fuel (injectors) and air flow monitoring (afm)

hope this helps

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Im currently in a dilemma, I want an engine which is good for low down responce/torque and performance for everyday street use. Im going for 2530's or GTSS turbos. As for ECU Mines are known to make responsive cars, and I was told to go the mines ecu route, Im looking for about 550-600 bhp....but I am also considering the power fc

any tips advice would be welcome

get the PowerFC

you'll never regret it

lwells Grand Master

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If you don't live in Japan or have access to someone with experience with re-programming the Mines units, you would be nuts to choose one. Even if you did have someone that could re-program it, the hassle just isn't worth it IMHO.

Power-FC all the way.

LW.

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Power FC all the way..

Lots of people use other ECU's and have issues with things like Cold Starts (applies to you) running air con (applies to me) and getting good smooth idles with alrger injectors. POwer FC's are beign used all over the world succesfully, the only downside that I can see to a Power FC (minimal if tuned well) is that they don't have effective tempeterature compensation, as I said this can be tuned easily and with excellent results..

Also take into account the FC-Datalogit package where you can modify all the options in the Power FC, that you can't do with the Hand Controller, like Fan switch on temps below 95 deg.. also you can then have launch control and extra intputs as well as full logging and view the whole map at once.. Check the FC-Datalogit website.. http://www.fc-datalogit.co.nz/

I was going to go with either a Power FC or a Wolf 3D V4, but after a few comments from people with the Wolf's I decided to go with the Power FC.. THis is being tuned in February in Perth and I will be picking up a FC-Datalogit shortly afterwards.

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