ecu upgrades?

Ray

Ray

The Northernah'
are there any ecu tunes or maps for my 98 N/A RS ...i cant seem to find any. hate to sound so numb but any help out there?

 
They make a Accessport for them. Maybe Subimods can help you out for that. Send them a pm

 
Your really out of luck in terms of accessport for a 98. There really isn't much power to be made with a N/A unless you want to spend some serious monies. Instead of power upgrades, go for suspension.

 
Your really out of luck in terms of accessport for a 98. There really isn't much power to be made with a N/A unless you want to spend some serious monies. Instead of power upgrades, go for suspension.
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This. You can't build up NA motors unless you want to spend SERIOUS money. Put your cash towards turning better.

 
so my new struts and a wrx sway bar in the rear will surely be doing me some good
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so my new struts and a wrx sway bar in the rear will surely be doing me some good
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Those and some nice summer tires and you'll be carving corners like mad. Or some gravels if dirt is your thing. Much better then trying to wring out the NA motor.

 
i-speed has 2 or 3 levels of reflash depending on your mods

beyond romraider, this is your most affordable option. and it is proven, reliable, and plug-n-play

 
Unlike the turbo cars, with the NA you'll see very little performance increase wit just an ECU. You need a lot of expensive mods. Intake, exhaust, cams, .... maybe add a turbo ...
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subie engineers have already tweaked the 2.5 as far as possible, yet not trading off long term service.

can't stroke a 2.5 (much) can't bore it, aftermarket cams help a little but cost the stock motor's fat midrange torque in return for a little extra up high (bad deal for dirt lovers). the stock 2.5 is a really sweet dirt/snow/mud setup because it's got better low/midrange torque than a 2.0 WRX all day long. it's not so much the absolute numbers, it's how the 2.5 delivers torque--right NOW not waiting for turbo to spool.

ECU can help a bit. we ran a Link standalone ECU on our 2.5RS rally car (expensive box, HUGE wiring challenge too) . with intake, headers, exhaust, the Link and a dyno tune, we got up to about what a stock WRX puts to the wheels. lots of $$$ for the gains but the car went like holy nell just the same!

stick to amping up performance with suspension, tires, maybe gearing like a 4.44 box and diffs if you are ready to shell out $$$.

 
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4.44 = shorter gearing = more accel (esp in 2nd and 3rd gear) - lower top end speed x higher noise levels on highway/lower gas mileage

the 4.44 box was the single most important performance mod to the 2.5 rally car (well that plus the DMS 50mm struts and the limited slip ctr diffs and custom 4th and 5th gear set etc) however top speed was cut down to under 100 and it sucked gas like an F-250.

ah well, no such thing as free cheez in de mousetraps

 
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