Rom Raider

[scoobzie]

for anyone wanting to mess about with there ecu most will no of it

http://www.romraider.com/RomRaider/Download

[dipsy]

Cheaper going to Andy F for some of his expert ecu tweeking and top job aswell .Doing it your self very very costly if it goes wrong

[scouk]

  Dipsy said:

Cheaper going to Andy F for some of his expert ecu tweeking and top job aswell .Doing it your self very very costly if it goes wrong

Totally agree! If your gonna map the car get Andy to do it! Best guy for the job.

Unless your brave/stupid enough to try it yourself...

.. If you do DIY, make sure you full understand EXACTLY what you are doing before you do it.. No room for trial an error here, also every car is different!! One wrong value on a table, and ka-BOOOM!!

Which reminds me.. really must buy a decent wideband sensor...

Edited December 9, 2008 by ScoUK

[trackhound]

  ScoUK said:

Totally agree! If your gonna map the car get Andy to do it! Best guy for the job.

Unless your brave/stupid enough to try it yourself...

.. If you do DIY, make sure you full understand EXACTLY what you are doing before you do it.. No room for trial an error here, also every car is different!! One wrong value on a table, and ka-BOOOM!!

Which reminds me.. really must buy a decent wideband sensor...

Careful with these broad statement chaps. I have been mapping my car with Romraider for 18 months and have flashed my ECU hundreds of times without any problems. I am currently running 390bhp/400lbs torque from my own mapping. It's not a case of being brave or stupid, it is a case of doing your research, learning from others on the Romraider forum and making small incremental adjustments using the appropriate monitoring equipment such as wideband, knocklink etc.

[scouk]

  Trackhound said:

Careful with these broad statement chaps. I have been mapping my car with Romraider for 18 months and have flashed my ECU hundreds of times without any problems. I am currently running 390bhp/400lbs torque from my own mapping. It's not a case of being brave or stupid, it is a case of doing your research, learning from others on the Romraider forum and making small incremental adjustments using the appropriate monitoring equipment such as wideband, knocklink etc.

Same ere mate.. I started using enginuity at the start of 2007.. Thing is many peopel think its as simple as plugging in laptiop 2 seconds later instant remap with gazillions of hp and torque..

I've had a ridiculous amount of emails from people asking me about it the past couple of years who clearly don't understand teh first thing about how engines work.. Let along know what a engine map is.. Some folk have even sent me their spec of car and asked me to send them a map for it I mean WTF! Flattered yes.. But c'mon!! I aint that good.

Like you, have spent a heck of a long time researching and asking questions on the forums making sure to understand fully what changes are being made.. Yes in theory anyone can do it.. and the rewards are off the scale! but.. I don't like reccomending something that people download plug into their ECU and fry their engine by rushing into it with little or no understanding.. I know, people who are serious about it probably wont do that but the net is full of numpties looking for quick fixes..

I'm more than happy to give out advice and assistance to anyone trying it for themselves.. But I aint being held responsible for any damage!

[edited to add]

Currenty running 273.7bhp from a standard 215bhp with the help of romraider. Could be slightly higher as boost wasn't as high as expected during dyno run torque was a lousy 250 mainly due to the low boost, but will be higher now (Made up a new restrictor pill along with minor map tweaks)... And I'm very pleased with the results.. The response from the car is also tweaked to my driving style. Not always something you can get from a tuner who only sees your car and driving style for a few hours..

Edited December 16, 2008 by ScoUK

[trackhound]

Great to hear of another open source tuner in Scotland! I also have an 01 wrx so if you need any ideas with your maps let me know. I will be at the knockhill track day in march so let me know if you are going as it would be good to hook up and compare stories.

Cheers

Alistair