dazmanta Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hiya, Im new to this and have only owned myWRX for about 11 weeks, Took it for a blast on Tuesday and when I hit 100mph it seemed as though the engine was missing, power, no power.. kept my foot down and it would'nt go past 120, I'm not a boy racer by the way lol, Turbo kicks in at about 4,000revs and boosts at 1.5 psi, dont know if this set up right, it's a 93 and i've been told that it could be the ECU and that year cant be remapped, any held i would be greatfull, thnx Link to comment
scouk Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Assuming this was on a private road somewhere Anyway, Japanese Import I take it from what you describe? Has it had the limiter removed? Japanese cars are limited to about 110mph. This is the obvious thing for starters.. Link to comment
marko72 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Is it a uk car or an import as I think that jap imports are restricted in their top speed if im not mistaken??? Link to comment
marko72 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hey Al your typing faster than me lol Link to comment
dazmanta Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hiya Al, yeah it is an Import, (and it was on a Private road I think i'm going to have to find out if it has been removed, thnx Link to comment
dazmanta Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 How do I go about removing the limiter ? Link to comment
scouk Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hey Al your typing faster than me lol Woohoo! ANd no typos! How do I go about removing the limiter ? Ya know what.. I don't actually know... Link to comment
johnnyr6 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 (edited) If it reads in mph it should be derestricted (unless you have stickers over the dials). the early cars used a mechanical speedo drive and you fit a converter which changes the speedo to mph and moves the limiter to 180mph. As for remapping thats crap, you can fit a chip to move the boost up a bit ( to around 1.1bar) or andy f can do a custom remap your ecu using esl a bit like ecutek on the later cars. If your not seeing bosst til 4k your set up needs looked at or its not the standard turbo, thats too late and if you mean 1.5bar thats high + the standard ecu will cut the fuel. johnny. Edited August 19, 2011 by JohnnyR6 Link to comment
dazmanta Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Thnx Johnny, Like I said I've not had it for long so I will get it looked, I'm in Cumbria and i've been told that Scooby Technix in Fleetwood is the best place to take it, Any Ideas on thats ? and thanks again. Link to comment
johnnyr6 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 (edited) I've used scoobytechnix for bits, the bloke seems very good. I had no probs with him and would use them again. Never used them for work (being in glasgow thats probably obvious, well that and the fact i do my own work) but they were recommended to me by guys on 22b.com Johnny. Edited August 19, 2011 by JohnnyR6 Link to comment
scooby222 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 hiya and welcome mate 2 things come to mind - as its an import it could have an aftermarket ecu thats not set up right and the other thing is what fuel are you running on? at those speeds jap imports designed for 100 ron fuel could struggle on anything less than 98 Link to comment
dazmanta Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 Hiya and thnx mate, I Running it on v-power which after checkinhmg is 99 Ron, so I think I need to go to Scooby phenix and get it checked thnx Link to comment
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