well i guess there really isn't away around the damn ecu to adding boost to my xfire unless some onez got another way to work with a piggy back on the factory ecu? well anyways what would be a good standalone/piggyback that'll work nicely with my xfire? also i'm wondering how much boost the stock N/A v6 can handle and still be reliable with the universal STS turbo III kit i'm planning on using? tuning isn't a problem i've got a few friends(3 to be exact, got to love mechanic. friends) that tune for a hobby hell one of them got a b16 civic street tires stock internals turbo mid 11's with a very honed tune something like over 300hp i guess he hasn't got it dyno'd yet & still reliable. but yeah the other 2 love there Subaru’s so yeah they are all about those turbo’s so it'll help me a lot tuning my xfire with the STS which one of them are very excited to work with the STS he would love to see what kind of #'s he'll get out of the STS.

 

I'd give free advice, except I've heard that you get what you pay for.

 

I applaud all the people attempting STS kits on these cars lately (I've gotten 5 calls this week), but please do some research.

These are not Civics or STis. I don't care how many 8 second Mustangs your friends may have built, they aren't cracking these ECUs without some very expensive hardware.

Can we sticky a "Know before you Turbo" thread please?

Sorry for the rant.

 

Basically in a nutshell.......figure on scrapping the stock bits and replacing with a Motec unit.

Maybe something like the m800.

 

The crucial queston: How much experience do your friends have with AMG tuning?