ECU remap worth it?

[ElliottJ]

Hi all, i'm wanting to get more power out of my GL and an ECU Remap came to mind, im new to cars so i thought i would ask here to see if it would be worth the money or not? If anyone can recommend a garage that will do it near melbourne that would be great too.

Thanks

[h100vw]

You won't make much extra power from a remap on your GL. You could buy a chip from ebay that is for your ECU part number that would make a handful of KW at best. Drive-ability would improve a bit.
Your money would be best spent elsewhere, a cam shaft maybe. It would be good to make sure it's running as well as it can in standard form first. A good service, with plugs etc.

Gavin

[whiteVR6]

A 260 cam, mk4 extractors or ebay unit, and a good intake are probably the best things you can do to get power out of a 2l reasonably cheaply, chips for n/a cars are usually the last thing you do once you sort the hardware first

[fred27]

Hi all, have a query for Gavin and whiteVR6 respectively;
can the GL with a 2E engine be tuned via the diagnostic port near the ashtray?
would you have a chip for the 2E?
I already have a bigger cam and the exhaust has been freed up. Not looking for a big increase, just optimize what I have.
Thanks

[h100vw]

Nah, it's a physical chip change but one you can do yourself. There's a heap of folk on ebay doing the kind of thing you need. Get your ECU part number and search on that.

I had an ebay chip in my Ibiza GTI which mad a noticeable difference to the way it ran. Much revvier at the top end and a good bump in the mid range too.

Gavin

[fred27]

Thanks for the info Gavin

[76bug]

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