i just recently got into tuning and stuff and bought a 2010 toyota matrix s. i put a magnaflow exhaust, k&n cold air, trd quickshifter and an ecu chip. i was wondering what i couuld do next to take its performance to the next level..turbo supercharge?
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Posted 05 December 2011 - 10:39 PM
Sorry to tell you, but chips are garbage. Your ECU will re-teach itself back usually within a week or 2. If you're looking at tuning your ECU, you need an aftermarket ECU or piggyback unit to do it properly, otherwise, your just tossing money away.
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Posted 06 December 2011 - 10:32 AM
X2 on the "chip". They are a 5 cent resistors that fools the ECU for awhile. But the ECU also watches the 1st O2 sensor and figures out what's going on and adjusts the fuel to it. Now if you had the "chip" and some type of O2 spoof then you could keep the ECU in a happy place. However spoofing the O2 isn't that easy.
Yea your next step would be to "piggy back" the ECU then add a Supercharger or Turbo.
Yea your next step would be to "piggy back" the ECU then add a Supercharger or Turbo.
Edited by Salsa Guy, 06 December 2011 - 10:33 AM.
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Posted 06 December 2011 - 03:34 PM
Why is this thread just coming back to life after no responses for a full year? lol
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Posted 06 December 2011 - 05:12 PM
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Didn't even see the time of the original post...
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Posted 06 December 2011 - 05:15 PM
Oops!
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Performance: TRD SC, AEM UEGO Wideband w/Auber Gauge, Vibrant/Magnaflow Cat-back, Oil Catch Can, Voltage Stabilizer/Ground Kit, DC Sports Strut Bar, Auber Boost Sensor/Gauge, Tranny Cooler, Alutec Lightweight Crank Pulley.
Others: DRL Mod, Fog Light Mod, Sunroof Auto Stop Mod, Hella Horns, Ceramic Brakes, VVTi Logo Ignition Coil Cover. Lowering Springs, Fog HIDs
"If you want Government to solve your problems, then you are the problem!" BMSR
MODS:
Performance: TRD SC, AEM UEGO Wideband w/Auber Gauge, Vibrant/Magnaflow Cat-back, Oil Catch Can, Voltage Stabilizer/Ground Kit, DC Sports Strut Bar, Auber Boost Sensor/Gauge, Tranny Cooler, Alutec Lightweight Crank Pulley.
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 10:50 AM
Hahahaha
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