[Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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Spidey
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

Post by Spidey »

Picked up my PFC (used) today via eBay Aus - delivered for only 485 euros - only £400 :)
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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Spidey wrote:Picked up my PFC (used) today via eBay Aus - delivered for only 485 euros - only £400 :)


any import duty on that and silly parcelforce costs to "store" it...
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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None - the guy (of his own accord) put value as AUD$60 ! :)
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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Spidey wrote:None - the guy (of his own accord) put value as AUD$60 ! :)


luckily for you it didnt go missing or get damaged! :shock:
$60 refund wouldnt have gone down well i bet.
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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No apparent damage - might be Fri evening before I plug it in and start it up. Always worried about electronics going through the post rom one side of the world to the other :shock:

I've a stock rev3 turbo with decat, Mongoose exhaust and Apexi filter. Should be able to re-initialise and pick up the base rev3 map. Then a mate of mine has tuned his PFC himself - so, will learn off him.

Still have to pick up a wideband and a datalogit (more $$$ :( )
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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Picking up a brand new in the box power fc and commander, £550

-695 original PFC I bought that didn't show
-600 power fc off berk technology
+695 refund
+50 compensation


Providing the refund goes through, unit only cost me 550 + import duties. I expect 100.

So 650 ain't to bad IMO.
Sell commander 150-200.
450-500 for brand new ecu!!

So decent deal spcially when secondhand units with no commanders are going for 400-450. Im personally not prepared to pay that for a secondhand unit.

Now just need to wait for refund and ecu to turn up in the post.
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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that worked out well :-) :thumleft:
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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Providing money and ecu turn up. Yes! Lol

need a bit of good fortune
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

Post by sjm1984 »

Then there is the cost of getting it remapped
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

Post by jimGTS »

so be it.....


if i had gone for MORE expensive motec, link etc etc, i would of had to have got sensors, harnesses AND remapped
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

Post by SFLee »

motec i think it can be run off standard sensor
wiring unterminated is about £100 or fully make about £400 then mapping is all same regard to ecu so the most expensive is wiring :P apart from the motec

Currently I have 2 motec

one M48 i brough of larry
another M4 I brought off a guy who crash his 600 BHP Ceilca, still try to see which one i should use, before getting rip off the other one

I use to own PFC but sold it on, because I wanted a ECU that suit other car/engine, one day i may get rip of the 3sgte and stick something else into it :D

just my though
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

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im jus about 2 order my motec ecu they are the best on the market and for £750 u cant gop wrong
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

Post by .jambo. »

is no one running the hydra nemisis ecu seems a nice bit of kit???
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

Post by Johnny G »

.jambo. wrote:is no one running the hydra nemisis ecu seems a nice bit of kit???


SEEMS it. Software is terrible and the support over here isn't great.

Solaris all the way for me.
3.4ltr V6 Turbo. Built by Woodsport. Controlled by Syvecs, mapped by Ryan. 420bhp @ 0.7bar from 2400rpm
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] no sign of my powerFC, what other ECUs are available?? frustrated!

Post by Clearsky »

Johnny G wrote:
.jambo. wrote:is no one running the hydra nemisis ecu seems a nice bit of kit???


SEEMS it. Software is terrible and the support over here isn't great.

Solaris all the way for me.


Is this speaking from experience or just your opinion?
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