Mod suggestions

[Black05wrx]

Since I just graduated this week, I have acquired some extra money to spend on my car. I already have a tbe and uppipe, but I'm looking for something more. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[scoobywrx]

Congrats on graduating. If your looking for more power I would suggest some sort of EM. Accessport, Ecutek, or Utec. It will add about 25 more h.p. If your looking for better handling a rear swaybar will help you.

[FlatFour]

Well put. If you can't afford the EM, my first suggestion would honestly be to save up, but there are other options for a few extra hp. A new exhaust manifold and an egt sensor to put on with it would be a nice touch that will help you out down the road. Looking at an extra 10-15hp as well.

[Black05wrx]

Now with the Utec, is it relatively easy to use, or will it take a lot of knowledge of tuning to use. I have been contemplating getting the Utec for a while now, but since I was told about CFT and seen how all their cars run MicroTech, I was wondering if the MicroTech would be worth the extra money. Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Green]

i got a MicroTech on my car i love it

[FlatFour]

If you plan on learning how to fine tune your car with a user-tunable EM than its definitely worth the money. It's really all a matter of if you believe you are going to continue to mod your car in the future. If you think you are going to do a few mods and be done with it, than what is your need for a user-tunable EM? But if you are like most, get some mods and be happier for a while than start dreaming up some more, its worth the money. There are plenty of them to choose from nowadays, you just need to find a tuner that you trust and believe is going to be in the area for questions and help in the future. I have a friend who tunes AEM EMS, if you are interested. Good luck.

Oh i forgot to mention, the difference between UTEC and say AEM/Microtech is that UTEC runs off of the stock ECU programming while AEM/Microtech replace the ecu entirely. This removes all of the strict rules associated with the stock programming (which you can see as good or bad) and allows the user to define his own rules and safeguards for the car. There are some nasty features available for the standalone EM's but i hear UTEC holds up quite well. I think this is because UTEC only runs off the stock programming for non boost situations. Again, its all in the tuner.

-mike