doesnt matter. whatever would be the best to run with the kit.

 

In the end it depends on your budget. Of course any stand alone is going to be better then a piggyback. Personally an HKS Fcon V Pro or Haltech would be the best all around.. but a UTEC will do.

 

Technically a UTEC is not a piggyback ECU. It's a parallel ECU. Greddy E-Manage Blue and Ultimate are piggyback ECU's.

JET

 

I never said it was a piggyback. I said stand alones are better then piggybacks. Then I listed the top 3 stand alone units including the UTEC..

 

Miaplaya did you every check into this for? It would be well apperciated. Thanks.

 

Labor is $290 for a basic overhaul/rebuild. Add to that the parts cost of $150-250 for seals, bearings if needed, other bad parts. Typically $400-500 based on something being broken aside from the seals... Thats the info I got from Turbonetics. This is for the ceramic ball bearing unit of course...

 

Yeah... and like I said previously. The UTEC is not a standalone unit and it's not a piggyback. It's a parallel ECU.

JET

 

I am one of the best and worst examples of a TN set-up on a stock motor. TN kit, UTEC, AAM Stage1 fuel system, good tune, HKS DLI ignition, it lasted 3000 miles before it sent 2 rods through the block. Hard to say for sure, but from talking to knowledgable people/shop owners and seeing how many motors are staying alive now-a-days as compared to only 1 year ago it was likely my raised limiter and my abusive racing habits (up to 7100rpms from6600). Good luck with it, the kit on a stock motor is great

 

If I was going to describe the operation of the UTEC and put it in one of the two categories I would say stand alone is it actually initiates timing and fuel adjustments rather then just modifying the stock output signal. That being said I put it in the standalone category when I talk about it. But tomato, tamato..

 

 

these poll results are BS.....

most people have the TN kit on a stock block. The poll is showing 36 people with this kit on a built motor......I can only think of 3 or 4 people using this kit on a built motor