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HDi fun · 05-05-2008, 07:59 PM

NA engines are hard to tune economically, by which I mean that you have to spend quite a lot of money for modest torque and power gains.

I'm not really a fan of pggyback ECU's either as most of these work by mis reporting INPUT data to the car's ECU thereby forcing it to overfuel the engine in a very haphazard way. Far better to remap the car's ECU and control things directly.

Either way I reckon you'll only see 6-8bhp increase and again only at high revs. A good remap might smooth out the power delivery across the range a little though.

You're generally better off with a diesel if you have a hunger for easily accessible power and tunability.

05-05-2008, 07:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
HDi fun Moderator The Torque Meister Car: Peugeot 406 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SOUTH EAST Posts: 1,526	Re: tuning tips for a 1.8ts Alfa Romeo 156 Sport Wagon 2002 NA engines are hard to tune economically, by which I mean that you have to spend quite a lot of money for modest torque and power gains. I'm not really a fan of pggyback ECU's either as most of these work by mis reporting INPUT data to the car's ECU thereby forcing it to overfuel the engine in a very haphazard way. Far better to remap the car's ECU and control things directly. Either way I reckon you'll only see 6-8bhp increase and again only at high revs. A good remap might smooth out the power delivery across the range a little though. You're generally better off with a diesel if you have a hunger for easily accessible power and tunability.