THe EFI is a fantastic standalone. It's expensive because it's very good quality- right down to the wiring harness. Keep in mind that it's not a piggy-back. THe thing controls everything. Check out my two EFI threads. There's a fair amount of information on them.
You'll surely pick up a ton of torque in the lower two thirds of the power band with the EFI as well, as you'll have better fuel, spark, and cam control.
I've enjoyed mine thoroughly and you don't have to go to a certified uni-chip tuner to tinker with it. Drivability is fawless from start up to shut down (that doesn't come automatically, you have to tune for it and/or get a base map, which is easy enough), with or without the A/C on, etc. I've riden in a uni-chip car and incidentally it was having similar wiring gremlins that you're having. His was in the MAF wiring as we found out. In any event, you'll ditch the MAF all together and run on MAP, which is pretty cool as well. You'll also have a post intercooler MAT sensor so you can dial in some additional engine protection as your charge temps increase... Really cool stuff and not complicated once you get the hang of it...
Happy to help in any way that I can should you go down that path. What year is your car?...Most will tell you that if you get me on the phone, I'm lible to not let you off of it, so be sure to have plenty of minutes if you call
Best,
Phil
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Originally Posted by rush
I've got the Uni-chip that came with the original kit.
I tried avoiding washing around the engine compartment but water can still get in there. What if your car is parked and a freak T-storm hits and blows water up under the engine lid fins...guess you're just stranded until the thing dries out = 4-5 days in my experience.
I'd caulk it with silicon or something just to avoid the issue entirely.
Or another option is buy the stand alone for the kit. I'm thinkin about it because I really want to lower the came switch over point (the piggy back doesn't have control of this function). But $3200 is pricey for an ECU I think. Anyone else have the stand alone and want to comment on its value???
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