Thought I'd bring this question to the tuning forum, but THIS thread is what brought it up. Someone made the comment that an E-Manage can gain you 30HP on a STOCK S2000.

I had originally figured on getting a VAFC2. Then I thought maybe an 02/03 ECU. But now I am thinking that maybe an E-manage would be a good choice if I can really get those kinds of gains. I had planned on either going FI or getting higher CR pistons or a stroker at some point. So an E-manage would carry over well.

But anyway, can anyone confirm the statements from the other thread?

 

for your MY 01 you will see HUGE peak gains from just a tune.

you just might see close to that. but i would say low 20's high, teens......

 

But my question is, can i get those gains with a $250 VAFC2, or will I only see gains like that with an E-manage? And which E-manage? the Ultimate or the Blue or either?

 

Im going to be stroked, and as i thougt EMS were the only way to go.
But now i dont know anymore, can a save some money and go with VAFC2?
Everyone has there own theory.. this is making me

 

let's not get off track about what is best with mods or whatnot. I am trying to keep this post on topic as I am interested in what I can get with an otherwise stock car using an E-manage.

 

Look in the other e-manage threads, dyno plots are posted on them.

 

Thanks. I was looking at those, but there is a ton of info to sort thru...guess I was feeling lazy

 

You can expect gains, but 30HP does seem kind of high. I would say in the teens sounds more realistic.

The reason VAFC's dont get as make quite as much power is there is less ability to tune. VAFC's allow for tuning of every 500 to 1000 RPM's (forget which) while with AEM or E-manage you can pretty much build your own fuel map so you are not limited as much as with a VAFC.

At least thats my understanding of the differences.

 

VAFC II can tune every 100 RPM's

the reason VAFC wont yield has much power as E-manage isnt that, Its because the VAFC can only tune Fuel, Emanage can Tune Fuel & Timing, and a much bigger plot.

 

Oh, yea I read through them all, we were kind of slow at work this week, lol