Originally posted by turbodude:
How much is a chip? i know the afc2 is 300 or so. Why not just save teh money and go full stand alone? It would be a much better option if you want to learn everything there is to know about tuning.



Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
has anyone ran a TEC2/3 or a motec setup on a contour? yeah I know they are expensive but then you would have all the tuning capabilities in your hands...Kinda curious if anyone has


Believe it or not it does not have near the overall tuning capability of the stock PCM. Ford's EEC-V really is a marvelous setup. Very advanced and indepth!


Now if you were building a race only setup that had no reason to have any sort of "true" driveability, mileage, emissions, etc, etc then a stand alone is fine to use.

However when considering you can fully tune any setup with the stock PCM and still retain full daily driveability why would you not use what you already have.
More money in your pocket, no loss of driveability, and still the same final performance...



It's the price of the reburns I don't want to pay and I would like the ability to get the most from the mods I will do along the way.

But in all reality, my whole setup will be basicly where I'd like it to be and the only mods I'll be doing once it's actually up and running will be more towards making it street friendly......so maybe a wideband o2 setup, a good base line tune and my AFCII is all I really do need.

Any opinions?


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