New from Ukraine

Hey everyone!

I'm Dima, located in Lviv, Ukraine

Excited to join the community! I work in tech as a manager and got some programming background, got a passion for cars which refuses to go away with years :)

I'm here for getting more into practical tuning, gain more knowledge and skills for working with my own cars. Unfortunately as I don't have much experience yet - I'm not seeing a clear path for any of those especially the first one:

1. 2016 Genesis Coupe 3.8 GDI track edition (MT86 ECU)

   I’ve been able to read entire ROM, but I’m struggling with finding proper map definitions for this specific software version. I found some definitions on GitHub here, but they’re for a different version. I’m debating whether I should dive into the WinOLS course to improve my skills (though the definitions I have are for TunerPro). Direct injection makes it difficult to shift to standalone. So I'm confused a bit on how to approach it power-wise. In other aspects, I love this car very much, it handles very good.

2. 2005 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Duratec (Visteon Levanta ECU)

   The car’s in pretty good shape—timing chain replaced, no oil consumption (which is rare for this engine). I’ve pulled the full flash but can’t find any Damos or XDF definitions for the Visteon Levanta ECU. Since it’s older and low $ risk, It might be a good platform for learning. However it might get me a lot of time effort to define things, before actual tuning practice.

3. 2018 Subaru WRX FA20DIT

   I’m waiting for my Tactrix cable to arrive, but I don’t have much experience with this one yet. If anyone’s got advice on where to start with tuning the WRX, I’d love to hear it.

4. 1999 BMW E46 Drift weapon with swapped supercharged M50 2.8L

   I’ve got an ECUmaster system being installed, and I’ll get the car back in a month or two. It seems like the easiest platform to learn on, but since a reputable tuner and wiring specialist is setting it up, I probably won’t need to tweak much unless I add new parts.

Thanks in advance, and looking forward to learning from you all!

Welcome! HPA has a reflash tuning worked example with that generation WRX so you're in luck.

Yes, that'd give me basic concepts on the car, but we don't have Cobb in Ukraine officially, and it'd be taxed like 2 times more if ordered from abroad. so for now I've ordered used MT86 ECU which most likely will fall under that model to which I've got like 20+ defined maps, so will be posting some questions on what to modify and how for MAP sensor rescaling in near future :)

I'm not sure I understand, but the 15-21 WRX doesn't have the same engine, fuel system, triggering, or control strategies as the FT86 so I wouldn't expect that ECU to run your engine. If not COBB have you investigated Ecutek?

Hey Mike,

The MT86 is for the Genesis Coupe 3.8 GDI, which I ultimately want to boost in the future. It's a track edition, so it already has upgraded suspension and brakes from the factory. But that's a whole different story. The problem is, only one guy in Puerto Rico has the definitions for it, and since it's GDI, a standalone setup isn't an option for me right now, unless I would rebuild that engine and shift to ported injection. The engine seems pretty good golding 600hp stock, and there was project with ported injection making like 1000hp.

Anyway, for the WRX - I just got my hands on a proper, US-made Tactrix and the personal version of SubaruEdit, so I’m now able to do pretty much the same stuff Andre did with COBB. I'm waiting for 3-port solenoid for that which I'm happy seems to be present in the tutorial, but also egr/tgv delete kit which would probably be harder for me to introduce in the tune.

Happy learning for me—hopefully I won’t break my engine! 😅

Ah gotcha. Fun projects. I wish you the best of luck with them!