BlackBox question

[Th3ory]

Hello all, I picked up a 97 tsi about a year ago. The only mod the car had was a T28. Since I have had the car I have installed; K&N afkit, accel thunder cables with proper spark plugs re-gaped, Megan cat delete, STM fuel pump rewire kit, autometer 30/30 boost gauge, aem wideband, along with all free mods. Parts I have, but not installed are; BlackBox ecu with boot/reflash cable wired in, tactrix openport cable, Hallman pro MBC, high flow fuel filter kit, and evo 560cc. I might have left a few parts out, but that's what I can remember.

I have also replaced the timing and balance shaft belt's along with idlers and timing belt tensioner. Car is running strong and healthy, very dependable car.

The last modification I had installed was the Megan cat delete. Prior to the cat delete, the car would boost around 16ish psi and fall to 14ish. This was under full WOT and I always had 10.0 A/F readings. After cat delete was installed, the car boosted to about 18ish in second gear and would spike to 20 in third, and A/F finally stared to lean out to around 10.3, at which time I would stop the pull because I didn't want to do any damage. I am now ready to install the BlackBox, 560's, and mbc.

I have a few question I hope to get some feed back on. First question is, Should I be able to just unplug the stock ecu and reinstall the BlackBox, I was thinking I would unplug the battery before, but is it just a simple swap or am I missing something?

Second question, I have a ASUS small laptop/tablet, the style where the screen detaches and becomes a touch screen tablet. Should this work (when in full laptop mode) for running Evoscan, evoflash, cedddys mods? I am a bit uneasy as its small, not a full size laptop. It is running windows8 and has a one USB port in the keyboard part of the laptop. Anyone running evoflash with the newer small laptops? I was considering going and buying a cheap laptop from Walmart and using it only for tuning. But, if I can use the ASUS I would rather spend the money on a intercooler upgrade.

Any input would be helpfully.

 

[Th3ory]

Any advise?

 

[Vegas Smith]

I imagine you could switch them our but there would be nothing to account for evo injectors.

 

[motomattx]

It will plug right in and work once you have the proper injector size and deadtime programed, the tablet you have should work, the program uses very little resources, just try it and see? 10.3 is not a lean fuel mixture to worry about, most guys run in the 11's on gasoline, E85 is a different beast all together though.

 

[Th3ory]

Thanks for the in put guys.

At first, I will only install the BlackBox, it has never been flashed only logged (its stock maps, ect). Once I have the BlackBox installed and and have a few days running it, I will then install injectors and start tuning.

I see it as a big step, and want to make sure I don't miss something. I wasn't for sure if another ECU would plug right in with no issues, but the more I read up on it, that seems to be the case.

 

[motomattx]

It would be the same as plugging in another 97' ecu at this point, the car wont know.