Running a Chip and SAFC - Worth it?

[greddy_1700]

Hey,

So on my daily driver / winter car, I am debating giving it a bit more jam with a small 16g turbo, and a set of 550 or 650cc injectors (of course, all the other mods to go along with it.)

I am just curious if you guys think its worth it to run a burnt chip with my settings, then using an safc to adjust from there, or if I should just ditch the chip all together. I would get link as I already have it for my 91, but this is my daily driver, and I want to keep it as simple as possible.

 

[4Lurker4]

Everyone will tell you get link. Truth is you can still do what you're specifically looking for with a SAFC and a palm logger

 

[Gamble97]

Safc if you want to keep it simple.

 

[frosh29]

If you already have link for your other car... what could be more simple than running the same thing to tune with on this one?

I have link and I think it's pretty simple...esp if you are only tuning for a s16g...

-Scott

 

[silicosys4]

If you already have link for your other car... what could be more simple than running the same thing to tune with on this one?

I have link and I think it's pretty simple...esp if you are only tuning for a s16g...

-Scott

More simple than taking his ecu out and sending it in to link, waiting for it to come back, buying/installing another cable or switching cables out from his other car...? Its his daily driver, remember, I think an SAFC would be fine, for what he wants to do, and it would be a lot less down time to install.

SAFC's suck, but it is more convenient in his case, i think.

 

[DJ23GSX]

safc and 550's don't need a custom chip but with the 650's on the other hand you most likely will. I've run both those injectors and with the 650's tuning was a nightmare. I was taking so much fuel out on the safc that my timing was through the roof and causing knock. I ended up getting a chip to compensate for the 650's and all was good. Right now I'm running evo 560's with the safc and tuning is a breeze. I love simple

 

[DailyDriven]

Have you thought about running the evo maf and evo 560's? I am running that setup and love it right now, very little to no tuning required due to the evo maf compensation.