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QUOTE (lagos @ Jun 29, 2009 - 4:25 PM)

>emanage ultimate does the same thing jim.
problem with all of these units is that you are still just trying to fool the stock computer into thinking something else is going on. at some point, it becomes less and less effective and you need to get a real stand alone ecu.
i highly doubt youll hit 400hp on that ebay t3/t4.
I copied this from Greddy's website
Basic functions will allow the tuner to slightly alter factory injector duty-cycle (± 20% at 5 preset RPM points) by intercepting and altering airflow or MAP sensor signals.
Base upon this statement, The AME FIC and the EManage Ultimiate do NOT do the same thing, not even close. I dont have much experience with the Emanage, nor I have done much research on it, I am solely running off this statement.....I will wait for Manny to come in hear and correct any misinformation on the Emanage that I may be concluding.
So, it seems as tho you can only alter the factory Duty-cycle +/- 20% at 5 preset RPM points, and it intercepts then alters the airflow and map sensor signal GOING INTO THE ECU (and this may be where I have it very wrong) If it in fact changes these values going INTO the ECU (which based upon this statement seems as tho it does) then this is in fact TRICKING the ECU, where as the AEM FIC does NOT do this
The AEM FIC can alter the factory injector Duty-cycle +/- 100% at EVERY point of the 21x17mapping graph (357 points, as apposed to 5 points that the Emanage allows). And it does all of this AFTER the ECU, so there is no "tricking" the stock ECU involved. The ECU gets all of the readings that it needs from the facotry setup without any interference, then after the ECU "chooses and fires" the appropriate pulse-width firing "code"/lenth, it gets sent into the AEM FIC for correction.....where it can be modified +/- 100% to accommodate your needs. And there is no "return" on the factory injector to show the stock ECU that a different pulse width "code"/lenth was "fired."
Without getting into to big of a debate here, I think the ebay T3/T4 COULD hit 400+whp with the list of mods I have mentioned. Manny made 307whp at 20psi on the CT27 on a stock setup with cams, which is obviously outside its maximum efficiency Islands. Shannon made 240whp at 11psi on a stock 5S. So factor out the 110whp the 5s makes stock, and shannon made 130 additional whp with 11pounds of boost. That is almost 12whp per every 1 pound of boost added. When shannon turned up the boost to 16.5psi and made 285whp that WHP to PSI number diminished to 8whp per every 1 psi, and we came to the conclusion that the cams were really starting to hold as back at this point.
So facotor in 12whp at 20psi (240whp), plus the 110whp the facotry motor produces, plus 50+whp for cams, ported and polished head, valve work, raised rev limit, and larger pistons....that alone is enough power for 400+whp, and that is only at 20psi.
As for the reliability of the Ebay 57trim at these boost level, I cant comment. People are quick to say the ebay T3 will not make power, it will break, exploded, kill your motor, etc. And this is not true by anymeans. There are 2 of 2 members here running the ebay T3 making good power and not having any motor failure due to the turbo. So I am not one to say that it wont be reliable at these boost levels as Shannon hasnt had any problems at 17psi. Brent will have to let us know on that one