e5k1m0 Sam
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Hi guys,
Thought I'd create a thread to give some info to anyone running a Spoon ECU. People often wonder what parts it was designed to be used with and I've also seen it mentioned a few times that peoples engines seem to run lean after installing the ECU.
Well I've just arrived back from Japan and while I was there I called in at Spoon so thought I'd ask about their ECUs for you.
Basically the ECU has been mapped with enough scope to provide an improvement with anything from a completely standard car through to intake/exhaust upgrades but nothing more. The important part however is that they are mapped to be used with 100 octane fuel as this is the rating of premium pump fuel in Japan. The guy I was speaking to at Spoon looked rather worried when I said we usually get 95,97 and 98 available in the UK! After he made a phone call to confirm, he said that you may be able to get away with running it on 98 if your engine is healthy, as long as you don't drive too hard but realistically it needs to be run on 100 octane fuel to work efficiently and not run the risk of damaging anything
I hope that clears up a fairly commonly asked question
Thought I'd create a thread to give some info to anyone running a Spoon ECU. People often wonder what parts it was designed to be used with and I've also seen it mentioned a few times that peoples engines seem to run lean after installing the ECU.
Well I've just arrived back from Japan and while I was there I called in at Spoon so thought I'd ask about their ECUs for you.
Basically the ECU has been mapped with enough scope to provide an improvement with anything from a completely standard car through to intake/exhaust upgrades but nothing more. The important part however is that they are mapped to be used with 100 octane fuel as this is the rating of premium pump fuel in Japan. The guy I was speaking to at Spoon looked rather worried when I said we usually get 95,97 and 98 available in the UK! After he made a phone call to confirm, he said that you may be able to get away with running it on 98 if your engine is healthy, as long as you don't drive too hard but realistically it needs to be run on 100 octane fuel to work efficiently and not run the risk of damaging anything
I hope that clears up a fairly commonly asked question