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Way more money and time than it’s worth to swap.
The tagged user has done some stuff to his 1.5. He can provide more input.
Way more money and time than it’s worth to swap.
The tagged user has done some stuff to his 1.5. He can provide more input.
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I mean.. it'll fit, but swaps these days aren't as straightforward as it was back in the day. So much is intertwined into the ECU. With the money you'd end up spending, you're better off actually getting a Type R.
How much power you looking to make? $450 will get you a KTuner and put you over the 200whp mark. If you buy from Phearable or Two Step Performance, they toss in their off-the-shelf tunes for free (Phearable tune value: $250 on sale for $119 , TSP tune value $100 on sale for $80). They both have their merits, and def make the 1.5T hatch pull. Even the starter 21psi tune makes the 1.5T hatch pull hard (I can personally attest that a CVT hatch with the 21psi starter tune is faster than an Si coupe). I know it's not the 305bhp the FK8 has, but it's still really good, and still retain good fuel economy (with phearable's 24psi tune, my last tank was about 37mpg, current tank is sitting at about 36mpg). Even with the starter 16.5 tune, it turns it into a new car. The OE tune is torque targeted, so it'll open that wastegate once target torque is reached and you'll only get that 16.5psi if perfect conditions are met (most I've seen on stock tune was 12psi measured at the manifold). KTuner 16.5psi tune uses boost-targeting tuning.
How much power you looking to make? $450 will get you a KTuner and put you over the 200whp mark. If you buy from Phearable or Two Step Performance, they toss in their off-the-shelf tunes for free (Phearable tune value: $250 on sale for $119 , TSP tune value $100 on sale for $80). They both have their merits, and def make the 1.5T hatch pull. Even the starter 21psi tune makes the 1.5T hatch pull hard (I can personally attest that a CVT hatch with the 21psi starter tune is faster than an Si coupe). I know it's not the 305bhp the FK8 has, but it's still really good, and still retain good fuel economy (with phearable's 24psi tune, my last tank was about 37mpg, current tank is sitting at about 36mpg). Even with the starter 16.5 tune, it turns it into a new car. The OE tune is torque targeted, so it'll open that wastegate once target torque is reached and you'll only get that 16.5psi if perfect conditions are met (most I've seen on stock tune was 12psi measured at the manifold). KTuner 16.5psi tune uses boost-targeting tuning.
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