It seems that for ~$250 plus running much more expensive gas (.20 more here in
NC) that this is not the best of all mods. I could tell the difference off the
lot with MSD, and a big difference in a day or so with the FIPK clone. Headers
gave a noticable difference also. Overall, is an SBEC worth it?
Jon Steiger wrote:
>
> Oh, also, as if we didn't have enough trouble trying to decide what to
> call these things, (SBEC, JTEC, etc), according to the info sheet that
> came with it, it is officially called a PCM. (powertrain control module)
>
> After reading some other people's posts about dissapointing results, I
> was trying (with limited success) to keep my hopes down so I wouldn't be
> *too* dissapointed. Sam P. mentioned that his truck idles at about 500 RPM.
> Mine is idling about 600. I've forgotten what it used to idle at before;
> 750 maybe? The exhaust note really isn't different; I don't notice any lope
> or anything like that. Unfortunately, I didn't really notice a big
> performance difference either. I guess that's to be expected with an
> increase of around 20hp and 20lb-ft compared to the overall engine with
> numbers in the 220-300 range. (Its times like these when I wish I had a
> dyno.) The truck doesn't *seem* faster, but it does feel different somehow.
> Almost as if its not working as hard during daily driving. Also, it seems
> to rev up into the midrange faster than it did before. When I was driving
> down the street at about 30mph in 2nd or 3rd gear, I punched the gas a
> couple of times and got a really good push back into my seat; I think the
> torque has increased over what it was before. Another thing I noticed
> was that I can "leave it in gear" for longer. Before, keeping it in 2nd
> gear in the 30mph range would have the engine racing, but now that speed
> comes lower in the RPM range. (Around 3,000 or so.)
>
>
> I'm happy to report that I got absolutely NO pinging (on winter gas, no
> less!). I'm still going to install the 180 degree thermostat though, just
> to keep the engine a little cooler.
>
> -Jon-
>
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