Integrated Engineering vs. 034 Stage 1 Tune

[Audibellybutton]

I wonder if you are putting the emphasis in the wrong place. You've had your car for eight years and still stock. Your plan is to only do Stage 1 ECU, and also TCU. Most folk on AZ seem to agree that every vendor's Stage 1 ECU tune yields about the same performance. Maybe as ActiveMonkey implies, support after purchase (and/or price) should be the deciding factor. If you have a good independent mechanic who supports a particular vendor, maybe that's the easy answer.

this^ and also I very very strongly recommend that you install at least a heat exchanger. These cars run hot as is, and with a tune they run even hotter. a heat exchanger is good to keep the temps down. I know you aren't looking to go crazy with the mods, but I would recommend at least that. Merc racing makes a great HX for the price

[A665]

...I very very strongly recommend that you install at least a heat exchanger. These cars run hot as is, and with a tune they run even hotter. a heat exchanger is good to keep the temps down. I know you aren't looking to go crazy with the mods, but I would recommend at least that. Merc racing makes a great HX for the price

My car's been tuned 2 years. I drive assertively maybe 20% of the time, if that, and aggressively less than 5%. Everything else is moderate or easy driving. Never street race and will never track the car. I drive under 6K miles per year. Never detected any heat issues. Any real-world benefit of adding an aftermarket HX to a tuned but moderately-driven daily like mine?