Thread: Mod info

I'm not sure anyone knows exactly what is modified except PowerAxel but they increase boost (19-20psi peak, falling to about 14 at redline), adjust fuel, and timing. You won't want to increase boost much over their tune since their timing and fuel adjustments are based on the levels of boost in their tune. Tightening the wastegate actuator for a couple more PSI shouldn't cause any harm, but it's still technically not tuned for that much boost.

IIRC the reflash with box runs $700 and if you send your ECU into them it costs $300-$400. Purchasing the box, as you mentioned, will allow you to easily switch back to stock. It will also give you the ability to store additional tunes if you take your car to a PA authorized tuner.

You can get some big power out of the stock turbo by going with an intake, exhaust and tune. Also new wastegate/bov might help as well.

so the ecu and poweraxel tune are two different things...do i need to do both? i figured the tune wud take care of the ecu...i saw somewhere that poweraxel offers a box for about $700...wud that cost be ontop of a tune?

Originally Posted by bmahon26

so the ecu and poweraxel tune are two different things...do i need to do both? i figured the tune wud take care of the ecu...i saw somewhere that poweraxel offers a box for about $700...wud that cost be ontop of a tune?

The PowerAxel box contains the performance tune, a stock tune, and a tune with just rev limit and speed limit removal. The box flashes the new tune into the stock ECU. If you don't buy the box you have to send your ECU into PowerAxel to get them to flash the new tune into it. So $700 gets you box and retune, $300-$400 gets you just retune.

sounds good man thanks a lot...so now i have to look for a poweraxel dealer in new york i geuss....where does the box go? is it something that stays under the hood or is it portable

Once the new tune is flashed/uploaded to the factory ECU, you remove the box from the obd2 port, so it doesn't have to stay connected.

The port is right under ur steering wheel ull see an open port, take a look ....


I did the flash myself this weekend, I was done in a matter of 5mins if not less

i saw a link on gencoupe.com that u could order the module...how would that work..i would need to find a poweraxel dealer correct?

I got mine off ebay

Go on ebay and search ---> 320463640610 <---