Simtek to Solaris

[wrxbart]

Just had my simtek ecu swopped for the solaris and WHAT A DIFFERENCE,Simon (JGM) mapped it and Charlie of Surrey rolling road supplied it and rollin roaded it.What can i say the car was instantly smoother even on the start up map,The fuelling was better as the car made more power and torque with a safer map than the previous simtech could ever get.The list of features is endless with lots more in the pipeline as well.The car drives so much better the power delivery is far smoother its just a pleasure to drive and quicker to boot. So a big thank you to Simon of www.jollygreenmonster.co.uk and Charlie of www.surreyrollingroad.co.uk and www.solaris-ecs.co.uk If your going for a aftermarket ecu make sure there the first you call you wont be dissapointed believe me.

[New_scooby_04]

Did Simon also map the Simtek, mate?

[wrxbart]

Originally Posted by New_scooby_04

Did Simon also map the Simtek, mate?

Yes he did mate

[New_scooby_04]

Impressive, must be a damn good ECU to produce a noticeable difference in drive-ability over the Simtek, which is already a big step up from an Ecutek remap!

Glad you're enjoying it!

[wrxbart]

Originally Posted by New_scooby_04

Impressive, must be a damn good ECU to produce a noticeable difference in drive-ability over the Simtek, which is already a big step up from an Ecutek remap!

Glad you're enjoying it!

Cant believe the difference mate its great

[53WRX]

Simtech, was it a knock off ECU ?

Be interested in quantified differences

[wrxbart]

Originally Posted by 53WRX

Simtech, was it a knock off ECU ?

Be interested in quantified differences

LOL just noticed spelling was never my forte

[New_scooby_04]

LOL no need to re-submit thread mate, just drop a mod a note and we can edit the dodgy spelling in a thread title!

[chrisdicko]

Sounds good.

I wouldn't have thought the feel from the Simtek to Solaris would have been noticeable to be honest.

[banny sti]

The higher the resolution on the fuel and ignition maps, allows you to make the car run smoother and run closer to the det point therefore making more power.

Banny

[wrxbart]

Originally Posted by banny sti

The higher the resolution on the fuel and ignition maps, allows you to make the car run smoother and run closer to the det point therefore making more power.

Banny

Nuff said cheers mate i new someone could explain it better than me lol

[irishscoobysti]

what did the unit cost ya £1250 + VAT ?
and then the map cost???

just enquiring as not sure whether to go Simtec or Solaris

does Simon supply Solaris himself?

cheers

Wayno

[wrighty338]

as above really, whats a realistic price on a solaris ecu + mapping? Are they plug + play units like an apexi pfc or is it a board like a simtec?

and, would you say its worth the cash OVER a simtec? they are like £1500 arnt they?

[banny sti]

All the answers are here in terms of the what is available but mapping costs will be down to who you use.

Welcome to the Solaris web site

Banny

[Jolly Green Monster]

Yes I am a solaris dealer, as well as simtek etc.
They now do plug and play boards for all classics, it replaces oe board in standard case.
Both the simtek and solaris are v capable ecus.
Robs car should have worked better than it did on the simtek to be fair but the car getting more and more racing and now part of ten of the best 22b subaru team and with Rob chasing faster machinery in hill climbing and him not used to coming second, it seemed the right move if only for knock control and datalogging.
Rob can download a datalog and email it to me for analysis etc.
They are 1500+vat fitted and mapped, will be adding to website when I get time.
Run a car 620bhp on a simtek with no issues but Robs car was nice and ackward and only 533bhp.

[banny sti]

Simon was that on the GT30?

Banny

[Jolly Green Monster]

Originally Posted by banny sti

Simon was that on the GT30?

Banny

Robs car is on a gt35 it loved ignition timing but won't take any due to only on tesco99
iirc it jumped 53bhp with 3degrees timing.. it needs race fuel but Rob is not able to run on it in the class he is in.

Simon

[banny sti]

Cool, was curious as I have bought Rob's old GT30

Banny

[Jolly Green Monster]

no that had already been changed

[wrxbart]

Originally Posted by Jolly Green Monster

Robs car is on a gt35 it loved ignition timing but won't take any due to only on tesco99
iirc it jumped 53bhp with 3degrees timing.. it needs race fuel but Rob is not able to run on it in the class he is in.

Simon

Nothing is ever straight forward on mine lol.

Race fuel for totb i think and go for it full bore
Will email you the datalog tonight just doing it now

[wrxbart]

Originally Posted by wrighty338

as above really, whats a realistic price on a solaris ecu + mapping? Are they plug + play units like an apexi pfc or is it a board like a simtec?

and, would you say its worth the cash OVER a simtec? they are like £1500 arnt they?

Definatly worth every penny wouldnt go back to any other ecu

[JP4]

Welcome Rob to the "Solaris" club! I was the first new age in the UK to have one fitted last year in Aug and have had no probs since then. Scoob has run perfect - Pat installed and mapped it and Charlie loved driving it!!

Pat needs to give me the latest version as mine is outdated - hopefully this will be sorted when he remaps her in 3 weeks time.

I take it you've gone for a calibration switch?

Now just tell Phil (tingtong) to get one!

JP

PS: To those wishing to find out more you can also speak to Mark at Lateral Performace:

Lateral Performance Ltd| Home | Solaris Ecu's

[Jolly Green Monster]

cal switch not fitted yet but will be

[banny sti]

What does purpose does the cal swith actually serve?

Banny

[Jolly Green Monster]

8 position switch so you can have 8 different map combinations..

the ecu has 4 of most map in it so you can run different fuel and ignition maps and boost maps etc.. along with launch and antilag whcih can be on separate switches or on the cal switch..

ie. vpower map
vpower with als on
10% meth map low boost
10% meth high boost

etc..

[wrighty338]

this sounds like its kinda worth saving for.

are they alright to run with an AVCR? iv got one and wouldnt mind keeping it as it gives me a user interface to alter boost..something i cant do on the ecu as i arnt a mapper! or should i sell the avcr and just use what comes with the ecu?

[banny sti]

If you use the cal switch in theory you could have up to 8 boost settings, negating the use for the avcr.

Banny

[irishscoobysti]

Originally Posted by wrxbart

Just had my simtek ecu swopped for the solaris and WHAT A DIFFERENCE,Simon (JGM) mapped it and Charlie of Surrey rolling road supplied it and rollin roaded it.What can i say the car was instantly smoother even on the start up map,The fuelling was better as the car made more power and torque with a safer map than the previous simtech could ever get.The list of features is endless with lots more in the pipeline as well.The car drives so much better the power delivery is far smoother its just a pleasure to drive and quicker to boot.

So a big thank you to Simon of www.jollygreenmonster.co.uk and Charlie of www.surreyrollingroad.co.uk and www.solaris-ecs.co.uk

If your going for a aftermarket ecu make sure there the first you call you wont be dissapointed believe me.

which model u go for btw

[Jamz_]

How much... could buy a new impreza for that kinda money, but it does sound good

[JP4]

Banny - apart from what Simon said re the use of the calibration switch this is what I have currently set on mine:

Notch One - 1.1 bar using V-Power
Notch Two - 1.3 bar using V-Power
Notch Three - 1.5 bar using V-Power
Notch Four - 1.7 bar using V-Power.


Notch Eight - Using non V-Power fuel - set at 1 bar.

The switch is very useful when you can go from 1.1 to 1.7 in a matter of a second or so!

I have separate swtiches for the ALS and Launch Control.