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Old 08-08-2009, 09:07 PM
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I just spending £6000 on my ECU mapping taking out the Super P8 ECU 8 injector loom and pectel monitor selling them as a package and rebuild the engine new ecu rated better than the T6 the cars value last time i checked was £17,000 so what will its vaule be after all the work has been finished ?
Old 08-08-2009, 09:13 PM
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Less you never clean it
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Thats why i get the work done they do it
Old 08-08-2009, 09:16 PM
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So next year service comes with a yearly wash
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Well can clean erm like you dave think thats why helen leaves you to it
anyway got to have something dirty
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if you have gained nothing yet spent 6k its still worth no more than it was imo
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Mate your posts are always difficult to read. Use "enter" to start a new line to break it up.

On re reading i think you're thinking the car might be worth more on different ecu? Why?
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Originally Posted by markk
if you have gained nothing yet spent 6k its still worth no more than it was imo
I agree.
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The car is only worth more, if someone is willing to pay more for it !
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It's not really worth much more, but it will be more desireable, so technically easier to sell.
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i agree with dan ^

what ecu is on it now then??
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Originally Posted by markk
if you have gained nothing yet spent 6k its still worth no more than it was imo

agreed and not only that alot of people like oem ecu that have been mapped
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Now if this is a Tommy Field engine liff RS ecu fully live mapped around 500 BHP how much does this change the price !!
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imo sod all! i've just spent the thick end of 5k on my saph rebuilding and upgrading the engine and management side of things yet i personally wouldn't expect the value to change much if at all.

you modify things for your enjoyment not to make money.
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Originally Posted by john_p_b
imo sod all! i've just spent the thick end of 5k on my saph rebuilding and upgrading the engine and management side of things yet i personally wouldn't expect the value to change much if at all.

you modify things for your enjoyment not to make money.
To what and who done the work ?
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90% of it myself with some chosen input from those i trust and chose to listen to.

head gasket went so decided to start from fresh and build a engine that would happily cope with 400bhp as i'd never want more than that in a rwd saph, in theory i've built an engine that should handle 500bhp on the right turbo but i'm never going to find out if it does that's for sure!
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i witnessed your 500 being valued by Paul a couple of years back , so if it's the 500 your asking about why not contact Paul again this would answer your question
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rofl.... management change wont make any diffrence whatsoever to the value
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