LOTUS EMIRA ─ ECU Tuning options

[ATSAaron]

Last time I contacted Komo, I got this reply on January 17:

"Many thanks for your Email and your interest in our Performance Upgrade kit. We are working on a solution which we can offer also as a shipping solution. For now can we only tune up the cars in our workshop."

This was for their 430 hp tune.

Honestly, from my experience with cars in the past and from what I could see on the Emira, it could really benefit from a true dual exhaust setup. That would undoubtedly release a decent amount of low rpm torque and some high rpm hp. The y-pipe with a cat on the back must be putting a lot of back pressure on the exhaust ports, especially combined with the 2 cats on the exhaust manifolds themselves. This would be why just removing the 3rd cat alone adds 5 hp (according to Jubu).

Removing the the third cat adds ZERO horsepower. I dyno tested theat myself on two different Emiras.

 

[ATSAaron]

Today I emailed four or five companies that promise a flash tune. Mainly I was asking them what their tune changes: timing, air fuel, throttle mapping, vvti, rev limiter, etc. I'll update when (and if) I get any replies.

It has been a week and zero replies from any vender claiming to have a tune for the Emira V6 ecu.

 

[Eagle7]

Removing the the third cat adds ZERO horsepower. I dyno tested theat myself on two different Emiras.

Did you allow any time for the ECU to adapt to the change?

 

[Eagle7]

It has been a week and zero replies from any vender claiming to have a tune for the Emira V6 ecu.

Komo has it, including a very nice 430 hp upgrade for about $2,300, but they're taking their time getting it over here in the U.S.

 

[ATSAaron]

Did you allow any time for the ECU to adapt to the change?

yep.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Komo has it, including a very nice 430 hp upgrade for about $2,300, but they're taking their time getting it over here in the U.S.

I hope the drivetrain can handle this increase in power

 

[steveoexige]

My exige 380 (same engine and trans as the Emira v6) blew its trans at 460bhp.

 

[ATSAaron]

My exige 380 (same engine and trans as the Emira v6) blew its trans at 460bhp.

The motor is strong. I have made 600whp turbocharging them (in Toyota MR2s). But MR2's have a much stronger five speed manual that dates back to WRC level homologation stuff.