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Old 01-21-2016, 10:52 AM   #8127
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Originally Posted by dorkidori_s13 View Post
thats because the PowerFC was predominantly developed for OBD1 and early OBD2 cars. OBD2 ECUs now are basically stand alones in themselves and dont require replacing at all. my bosses G8 makes around 600hp and is a mid level build (including upgraded tranny). the car retains a stock motor AND tranny ECU, theyre both just tuned like crazy. the days of needing stand alone ECUs, for the most part, is gone.

Yes, and it was companies like Cobb, Bama etc (i.e. American) that capitalized on that. The dinosaurs like Apexi, Greddy and HKS never released new products.
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