preferred bcs?
 

I snapped the nipple off the stock bcs during a short ram intake insall because it made me feel manly and grew my chest hair out a lot, but now I need to buy a new one. Ive been reading that I'll need a tune with the new bcs and I was wondering what you guys prefer in terms of dealing with the solenoids, (easier to work with, faster, etc)

my mods are lame and its kind of shitty that i need to make this my next mod already but i dont think i much of a choice.

mods are AP, sri, inlet pipe, and hpfp upgrade I was hoping to get a freektune as they get a lot of positive reviews.

Based on your post it sounds like you dont already have a tuning solution. If that's the case it may be best to go VIP and try to buy a used stock one.

I was thinking about buying a OEM one, but the plastic nipples are weak and I would rather just get something that I can keep.

Most of the plug and play ones use the same solenoid so just look for the best price.

Do the cobb stage ots maps play well with them? I was under the impression that I would need a tune to control boosting.

I have no idea other than it needs a tune since it works differently than the stock one.

I would just get an OEM one at this point. Mine has lasted 290k miles without issue; just be more careful.

As added advice that was given to me way back when I started to mod...if you're having issues with getting the hose off of the solenoid, make a small incision vertically on the hose to help loosen it and it should slide right off. The hose itself is long enough to give up an inch or two and I think some even come with replacement hosing soo its easier to cut and just be done with it rather than have to buy an entire BCS unit because you hulk handed it.

Yeah, I'll have to remember that. I just ended up buying a new stock one as I have been reading that I won't be able to do much more in terms of downpipe/exhausts yet. I want to get orders to europe and I think I'll stick with mods that can probably pass a emissions test.

I'll just nab a tune from someone and call her a day.

when i bought my ms6. the ebcs was missing. After some searching i found that the stratfield ebcs will work without a tune. I ran one for almost a year without a tune and no issues.

On a stock turbo I recommend running a bcs in two port mode. When running in 3 port mode you have to disconnect a hose on the bottom of the wastegate actuator and cap it off. That cap is prone to cracking and deteriorating over time. When that happens. The turbo has zero boost control and will over boost. So it's a liability in my eyes.

That being said, any of the 3 ports that vendors sell can be run in two port mode and function just like stock.


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I know this shits old as fuck, but didnt feel like making a new thread.

My question is in regards to running 3 port on the stock turbo. On my current tune with you, I have the Grimmspeed in 2 port mode, Im about to put in a Gaurdian Angel V3 which will protect against overboost. Since I will be running the GA V3, would you tune me for 3 port on the stock turbo?

Doubt he will reply to your request here. Best to find the email thread from your original correspondence when you did the tune and contact him that way.

I have a Grimmspeed in my 3MPS BK (Mazdaspeed3 gen1) and a Cobb in my CX7. They both have similar turbos (GTX3071R gen1 on the 3 and GTX2867R gen2 on the CX7). To be honest I did not feel any difference tuning them, even though the LEC/BEC tables are a few percents off when I compare them and of course the WGDC tables look different because the cars have different power goals, different intakes and exhausts.

As far as I know all these aftermarket EBCSs (CS, Cobb, Grimmspeed, JBR, Stratified, whatever) are based on two electro-valves so you can say that some of the above are pretty much the same EBCS.