I was following the thread on the controller and for the most part seems acurate and logical.

I know that it needs to be tuned on the dyno to make any sense.

Which brings me to my point, what do you, Aj and Trey, think about the Mugen programed ECU , in a situation where I don't have dyno time or access (right now), the car is virtually stock (so gains are hard to come by) and I do lotsa Stock class Trials and auto-X (I switch ECUs to stock).

So far my findings are that I can be 1.25 - 1.75 secs a lap faster ( all things equal) on a 60 sec course. I attribute this speed to the fact that I have access to my V-tec earlier and my cut-off is stratospheric ( if at all).
This in turn allows me to lap with less shifts and I am in the meat of my power longer.

If this makes sense to you, then why don't people buy preprogramed ECU's suiting their needs, thus avoiding the hassle of dyno tuning. I know it is a lazy way out, but when the car is virtually stock and you need to Real stock for competition, I have a hard time finding the down side.

Comments?