I recently installed EBCS and towed mine to get a tune ~30mins away.

It takes half hour to install. I did it the day before the tune, and parked it on the trailer shortly after. I wouldn't drive...

Do some searching on here. IIRC everyone says dont hit boost even once, its not worth it. I drove mine down the road to get gas before the tune and was terrified. Paid too much for the car to screw it up like that, so i felt it justified to toss a friend some money to borrow his trailer. :tup:

 

Your turner mightbe able to make you a safe map so that you can drive it to the shop. I'd just ask your tuner/shop if that is possible.

 

i dont know if my tuner can do that.

how hard was the install? would i be able to do it in the parking lot with minimal tools?

also BROKE, what was the result of your tune? are you happy with stage 2?

 

Install was fairly easy. Very straight forward using grimspeed instructions

you only need needle nose pliers, knife or scissors, and screwdrivers (Philips(spelling?) and flat head) i think

screw the EBCS on in place of stock BCS, then use the diagrams to pop on and off the hoses. I had to slice the end of the tubing and wet it to get it back on the nip. small hands would help too... tight spaces. i gave myself an extra day because you never know what will happen, but i could have easily done it anywhere with just the parts, a leatherman, and a lot of patience.

im very happy with my tune. 319awhp/358awtq on 93 from Agile Auto

 

dang those are crazy numbers? you have headers? i wish i had 93 octane. Did grimmspeed provide the extra tubing?

 

You can put it on, and drive it but just don't drive into boost. I think that is pretty easy to accomplish. But honestly with the length of drive and how easy of an install, 15 minutes... you could do in the parking lot when you get the car there.

 

OP.......yes.......I installed an ECBS and EWG and uppipe and drove from Nashville to Atlanta (280 miles) to get tuned......it is perfectly fine as long as you stay out of boost....I used my AP as a boost monitor to make sure that I was good..........most boring drive of my life tho..lol

 

All of the above, plus your idea of unplugging the EBCS is valid - the pressure port is open to the wastegate port when unplugged, and just runs on the wastegate spring.

Ran like this for quite a while prior to actual tune.

 

thanks all for the response! I took the intercooler off yesterday and saw how easy it is, and this makes me a little bit more comfortable

 

I was planning to do mine in the parking lot before the tune. However I don't know how easy it's going to be to squeeze my hand in there without taking off the intercooler.

I live about 50 miles from my tuner. My question is what happens if I go into boost with it installed? I ask this due to there is some large hills on the highway I would need to take and the car tends to boost in 6th while going up the hill. Even when barely pressing the gas or trying not to.

 

You can drive down to the shop with the EBCS installed you just have to connect the lines from the wastegate nipple to the turbo instead of actually running the lines to the EBCS itself. You have to stay out of boost also of course. I just drove 30 mins to yimisport and installed it there before I got tuned it took 15 mins to install.

 

Do you have small hands? lol. By looking at it I just don't see how I can get to where i need to especially with the car being burning hot from the drive. I don't really want to have to take off the intercooler in the parking lot to do it.

 

OK REPORT!

there is NO dang way you can install this on an STI( turbo is under intercooler unlike wrx) without removing the intercooler. Unless you are a midget girl theres no way you can remove the clamps and pull the vac lines off the wastegate and turbo.

anyways i had all the vac lines hooked up and ziptied and all setup. I just drove with the harness unplugged (you will have a CEL, cruise control disabled, and SI drive blinking) and ran off mechanical wastegate. I still stayed out of boost the whole drive and everything was fine. Got protuned and im ok with the results.

 

Not what I wanted to hear. I'll have to figure something out.

If you couldn't fit your hands under the intercooler without taking it off how did you switch the vac lines when you got there?

 

i hooked it all up and home and left the harness unplugged. car ran on limp mode for 1 1/2 hour drive. then when i got there, plugged it in and everything was ok. Tuner adjusted for it and then the tuning started.