With great risk comes great reward

**mb7050** · 09-25-2010, 06:13 PM

I have driven two cars with EMS series 1 and both of them it took more than 10 seconds to start and neither one of them run as smooth and nice as stock. they sure do make lot more power

other one was on bone stock engine 19T turbos and other one was a stroker.

**HLxDrummer** · 09-25-2010, 08:29 PM

Wow, I've got like $450 into my eManage setup! I've always kind of wanted an EMS but don't know if I could handle tuning it.

**Trevor** · 09-25-2010, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Austin@STM

Then it needs some more adjustment. Series 1 is great, it takes a second for all the systems to cycle, them it fires right up. My car has started up first try for me everytime even in the colder weather recently, and i am on series 1. Driveability is also great, the car runs way smoother than it did stock, and makes a lot more power even out of boost.

This.

My car takes just a hair longer than stock for it to start. It just takes a couple more rotations for the AEM S1 to get it's footing and figure out when it needs to step in and start the party. When I say that though it still usually fires roughly one (yes 1) second after you key it. That's on E85 too. It's noticably longer than stock but just barely.

Any AEM S1 car that takes 10+ seconds to start needs a new tuner.

The S2 gets it's footing even faster and it's supposed to be unnoticable on startup.

And any AEM is going to drive leaps and bounds better than any piggyback car with equal (good) tuners. My drivability is awesome now...way better than it was with the Emanage Ultimate, MAP ECU, or ARC-2.

**Vantage** · 09-26-2010, 10:49 AM

^^phew..now I have no worries about my series 1. Thanks guys.

**IPD** · 09-26-2010, 11:41 AM

you're telling me that you bought a $1600 AEM EMS for ~$800?

**Austin@STM** · 09-26-2010, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Trevor

This.

My car takes just a hair longer than stock for it to start. It just takes a couple more rotations for the AEM S1 to get it's footing and figure out when it needs to step in and start the party. When I say that though it still usually fires roughly one (yes 1) second after you key it. That's on E85 too. It's noticably longer than stock but just barely.

Any AEM S1 car that takes 10+ seconds to start needs a new tuner.

The S2 gets it's footing even faster and it's supposed to be unnoticable on startup.

And any AEM is going to drive leaps and bounds better than any piggyback car with equal (good) tuners. My drivability is awesome now...way better than it was with the Emanage Ultimate, MAP ECU, or ARC-2.

We run series 2 in Shawna's (4G63GIRL) Evo, at first it was the same as series one, but now with the latest software patch from AEM, it truly is instant start-up like a stock ecu.

mb7050 - Im not sure where you live, but if there is ever a chance i will have to take you for a ride. AEM is amazing when it is properly tuned.