I am super close to buying a Sky now, I'm definately a fan of them. A bit trendy, but I can get a pretty nasty deal on one so it's all good. I drove one, and really enjoyed it. But it seems power is the main issue for me right away, and I'm not used to an NA car 
I'm wondering what systems are able to work alongside the Sky for DIY tuning. I'm coming from a b5 Audi A4 1.8T, everything I did was DIY on the car, including writing my own software for the ECU to tune my bolt-on turbo upgrade properly. I prefer to DIY things, as you can see. I'm not super knowledgeable in anything I just pick what I want to do and find out how to go about it. I'm a bit rusty cuz I haven't done much with cars in awhile, so excuse me for asking some simple stuff.
From what I've read, the Sky is a open-loop O2 system like many modern cars, and a piggyback system (S-AFC, e-manage) will not work easily without the ECU fighting changes. I read somewhere in my research that without a reflash to change that portion of the ECU, you cannot use a piggyback system. The new Greddy e-manage allows ignition and fuel changes, so if I could get this to work with a reflash, I would be happy
MegaSquirt and full standalone are not an option for me as my NYS inspection is not going to allow it. So I am interested in some approaches to take if I decide to boost the car. The Hahn turbo kit seems good, but I am a DIY guy at heart and I know people who can fabricate parts of a very high quality, that are used to high performance cars and working with them. So in other words, I'd love to size a turbo myself, have a equal length manifold made, and piece the rest up a bit cheaper. Coming from the Audi tuning scene, I am happy to see parts cost a bit more reasonable, and aftermarket items are definately reasonably priced.
Basically, I enjoy tuning the car myself, and I've made very impressive track times with my Audi's setup on my own "hackjob" tuning compared to the average joe running "big name" ECUs. So I was wondering what's been accomplished...
Thanks!
I'm wondering what systems are able to work alongside the Sky for DIY tuning. I'm coming from a b5 Audi A4 1.8T, everything I did was DIY on the car, including writing my own software for the ECU to tune my bolt-on turbo upgrade properly. I prefer to DIY things, as you can see. I'm not super knowledgeable in anything I just pick what I want to do and find out how to go about it. I'm a bit rusty cuz I haven't done much with cars in awhile, so excuse me for asking some simple stuff.
From what I've read, the Sky is a open-loop O2 system like many modern cars, and a piggyback system (S-AFC, e-manage) will not work easily without the ECU fighting changes. I read somewhere in my research that without a reflash to change that portion of the ECU, you cannot use a piggyback system. The new Greddy e-manage allows ignition and fuel changes, so if I could get this to work with a reflash, I would be happy
MegaSquirt and full standalone are not an option for me as my NYS inspection is not going to allow it. So I am interested in some approaches to take if I decide to boost the car. The Hahn turbo kit seems good, but I am a DIY guy at heart and I know people who can fabricate parts of a very high quality, that are used to high performance cars and working with them. So in other words, I'd love to size a turbo myself, have a equal length manifold made, and piece the rest up a bit cheaper. Coming from the Audi tuning scene, I am happy to see parts cost a bit more reasonable, and aftermarket items are definately reasonably priced.
Basically, I enjoy tuning the car myself, and I've made very impressive track times with my Audi's setup on my own "hackjob" tuning compared to the average joe running "big name" ECUs. So I was wondering what's been accomplished...
Thanks!