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I found a unichip unit piggybacked to my factory ecu (R33). I had no idea it was there, and i assume the previous owner didnt know.

I was looking at putting an safc in when i found it, so it's a bonus having the ability to alter timing, and possibly boost, as well as afr's.

Where do i get this tuned in Sydney?

What does a tune (probably fine tune) cost for these?

Anyone using one? Any advise or tips?

cheers

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thanks Abo Bob (still cant believe you're neither of those things :teehee: ).

i will contact them. do you recommend these guys from experience?

also, i was told these units arent too bad, and definately a step up from safc.

has anyone had any experience with a unichip?

thanks Abo Bob (still cant believe you're neither of those things :teehee: ).

i will contact them. do you recommend these guys from experience?

also, i was told these units arent too bad, and definately a step up from safc.

has anyone had any experience with a unichip?

I think def a step up from SAFC but some people don't like them. Hard to get a good tune done. I think it may be because they can't be tuned in real time.

Lot's of people recommend them but when I rang them looking for a tuner they said something funny that put me off. It was only one thing but it made me not trust them.

TM Autosports on the Central Coast do them to and they seem alright.

Lot's of people recommend them but when I rang them looking for a tuner they said something funny that put me off. It was only one thing but it made me not trust them.

are you referring to unigroup?

you're not gonna tell us what they said, are you?

central coast is too far. i just got back from penrith (hitman) in this stinking heat, that was far enough. lol. unfortunately he doesnt do unichip.

Hi mate,

Give Peter a call at 'Advan performance' at silverwater - 96471326 he just tuned my car on the weekend and I am very happy with it, he is very helpfull and easy to speak with these guys tune alot of skylines. You can even ask him what is the next mod you should do and he knows how to tune your car without pushing it too hard.He knows alot about skylines good luck.

Hi mate,

Give Peter a call at 'Advan performance' at silverwater - 96471326 he just tuned my car on the weekend and I am very happy with it, he is very helpfull and easy to speak with these guys tune alot of skylines. You can even ask him what is the next mod you should do and he knows how to tuned your car without pushing it too hard.He knows alot about skylines good luck.

did he tune a unichip for you?

any idea of price?

The reason why some people dont like Unichip is because tuning them is not acessible by everyone.

i.e the workshop has to be a certified Unichip dealer meaning they will have the software/hardware to do it. Otherwise it cant be touched, a la Fcon.

http://www.airpowersystems.com.au/unichip/applications.html

Hard to get a good tune done. I think it may be because they can't be tuned in real time.

Mine can, but being a newer car it could be a recent addition to the unit. It was one of APS' biggest selling points when they ran a tech day at AutoTech.

So yeah, the Unichip tuners I'm aware of in Sydney:

CRD

Unigroup

Auto-tech

All come pretty highly recommended by various people.

Do NOT !!! go to C&V for unichip tuning.I speak from experience.Go directly to Croydon.Frankly, if I had any brains I should have stayed with that level of tuning and not gone down the long path of horsepower hunting.My car was so good on fuel and crisp to drive but you know how it goes,"I want more".

Had my car booked at C&V at 9.00am,they started working on it at 2.00pm.Twenty minutes to install and 15min of tuning and sends me on my way.Crap,crap,crap.The same car with the speed cut removed.

Burn me once and I never return.So booked it with Jim and two and a half hours later I was very happy.215rwkw. All the safety of a standard computer but a tune the factory should have done.

I`m currently changing everything again so I havn`t learned anything.PFC is far superior but it took me a while to find a great tuner,not Jim though.Sorry Jim.But if low 200`s are all your after then yes, the unichip is great.

Do NOT !!! go to C&V for unichip tuning.I speak from experience.Go directly to Croydon.Frankly, if I had any brains I should have stayed with that level of tuning and not gone down the long path of horsepower hunting.My car was so good on fuel and crisp to drive but you know how it goes,"I want more".

Had my car booked at C&V at 9.00am,they started working on it at 2.00pm.Twenty minutes to install and 15min of tuning and sends me on my way.Crap,crap,crap.The same car with the speed cut removed.

Burn me once and I never return.So booked it with Jim and two and a half hours later I was very happy.215rwkw. All the safety of a standard computer but a tune the factory should have done.

I`m currently changing everything again so I havn`t learned anything.PFC is far superior but it took me a while to find a great tuner,not Jim though.Sorry Jim.But if low 200`s are all your after then yes, the unichip is great.

so what did the tune cost you with Jim?

around $450 from memory but that was two years ago.My unichip was the old version with no ability for boost control.You will need a good fuel pump so if you havn`t got one then contact Paul McGrath, performance-wise, he has Tomei bolt in fuel pumps at reasonable prices.Don`t go for the walbro or even the Bosch pumps as you have to remove the anti flow-back device to fit it.This will make it difficult to start.Make sure you have a fuel regulator as well. :O

ok, either i'm a tightass and unaware of the cost of tuning an existing unichip, or that's alot.

my unichip is also an older type, been in the car at least two years. boost control is not confirmed yet.

there's also another small box connected, non descript, has no name, label, or markings, but has a harness that looks like its running to the ecu.

anyway, looks like i better start shopping around.

might consider an fmic before the tune. this recent heat has had an impact on the usually smooth and responsive feel of the car.

(edit: car has stalled on starting 3 times in the last 3 days (previously always started perfectly) and the idle was playing up a bit while driving. is this related to the current hot weather?)

besides 3 inch turbo back exhaust and pod, the car is stock (running 9psi which isnt a stretch since it was running that on stock boost).

why do u say i'll need a fuel pump?

Edited by Munkyb0y
  • 5 months later...

SUPER BUMP

Just wanted to update this thread.

If anyone else was looking at getting a Unichip tuned in Sydney, try C&V Performance at Caringbah. http://www.cvperformance.com.au/

They did a great job on mine, at a fraction of the costs mentioned above.

These guys definately know their shit. They can tune anything for you. ANYTHING. I'm impressed with their work.

Went in with 170.2rwkw@10psi, left with 182.2rwkw@10psi (3" exhaust + pod + r34smic. everything else is standard).

There wasnt even that much room to move, coz the unichip had already been tuned obviously by the previous owner, or whoever.

So he played with the afr's a bit, and also scrapped the existing timing, and started from scratch.

We did about 12 odd runs, till he was happy.

He discovered i had a boost controller module on the unichip, so we replaced my mbc with the standard solenoid, and he set that up too. But we were still running 10psi, from first to last run, so the gains arent from extra boost.

I actually forgot that you had recommended against them. Only just read that bit again now.

I ran into them by accident when getting my mate's 6litre SS chipped. I spoke to the tuner, Con, and apparently he has a shit load of experience with unichips.

They were one of the largest unichip agents, back in the day.

Anyway, i'm happy with it.

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