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Upgrading Your Ecu - Well Worth It

LatinR33

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LatinR33 Experienced

LatinR33

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Hey Guys,

I just want to say that now I know why everyone goes wild over changing engine management. A mate of mine has Minimal mods - Exhaust and Front mount only.Boost has not been increased. He got a Apexi Power FC and got it fully tuned up and the car seems like a whole different beast now. Im not too sure if this is normal but just thought it was strange how engine management would change the car so much with minimal mods.

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jake33 Experienced

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well yeah i mean with any mods it will throw the computers reading out so getting a FC or whatever will correct them plus a full legit tune will definetly see an increase.

id say its normal

wind up the boost a little :D

Simon-S14 Grand Master

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that said, the gains to be had from going to a stock ecu to a remap/PFC are huge compared to the gains from going from a remap/pfm to another aftermarket ecu.

Obviously there's some hardcore ecu's out there, such as autronic and motec but for the money spent they will only give slight gains over a well tuned PFC. they will however do a lot more and a better job.

R338OY Veteran

R338OY

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Folk on SAU always say: Mod list...1. Intake 2. Exhaust 3. ECU

It's right up there with the basics. Just think...factory ECU's are tuned to run on 100 octane fuel. We only have 98 octane in Oz. That's just one reason to modify engine management.

mad082 Grand Master

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nothing really. just a cheap way out. doesn't really do much a factory computer can't do.

but couldn't expect much more from a "after market computer" that uses a chipped nissan ecu. basically what dr. drift does.

not any more. and if you have a rb25 forget about it.

Tangles Grand Master

Tangles

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meh, $495 for a R33 remapped chip isnt bad price IMO. thats what Yoshi advertised......

add $25 for soldering in, and a dyno session (best if you already have a safc to make more adjustaments)

RB30-POWER Mentor

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with rb25 engines, the gains are very significant with a remapped ecu or powerfc because the standard ecu's are so aggresive and sensitive in their protection parameters, you barely need to fit an exhaust and the boost increases a few psi and you are hitting the limits, even if you can't feel it, throw it on a dyno and the graph will typically be all over the shop with dips and holes in it.

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