Mines Ecu

[Hadouken]

lies

[ZRBE]

Unless I just got majorly ripped off.. Car is at the tuners as we speak.. I was told they were "glued in" and "unable to tune" I thought I'd take it to the closest place to me and they said they've done them before and even getting tuned to 98ron "tuned to the whatever fuel is in the tank" he said

[ZRBE]

He did say some were "un-tuneable"

[KiwiRS4T]

He did say some were "un-tuneable"

I think its more the other way round - most are untunable. I have heard of people claiming to have one that could be tuned but I have never seen one.

[ZRBE]

Well my r32 is in the shop getting worked on.. I was also told mines ecu's are useless because of the proxy's being glued in? Mine however was not. Are they still an alright ecu if they are tuned properly?

[KiwiRS4T]

Well my r32 is in the shop getting worked on.. I was also told mines ecu's are useless because of the proxy's being glued in? Mine however was not. Are they still an alright ecu if they are tuned properly?

IFF they are able to alter timing and afrs it will be fine.

[ZRBE]

IFF they are able to alter timing and afrs it will be fine.

Is there a way I'm able to tell? (I'm really clueless to ecu's)

And my luck with mechanics ripping me off continues to grow..

[ZRBE]

Spoke to the guy tuning my ecu, he said that they check the base timing and all that to see if it NEEDS to be adjusted.

[MagicMikeZ32]

AFAIK (z32 circles), mines ecu's are just chipped OEM ecu's. These cannot be 'tuned' as such.

Sometimes the chip can be removed and a new chip burnt and installed in the empty socket. It is still an OEM ecu however, with a socket that can accomodate a tuned chip.

Sometimes the chip is glued in solid.

[ZRBE]

AFAIK (z32 circles), mines ecu's are just chipped OEM ecu's. These cannot be 'tuned' as such.

Sometimes the chip can be removed and a new chip burnt and installed in the empty socket. It is still an OEM ecu however, with a socket that can accomodate a tuned chip.

Sometimes the chip is glued in solid.

Okay, I'm confused now.. So when this guy says he can tune it, is he lying?

Also what would this cost around? (I do have a quote but in my opinion it seems a bit steep)

[Anfanee]

Mines ECU cannot be tuned. they can possibly re chip it to their tune but you will likely be locked into that tuner. I got a quote to re chip my ECU for lulz and it was $1200 to re chip and flash it with a tune. Just go out and find a second hand PFC for like $400-500 (shop around you will find one) and get it tuned properly. Ill pick my GTR up today. ECU+tune cost me $1000...and that will allow you to get it tuned pretty much anywhere.

Edited January 17, 2013 by Anfanee

[GTSBoy]

Okay, I'm confused now.. So when this guy says he can tune it, is he lying?

Also what would this cost around? (I do have a quote but in my opinion it seems a bit steep)

Probably are lying, unless by "tune" they mean nothing more than twisting the CAS back and forth.

As has been said....Mines did no manufacture ECUs. A Mines ECU is a Nissan ECU with Mines tune dropped onto an EEPROM. You can put any other EEPROM (with same model tune of course) in there and it will run the engine. You could probably convert it to Nistune. But you cannot do anything to tune the Mines ECU whilst the Mines EEPROM is sitting in the socket.

[ZRBE]

Well I've just been told to take my car out of there workshop.. They've already started working on the car, so I'm spewing, I was quoted $1600 all up........

[ZRBE]

Every single time I go to performance shops I get ripped out the ass.. I know it's probably my own fault but geez, gimme a break lol

[Anfanee]

Well I've just been told to take my car out of there workshop.. They've already started working on the car, so I'm spewing, I was quoted $1600 all up........

Sorry to hear that. They where talking up your ass. may i suggest for tunes take it to a well known place. For example CRD or w/e depending on location. Tunes are VERY important to a car and in the wrong hands it can be quite costly. A good workshop will tell you if it's not worth doing something because they understand that word of mouth travels far. If you get a good experience you are likely to send business their way.

Keep an eye out on import moster/ebay/forums here for a PFC and you will find one cheap!

[ZRBE]

Sorry to hear that. They where talking up your ass. may i suggest for tunes take it to a well known place. For example CRD or w/e depending on location. Tunes are VERY important to a car and in the wrong hands it can be quite costly. A good workshop will tell you if it's not worth doing something because they understand that word of mouth travels far. If you get a good experience you are likely to send business their way.

Keep an eye out on import moster/ebay/forums here for a PFC and you will find one cheap!

Okay, found out one of my mates dads are good friends with the owner. So might have a chat to him and see what's up.. But I'll keep my eye out for PFC

[MagicMikeZ32]

There are ways of tuning your car.

Pull your ecu.

Remove 'chip'

Install ecu with nistune into your car (shop ecu)

Tune.

Burn new tune onto new chip.

Install chip with new tune into your ecu in place of mines chip.

Reinstall your ecu back into your car.

[Hadouken]

^^^^ And i bet they would have done none of that

[ZRBE]

^^^^ And i bet they would have done none of that

You've been no help..

Anyway.. All sorted I spoke to someone who knows a bit, got some price cut off but supposably it IS tuneable (well he said he can and will flash tune) and also is going to check base timing which might need to be altered.. So I'm a little less worried now..

[Hadouken]

If I were you, I would be there while they "tune" it!