Haltech Into A R34

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

Hey,

ive taken my car to a company here in brisbane to get a haltech installed, but its been 3 weeks so far and they keep saying they are waiting on haltech to make / finsihing testing some plug,

and im annoyed. surely their is people out there that have done this and not had this issue>

my cars an auto so i was told the haltech was the best option for the new ecu / tune

thanks in advance,

Bryn

[R34NRG]

wat other mods do u have?

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

turbo back exhaust, FMIC, boost controller,

[Evil34]

If you have the new e11 V2 yuo will just have to wait as Haltech has not developed the plug for this model as yet.

If you read HPI you will notice that they used the haltech as a piggy back computer in their 34 and spliced into the factory wiring for all the signals.

Hope this helps!!!

[shanef]

bryn, go to them and say u want them to wire it in (for no extra charge) or you will be taking ur car elsewhere (if u do this i have a contact for you) as they took ur car on the belief they could do it, which is NOT the case as has been shown to date.

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

i called haltech then and htey said they wont be finsihed developing this plug till friday or monday, so im looking at another week with no car.

and shane, ive spoken to a few people on here, who really recommned NOT letting them re wire as they dont have a clue how to do it.. i think i will hjsut have to wait till next week, unless i find another ecu worth installing and go else where . IVE BEEN totally kept in the dark,

i was told a few days and now its been a few weeks, and i was calling them daily and last week was told to stop calling, and they will call me with updates..

i got suckered

[shanef]

have u handed over any money?

if not go and get ur damn car back

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

nope handed over no money, and they have done nothing but apparetnly dyno my car to determing the ecu was f**ked..

if i go get it, im still stuck with a car that wont rev over 3000rpm, and 3 warning lgihts..

then what do i do'? wait till next week when haltech release the plug and go back to them?

[666DAN]

I'd get the car, there's no way Haltech are going to be on time....plus if you get the car I can have a look for you as well and most likely save you a few grand....even if the ECU has really gone kapoot, I've got a manual ECU with a spare ignition circuit in it.....think about it.

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

are there any "available NOW" ecu alternatives that i can get tomorrow?

[shanef]

go somewhere that have half a clue and they can wire the ecu in for you

or give kyle from 6boost a call (0410 730 598) and see what price he can do for you on an autronic sm4 - not sure if they do plug ins for the 34 yet, but he'll know and he'll guide you

[Adriano]

If it was my car, i would be getting a remap of the stock ecu. There is much debate over using aftermarket ECU's with auto boxes in skylines, i wouldnt be taking the risk unless i was shown that the haltech has the software to retard the ignition timing on gearchange. The stock ecu has two fuel maps for low and high octane fuel,two ignition maps, closed loop, vct control, idle control and knock control.All these functions have been well developed by the factory. The only other option i would be considering is a plug in Autronic sm4, but im not sure they do it for the r34.

PS i doubt the stock ECU has s#$t itself, i just too unlikely unless there is something else we dont know about

[aphid]

totally agree with Adriano, I also say the workshop in question may be giving bryn bias information in an effort to gain maximum profit, because there is no way for about 2k extra the haltech is a better option over the remapping the stock..

I queried said mechanic on this and his response was "well the haltech has a 32bit processor, the stock is only 8bit" LOL

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

fair enough adriano, but according to this workshop, the ignition part of my ecu is f**ked. and say that a remap or piggy back thingy wont work as this part of my ecu is f**ked..

thas why i was told to get the haltech,

Edited April 14, 2008 by Silver_R34_GT-T

[paulr33]

as the others have said, go get your car and limp it to another workshop

and work out your ECU plans. if you get any ECU installed a "wire-in" this means your stuck with a mangled loom and a ECU

if you want to un-do it, restore it to factory, change it later on its going to be a hefty cost to un-managle the loom & whatever else is changed.

if they insist in a wire-in job get a boomslang loom adapter to protect your original harness and make the wire-in job easier.