New Chip In Ecu Problems

[bogan in rice]

hey guys

hoping someone might have had experience in this prob. I got a mailorder chip for my ecu

which is sposed to have different maps, speed limiter cut, rev limiter change and other stuff.

So i just put it in and my cars running like a bag of shit! The EGT light is flashing on the dash

and it feels like driving with an intercooler pipe off. Idles fine but breaks down heavily underload.

What have i done??!!

[xALmoN]

its not a powerchip is it?

[bogan in rice]

nah its off ebay i think they called it a drift chip

Buying gear for ecu of ebay probably not a good idea

[StealthX]

You said it yourself champ, hope you didn't spend too much money on it...

[xALmoN]

nistune or nothing mate.

[KiwiRS4T]

Any mail order chip is a gamble. Some seem to work well but unless you put it on a dyno or otherwise check afrs, timing etc you can't be sure that you're not damaging your engine. A chip other than Nistune is OK if it is tuned in your car for the engine and mods that you have but Nistune has the advantage that there are many tuners able to work with it.

[paulr33]

its like that because youve probably gotten the wrong MEC chip type

when you get the wrong MEC chip type the car runs like ass basically

whilst there are s1 and s2 ecu's, there is different MEC chip types for some wierd reason and if you get the wrong one, it runs like ass

i had a mail order remap long long long time ago s2 GTST with S2 remapped ecu, it ran like ass, turns out i got the wrong MEC chip type

so essentially, you can't use it

remaps are junk, you should never buy a remap

if you insist on remap, remap your current known working ecu with nistune

[GTScotT]

I suggest you contact Toshi on this forum about resolving the matter.

He can put the right chip in it and remap it to suit your setup. Despite people saying remaps are crap there are no negative results from Toshi and plenty of people use him.

[STATUS]

easy to fix.

remove chip, massage with a 12oz hammer... job done.