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Im seriously looking into buying a nistune board for my S2 stagea

Just want to know if anyone has experienced any problems with the boards and what power figures with what mods have been acheived

Also would like to know what the maximum power anyone has got out of one in there stagea and what boost controller is easily compatable with the board?

I just want to know what power figures i should be expecting with full 3inch exhaust, front mount intercooler, nistune board and a boost controller.

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wolverine Grand Master

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There are numerous threads on Nistune already if you take the time to search in either this section or a huge thread in forced induction.

With mods as described you will get the same power everyone else gets which is around 200rwkw +/-10kw.

They are the best option for a streetable S2 Stagea based on price and ease of use.

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If you don't want a license for the software, you can get just the board for about $260.

Any boost controller will be fine as it will be completely separate to the ECU (not like AVC-R for example, which hooks up to the PowerFC).

As said above, with your mods, once tuned, probably looking at 200awkw-ish.

I finally got around to putting the NIStune board in my ECU on Friday (currently have a Haltech piggybacked in there) and even though I haven't tuned the NIStune yet, just being able to change the few things I did has made living with the Haltech a lot easier. Soon as I find some time the Haltech is coming out!

Don't get me wrong, the Haltech is a wonderful ECU with lots of fancy features but, for a daily driver (and especially because mine is auto) it is completely wasted. NIStune is by far the best option for a street car.

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has anyone tried the "auto-tune" on the nistune?

i think you can go in and set target afr's and it trims it to suit (when its hooked up to a wideband obviously)

I have, and it doesn't work as you think it would. It won't tune a perfect map just by entering the target values. for us, as we already have a base map to run from the auto tune feature is of no use.

From what i can tell It's more for when you dont have a base map and want to get the engine to at least run, at best auto tune only gives you a very rough starting map.

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Grimi Enthusiast

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Hey, while your on the topic i was wondering.

Ive currently got a (Piggy Backed) Haltech Platinum Sport 1000 ECU (came with the car) as the car will be mostly a street car but will on the occasion get used for track ect

Is it worth swapping it out & getting something else. ie. nistune or just stick with what is already there?

Cheers

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bubba Grand Master

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Bin it and go NIStune, absolutely THE best option for our cars (especially if yours is auto like mine).

Currently, I have a Haltech e11v2 wired in as a piggyback. Nice ECU, lots of wonderful features, but completely overkill for our application.

Fitted my NIStune board last week, now as soon as I can get in for a tune, the Haltech is coming out!

P.S. anyone wanna buy an e11v2 w/ 3-bar map sensor?:P

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if your mod's are going to require you to drop the AFM, or you expect to exceed the resolution of the standard AFM then i'd go for standalone management.

i have an emanage ultimate, but only because its what i got with the car.

if i were doing it from scratch i'd get a nistune purely for the legality side. it looks like a stock ecu, so as far as they're concerned it is a stock ecu. just one less thing to worry about.

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Well thats good to know, i havent had it on the dyno yet so i dont know what rwkw it is at the moment

Its a C34 S2 RSV Auto. Not sure just how far i want to go but i want to keep it on the street too so its has to stay "kinda' legal at the least...

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If it's auto then DEFINITELY go NIStune, no questions.

The reason my Haltech is wired in as a piggyback is that our tiptronic auto boxes do not have a separate Transmission Control Module like earlier autos, it is part of the ECU (same as R34 GTT's), so the stock ECU has to stay there otherwise you will be stuck in 3rd gear (limp mode).

Edit: is yours RWD?? not sure what the go there is, have a look on your ECU for the number and either email Matt at NIStune or post up in the big NIStune thread in the Forced Induction area, he will be able to tell you if your ECU is supported. I don't see why it wouldn't be because R34GTT and C34 s2 RS4S and RS4V are supported.

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Nistune should be the only answer for any setup on the street. i don't understand why people think nistune is so limited. it is equally as good (if not better) than a power fc which almost always is in the top 5 recommended aftermarket ecu's, and it beats the hell out of any piggyback solution.

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