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Yeah, but as I've told you before, they don't have these tables in Nissan ECUs. Only the RB26 even has an inlet air temp sensor. The whole point of my post was that you have to work with what you've got. In the case of Nistune, it means that the knock maps are not always reliable, so you have to decide if you're going to try to live with random changes of map (when it shouldn't), or it never changing because it never detects knock even when it happens (which also occurs, and is of course worse) or whether you're going to disable it and tune sensibly to avoid the problem altogether. It is possible to tune so that you might miss out on some winter performance, but you won't ping it to death in summer.

Burnouts are dumb at the best of times. So I say that motors that cook as a result are not a problem, just an education.

Yeah, but as I've told you before, they don't have these tables in Nissan ECUs. Only the RB26 even has an inlet air temp sensor. The whole point of my post was that you have to work with what you've got. In the case of Nistune, it means that the knock maps are not always reliable, so you have to decide if you're going to try to live with random changes of map (when it shouldn't), or it never changing because it never detects knock even when it happens (which also occurs, and is of course worse) or whether you're going to disable it and tune sensibly to avoid the problem altogether. It is possible to tune so that you might miss out on some winter performance, but you won't ping it to death in summer.

Burnouts are dumb at the best of times. So I say that motors that cook as a result are not a problem, just an education.

nistune has coolant temp trim tables.

but yeah do what you said re just tuning for summer and itll be fine all year

Random changes....sounds a bit disconcerting for a daily driven car.

If I do go for a nistune/PFC the closest tuner will be nearly 2 hours away, which makes me think any drama's will be a big hassle for me.

There's no reason to be stressed about it. Once tuned, a nistuned ECU should be able to be left alone until you change something on the engine. Mine hasn't been hooked back up to the laptop since it was tuned years ago (apart from just to have a look at something.)

There's no reason to be stressed about it. Once tuned, a nistuned ECU should be able to be left alone until you change something on the engine. Mine hasn't been hooked back up to the laptop since it was tuned years ago (apart from just to have a look at something.)

ok, cool. Well I am pretty much sold on the nistune, seems to be the best bang for buck option. And it seems they don't make PowerFC's anymore (not that it really matters).

What is the going rate for a nistune....tune?

guess i'll have to trawl through the QLD site to find some reputable tuners who are nistune friendly. Do I NEED a z32 or is just optional/better than the stock AFM?

And final question (I hope) - I have come across a 2nd hand ecu with nistune already installed, if I were to buy this would it be a simple plug and play and then getting it tuned to my mods?

Thanks again, you guys have been very helpful :cheers:

It has a resolution suited to higher airflow, so if you max out the stock one (~240kw ish) then you need a Z32 or it makes tuning very difficult.

Re the ECU no it isn't that simple, you cant just plug an R32 ECU into an R33, you need to wire it in.

Edited by Rolls

It has a resolution suited to higher airflow, so if you max out the stock one (~240kw ish) then you need a Z32 or it makes tuning very difficult.

Re the ECU no it isn't that simple, you cant just plug an R32 ECU into an R33, you need to wire it in.

So my stock AFM should be fine for the ~200 mark? The ecu/nistune i'm looking at is out of an R34....

guess i'll have to trawl through the QLD site to find some reputable tuners who are nistune friendly. Do I NEED a z32 or is just optional/better than the stock AFM?

And final question (I hope) - I have come across a 2nd hand ecu with nistune already installed, if I were to buy this would it be a simple plug and play and then getting it tuned to my mods?

Thanks again, you guys have been very helpful :cheers:

EFI do Nistune in QLD and the tuner sean is great, I had my R32 Nistuned by them it never missed a beat as long as I owned it.

I went a Power FC in my R34 GT-T and it's working great, I have had it installed since the car had it's first mods fitted, No issues with the unit what so ever.

Edited by RandomHero83

It has a resolution suited to higher airflow, so if you max out the stock one (~240kw ish) then you need a Z32 or it makes tuning very difficult.

Re the ECU no it isn't that simple, you cant just plug an R32 ECU into an R33, you need to wire it in.

Rolls , what makes u think u have to wire in an r32 ecu to a 33?

Rolls only the VTC needs to be wired in on gtst's. But if u buy a programmed r32 ecu that has rb20 image u will have to either change the tps to a rb20 tps or send the board to NIStune to get a rb25 base image programmed.

On GTR as EAT ME posted, change a few settings in NIStune

That is right, I had to use a S1 rb25det TPS as the S2 one didn't work with the R32 ecu.

So yeah you have to "wire in" a few things, not very difficult though, but if you aren't electrically useful then you would need to pay someone to do it.

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