Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hi guys,

Sorry for the noob question, but I am hoping someone here can give me the answer. I have got myself the Haltech Platinum Pro ECU for my R33 GTR. It's a Plug N Play ECU, so I am assuming this means I can just take out my stock ECU (which is hooked up to a HKS Fcon Pro V piggy back btw), plugin the Haltech and go for a drive? My car pulled 310 Kw at the wheels when it was last on a dyno (this is how it came off the boat from Japan - there was no tuning involved). The car has aftermarket injectors, dump pipes, larger turbos, a larger HKS inter-cooler, pod filters and an Apexi hi flow cat. I am not a fan of piggy backs and that's reason I went for a stand alone (my mechanic also advised me to go with a stand alone).

Am I getting the whole Plug N Play concept wrong or do I need to get it properly tuned before even thinking of going out for a drive with the new ECU?

I know I am coming across as absolute noob, but I will be grateful for any any advice.

I am just excited at getting the new ECU, and hence why I am keen to put it in the car!

No you cannot go for a drive. You have the concept wrong.

Plug and Play simply means that it connects to your stock loom without modification, and works.

All it comes with a base map, that is configured for a 100% stock car only.

If you have aftermarket bits, you need to configure them within the ECU. The ECU does not know what parts you have over stock unless you tell it.

So given your modifications - Do NOT attempt to go for a drive. You must have it configured and tuned.

It's the older Silver version mate. Version 2.1 and the tuning software is all apparently in Japanese. There are only a few tuners Australia wide that can tune it (most interstate, and a couple here in Melbourne I know of).

http://1jzmerc.com/hks-faq/hardware/f-con-v-pro-silver

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Wife wanted basket things in the wardrobe in our temporary house. Thought about ripping our the wardrobe and fitting the entire IKEA set, but it's a temporary house and we want to move in a few years. So IKEA advertises this as a 50cm unit, however the actually basket and rails measure 46cm wide. Only issue was depth, IKEA stuff is quite deep, where as the builder special junk is super shallow at less than 40cm. Send it, chopped the rails, then offset the mounting holes, job done, happy wife, less shit scattered all over the bedroom. Did the same to the other side too. Also drove the Skyline shit box today, dropped off oil at Supercheap Auto. I didn't realise they only now take max 2x bottles per visit. I visited 2x Supercheap Autos.  
    • I've seen similar actually in my situation. You never know what tables are attempted to be used when the car thinks it's -99C or +200C. The fail state is not usually that extreme but you know what I mean - it was in my case though! This is where being able to read all the sensors is useful cause you see this stuff really quickly.
    • The above is very important. However as long as you keep timing relatively low, it's plausible to make your own knock ears and plausible to learn to tune with a modern ECU that can do wideband O2 correction like a boost controller. I mean if you only have one viable road to even drive the car on, learning to tinker to this level may be worth doing given you can't do much else with the car...?
    • I find the fact that the rear plate has to be bent inwards at the rear not so bad: but the front is just awful: It's like come on. (these are my very old, now retired/turned in plates) TBH it is a lot of money to fix a minor issue, the fact I said "I'll never really spend the money on doing this" is why people ended up buying them as a gift for a 'car guy' who can be hard to shop for.. for car guy things.
    • I just bent the ends of my premo plates. It even went through Regency like that after the engine conversion and the inspector (a great bloke!) just squinted his eyes and said "I didn't see that". Plates, and how they look, are just something that have zero importance to me.
×
×
  • Create New...