Emanage - Worth Keeping

[Blade]

Just a few questions

Isthe emanage worth keeping? i still havent been on a dyno tune yet so im running stock boost etc

With the below mods should i upgrade to a standalone or should i keep the emanage and live with it???

Ive read through the sticky on emanage above but their are no concrete answers on whether theirs any point in having one vs standalone

I only want to achieve around the 230rwkw...i realise i have to upgrade fuel pump and AFM and maybe injectors

Should i get rid of it and just save up for a standalone?

Also if i do get rid of it, can i run more boost and achieve around 200rwkw mark with no piggy back ecu???

How long does it take to remove the emanage, and how much should labor cost for this procedure

Thanks in advance for any replys

[BHDave]

If you already have a z32 afm installed then you'll have to swap it back to standard.

For removal if you have both looms installed and they have used plugs on the afm signal and ignition wires then you could get it out in under an hour. Just remove the ignition loom wires one colour (emanage loom uses one colout with white/black stripe for in/out) at a time and re connect the ecu wires to each other, the other wires are spliced intothe loom so you can just cut them off neatly and tape up any exposed cores.

I'd recommend keeping it atm and see what it can do. It wont have a prob with the power figures you are looking for as it won't really have to mess with the factory maps much to acheive those numbers. Plus you can easily change the base settings to compensate for the afm and bigger injectors without messing with the tuning maps.

[Blade]

Thanks for your reply BHDave

Why do you recommend removing the z32afm? Its already installed

Im still running stock boost with the above mods...just everything is installed and i havent been on a dyno for tune and > boost

[Steve]

What do you hope to achieve by removing it?

[BHDave]

You misunderstand.

I only say you have to swap afms back if you remove the emanage to return the management to stock as the stock ecu will not be calibrated to suit the z32 afm.

The emanage has a function that allows you to swap afms and then just update a single pull down menu to suit the change.

If you pull the emanage out then the car won't run right with the z32 afm until you swap to a tuneable ecu.

Keep the emanage and afm is my recommendation, even if you only use the basic functions of the emangae to take some excess fuel out at the top end it will be doing more for you than the stock ecu will by itself.