ECU and Engine Tuning Reference Guide

[phrosty]

Originally Posted by steve99

If your conserned about warantee then your going to have to remove the unichipand wiring for every service. And its likely if they are rearly lookiung they will see where it was connected to cars wiring.

However they dont look for anything unless you have an engine issue.

Note, Unichip is immediately visible in the engine bay so even going in for an oil change there's a chance they'll record that something is there.

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by steve99

UniChip is a piggyback ecu that needs a bit of wiring in as it needs power and conbection to various engine sensors. It works by "fooling" the standard ecu by altering the engine sensor inputs. Its quite limited in its adjustments compared to flash tuning the standard ecu.

If your conserned about warantee then your going to have to remove the unichipand wiring for every service. And its likely if they are rearly lookiung they will see where it was connected to cars wiring.

However they dont look for anything unless you have an engine issue.

Flash tuning like OFT ecutek brzedit works by re programming the stock ecu.

Many more adjustment and settings can be changed, it a much better system.

for basic mods the OFT will be your best option especially if you want to flash back to stock for dealer visits as you get tunes and device for $500

you could get an ecutek tune for about same money but you wont get the cable for that price to be able to flash roms yourself. also ecutek embeds licience info in ecu which can be detected even by ametures like myself.

Oft flashes back a 100% stock rom and is virtually undectable.
AFAIK no one has found or been nailed by dealer vie the existance of a flash counter

If your making hardware mods like headers then dealer will notice them straight away

see flashing reset learning link below

Since I wont be doing any modifying to my car except a drop in air filter is this a waste of money? $500 is a lot for the OFT. If I was going to modify the car more I wouldn't hesitate buying it.

[phrosty]

Originally Posted by Riftur

Since I wont be doing any modifying to my car except a drop in air filter is this a waste of money? $500 is a lot for the OFT. If I was going to modify the car more I wouldn't hesitate buying it.

I'd leave it stock. Though, tunes do have other benefits like launch control if you are MT.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by Riftur

Since I wont be doing any modifying to my car except a drop in air filter is this a waste of money? $500 is a lot for the OFT. If I was going to modify the car more I wouldn't hesitate buying it.

oft will also give you an e85 tune for stock car you must use e85 fuel, but that gives a bit more punch.

have a read of the basic bolt on mods guide link below

its a decision you have to make as to if a tune is worth the $500, oft is very saleable second hand, you have to flash your stock tune back though, you woyld only loose mabe 100 if you decided it was not worth it on stock car.

stock car on petrol about 10 hp power increase better midrange arround 4000 smoother idle

their is no big hp gains on thse cars with tunes and simple mods

[HAWAIICALIVEGAZ]

Maybe I missed it buy has anyone used AEM Infinity yet? If so did you have to keep the factory ecu for factory items like Guages, ac cruise control etc

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Edit: is there a plug and play harness or did you have to make your own

[Majik27]

is it possible to download a tune for ecutek? i am tuning my own car and would like to have an idea of what others have done to their tunes. i am new to tuning and i am only changing a little at a time and testing it before i make additional changes. but it would be nice to see if im moving in a similar direction as others or not.

[Jaden]

Originally Posted by Majik27

is it possible to download a tune for ecutek? i am tuning my own car and would like to have an idea of what others have done to their tunes. i am new to tuning and i am only changing a little at a time and testing it before i make additional changes. but it would be nice to see if im moving in a similar direction as others or not.

Not likely, that's why a lot of tuners that sell their services use ecutek, they lock their files so no one can see them or modify them without coming back to them. In some ways it's understandable, but I'm more of an opensource guy myself...

Jaden

Shit we converted all of our servers and built our network at work in Linux because of MS licensing B.S. Most people aren't aware that any network that uses MS servers has to pay MS a fee every year for EVERY computer that accesses the servers...

Just like you can sell your Ecutek dongle, but you can't sell your license, anyone who buys your cable has to buy a new license.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by Majik27

is it possible to download a tune for ecutek? i am tuning my own car and would like to have an idea of what others have done to their tunes. i am new to tuning and i am only changing a little at a time and testing it before i make additional changes. but it would be nice to see if im moving in a similar direction as others or not.

Have a look at the OFT tunes

[Gibtronikz]

So does this void warranty?

[Izzyboost1]

Auto ecu vs manual ecu

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[Gopherboy6956]

Perrin no longer does EcuTek tuning - FYI.

[saikat.saha]

Hello all,

I am from bangladesh.
My 86 has Greddy T518z Turbo kit installed and tuned by Greddy. To tune again i have to install new ecu because previous ecu is locked by previous tuner.

I have replaced my ecu with a used one which one i bought. After looping 3 and 14 pin of the OBD port and pressed 2 times the start button. I have waited for 30 mins. Then tried to start the car but its not starting, its like ignition self is trying but throttle body is not starting. What problem can be. is my new bought ecu bricked or that does not have turbo map , thats why car is not starting.

Also i have oft. I have to tune my 86 again according to our country fuel grade. Can anyone recomand any good tuner who can help me to tune overseas.
Thanks

[Kodename47]

Are you running a non-OEM MAP sensor and are you on the standard tune? If the answer is yes to both of those then the car won't start. You will need to change the tune to reflect the MAP sensor or put the OEM sensor back on.

[Wes_TSi]

Forgive me for resurrecting, but all the greedine... er uh "licensing" has me confused. I'm boosting my BRZ with a turbo setup of my own design and want to run E85, maybe even convert to SD as well. So obviously I'm looking for a tuner that's capable of all that fun stuff.

However, I'd consider myself somewhat experienced with tuning and would like to do all my own datalogging, map editing, etc. But Im not going to pay everytime I want to simply reflash the ecu, nor become some registered master ultimate jedi tuner just to edit my own maps. And I have no interest in OTS cookie-cutter maps that I cant tinker with.

Could anyone point me in the right direction please? Much appreciated if so!