Pesky ECU Issues - Any real solutions yet?
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Pesky ECU Issues - Any real solutions yet?
Well, I have been a member of this forum for a while now. I have been mostly a lurker. I often do not frequent this site in the winter months while my Z is away..
Have our ridiculous ECU issues been solved by some magical company yet?
Last I heard, even after the Technosquare reflash people were still skeptical about the ECU negating mods. Is it truly safe for me to add bolt-ons yet? OR do I have to worry that bolt-ons will probably rob power due to that engineering conundrum we call an ECU?
Have our ridiculous ECU issues been solved by some magical company yet?
Last I heard, even after the Technosquare reflash people were still skeptical about the ECU negating mods. Is it truly safe for me to add bolt-ons yet? OR do I have to worry that bolt-ons will probably rob power due to that engineering conundrum we call an ECU?
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Originally Posted by sentry65
UTEC and possibly emanage ultimate if greddy ever updates it
The ECU does not negate mods. I started at 238 whp (over 3 years ago) I have hit in the 270's the past 3 dynos. With the hotter cams and the Emanage Ultimate, Doug has been hitting in the upper 290's the last several dynos.
Yes its hard to tweak the ecu but it does not rob power.
Yes its hard to tweak the ecu but it does not rob power.
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Originally Posted by VandyZ
The ECU does not negate mods. I started at 238 whp (over 3 years ago) I have hit in the 270's the past 3 dynos. With the hotter cams and the Emanage Ultimate, Doug has been hitting in the upper 290's the last several dynos.
Yes its hard to tweak the ecu but it does not rob power.
Yes its hard to tweak the ecu but it does not rob power.
yeah its not that ecu negates mods, its that it starts gradually walking you down in power until you go WOT to redline like 6 times in a row because it's trying to save you gas and make better emissions.
on a road course where you'll WOT to redline 20 times in one lap, you won't notice any loss in power.
If you're driving around town though and decide to stomp it, chances are the ECU won't give you full power unless you've been driving around town at WOT all day
The UTEC will 100% overide the ECU's timing and A/F and give you as an aggressive tune as you set it to for WOT and also partial throttle positions I think - I know the emanage ultimate does partial throttle positions anyway. Both will give you target A/F and timing except right now the emanage ultimate does not let you do target timing quite yet until greddy gets off their butt and updates the firmware
on a road course where you'll WOT to redline 20 times in one lap, you won't notice any loss in power.
If you're driving around town though and decide to stomp it, chances are the ECU won't give you full power unless you've been driving around town at WOT all day
The UTEC will 100% overide the ECU's timing and A/F and give you as an aggressive tune as you set it to for WOT and also partial throttle positions I think - I know the emanage ultimate does partial throttle positions anyway. Both will give you target A/F and timing except right now the emanage ultimate does not let you do target timing quite yet until greddy gets off their butt and updates the firmware
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Originally Posted by sentry65
yeah its not that ecu negates mods, its that it starts gradually walking you down in power until you go WOT to redline like 6 times in a row because it's trying to save you gas and make better emissions.
on a road course where you'll WOT to redline 20 times in one lap, you won't notice any loss in power.
If you're driving around town though and decide to stomp it, chances are the ECU won't give you full power unless you've been driving around town at WOT all day
The UTEC will 100% overide the ECU's timing and A/F and give you as an aggressive tune as you set it to for WOT and also partial throttle positions I think - I know the emanage ultimate does partial throttle positions anyway. Both will give you target A/F and timing except right now the emanage ultimate does not let you do target timing quite yet until greddy gets off their butt and updates the firmware
on a road course where you'll WOT to redline 20 times in one lap, you won't notice any loss in power.
If you're driving around town though and decide to stomp it, chances are the ECU won't give you full power unless you've been driving around town at WOT all day
The UTEC will 100% overide the ECU's timing and A/F and give you as an aggressive tune as you set it to for WOT and also partial throttle positions I think - I know the emanage ultimate does partial throttle positions anyway. Both will give you target A/F and timing except right now the emanage ultimate does not let you do target timing quite yet until greddy gets off their butt and updates the firmware
Wow...some good news, finally! This whole subject has been pretty depressing.
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