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Apr 29, 2006 | 07:02 AM

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Well... my experiance with the UTEC has not been the greatest. My car has a built motor with cams and geddy TT. The UTEC works pretty good under 6 psi of boost...it pulls hard, but bucks slightly...that is something I can live with. Over 7 psi and around 4000 rpm the fuel will cut and the Car will fall on it's face. Jermaine has been helpful at Turbo XS and Julian sent the new 2.7 to my shop but that did not seem to help...thanks for all of your help Anyone have any ideas?

Can't help, but who tuned the UTEC for you initially? Did you do it yourself? Thanks.

Apr 29, 2006 | 10:20 AM

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Sounds like your overboost cut level needs to be increased. The other hesistation you speak of, has to do with the transition from ECU control, to UTEC control. It can be tuned out.

Who tuned the engine for you? Our UTEC power cars pull like wild animals!

Apr 29, 2006 | 10:31 AM

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What boost controller are you using with the utecs? The blitz?

Apr 29, 2006 | 10:34 AM

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Hmmmmm can't wait to get mine! hehehe

Apr 29, 2006 | 10:36 AM

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What boost controller are you using with the utecs? The blitz?

The Blitz SBC ID on most of them. A couple of customers had manual boost controllers.

Apr 29, 2006 | 10:41 AM

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I am having very similar symptoms. My over boost is set to 12 psi yet I am still having the same problem. My tuner called and spoke with jermaine at turbo xs. He did not have anything helpful to say except to shim the CAS wire which doesnt seem like a valid solution to the problem. Turbo xs technical support seems to be pretty useless.

Apr 29, 2006 | 10:44 AM

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So yea, I guess you can say I don't have a great review of the utec.

Apr 29, 2006 | 10:58 AM

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Dave, we've found that the UTEC reads ahead, when it comes to the overboost cut. For instance, if we tune a car to 8psi, we oftentimes have to set the overboost cut to 11-12 psi or else the fuel cut will kick in. That would be the first thing I would check on the UTEC. Basically, raise the overboost cut until the problem is eliminated.

Apr 29, 2006 | 12:05 PM

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Its, most likely a bad UTEC, we just went through this at the shop and swapped out an old utec and it worked fine..I would contact Turbo XS on Monday and speak with Jermaine.Might also have something to do with that check sum error.

Apr 29, 2006 | 02:07 PM

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julian, i never got my spreadsheet for the temp change... i pmed it to ya. thanks if you get a chance.

thanks a million man!!!

-jeremy-

Apr 29, 2006 | 04:29 PM

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I will definately be on the phone with him monday, hopefully clearing this up so I have something positive to say about this unit. Seems like everyone else is having such good luck with it.

Apr 29, 2006 | 04:38 PM

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I just wanted to thank you again Julian for getting a hold of the guys working on my car at speed & sound. They have been trying to work this out for some time now. It is kind of comforting knowing that it could be a bad utec and not bad tuning!