avmaldo

Not the little resistor things, a real ecu, pics and all.
Anyone tried one of these "performance" ecu's off ebay?
I just came across one today.

internetautomar

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any "performance" ECU is only as good as the programming that went into it

Matt93SE

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Unless you're buying a Jim Wolf or Dinan ECU, then there's nothing out there for our cars. Period..
Dinan quit making them several years ago, and a JWT will be around $600 new.

Just think about that before you buy a $100 "computer" or even a $400 "Venom Performance chip"

nubiannupe

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You got a pic or link for this that those 'search challenged' can look at??

kcidmil

Also check out who's selling it. Probably one of those little companies that always sells junk. Maybe even the same one who sells the resistor.

I'd almost want to bet that it's a stock ECU, with their resistor installed.

Cliff Clavin

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If you are talking about this guy:

VG ECU

I have read on a 240sx forum that his ECU is similar to a JWT, or at least he has remapped things as he said in the info. One guy bought one several months ago and was happy with it.

I have no way to confirm this on the Maxima ECU and I have only seen the results from one guy. For the price, it seems like a pretty good deal. I think the ECUs for the 240sx are different as far as programming, so I have no idea what this guy does to the Maxima one.

avmaldo

Yeah thats the one I was talking about, didnt want to post a link to an ebay auction, saw someone get burned for doing that. Maybe ill try it out.

Cliff Clavin

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I only posted the auction because I am pretty sure he sells the same product over and over (kind of like the ebay intakes or strut tower bars) so there shouldn't be anyone fighting over it.

Also, I wanted to state that I had seen where guys were happy with his product for other cars. I emailed him back when I read about the 240sx ECU and he said he didn't plan on doing a Maxima ECU, but maybe he was just talking about the VE, since I asked him specifically about my engine.

tripleGmax

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So if i bought one of these and hooked it up, would i have to do anything else? What is the fuel map set at for stock? I thought it was 89 or 87 or whatever. Would i have to advance my timing or does the ECU do that.

internetautomar

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you need to ask the seller those questions, not us

tripleGmax

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haha yeah yeah yeah i know.

garbury

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and where he says he eliminated the top speed of 120....My vg cleared 120 pretty easy, so stating that his ECU will eliminate the governor that doesn't exist kind of nulls the R&D of his chip IMO.

expressinme

this maybe a stupid question but, whats an ecu??

kcidmil

MY GOD. I BLEW THAT AWAY ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!! I've buried the needle way past 125, and that's where my Speedo stops. Too bad I couldn't raise a bigger

tripleGmax

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im emailing him some questions about his ECU (Electronic Control Unit - your computer doing all the necessaries to make you go faster than civics) and ill post what he has to say about it and if he has any creditability. I know i read his feedback from the 240sx ecu hes done and got good feedback on it......so we will see.

Cliff Clavin

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You have a VE not a VG, which have totally different ECUs, although I think the VG still doesn't have a limiter.

tripleGmax

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he used to have a VG before his VE or maybe still has a 90 VG i dunno

95turbo gxe

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YEah I started a thread on this about a week ago.
No body got one? I heard this guy make 240sx ecu too and had good feedback someone should try one.

kcidmil

If there is one, I have yet to find it. I've buried the needle on my VG, and had to pushing 130, not to sure because the speedo stops at a 125.

tripleGmax

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i want to, i just gotta wait couple weeks til i get some other things done first, plus hear back on how he can prove it does what it does.

95turbo gxe

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Well the 93 vg dont have one as I have been about 147mph to 151mph in mine.
not bs got it on video.

tripleGmax

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i wanna see the video gimme gimme!!

Cliff Clavin

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I know there is no speed limiter, but I was saying someone with a VE can't really call BS on a VG ECU.

MrGone can provide video of that stuff. I know all about it. I just meant that just because the guy thinks he eliminated the "limiter" doesn't mean the ECU isn't possibly for real. Almost all cars have a speed limiter on them.

95turbo gxe

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Got to find a host. The vg runs out of rpms around this speed I was in 5th and was doing like 5900 to 6000 rpms. Ill see if i can figure a way out to host it later today and I let you know when I get it on.

kcidmil

Yeah me too!!!!!!!!! Got to see this. I didn't get to go any faster, coming up on a area with cops.

95turbo gxe

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ok well i have it on A disc maybe I can send it to him somehow.

tripleGmax

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This is from Ned Haken, the guy who is selling this item.

"the program was done based on jwt tune. I don't have dyno chart. There is no speed limit on VG30E maxima but some people believe there is so I wrote that is eliminated. On automatic maxima rev limit is at 6krpm and in overdrive gear and red line the top speed will be some where around 125mph. In this ECU now the rev limit is at 7krpm and there is more room for top speed, up to 135.

I have made few posts on maxima.org about these ecus. I sold few and got positive feedback."

FYI

ill probably end up buying one eventually.

hakentt

AM a seller of those ecus. There is no speed limiter on VG30E maxima ecus but I get so many people that believe there is. So I just wrote that is eliminated to avoid questions. But there another speed limit in automatic maxima with vg30e engine that is rev limit of 6000 rpm. When in top gear and close to rev limiter the maximum speed the car can get is around 125 peak. Now this upgraded ecu has a raised rev limiter to 7000 rpm and that will raise the top speed slightly. I sold few of the maxima ecus and got positive feedback. I based the programing on JWT tunes, they are not the same but very similar. I tested the tunes on my Maxima cars 90se(turbo) and 92gxe.

garbury

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yeah ive got one of each the vg is my first car so i became loyal to maxima's since that one. the highest ive gotten the vg is 126, but the VE was 137 and i ran out of room. Need more road to stretch its legs!!!

...About the rev limiter, i let some jacka$$ drive my VG after i put a CAI on it just so he could see how it went, and he put the thing in neutral and revved it to 7000, before it cut out (i almost beat his a$$). At 126 in O/D, i was at around 4500 rpm, and it was all wind resistance, not rev limits that made it harder to continue to fly

garbury

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Oh, I'm not doubting that it works, I bet it does...just the claims seem skeptical and I learned in english 101 to think analytically about things...

I'll put a pic of the vg in my sig to too elminate confusion.

95turbo gxe

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ok when i had my vg and the auto tranny I did see like 133mph but it took a realy long time to do it. Working on getting the video hosted of my vg doing at least 147mph. i started to burry the ve 145 speedo.

95turbo gxe

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ok none of the sites work for the video upload. So if someone wants to send me their
mailing address I will mail them a copy to see if they could host.

garbury

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thats sweet man, but you're turboed... How hard do you think it would be to do a custom turbo to a VE and how much did your set up cost you (turbo, intercooler, piping, injectors, fuel pump, fuel management, all the other goodies)?

DA-MAX

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talk to maxtuned...he has a turbo VE

and the setup from what I've seen is very similar to the 4th gen turbo setup...reverse Y-pipe.

95turbo gxe

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Yeah he could tell you for the ve better than I could

But mine is not a reverse y set up
I made my on turbo manifold/crossover pipe. Decrease a lot of turbo lag.

usmanasif

No such thing as a stupid question. And welcome, by the way.

ECU is Engine Control Unit. It is a little computer that sits under the steering wheel column in our cars and controls everything from air/fuel intake to controlling car's max speed, etc. Basically, it is the car's brain. A "hacked" or performance ECU is programmed to take more air/fuel, remove the speed limiter, etc. to provide greater performance.

95turbo gxe

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Good job!