Well i have been in contact with technosquare following the progress of the 1999 ECU upgrade development and i have some promising news. they have made a prototype with 7200rpm rev limit ECU for a 2000 maxima and belive that since the 1999 ECU is so similar that it can be done to a 1999 ECU.
Now for the hard part they need a car to attempt this on.They also explained that there is no relationship between the ECU and the Immobalizer in the car. i have offered to purchase a 1999 ECU to send to them but they said they would need to test it on an acutal car for dyno tuning. if anyone in southern california is interested give them a call and see if you can help them out, i would but i live in massachusetts (go red sox) and this makes it difficult.
here is technosquare's contact info Company Information

TECHNOSQUARE, Inc.
22521 S.Normandie Ave.,
Torrance, CA 90501

TEL (310) 787-0847
FAX (310) 787-0948
Email: contact@technosquareinc.com

 

GET ON THIS!!!! this is going to revolutionize 4th Gens alike! Awesome oportunity to get a free ECU upgrade and sponsorship!

 

I wish I could. But I'm in Canada so I guess that makes me farther away than you!

 

if i had a 99 and was in CA i would def do it

 

I hope they figure that out, we have been waiting along time

 

Well how would this work with our cars? Dont we have the security chip, so bascially our car would be down for a few months while we wait to get ecu back?

I hope they get somewhere with this, its about time.

 

we do have a security chip(immobalizer) but this is a seperate system from the ecu. plus its not JWT they don't take months to do your stuff. if you over night the ECU , i was told it only takes one day to do the Eprom and Actual upgrade. so your looking at most 4 day turn around time.

if there are any questions you guys have that i have missed feel free to call them.

 

Hmmmmm, let me give them a call, I'd be willing to do it.

 

COME ON CALI PPL!!! GET IN ON THIS!! i know there are more 99's in cali!!!

 

Just talked to them. They've never seen a 99 SEL ecu before and they wanted to take a look. I'll drop by tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct 26) at 1pm and let them take a look at mine. I'm guessing from what I've seen on the 2000, that is is the exact same.

Let's get this thing rolling.

 

WOOOHOOOOOO This is gonna be siack!

 

sweet, thanks alot man let us know how it goes and hopefully it is doable. and since there seems to be alot of us who are interested maybe we can also get a group deal going to so we can get these at a nice little discount.

 

ooo that would be sweet

 

Ok now i understand the security chip. Thank god its a seperate system, im so excited for the ecu now. Hopefully they get it all ready to go by spring, cause tax returns = MEVI + ECU for me!

 

Holy Damn! Hurry!!! Cant Wait Keep Us Updated

 

i Spoke with brian at technosquare and was told that they will know by tomorrow after looking at the ECU. Hopefully our ECU's are closer to the 2000-2001 cars because that is the only way we can get the REV limiter increase.
Lets hope that the 99 ECU and the SEL ecu's are close. i would think the SE-L ECU's should atleast be close since they are such a late production date.

 

well i just spoke to technosquare and they are not looking for a car in calif. but the have someone comming in to look at the 99 ECU but the still dont know if they can get it to work yet. i have been keeping up on this for about 4 months because i have a 99 with mevi. so if they need a car mine will be first to go in. he said to call back in a few days to find out what they have done.


hey drewm keep me posted cause i think it was you they were talking about when i called them...

 

So 7200 RPM limiter is nice if they can do it, but that's not all, right? Do they adjust any of the ECU programming for better performance? I know we can't get tons of HP like a chipped VW, but can we get something? Even if I got MEVI or 2KVI I'd hope for more than simply a higher rev limit.

MaxMods (thanks drewm) says I hope this applies to Technosquare's intentions with the 99-01 ECUs.

 

guess we will find out within the next few days.. like they said when i talked to them they dont know yet what they can do with it. just have to stay on top of them and see what we find out

 

Geterdone!!!!!!

 

i hope you know that the only reason vw's seem to gain a lot from their ecu upgrades is because the boost is ALWAYS turned up with an aftermarket ecu. if it wasn't, their gains would be well below ours.

i cannot speak for the ts ecu, but my jwt altered the fuel maps, advanced timing, and raised my revlimiter. definatly a good mod.

 

What about my damn 98?

 

i think it was Drewm, they were talking about because i have been talking with them and they said the needed a car in to take a look at the ECU, hence my post.Hopefully tomorrow we will have an answer once and for all.

if they are able to tune or alter the ECU they will do Fuel,ignition timing and rev limit. speed limiter doesn't apply to us SE's so i don't care if they can raise it if there is one (140MPH is as fast i am going to take that thing). so pretty much all we can do is wait and hope nissan was cheap and did change anything from 99 to 00. i guess if anyone wants more info on what they did to the 00 ECU give them a call or PM Larrio from the 5th gen forums. he has one of the 00 ECU's

 

Nobody cares! lol...j/k

 

i have the 01 5spd ECU, they haven't even touched the 00's yet. And just for the record, i'm still on this spare ECU which i've had for the past 4 months! Now tell me how TS is going to release a final ECU program for 00-01 when they haven't even returned mine or tested it on any 01 for that matter. I'm a little annoyed right now at TS, i'm heading in on monday

 

i don't know what they are going to do but tomorrow we will know if it can be done on a 1999 and for now that's all i am concerned with.
if they find out it can work i don't mind waiting a couple months for them to fine tune the program..

 

i doubt they will fine tune the program. They've had my 01 ECU back from japan for two months just collecting dust. I'm going on monday just to pick it up, no more testing.

 

does technosquare have a website? i need to get the word on a raised limiter for 95-96.....

 

well i will settle for a raised rev limit so i can get mevi. i can always get a safc and dyno tune myself

 

http://www.technosquareinc.com/

 

thanks chuckie, i tried that earlier and it didnt work. fortunate for me that someone else knows how to spell square other then my poor rendition.

 

i thought there prices were lower than what they are. do we get a .org discount?

 

Three days of hard driving and i'd be in south cali.....hmmmm perhaps i'll give em a call

they open weekends so i could leave on a thursday and get back by the middle of next week

and yes i am crazy

 

TS refuses to do any GDs after the last 95-96 maxima TS ecu GD ended up with only like 10 buyers out of 35. But who knows, that was with their original guy Danny who doesn't work there anymore.

 

hmmmm i hope this is a reallity a built head with a 6500 rev limit is such a waste.



drew if you read this in ask a few questions about fuel mapping for maximas with FI. also ask if they are gonna break down cali spec and fed spec.
it turns out that there are close to 20 different ecu variations within 99 alone so i wonder how they are gonna be doing this.

 

I'll try and do that tomorrow. I know JWT can do fine tuning for FI, not sure if TS has done it before.

 

right

 

I'm going to get an update from Danny today. If it isn't done by tax season, I'm scrapping it on my end.

 

i agree $495 or $595 whatever they decide to charge is extremely fair in my opinion for the potential it unlocks. Something like your engine computer is not something you wanna skimp on. the only reason i mentioned the gd is because i figured it would be ok since they ran one before but i didn't know it wasn't sucessful for them. In any event i rather pay Technosquare than JWT. i have had a JWT ecu prior on my S13 240sx and while i liked it, i hate their service and techs so never again.


Originally Posted by GoalieKeg
What about my damn 98?


one thing at a time.

 

That's friggin nice to know. I just talked to Brian who works there and I have to send all of the info to him now. Plus, it's probably not going to be the $380 I was quoted.