I agree its best tuned for NA but wont that effect boost/ nos apps? I know yoy will most likely be adjusting the timing and changine a lot of the maps. I use a 100 shot NOS, i know its not best to have my timing advantced anymore then it is (factory that is). A lot of us w/ S/C or NOS do run a higher flow fuel pump (Either Walbro 190lph or Walbro 255lph). I would love to have a ECU that is great for NA yet wont harm anything when i run the bottle at the local track.

 

You guys need to check out their products for the Lexus GS. I don't know about 25%, but the intake/tuned ECU combo does offer some substantial gains. I saw this info on www.clublexus.com a while ago.

Guys, please don't b!tch about the price. This is why tuners give up on our car. Let him make the product and if people want to buy it they will. If they can't afford it, he'll recognize that and either change the price or stop making it.

 

craig mack is the cheapest guy in the world. I hope you never own a european car and decide to mod that.

 

hey is that a fiber images hood?????

 

I definitely agree with Weasel on this one, just let the guys do their work and come up with their ECU piggy backer (sorta like a math coprocessor on the old 486dx computers.. heheh) and they can adjust the price to whatever they feel is worthy of their time and research and production. We just need to find out how much $$ per hp and it'll be a personal issue as to who will be able to afford it and whether you want to get it or not. But please lets just wait for the results and final pricing before we get into such negative moods. I'm definitely interested.

 

If it offers similer or better gains to what the UPRD ECU gives the 96 Maxima (10 FWHP peak and more importantly 19 FWHP in the midrange acording to Cheston), then I would be interested in one after I do my other Mods. If the price for the CAB and ECU is ~$700 then the ECU alone would be ~$500, right? That sounds reasonable for these gains to me.

Would the same unit work for 95-99 or would there be different models for each year/ group of years?

http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~cheston/uprd.html <---Chestons info on the UPRD ECU.

Edit - When would it be expected to be available?

 

500 or so is more reasonable, and megamax, tell them to make one, dont ask for one, demand it

 

$500 is reasonable. I definitely would get one if it piggy's onto the stock ECU without any special work done to it. Hopefully it is user installable and can be removed and resold if you ever wanted to go back to stock.

 

Uh huh. My friend is getting a superchip for $250 for his lightning and will see 40HP.

Another friend with a mustang got a superchip for like $250 as well and said they tested it and he gained about 25% which is about 30HP.

$500 for 10 horses off the line sounds like just another overpriced/less effective Maxima mod compared to the domestics.

 

a mustang with 120hp? thats what your calc. says

 

wondering about that math myself

 

They have to compete with the Focus.

SuDZ

 

Can I have full admin rights to my ECU please?

 

 

look bish, he has a 2000 stang V-6 5spd (the one that i had a thread on being fAST) He has headers, exhaust, h-pipe, superchip, CAI, and i think thats it. He told me the guys said they tested it and it gained around 30peak horsepower. I don't know what calculator your talking about. He probubly got 30 due to the other mods. And he pays half of what we pay.

nick stam I am not cheep just conservative, and when i find myself having to pay twice as much for the same thing on certain mods, it just ****es me off.

 

im laughing at the calculation of 30hp as a 25% increase

 

You're missing something Craig... the chip for the Lightning is just that - a chip. As far as I know this is impossible on a Maxima, and no one has ever done it. If it was just something you plugged into the ECU it would doubtlessly be cheaper. However, it's a whole tuned ECU. Also, chips and ECU mods are much more effective on boosted cars. You can't compare the two.

 

 

Just wanted to let you guys know I'm heading to Weapon-R the first week of February to do this. I'll keep you all posted and I'll post the Dyno sheets as well. I'm pretty excited to see what this can do!

 

i keel joO

 

Oh. I know boost magnifies all mods.

I thought we were just getting a chip NOT a whole new ECU, like something that piggy backs on our ECU's and overrides them. In that case it would be similer to a superchip, no ? And if so I can't afford $500 for somethin' like that.

 

right craig

 

Yeah, it would be the same thing. I don't think it's possible with our ECU though.

 

Oh. That SUCKS! Then we could have the gains for half the price. Oh well.

Thanks for clearin' this up Weasel.