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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 09:36 PM
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Anybody With Upgraded Ecu's???

just curious what an upgraded ECU does??? anybody with comments on that?
Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:26 PM
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You can't get any ECU upgrades for a 00 Maxima, only 01-03s can get them through TechnoSquare. 01 shares alot of electronics and computers with the 02, and 00 Maxima even thou its pretty much similar to a 01, uses alot of 4th gen Maxima electronics.
Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ
You can't get any ECU upgrades for a 00 Maxima, only 01-03s can get them through TechnoSquare. 01 shares alot of electronics and computers with the 02, and 00 Maxima even thou its pretty much similar to a 01, uses alot of 4th gen Maxima electronics.
No need to rub it in.
Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:50 PM
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Hey no need to be mad ! We still share the same POS intake manifold which don't wanna work past 5K RPM.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 02:03 AM
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soo i can get a technosquare ECU for my 01 auto AE?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 05:13 AM
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blackbird, im taking this from my friend's knowledge, but you know how the 1st gen g20's ecu will work with later sentra se-l (to bump rev limiter to 7100 from 6400), well do you know if any previous ecu's made for 4th gens work on a 2000? i know the vias will have to have an rpm control switch but just curious.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ
You can't get any ECU upgrades for a 00 Maxima, only 01-03s can get them through TechnoSquare. 01 shares alot of electronics and computers with the 02, and 00 Maxima even thou its pretty much similar to a 01, uses alot of 4th gen Maxima electronics.
How would one go about getting one?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 07:27 AM
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whats wack yo... so there's no upgraded ECU's for my car???
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 07:40 AM
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dude you're screwed, unless you find someone who can crack the ecu and use another program to piggyback it.
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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ok so is everyone happy or not?? cuz i'm seriously going to save up for the upgrade since i only live 30 min away from TS but only after HS headers
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 01:48 PM
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from the last thread i started i learned that a upgraded ecu from Technosquare wont do anythign for you car UNLESS your has some work done to it, like headers intake, exhasut bla bla then itll shine w/o mods its crap, you gatta call them and tell them what you have so they can programme it accordingly,
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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just the extended rev limiter from TS is worth the money IMO with the addition of aftermarket performance modifications. Remember that ecu upgrades do not significantly affect high end performance, rather the advanced timing and upgraded fuel trim helps with mid range performance.

don't expect no 20+ hp stuff that you see in turbo cars. TS hasn't released the 01 auto ECU yet. The 01 5spd is out, but they haven't updated their site yet. And for 00's that really want a ECU upgrade, you can try making a 4th gen ecu work or a 5th gen cali spec work
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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how's the TS ecu and how much is it??? you got the site for it?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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i upgraded the ECM to a new calibration..cus got a catalyst code before, any different about performance?
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 2kVQboodah
how's the TS ecu and how much is it??? you got the site for it?
the site might be down for updates. The 01 5spd upgrade is not listed yet. I am the test/r&d vehicle. The final pricing hasn't come up yet

www.technosquareinc.com
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 07:21 PM
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Here is what you need to do, get a wireing harness connector that will splice into the stock 00 wire harness that hooks up to the ECU- you need one off a 4th gen. Now after splicing all the wires, you will have a 96 ECU in your 00 Maxima, some items like VIAS will not work, but you can install a MSD switch to turn the intake ON and OFF at desired RPMs- so thats not a problem. You can get JWT to modiffy the ECU for ya, and basically your 00 will have the brain off a 96 Maxima. Thats the only way of doing it, hacking up the OE harness to run the JWT ECU in a 00 Maxima. I'm only waiting for the L-spec TS ECU program, I got my own tuning aids to help me get the most out of my Max. I got a 01 GXE 5spd, so TechnoSquare gots me covered
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 08:09 PM
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larry i'm soo jealous!!!!... well 5 spd conversion here i come!
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 08:19 AM
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i was about to be the guinea for hotshot. i like living in so cal
Old Dec 30, 2004 | 01:04 PM
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Or you could go with a piggyback system that would require someone to come up with completely new tuning maps $$$$$.
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