ok my car is a 99.5 cali spec, my engine will have lower compression. now my issue is with a z32 maf larger injectors and lower compression, i will need something to tune the car. now of course a jwt ecu would work if he programmed 99 ecu's but he doesnt. I know i could get a 96 ecu and try and make it work but since im obdII and cali spec, and the car has the immobilizer, i dont think the ecu jimmy rig is the best thing. What do you think? If i dont go with the ecu, the what should i do to tune this car?

 

Get a Greddy eManage to control what you need to.

Dixit

 

If you need another ECU, non fed-spec I have my 98 auto ECU in my garage.. willing to donate.

Jason

 

will E-manage adjust properly for the MAF though??

 

Well I thought if it can adjust a 16x16 airflow map that should be able to get it to work.

Dixit

 

www.sdsefi.com

 

Corey, Sherwin (the other guy with the 99 Red Se-L Turboed max) is running a Greddy eManage computer on his car to tune it. You can e-mail him and ask him how its working out for him.

 

thanks guys, but will the emanage handle the tuning of the lower compression engine? With lower compression dont you advance your timing?

 

Greddy eManage can do the timing as well with the ignition harness

 

this is just my opinion....but I REALLY don't see Emanage being able to effectively run your setup, the low compression just seems to present a prob IMO. I think you need to either stick with going JWT somehow or a HIGHER level standalone....you 'll probably spend more money on the dyno trying to get this to work when off break you could have gone another route...just my $.02, I'm no expert, but I really see it as being more problematic.

check out the E-manage Yahoo mailing list...you might wanna ask those guys some questions there and read up on it-->
http://www.mohdparts.com/emanage/

 

ok i can understand your argument addae, i probably agree but like what ? what else is out there?

 

One more time www.sdsefi.com

The most affordable, easiest to use standalone there is.

 

SDS is nice, but no where near "easy" to tune....my friend went from and HKS VPC back to the SDS and Z32 MAF on his 240 and we had the hardest time trying to find a GOOD knowledgeable Nissan tuner on the east coast...

Motec is another choice, tried and true in both the Honda and Nissan world...probably a tad more than SDS

 

Your friends drive NOS'd metros

I have heard good things about the Emanage from Greddy on the real.....

 

ok addae, the motec is nice but um its 2600.00

 

I mean...if you SERIOUSLY can't go with JWT...go SDS like mzmtg suggested, but be forwarned though, IMO it is NOT VERY "amateur" user friendly at all...I'm playing around with Zdyne standalone(very user friendly) right now for my buddys CRX and even making somewhat drivable N/A maps is a HUGE task and finding a good area tuner in our area for SDS(or any standalone) is next to none as far as Nissans go...majority of the shops here that program SDS deal with SB/BB Chevys, and VWs.

 

You can advance and retard timing with the e-manage so the low compression will be no problem. I'd say e-manage with 370cc injectors, goot till ~420whp. After that, you need some tricks. I still think its possible to make a 99.5 into a 98, just need some time and bost FSM's so you can match the ECU pin outs of the O2 set up. JWT did it, cant be that hard

 

Thanks Mardigras, I will be getting the emanage to tune my car. I still have one question though, with 370 cc injectors, will i be maxing the injectors at 400fwhp? also i know jwt told me that i did not need to get an external fpr and to keep my stock one so that i had a fuel pump that was 1 to 1.
Using the e-manage will i have to upgrade my fpr?

 

420bhp max, not whp. using 20% drive train loss thats about 336whp. Since you are or do have a Walbro GSS342, I would recomend an adjustable fuel pressure regulator so you can fine tune the fuel pressure. AEM, Aeromotive and other EFI pressure level AFPR's are 1:1 ratio.

Your motor should be able to handle more than 420bhp, so you are limited by the injectors set up in e-manage. This is why I went with the JWT 555cc program.

 

Gawking minds wanna know when you expect a test session on the JWT program

 

Again thanks for the info but i am a little confused here, I thought the e-manage handled the 555cc injectors. Sorry i am learning.

 

E-Manage handles up to 50% larger so that is 370cc. Stockers are 240cc on a VQ30DE

 

you guys mention all this stuff about running out of range on the stock/Z32 MAFs...what about a "dual pop" program? you can do it with an SAFC..check out twinturbo.net as i'm not familiar with EVERYTHING but it seems to make sense..2 sensors, alot more range, right?
also, what about a mustang MAFS? i thought they had a bigger range than maximas.
another thing, why is it that the stock MAFS runs out of range at 420hp when nigel and hal are running well beyond that? is there something i'm missing?

 

Corey... I suggest you get a 95-98 ECU, figure out how to re-pin the connectors, then get a JWT. That way other people with 99.5's can use your knowledge to raise their rev-limiters

 

cute Jeff, The real problem is that the nvis system is on the 99.5's which is hooked into everything. if u get an ecu and swap it in, your car will never start! and man i am already throwing a **** load of money at this damn thing!!

 

Hey it was worth a shot. I really need to get my hands on a FSM to figure out how that works, thus how to get around it.

In all seriousness, though, I'd think things would be easier if you could use a JWT because there are already many using it, and you wouldn't have to deal with all the headaches of configuring a standalone system.