[vr v6] mace memcal problems

[nathanVY]

hey everyone, just got my mace memcal the other day.
after installing the engine light stays on, it has a lot of trouble starting but will eventaully, and drive barely works at all.

whats the deal, have I done something wrong? or do I have a dodgy chip (came directly from mace)

[acarmody]

Try calling MACE, Steve is a very helpful bloke.

[hakhawk]

try pushing the memcal in further. sounds like it isnt locked in properly

[Super_Low 91]

Having similar issues with mine put it in yesterday, will double check to make ensure it is properly an see if that helps.
also i got the one for the vn

[nathanVY]

ill give it another go this morning, the ecu wilil need to reset its-self yeah?

[peckzz]

yea just drop the battery for 5 mins, that will do it

[nathanVY]

just had another go at it, memcal was definitely in correctly. (both clips clicked in), and the negative battery terminal was unplugged. that didnt work, so I tried unplugging the ecu wiring looms and leaving it sit for 15-20 minutes, still with the same result.

have I been screwed with a dodgy chip?

[hakhawk]

send the guys from mace an email before jumping to conclusions.if its faulty, they should fix you up with a new one, or fix that one.

[bloodyricho]

open up blue cover and check soldering. if there is any pins without a good solder joins whats happening to you is the first sign. the other thing it could be is a bit of solder crossing two pins

[bloodyricho]

dual eproms
under blue cover look at these solder joins
memcal without cover

[Super_Low 91]

Im putting my issues down to dodgy fuel, assuming that 98 is the recommended fuel for these mace memcals. lacking power a lil an after a near full throttle push engine light comes on so im guessing it detects a knock from bad detonation an check engine comes on as safe mode

[nathanVY]

send the guys from mace an email before jumping to conclusions.if its faulty, they should fix you up with a new one, or fix that one.

yeah I was asking lol.

bloodyricho, thank thats heaps helpful ill open it up and take a look.

[greenfoam]

I doubt mace are soldering eproms in, they might have just had a problem with a bad burn or run of them. Best to contact them directly with questions tho. I know it shits me up the wall when people post of threads blaming me for such things with 99% of the time it was another problem

[nathanVY]

I doubt mace are soldering eproms in, they might have just had a problem with a bad burn or run of them. Best to contact them directly with questions tho. I know it shits me up the wall when people post of threads blaming me for such things with 99% of the time it was another problem

yeah I was gonna say.. for $150 I would hope it's new. I wasnt blaming them just asking and I have every reason to considering how expensive it was.

[greenfoam]

I would say in your case it's a problem with the memcal since that's all you have changed and the engine light is on. I don't know who made it but I know once in a while you can easily make a dud one. But just email them direct and they will fix it up, it's the more correct way to go about these things I rekcon

[nathanVY]

I would say in your case it's a problem with the memcal since that's all you have changed and the engine light is on. I don't know who made it but I know once in a while you can easily make a dud one. But just email them direct and they will fix it up, it's the more correct way to go about these things I rekcon

yeah ive been emailing steve about it. this thread was more to check if id done anything wrong in the installation.

edit: greenfoam I should have bought one of your tunes, I got a mace one cos it was quick and express posted but after all the time and fuel thats been wasted with these may as well have waited til you had some for sale lol.

[greenfoam]

Well it's not any rocket science with a VR, I'm sure you'll end up with a good one once the dude that makes them fixes it up

[nathanVY]

yeah would've been handy this weekend. (drove Geelong to Adelaide) coulda saved a bit on fuel.

[greenfoam]

Should have waved on the way past or at least had me fix it I would have been happy enough to help out

[nathanVY]

im still here lol what are you doing right now? email me, nathanwright@gmx.com

[Doctor Bob]

now thats some quality work.....

dual eproms
under blue cover look at these solder joins
memcal without cover

[delcowizzid]

looks like a TRX100 ebay special to me

[greenfoam]

I duno why you would bother soldering in a eprom when the memcal is 1U on the knock board = VR memcal allready

[MACE]

nathanwright,

My appologies for the product difficulty. We genuinely did our best to make sure that you received the product the next day even turning a blind eye to the paypal payment which hadn't cleared yet.

As other have stated things like this can happen on the odd occasion.

Irrespective of product or company no one is impervious to faults.

As usual we're more then happy to help customers out if they call or email to let us know of their problems as we're not mind readers

We'll organise to send you out another one ASAP.

Cheers
Steve

[nathanVY]

no problems at all, I didn't mean for this thread to be degrading mace in anyway. appreciate the paypal payment thing


edit: I did email/call you but it was sunday so I hardly expected you to answer/reply. hence this post

nathanwright,

My appologies for the product difficulty. We genuinely did our best to make sure that you received the product the next day even turning a blind eye to the paypal payment which hadn't cleared yet.

As other have stated things like this can happen on the odd occasion.

Irrespective of product or company no one is impervious to faults.

As usual we're more then happy to help customers out if they call or email to let us know of their problems as we're not mind readers

We'll organise to send you out another one ASAP.

Cheers
Steve