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Thread: RB30e ECU confusion

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    Default RB30e ECU confusion

    Can someone tell me if there is a difference between the standard computer from a VL 3ltr and the computer from a VL GTS? I've been told by some people that GTS computer is tuned to give the engine some more grunt, but told by others that all the computers are them same for 3ltrs... Can anyone answer this once and for all?

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    Default Whats a VL GTS?

    Whats a VL GTS? the RB30E (N/A) has 2 ECU's 1 x Manual 1 x Auto! and the RB30ET (Turbo) has 1 x manual and 1 x turbo, so there are 4 in total




    NO Value putting a Turbo ECU on to a N/A the F/I maps are not compatable


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    Whats a VL GTS? I know of the R31 GTS's, the GTS1 had a standard computer (the white ones). The GTS2's had a plugin computer cause of the cam in them (the red ones).

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    Yes I think you are on the wrong forum? you should be talking to the Skyline guys!


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    i've seen vl gts bodykits but don't know the mechanical differences. he may very well be on the right site, just no one knows the answer to his problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bangers
    i've seen vl gts bodykits but don't know the mechanical differences. he may very well be on the right site, just no one knows the answer to his problem.
    Here is an example of a VL GTS...

    http://www.gpforums.co.nz/showthread...oto=nextnewest

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    Just NZ BS - Prob the same as a stock VL with a GT badge .....

    Want a GTS VL , Glue on the Badge ....

    Skyline made a hotter ver , so find a genuine Nissan ...

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    vl gts??? never bloody heard of it. as mattk said, probably just some wally who slapped on a gts badge and sold it to some sucker lol. and on that link, it says the vl came out with a rb20 option.... since wen did that happen??? never bloody heard of a rb2o vl (stock) unless ppl done the conversion them selves lol

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    The 2ltr RB20 option for the VL only came out in New Zealand, and is quite common over here....

    I have now been told by a mate that "the only differance between the GTS & the standard VL is the GTS has a skyline series stage 1 cam aparently & sports suspension"

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    It appears they only came out in NZ? Though everyone has different ideas regarding what the difference from normal was....

    http://oldholden.com/?q=node/2915

    There's also someone at "calaisturbo.com.au" living in Auckland that claims to have a '87 VL GTS 3.0 n/a manual

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    Someone mad the same suggestion to me acouple of days ago, but it was to replace the standard ecu with that of a Skyline GTS.

    After laughing alittle too hard, I asked the guys in the workshop across the road from my work, and they say yes, but not worth the dollars.!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krullos
    some tosser just glued on a badge in that pic. the GTS kit i saw has a particular bonnet scoop unlike the Grp A and walkingshaw etc.

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    If anyone has the binary/rom images for the NA RB30 and the turbo could they send them to me, all the old sites that used to have this stuff seem to be dead. I wouldn't mind seeing if I can convert the NA computer to turbo specs like that darkhalf dude used to be able to do

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    Thats was years ago by the way you can turn the NA ecu's into turbo ones, easy as

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    The vl walkinshaw (Proper not replicas) from the factory had a different ecu which only has an extra plug so you can plug a laptop in and tune like vn onwards and it was also there to read the diagnostics not like the standard one where you have to do it manually with the leds but the standard vl's dont have that ie; calais, berlina etc...

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    Yeah because they aren't a Nissan ;P so there's no Nissan ecu in them. They got the GM stuff

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    are thought there was something going on there! lol

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