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ecotec tune and dyno?

Lazin

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Having trouble finding someone to tune my ecotec properly they all want to install an aftermarket ECU. but i just want a tune anyone in sydney know someone good maybe with a dyno?
 

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i got told not to bother with it. he said for the dollars, a tune isn't really worth the gains.
 

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should post something in the bluechip tuning section man...they'll know what can be done.
i thought the delco was pretty decent though, as long as your not running heaps of boost or anything.
 

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I rang a dynotune place near my work they look pretty good they do lots of hot rods and high performance cars.

He told me you cannot tune the ECU in a Ecotec they only thing he can do for me is a power run on the dyno and a dyno service to check things like the sparkies etc.
Is this true, Or does he not know what he is talking about?
 

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defyet said:
I rang a dynotune place near my work they look pretty good they do lots of hot rods and high performance cars.

He told me you cannot tune the ECU in a Ecotec they only thing he can do for me is a power run on the dyno and a dyno service to check things like the sparkies etc.
Is this true, Or does he not know what he is talking about?

i thought they would be tuned via a piggy back chip. I haven't heard of the computer itself being edited like the ls1 can be.
 

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defyet said:
I rang a dynotune place near my work they look pretty good they do lots of hot rods and high performance cars.

He told me you cannot tune the ECU in a Ecotec they only thing he can do for me is a power run on the dyno and a dyno service to check things like the sparkies etc.
Is this true, Or does he not know what he is talking about?


That is about the extent of it.
 

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Uh?? why have i been told otherwise?? or is the NA ecotec ECU different from the L67 ECU ?? now confused now head hurts...lol
 

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The memcals can be tuned to suit the application.
We even have a resident that does 'em: Doctor Bob
 

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VS ECU's can be reprogrammed. Usually involves temporarily swapping yours for a "live" ecu which can be tuned real-time by the Kalmaker software. The tune is then copied back to your ECU and it is swapped back in.

So yes, it can be done (and it will be a better tune), but most places will just tell you that you need an aftermarket ECU.
 

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2_SeeK_U said:
The memcals can be tuned to suit the application.
We even have a resident that does 'em: Doctor Bob
so does bob tune the chips in the ecu or the actual ecu or are they the same thing ( just getting my head round this stuff)
 
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