wheres the best place to get a chipped ecu? or is it best to socket and chip it? im confused anyone care to expand?

ECU's come in 3 forms ...

 

Remapped-Chipped ECU ( chip solded directly to board ) try and avoid

Socketed ECU ( chip can be taken out replace/remapped easy ) one to have for future upgrade

Piggy Back ECU ( Chipped vir another solded on board with Normal/sport switch ) kinda rare

Hi ya Steve, I think Jeff does something, might be worth a phone call?

yeah ive actually been toying with the idea of having him do it if he doesnt charge the earth, as he has all the stuff to do it and il know its done correctly. ive done a compression test on teh block fairly recently, however id like to do a leakdown just to be sure. dont wanna break it now do i lol.

whilst were on the subject boost gauges of the aftermarket varitey, is there much variation in quality?

yes ... get an electronic type .. not the cheap mechanical ones as they rattle and look tacky

 

ProSport

AutoGauge

 

are my recomended brands

cheers mark. robo just to let you know the spacers fit lol il pop some pics up when im done.

Jeff done my ECU upgrade just looking at the bill now £225 fitted makes a big difference:)

Jeff done my ECU upgrade just looking at the bill now £225 fitted makes a big difference:)

 

What else you got dont mate? other than the ECU upgrade? just wondering if its taking into account better breathabilty with intakes, throttlebodies, plenums, manifolds, exhaust, injectors, fuel pump etc?

i will be selling a socketed ECU soon with a TDA555 chip ... in the next week

DTA Motorsport do some good chips.......and as for boost gauges you cant go far wrong with a Greddy or Apexi.Ive had both in analogue versions and much prefer them to electronic ones.

i run a turbonoz chip on my zed with no issues, got horsham developments to fit t, not sure how happy they are to fit other peoples chips but jez horsham is a mate of mine

What else you got dont mate? other than the ECU upgrade? just wondering if its taking into account better breathabilty with intakes, throttlebodies, plenums, manifolds, exhaust, injectors, fuel pump etc?

Hi mate just listed my mods on my dyno result thread:)

DTA Motorsport do some good chips.......and as for boost gauges you cant go far wrong with a Greddy or Apexi.Ive had both in analogue versions and much prefer them to electronic ones.

 

+1 :)

Good news Steve, I bet the old girl looks 10 times better.

 

The advice about DTA is true but Dan stopped trading at least a year ago, they do pop up for sale every now and then.

 

Interesting that Horsham work on Z32's, I spoke to them and they were very reluctant to work on mine, must have been a bad day that I called haha

I think you can still get chips from DTA in Holland :)

Good news Steve, I bet the old girl looks 10 times better.

 

The advice about DTA is true but Dan stopped trading at least a year ago, they do pop up for sale every now and then.

 

Interesting that Horsham work on Z32's, I spoke to them and they were very reluctant to work on mine, must have been a bad day that I called haha

 

its not there thing, they are more s bodys, 350's and odd evo,but they can work on and map most things, jez put my chip in as ive known him 7 years or so and asked him after buying him a beer one night