remap the stock ecu?
07-29-2006 | 08:06 PM
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remap the stock ecu?
like the title says is this possible?
i met a guy today that has an xb and said his friend that owns a racing shop can remap my ecu on my tc and for free....
the guy with the xb got it done and says he stays with stock xb's becauce he has 20 inch rims and to note his dyno came in at 100whp with only an intake and the remap
leme now what you think of all this
i met a guy today that has an xb and said his friend that owns a racing shop can remap my ecu on my tc and for free....
the guy with the xb got it done and says he stays with stock xb's becauce he has 20 inch rims and to note his dyno came in at 100whp with only an intake and the remap
leme now what you think of all this
07-30-2006 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by miamibusta69
y would you buy an emanage if you can just change the stock one..
i hav eno idea how he does it but if it gets me 3 hp for free i would be happy!
i hav eno idea how he does it but if it gets me 3 hp for free i would be happy!
If it is true, that guy can make lots of $$$.
07-30-2006 | 08:00 PM
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Read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_Control_Unit
Unless you have a Race ECU it cannot be remaped. What he is doing is just flashing it with the OBD ll - which in my opinion doesn't do much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_Control_Unit
Unless you have a Race ECU it cannot be remaped. What he is doing is just flashing it with the OBD ll - which in my opinion doesn't do much.
07-31-2006 | 03:57 AM
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well im still thinking about it ...
the guy with the box that had it done did blow his engine while driving about 4 hours at 100 mph i dont know what rpm that is on a xb but seems pretty high not sure if the tune may of caused it but its making me think before doing it
the guy with the box that had it done did blow his engine while driving about 4 hours at 100 mph i dont know what rpm that is on a xb but seems pretty high not sure if the tune may of caused it but its making me think before doing it
07-31-2006 | 07:11 PM
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I don't think toyota makes their own ECU, a lot of car companies do that-if they made their own ECU it would take a lot longer to get the cars out.
(I saw this on the discovery channel)
It's also not "cracking" it, it is meant to be altered. Those "speed chips" or whatever it is you see on ebay that give you more horespower do a similar thing.
But all of these things are at your own risk, because most of your car relies on this tiny little computer-and you deffinitely don't want to mess that up-unless you REALLY know what you are doing.
Believe me, my boyfriend's car is acting really really strange-seems like it has a mind of its own. We have checked everything that could possible be wrong with it-had a mechanic go over it for 8 hours- found nothing. Popped open the ECU-and found the problem. Granted it's a 91 dodge stealth, but whatever.
(I saw this on the discovery channel)
It's also not "cracking" it, it is meant to be altered. Those "speed chips" or whatever it is you see on ebay that give you more horespower do a similar thing.
But all of these things are at your own risk, because most of your car relies on this tiny little computer-and you deffinitely don't want to mess that up-unless you REALLY know what you are doing.
Believe me, my boyfriend's car is acting really really strange-seems like it has a mind of its own. We have checked everything that could possible be wrong with it-had a mechanic go over it for 8 hours- found nothing. Popped open the ECU-and found the problem. Granted it's a 91 dodge stealth, but whatever.
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