Used Ecutek Ecu??

[All4bSpinnin]

A guy i know has a 2006 sti stage 2 tuned ecutek reflashed ecu. Its tuned for a 3inch exhaust, intake, and external wastegate. my 06 sti is still using the internal gate on the stock vf39, intake, 3 inch dp, and stock catback....

would it be safe to plug this ecu in and make a 15 mile drive to get the car retuned????

the reason im thinking about doing this is so i dont have to spend an arm and a leg on the ecutek liscence and all id have to pay for is tuning time.

can it be done?

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[Tea cups]

The car wouldn't start due to the immobilizer.

[All4bSpinnin]

Originally Posted by Tea cups

The car wouldn't start due to the immobilizer.

explain more please...

[Tea cups]

05+ DBW ecus have an immobilizer feature which is for theft prevention. It transmits from the key to a module in the dash which also communicates with the ecu. If you place a different ecu in the car, the immobilizer will detect the mismatch and prevent the vehicle from starting. Only a dealer can reprogram a different ecu to work with the immobilzer module and corresponding keys.

[dvang]

ecutek licenses are now only $$$150

not woth the hassle anymore

[dingobite]

Hugh ??


You mean they dropped the price tag from $599 or what ever to $150 ?

[dvang]

yep yep ask dynoflash or buscher........ any ecutek dealer happened yesterday

[benw]

holy crap! were they tired of the open source community positioning themselves to compete directly?

[dvang]

prob a combo of open/cobb ap


ecutek at that price wasnt reasonable compared to cobb from a consumer view i guess

if that was the original price i wouldve gotten ecutek instead of cobb when i did

figure ecutek plus custom tune equals a cobb ap or less by a good margin

[dingobite]

Lol...................

I almost thought about locking myself out of my second ECu, so i could sell the other ecu. No Way in .............


Now if we could just ecutek to give some of that wasted tuning money back to us that was paid at those stupid prices if so id take some of their their reflash stuff in a jiffy.

[dingobite]

Originally Posted by dvang

prob a combo of open/cobb ap


ecutek at that price wasnt reasonable compared to cobb from a consumer view i guess

if that was the original price i wouldve gotten ecutek instead of cobb when i did

figure ecutek plus custom tune equals a cobb ap or less by a good margin

Yes but you get to keep what you paid for with cobb you pay for 10 maps you have ten maps, with ecutek you might not relise staying stg2 or having that one custom map is the only way to keep what you paid for till its to late.

Us 04/05 owner cannot get two maps stored on our ecus.

[benw]

EcuTek has easyECU for drivebywire cars... but it is very expensive for basically a ROM flasher, unlocking your ECU, and a copy of deltadash.

[dvang]

Originally Posted by dingobite

Yes but you get to keep what you paid for with cobb you pay for 10 maps you have ten maps, with ecutek you might not relise staying stg2 or having that one custom map is the only way to keep what you paid for till its to late.

Us 04/05 owner cannot get two maps stored on our ecus.

i would get a base ecutek/openflash then a utec on top of it

if you dont need the speed density/utec then you dont need the second map to run once in a blue moon from cobb

like most people after i flashed my car with cobbs crap it went on the shelf. also cobb's OTS maps do suck ballls. i figure your local ECUTEK dealers OTS map is much better and most of the time they are.

[simpwrx02]

Dosent Ecutek have a program you can buy to upload new files into your existing ECU via a laptop or PDA, I may be mistaken but if i remember right you can get tuned for pump gas store that on a disc then get tuned for racegas store that on the same disc and even get some sort of safety tune aka fuel pump will not start. Then have a PDA with the right connection simply upload the program to your ecu, you could have as many maps as you wanted just have to upload them before you use them. This is from a discussion I had with a Ecutek dealer a few months ago so I may be mistaken about a few aspects.

[dingobite]

its called easy ecu its almost what cobb uses, you get just a cable and software you need to supply your own laptop.

You get the ability to change between 5 maps with this software, it also comes with the data log material, ive heard its junk from these forums. Over the phone your tuner could help you retune a very small portion of the map installed on your car. i mean besides the data logging its so small a portion its not really even worth selling as a ecutek option.




* As for me keeping the ecutek i have, without a back up map id knock soon as the wheather changes theres no way arounbd it for me. Ive considered Utec for some time so im still leaving that as a option till then i just need the guys with my money to quit dicking around and get me my replacement motor.

[dvang]

because i keep getting PMs from people asking if its really 150. i doubt buscher wouldlie or be willing to lose money on selling liscesenes for less then their worth please pm vendors

Originally Posted by Dyno Flash

A few points on this subject

Ecutek invests about 1,000,000 USD $ per year in supporting on going R & D, programing of its soft ware, tech support and testing.

Make no doubt - Ecutek is the company which pioneered all of these reflashing tools and much of the so called "open source" efforts are simply where individuals have misapropriated information which was sourced from Ecutek.

Speaking as a professional tuner of cars, the nearly 24 hour full and immediate tech support provided by Ecutek is invaluable for myself to complete customer's cars in a timely fashion in many situations where we are dealing with new ecus or complex problems which arise. Ecutek employs expert tuners who are on hand almost at every hour to assist and guide tuners with any problems.

When you pay a "license fee" to Ecutekthat supports the ongoing R & D and contirbutes to the support the dealers recieve to turn out a first rate job.

Incidentally, today Ecutek lowered its license fee to $150 in response to the unique market environment in the US market.

Personally, $150 is not a lot for myself to invest to have the superior tuning tools at my disposal. Of course every customer must make his / her own decision.

I am speaking here as I want to set the record staight concerning some of the members comments about Ecutek.

from here http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/newr...ply&p=16810853