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Hey guys iam close to buying a ECU for my R33 GTST and i was wondering what brand ECU is best and can you buy a plug in ECU for a auto skyline or do i have to get a wire in unit because i have asked heaps of people and like it normally is everyone's got a differant idea, If you can help me it would be much appreciated

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if you do a search you will find a shit load of threads all stating that :

no after market full replacement ecu works properly with the auto , although some claim they do , they dont

this limits you to interceptor type devices like the safc II or emanage

  R31Nismoid said:
well an apexi isnt a wire in for a start

i think you should search

Hey man i was told that i couldn't buy an apexi plug in because my car was an auto so i naturaly thought it was a wire in unit sorry about that iam new to all this

with an auto You might have to run a Piggy back computer

or you can run a

Hydra EMS computer

which adaps the auto box funcitions into it

Wat is the damage and have you seen them work on an auto

james

  • 4 years later...

Lol dood i dont think people have had a good read at this topic. Mate unfortunatley you cannot use a apexi power FC because it doesnt support automatic gearbox intergration. You could try wolf3d im stuck in this situo as well. Too head you in the right track you will have to have a piggy back ecu or Use another ecu for Fuel and Ignition and use the standard ecu to run everything else. Also try a nistune supplier http://www.nistune.com/workshops.html

mythbusters ahoy

and blast from the past - beyond 2000

you cannot (well shouldn't) use most stand alone ECU's on ECR33 Auto

this is because the standard ECU has all the logic for gearchange control

if you replace this ECU with a standalone that is a MANUAL ECU (that is, does NOT support the ECR33 AUTO box) then it assumes manual

it wont back out timing on gear change, which results in harsh/jerky gearchanges and the changes put stress on the box

this "gotcha" applies to most stand alone ECU's, be it Apexi, HKS, Motec, Autronic, Wolf etc etc etc

your best option is nistune or emanage or remap or safc

all of these options keep the stock ecu, and retain the factory gearbox logic

users have insisted that powerfc (and other stand alone ecu's) etc work on AUTO

and the truth it, it does work, you can start the car

you can drive, you can boost it etc

but the changes will be harsh and youll risk the box

if you are OK with that, go for it, but you know the risks/results

this "gotcha" only applies to ECR33 auto where the gearbox is electronic control logic and needs the main ecu to do the logic change for it

cars such as vl turbo, toyota either have seperate ECU control for autobox or mechnical (vl turbo)

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