Your Ecu Choice

[Tofu]

Hey Guys,

Its time to get the R32 Rb20 tuning sorted. At present Im running the Stocker with a Jun rechip, at present it seems to be having a remap issue. Its also misfiring a little in the higher rpm. The car has two extra injectors connecting to a Greddy Injector Controller Rebic. At present the car is running 320-330hp at the wheels.

Wondering what you use, recommend and why. Im doing a little research before I commit and want to know whats out there.

Cheers,

Andrew

[gazza750]

atm i have a mines ecu but i am getting a wolf 3d v5 because it has a lot more refinements than pfc only problem with wolf is finding a place to tune and i have found the experts

pfc is also good because its an idiot ecu because just about anybody can tune them

[RX3 + R32]

pick your tuner/s before you choose your ecu

no point having the best ecu in the world if you cant get any one to tune it.

[Denver]

depends on what you want, if you want a stockish car, and no wank, go a PFC, or a lumpy/bikirom, will behave like stock, drive like stock, and handle your extra power, otherwise go the autronic or motec route if you want to spend some decent fold, both will suit your requirements and more..

[R31 Chick]

Best value for money is the Wolf hands down. My silvertop 20 is kicking out 274.8rwhp with 3 inch turbo back, RB25 turbo, Blitz BOV, fmic and Wolf 3D (stock injectors etc, nothing else in the engine touched... yet). Also gets rid of the common AFM problems you have with 20's. PFC is good but a lot more basic, especially in comparison to the V5 Wolf but similar in pricing.

From what I can gather, the Wolf will also get you better fuel consumption that a PFC. More tunability etc. My car off boost is awesome on fuel, can get nearly 600 to a tank now days. On boost when fuel is needed it is there.

Edited January 10, 2007 by R31 Chick

[gun32gtr]

pfc all the way..dont no about wa but there is heaps of good tuners in nsw

[32vspecII]

unless you need the extra features of a wolf/autronic/motec type ecu you cant really go past the powerfc

plug in , stock idle a/c everything controlled perfectly , the most popular ecu by far with the most tuners by far and cheap

only problem is getting the old discontinued ones now

but i guess if you got the $$$ to burn go full wolf/autronic style with antilag , launch controll , flat shifting the worx!

[Butler]

lumpyrom ftw! handles my street car and my track thrasher smashing limiter all the time with 300rwhp and hasnt broke yet. If i wanted to step up it would be autronic, or for a powerful street car pfc. All the tuneability in the world with proven results and actually has people who can tune it and not blow ur car up with a dodgey 2nd rate ecu.

[mitchy_]

my car came over with a microtech in it...

fuel efficiency was terrible, i could drive like a grandma, or sit on the limiter all day, and get the exact same km per tank.

swapped it for a PFC, and bar the little hiccup mine had, it's a great ECU, lots of tuners, and widely used.

[Ant97GTR]

Really if properly tuned they are all good ecus. And thats the catch....an ecu is only as good as the tune.

As someone else has said find a workshop that you are going to use, ask what ecu they tune and recommend, have a look at some of their results and go from there....

[Topaz]

PFC D-Jetro, rid the AFM's (soon anyway...) just for something different. Easiest/cheapest piggyback ECU solution with great tuning options and the hand controller.

Microtech was too expensive as were other aftermarket ECU's like GRedy E-manage and HKS F-Con Pro, I was told to steer clear of Wolf3D. LumpyRom and Autronic I never considered at all.

[bubba]

Correct me if I'm wrong but you can't get PFC's for RB20/25's anymore unless you're lucky enough to find a second hand one (which would be even rarer for the AP Eng. RB20 version).

[Tofu]

Correct me if I'm wrong but you can't get PFC's for RB20/25's anymore unless you're lucky enough to find a second hand one (which would be even rarer for the AP Eng. RB20 version).

you be right

[32vspecII]

you can still get 25 pfc's new if you look around

but they are a couple of hundred more than they used to be

still cheaper than a wolf and much cheaper than an autronic

[bubba]

Considering that AP Engineering no longer exists, is it possible to get someone else (i.e. a performance shop) to modify an RB25 pfc to suit an RB20?

Edit: personally, I am going to go for a remap of my stock ECU until I can fund an RB25 transplant, then I will fork out for some aftermarket management

P.S. I saw something mentioned about Hyperdrive being sold.. does that mean no more new LumpyROM's?

Edited January 11, 2007 by bubba

[gun32gtr]

although hard to find if u did i reckon bang for buck..pfc..

[fane]

pick your tuner/s before you choose your ecu

no point having the best ecu in the world if you cant get any one to tune it.

true that

[R31 Chick]

Always depends who you talk to as to what you hear. Think about your budget and what you want from the ECU, then make an informed decision. A lot of different ideas from different places and they aren't always based on fact.

[B0BB0]

From what I can gather, the Wolf will also get you better fuel consumption that a PFC. More tunability etc. My car off boost is awesome on fuel, can get nearly 600 to a tank now days. On boost when fuel is needed it is there.

The fuel economy has nothing to do with the ecu, its all to do with the tuner.

I know wolf's get good fuel economy because the tunes you get in WA are so lean, they just melt the piston out of the motors. which makes fuel economy really good .

PowerFC all the way. The votes speak for themselves.

[simor32]

check greenline.jp for power fc's