The Next Ecu To Dominate The Sau Community?

[32vspecII]

There's a guy somewhere down under.

Bikirom- Made for SR's, KA's, VG's etc.

It opens up your stock ECU so you can do anything the computer does.

Currently it doesn't work for the RB's, but it we send him some emails maybe he'll be interested in adapting his product for us.

www.Bikirom.com

hes in perth

theres many other daugterboard manufactueres around also

[Kennedy]

Powerplay ROM tune is where it's at.

http://www.powerplayimports.com/index.php?...p;higher_cat=37

[Chigga311]

hes in perth

theres many other daugterboard manufactueres around also

Really???

Are there any that have daughterboard's available for the RB?

This one isn't just a Daughterboard Rom tune, you can hook your labtop to it.

No chip burner's needed.

[JustinP]

how much did it go for ?

I just decided to buy it now at $1400. Missed out on one the week before which was $1300 and I just though screw it, what is a couple of hundred dollars anyway? I would rather not miss out on one at all. They are still fairly cheap for what they are anyway.

[gts-4 dreamer]

WOW

Skyline HCR32, ECR33, ER34 RB20DET, RB25DET $1710 $2520 $2880

powerplay rom tune is expensive.... It would be my first choice but its about $1000 to much at stage 1.

so... im paying for eprom + expansion board + software update + thier tune.... it says NO DYNO time... ahmmm wtf....

just a bit rich meh ? maybe theres some pricing im missing there but it SEEMS like they are pricing themselves out of the market ? like if they dropped thier price by about a grand AND were a decent tune I would think they would role in the sales ?

anyone in NSW doing this with a slightly more reasonable price range ?

[johnbela]

Since we are talking about ecus. I would like to know how good is the emanage ultimate for autos? has anyone used it on an auto. If it works fine i could see the emange as the overall winner

[Abo Bob]

I had a Powerplay ROM tune for a fair while, two actually. I got them cos I had an auto R34.

The first got me from 162rwkw to 189rwkw but was faster than the raw numbers represent. This stage was the best value and the one I would most recommend. That was stock turbo and full exhaust.

Second stage was highflow turbo and 480cc injectors. Got 228rwkw at 0.9 bar. I passed an R34GTR down the Eastern Creek straight (only just) that had been tuned (PFC) the day before at Croydons and had 250awkw.

I got fairly poor fuel economy with this tune.

Next I put some Tomei Poncams in and without a retune and at the same boost I got 255rwkw. It ran ridiculously rich in the midrange and was pretty bad on fuel too.

Then I did a manual conversion with PFC, running 1.3 bar and getting 272rwkw.

In short, with stock turbo at stage one I think it was worth the money. Also, I got the very first one. I'm sure they would have refined it since then.

[Oosh]

There's a guy somewhere down under.

Bikirom- Made for SR's, KA's, VG's etc.

It opens up your stock ECU so you can do anything the computer does.

Currently it doesn't work for the RB's, but it we send him some emails maybe he'll be interested in adapting his product for us.

www.Bikirom.com

Says R34 is supported.

http://www.bikirom.com/Products.php

[666DAN]

hes in perth

theres many other daugterboard manufactueres around also

He's in Brisbane now dude, nice and local to give me 24/7 product support need be

Says R34 is supported.

http://www.bikirom.com/Products.php

Sure is, my 34 runs the rom and it works great!

[stolen_s15]

For the price of those powerplay roms you could get a microtech and take it somewhere thats puts in the time to tune them to perfection, which would surely get a better result (fuel econ, AFR and power) wise than a generic chip. I would suggest Anthony Rodriguez, he does amazing things with Microtech.

[Chigga311]

He's in Brisbane now dude, nice and local to give me 24/7 product support need be

Sure is, my 34 runs the rom and it works great!

Really, how do you like it???

I really want one for my RB20DET, but it is not listed.

There is a guy in the states that was going to test it out, but he said that it cannot be supported.

I just emailed the bikirom guy, hopefully he'll show the rest of the RBs some support.

I know you can re-pin a RB20DET to run on a R33 RB25/26 Power FC, but I don't know anything about the R34 though.

Does anyone have any info that could help???

[666DAN]

Yeah as far as I know the RB20 isn't currently supported, the R34's are as this was what he did the ground-up work on and was similar in development to the S13,S14,S15's

It can be done though as I've had this chat with him regarding a mates RB20 S13....just when he has the time

[Abo Bob]

For the price of those powerplay roms you could get a microtech and take it somewhere thats puts in the time to tune them to perfection, which would surely get a better result (fuel econ, AFR and power) wise than a generic chip. I would suggest Anthony Rodriguez, he does amazing things with Microtech.

Not saying that the microtech wouldn't be better in a number of ways but it's a bit disingenuous to suggest that the price would be the same.

Purchase price?

Installation cost?

Tuning?

Total must equal well more than $1710.

I think this whole argument is going come back to horses for courses where previously PFC was the solution for many courses, now you will have to plan ahead better and choose the approptriate ECU for your situation.

[Cubes]

I think this whole argument is going come back to horses for courses where previously PFC was the solution for many courses, now you will have to plan ahead better and choose the approptriate ECU for your situation.

I'd say the thread now has a conclusion.

[Oosh]

Really, how do you like it???

I really want one for my RB20DET, but it is not listed.

There is a guy in the states that was going to test it out, but he said that it cannot be supported.

I just emailed the bikirom guy, hopefully he'll show the rest of the RBs some support.

From what i read on the biki forums, RB20DET and RB26DETT can be done with an additional EPROM harness, but it's low on his list of priorities. The R33 RB25DET is supposedly very difficult, if not impossible, for some reason or other.

I like what he's trying to do, but from his posts his development seems haphazard, and being one man he can only do so much. He's all for including "cool" new features, but oft before bedding down the existing ones, there's a lot of bugs and updates so you'd have to be prepared to constantly fiddle around for it.

i.e. If you're a confident DIY-er, give it a shot, if you want a plug-n-play, drive in and drive away, I'd be very wary indeed.

My 2c.

All that said if I had a R34 I'd be sorely tempted.

[gts-4 dreamer]

so instead of a 900 purchase, no installation cost + tunning costs we now have the option for 1300-2000 purchase, depending on choice potential installaton cost or plug n play, + tuning.

* waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

i want a solution i dont have to save like 3 months for

[paulr33]

wow rb26 pfcs are $870 delivered

should go into business modifying them to suit ECR33

and sell for a profit

ill become my own ap engineering ho ho ho

[Black_Widow34]

after reading all these posts i have made my mind up and bought a PFC for my R34 from ebay for $1400... i am now selling it for $3k... haahhahahaha... just kidding... cant wait to get it now!!!

[Black_Widow34]

sorry forgot to ask... does anyone know any good tunners for the PFC in Sydney? also how much do you think it will cost to tune one for the R34 GTT?

[SilverECR33]

Guys, thanks again for all the comments!

I was worried I'm get slammed with the 'do a sreach...' - wasn't expecting this many posts!

I have found the Search engine for this forum to be kinda crappy? and not work alot of the time.. therefore .. they got nuttin. and obviously aint using the standard search engine themselfs.