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gday ppl. im looking at gettin a power fc for my 32 gtr and i was wondering are they easy to fit ya self? just wondering if any of you have done it ya selves. or is it fairly cheap to have fitted by some1 that knows how to do it?

cheers for the help

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Hey james, it's karl here. It's damn easy to change over just discharge your battery and unplug the old ecu. It's a big retangular connection. Unscrew the screw that holds the standard ecu in it's cubby, and slide it out. Slide the new one in and hey presto. Also you'll oviously be getting the r32 gtr powerfc and they come with a map already on them for the specific model of car.

They do come with a map already on them so you can just plug it in and drive. But the map is for jap fuel and in alot of cases people do the same thing and plug it in straight away and your car will run stupidly rich and can cause your plugs to foul straight away.

the best thing to do is get a tuner to do it straight away.

keep in mind a decent fc tune will set you back between 400-500 bucks.

mmm, unfortunateley i might have to have my engine rebuilt :P i took it out for a drive today to go and order new brake pads and i noticed sum noise coming from the engine area...like a clunking. took it for a drive again a bit later and then there was like a tinging. both around the point of boost...can sumone help!!!

mmm, unfortunateley i might have to have my engine rebuilt  :)  i took it out for a drive today to go and order new brake pads and i noticed sum noise coming from the engine area...like a clunking. took it for a drive again a bit later and then there was like a tinging. both around the point of boost...can sumone help!!!

This sounds like an Ultratune ad.

umm.. on the hand controller, you should watch the knock readings!!

low octane fuel, excessive boost [untuned] and f**king hot days will make your car knock severe!!

if you can actually hear it thats bad, dont drive it! lower your boost!

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