thats the key your best bet is finding the tuner you trust and want to use and run what he's good with

 

one thing about Motec is that you end up spending thousands more to wire it up. sensors are worth hundreds of dollars each, even those pin connectors are about a hundred dollars a pack. the proprietary software/firmware package which is free for all other ecu's can cost upwards of few thousand dollars. I also hear you need special crimper from motec which cost hundreds of dollars to put on those pin connectors. at the end of the day, you end up with the envious name in your glovebox, and for what? to be able to log a few microsecond faster? run another accessory I don't need? get another few hundred rev's? squeeze out 10 more hp's? check how rotor #2 is doing for fun? I just bought new rear tires and threw away my sand coated mickey thompson's out which spin out at 80mph on 3rd gear as soon as boost hits. that's with microtech which is giving me issues at low rpm and off boost which I am sure is fixable... I just don't get it.. that's all..

 

When I got my Motec M84 it came with the two ECU
plugs and all the pins ( and stickers!)
The harness was made with standard "trailer wire", not optimal but two years on I still havnt gotten round to break out the untermed Motec harness I later bought and begin rewiring…The car is flawless, and I have full access to everything via laptop. The CAN to USB connector does cost 236 USD but if thats too much maybe you shouldnt have drooped a 20B in your FD...
All software is free, the logging software is free and the online support is swift and expertly! The ECU logs about 20 mins at a time if you remember to reset it, so you can take your car out, treat her like a bitch, and not worry if she´s gonna lie to you when you ask her: was it as good for you as it was for me?

Motec, Haltech, Microtech or Adaptronic? To each his own I guess but my experience with Motec have been phenomenal!!!

Paying for a name? Nah I paid for a gain!

 

with reply like that, I must stand corrected. My info was direct from a car owner that I saw in a shop with Motec ECU.

I will look into Motec more.. I just hope it's not overrated POS which is common in this industry. Thanks for your input.

 

I'm using autronic its older but it works well and my tuner is good with it. has traction control and the E85 sensor they're still updating the box so I'm fine with it

 

The m84 stuff is marginally more expensive, its the magnesium series stuff that gets crazy expensive... I sold my Racelogic for a fair bit so I'm ok with spending a little more on a ECU with traction control.

 

did racelogic work well for you? can it cut out both primary and secondary injectors?

 

I never got around to installing it, but it does cut both primary and secondary injectors.

Mike

 

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