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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 08:21 AM
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Question Mapecu

Has anybody ran the mapecu on there rx7s, and if so how do u like it?. thanks
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 12:31 PM
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The actual name is "mapecu?" I've never heard of it. Link?
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 01:07 PM
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I know my friend runs that on his Stealth, but I have never heard of it being ran on an FC. For the price, you could just get a Haltech.
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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i havent heard good things about haltec. plus with this mapecu i can tune my car from my lap top in the front seat, i dont know if the others are set up that way, who knows!! the link is http://mapecu.com/merchant/index.shtml check it out tell me what ya think, ive already ordered it , but i didnt pay what they have up there for there asking price.

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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 02:34 PM
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i havent heard good things about haltec.
So you just go out and buy something that is completely unknown to you? That's some strange logic. However, it will be interesting to see how it works.

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with this mapecu i can tune my car from my lap top in the front seat, i dont know if the others are set up that way, who knows!!
It would take you about 10-15 minutes of internet searching to find out that nearly every standalone EMS on the market does this, and additionally lets you set the ignition timing.

BTW, here is the NZ website:
http://www.performancemotorresearch.co.nz/

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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 02:43 PM
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well beleave it or not i did do some home work, and my mechanic also did , i was asking if any body out here had used this on there car, and how they liked it. thats all and as for haltec , like i said , i havent heard to many good things about the product. just saying what i have heard . again if anybody out here has used this please message me and let me know. thanks
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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well beleave it or not i did do some home work, and my mechanic also did , i was asking if any body out here had used this on there car, and how they liked it.
If YOU GUYS did your homework, why are you asking us???

It sounds like you need to do more homework.


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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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it sounds like u need to learn how to read, its says if any body has this and how do they like it, sooooooooooo as i said earlier, ive done my home work. i wanna know if any body has it in there car and how do they like it, gezzz if u dont have and no nothing about it dont fricken comment , pretty easy people!!! this is a forum for info hellooooooooooooo. so get off my back num nuts. im sorry if it seems i pissed , i am. im looking for who ever who has this in there car, not you dumb *** comments. im sorry people im just tired of dealing with theses people who have nothing better to do but rag on every one for asking a question about a product. like ive said three times already ,the home work is done, i just want feed back from some who has this set up , bottom line. if u have no inpute on what it is dont comment!! thank you
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 02:31 AM
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Hmmm.. Interesting.

Like I said, one of my good friends uses this on his Stealth. I did a cost comparison on the MAP ECU and the Haltech. I personally found the Haltech to be the better solution then the MAP ECU when applied to the FC specifically. If you do a dollar comparison, the MAP ECU is basically an SAFC on steriods. I have helped him tune with it though, and I will say this, the software is pretty good. I am going to link him to this thread, maybe he can shed some more light on this.
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by RX7FROMCAL
well beleave it or not i did do some home work, and my mechanic also did
So what was your reason for choosing this product over the more common 2Gen RX-7 products like the S-AFC, E-Manage, Microtech LT8, Wolf3D, etc.?

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its says if any body has this and how do they like it
While waiting for responses from current owners, what is wrong with you answering your own question, and stating why you like the MAP-ECU? After all, each response does bump your thread up to the top of the list.
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 09:29 AM
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I'm the guy that has the MAP ECU in my Stealth. I like it just fine. Works like a champ on my car...I can get my A/F exactly where I want it varying by 0.1-0.2 or so on the wideband. I went with it because my Stealth is OBDII and we have emissions locally. They hook up to the stock computer during annual testing so I can't go with a standalone. From what I gathered from J-Rat alot of you FC guys run Haltechs and there are alot of quality base maps floating around. Besides the initial install being more difficult the Haltech sounds like the path to take.

Nothing wrong with the MAP ECU...as far as I'm concerned its the king of piggyback fuel controllers. The thing that should make you think twice is that the Haltech is close to the same price and is well supported by the FC community.
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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now see thoses were the type of feed backs im looking for thank you TREVOR AND JRAT!!! Being i live in cal and have the emissions stuff , thats one reason im going with the mapecu, second even though i have the sc on my car, its not a full blow race , so i dont need all that other stuff. again thank you guys for your thoguhts , thats what ive been asking for out here, some people just cant seem to get that threw there heads, lol. thanks again .ps haltech is 1300.00 $ mapecu, this is 750.00 savings of 550.00 . i think the numbers speak for them self. thanks again all!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 10:04 PM
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thanks again
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 11:32 PM
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haltech is 1300.00 $ mapecu, this is 750.00 savings of 550.00 . i think the numbers speak for them self. thanks again all!!!!!!!!!
The S-AFC sells for about $325, which is less than half the price of the MAP-ECU. I'm still confused about your criteria.
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Old Jan 23, 2005 | 10:00 AM
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i have the safc, it does ok , but doesnt by pass the mass air flow on the rx7, the stock ecu with the supercharger, isnt cutting it. way to restrickive . the mapecu lets me get rid of that stuff. check out the link in my earlier post it will give ya more info. cyaaaaa

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Old Jan 25, 2005 | 07:25 AM
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still looking for more people who run this type of ecu any help and thoughts will be great. thanks
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 08:32 AM
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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I have been the moderator of the EMS forum for many years now, and I do not recall anybody ever mentioning the MAP-ECU. I would venture to say that you are the only person on this forum to choose this fuel computer, and I doubt that bumping the thread will help. You may want to ask one of the 2Gen forum moderators to move this thread to the EMS forum where it would get exposure to people with more experience with EMS products and/or other cars besides the 2Gen RX-7.
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 01:07 PM
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i have previous experience tunning a supra with a map ecu, i wouldt reccomend this deveice if you were to ask me. it eliminates the need of afm and runs a MAP sensor, you adjust the fuel map thru this device usign a laptop and thats basicly all it does. there is no timign adjustment. its just pretty much an afc that gets rid of the AFM. the afm is not a large restriction on a mostly stock car, so i dont know why anyone would run this and for someone who has a highly modified car i would reccomend getting a standalone. a microtech is a good cheap alternative.
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