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Re: Aftermarket ECU's vs Drivability
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Tue, 07 October 2003 05:49
 
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Just a bit of feedback for you on the aftermarket ECU's
I have a microtech MTX8 on my 4AGTE, the car was running in turbo form for a bit over a year with the factory ZE computer no dramas, and about 2 or 3 years before that still supercharged.
Chasing a bit more power meant I had to change (I had reached the standard ZE injector limit). The MTX8 I fitted runs fine, better throttle response than the factory computer setup (probably to do with removal of the AFM or something). My main concern with ditching the factory setup was that I would have poor cold start and driveability (in comparison to factory setup). This so far has not been the case at all.
I paid to have my computer tuned up by a professional (well worth it), and it runs great in all conditions I have experienced so far. In Canberra we get well below zero degrees in winter (hence my cold start worries). The car has started first go every time, and idles perfectly straight away, even well below zero.
Fuel economy when driven sensibly around town and on the highway is as good as the factory setup was getting too. The only thing I would have liked is some more auxillary outputs. But for the price of these things (and I had mine which I took off a damaged car) I am very happy with it.
Like people have mentioned above, its a hell of a lot to do with the tuning. The car that had my computer on it previously was set up very poorly (both the wiring and the tuning), it would hunt at idle (the revs would just go up and down and never settle), and it didn't rev through the RPM range all that cleanly. On my car now and tuned properly its sweet. Most people I have seen that whinge about various brands of computers have either had someone not tune it properly or as mentioned earlier are still running the base map the computer came with.
Shane.
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