Harmony motor ECU repro

[Mu_peter]

Hi bro, have you change your exhaust system before the ECU tuning? Thks.

[Ferrariz]

harmonymotor

 

please keep up the high standard of service.

 

my ride's done the agressive QF by Joey. waiting to do my full tune (My ICT will end on 26.May.2006 :P) .

 

I must say its very good (except for some points of the rpm being too lean..and some jerkness), immediately feel that torque improvement of your car. definately value for money!

 

 

Do contact him for more details.

[Nsc9281]

Nope..my getz is quite stock...no exhaust mod at the moment, poor student mah, can't afford it after my FDL..but next time if i do exhaust, i will go back to joey again to fine tune.

[Mu_peter]

Ok, thks bro. If stay stock & just do tuning can help to improve the perforance, then i'll just do the ECU, changing whole exhaust system will cost >1K.

[Zepil99]

do u tune for other makes like mazda? to be more specific Mazda2 SP

[Dwoon]

For less than $1K for a re-flash. Its considered reasonable. I paid almost double for my ECUTEK re-flash.

 

Custom tune is after all more on paying for the tuning knowledge and know how/technique, advise on mods to compliment the tune etc..... The cost of the license/equipment to do the reflash already takes up a fair bit of the overall cost. Then how about the use of the wide band O2 during the tune, that thing has a short life span which part of it is spent.

 

Yes, getting a piggy back or full replacement ECU has the advantage of mobility of hardware. But do you know how much is the price of tuning, apart from the hardware costs? You can check out the reputable ones like GR to have an idea.

 

Cheers!

 

p.s. I'm not a customer of Harmony nor am I related to them in any way. Just to share my 2 cents......

[Raul07]

hi bro im reali interested on dis tings....izit worth e $$ to do up my nissan saloon

for e ecu..?

[Dwoon]

If they have the capability to do the re-flash for your Nissan ECU and at the cost of less than $1K for a custom tune, I think it is reasonable.

 

You'd have to check out the reputation of the tuner and whether he comes highly recommended.(might be more than 1 source who can do the re-flash) After all, the re-flash is only a tool...... its what's being altered in the parameters that's important which boils down to tuner experience/knowledge. Also, if the tuner is experienced expecially with your car model, he should be able to advise more on what are the complimentary mods to maximise the custom tune....(e.g. air intake upgrade, throttle body mod, exhaust/extractor mod,etc..). He might even allow you to run higher rpm safely by altering the rpm limit set in stock mode.

 

Sorry I can't advise more or specifically for your car ..... Personally, I feel that it is worth the $$$ only if you intend to do mods. W/o modding anything and expecting that the reflash itself will work wonders.... you'll be somewhat disappointed. W/o modding anything, the tuning is basically only reducing the safety margin (to give more power)incorporated by the car manufacturers. Unless you say that the manufacturers are not doing a good job of tuning to begin with....., then there might be alot of room to squeeze out more. Tuning (be it employing re-flash, piggy back or full replacement ECU) is basically done to maximise the hardware that you have.

Edited May 19, 2006 by Dwoon

[Rustyz]

"something called FLASHING when it's free for upgrade computer parts as a download from the manufacturer"

 

 

Would honda do for me???

 

Since it is from manufacturer

[Boyboy]

i shd expect the japs to do better in tuning than koreans. otherwise they wun target the korean makes..

 

anyway, i intend to go for the full data logging package this Friday. prepare for execution

 

cost went up, but now it comes with dyno run before and after in the list price. value or not, depends on individual.

 

well, i justify my intention by the fact tt i abstain from all bodykits, car grooming products, ICE and only changing one set of rims from dealer stock rims..

 

if all goes well, will post my field report on saturday. doing the DEED on friday but gotta *test test* first before FR..

 

wondering if i shd change extractor to complement the tuning, but that's illegal plus it costs a few hundred more

[Keith10w]

Me doing mine on Sat with FDL...My is a Tus...

[Dwoon]

I think extractor mod, intake mod with bigger MAF piping, kill the animals on board will help alot more with tuning. What you want is to have cooler and faster and more air going into your engine. (exhaust needs work too as faster input of air ... going out also must be fast mah, else potential is not there.)

 

Skip the dyno and ask for cheaper rates if possible. Then use the spare $$$ to do the hardware mods. Also, ask for the stock parameters before tuning that shows the AFR and timing advance, air temp, etc over the rpms....for before tuning..... then after tuned paramaters for comparison. (This they cannot fabricate at least not on the spot reading out from your ECU)

 

If you're doing the dyno, just make sure that the input parameters are the same before and after tuning. They will sometimes change it to get higher figures to make the customer happy. It'd be better to perhaps borrow a G-Tech pro or something to do your own baseline runs for reference. Like if you can get your best century sprint times before the tune.... then compare it to after.... that's also one way to compare.

 

If you're not gonna do any hardware mods.... then through leaning out the burn... you'll get limited improvements.