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DISCUSSION => Engine management => Topic started by: xwill112x on June 28, 2008, 10:01:50 PM

Title: cheap ecu upgrade?
Post by: xwill112x on June 28, 2008, 10:01:50 PM

http://slrmotorsports.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=34


whata u guys think??
seems like a great deal...but idk if it'd make my ecu all shitty after wards?:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

Title: cheap ecu upgrade?
Post by: nuvolarossa on June 29, 2008, 02:17:18 AM

do you think really that the chip in that page will give you 50HP more than stock? ahhahaha lol search in the forum, there are more reputable sources like MarkD!
 
read here, the last pages...:
http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2916

Title: cheap ecu upgrade?
Post by: 1991318is on June 29, 2008, 03:52:21 AM

Not gonna happen. For one, the ecu in the e30 is much different than an e36 so therefore how could they have a chip that could deal with both? e30 ecu's have numerous things that are different, including the lack of knock sensors.

Title: cheap ecu upgrade?
Post by: -Onz- on August 10, 2008, 10:43:52 AM

I may be mistaken but i thought that the early e36's were exactly the same

Title: cheap ecu upgrade?
Post by: xwill112x on August 11, 2008, 06:35:00 PM

e36 has knock sensors..and oil pan is diff. plus a m42 wont fit in a m44 engine bay(<

Title: cheap ecu upgrade?
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on August 14, 2008, 08:25:22 PM

Quote from: xwill112x;54710

e36 has knock sensors..and oil pan is diff. plus a m42 wont fit in a m44 engine bay(<

The m44 and m42 are dimensionally identical, different intake manifold than the e30 variant, but I can't imagine the two not being interchangeable physically.

Title: cheap ecu upgrade?
Post by: Matt-B on August 15, 2008, 12:13:36 PM

its for e36