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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Tafty on 23 June 2007, 12:18:41

Title: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
Post by: Tafty on 23 June 2007, 12:18:41

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Demon-ECU-Tuner-Vauxhall-Omega-Frontera-Nova-Tigra-SR_W0QQitemZ110139158108QQihZ001QQcategoryZ72205QQcmdZViewItem

What do you knowledgeable fellas think?

Title: Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
Post by: tunnie on 23 June 2007, 12:27:07

Utter junk, all it does it fool the ECU into thinking the air-temp is colder than it is. The ECU will soon re-learn, and it becomes useless.

Your better spending that £4.99 on a bottle of Forte or Redex....

Title: Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
Post by: TheBoy on 23 June 2007, 12:28:28

No.

Its a simple resistor, just to fool ecu that coolant is cooler, hence run richer.  It will screw economy, and I guess the cats eventually.

Title: Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
Post by: Tafty on 23 June 2007, 12:36:47

cheers - had to be a catch as always with ebay.

Title: Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
Post by: Danny on 23 June 2007, 17:46:59

I noticed they do a fuel saver kit that allegedly reduces fuel consumption by 24% without compromise to performance...

too good to be true i reckon!

Title: Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 June 2007, 17:51:05

The only way to re-map an older style ECU is to change the chip, hence anyone who claims to be able to fit something without opening the ECU is a fraud.

The newer ones are flashable but you still need some serious kit to re-flash the firmware and a lot of effort needs to go into modifying the map.

Kevin

Title: Re: ECU Tuner on ebay - worth the time of day??
Post by: Dave-C on 24 June 2007, 08:26:03

Use super unleaded if you want a bit more punch........... DC