look what santa brought early - United Bimmer Community

**B_w.** · 12-21-2005, 04:35 PM

i thought i would get myself an early christmas present to get myself on the FI road for next year.

DEATH2000 · 12-21-2005, 06:38 PM

Looks kool, im not sure exactly what is thoug lol. Somethign to do with the ECU?

**B_w.** · 12-21-2005, 08:33 PM

it is an electromotive tec3
sias tuning

**///M Power** · 12-21-2005, 09:02 PM

Oh my fuckign god that;s total sex! pretty pricey though!

**B_w.** · 12-21-2005, 09:05 PM

yeah, i bought it used but still the single most expensive thing i have bought yet. i do not actually have it hear yet. just waiting for it to ship

**Turbodefrost** · 12-22-2005, 12:43 AM

hrrmm... so for us dumbasses, uh what does it DO?

**Spieluhr** · 12-22-2005, 02:40 AM

It's a stand-alone fuel management system I think that will allow him to completely custom tune his ECU to work with whatever he puts in his car. He can plug in his laptop and remap everything. It is essential some times for guys that go the custom F/I route.

**B_w.** · 12-22-2005, 03:34 AM

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hrrmm... so for us dumbasses, uh what does it DO?

Spieluhr answered this one pretty well. it is a stand alone ecu that will replace the factory obd2 ecu and allow me to custom tune the maps for my turbo project i plan to start next spring. just unplug the stock ecu and plug this one in. no hacking up the wiring harness, it is plug and play

best of all vic at sias tuning can give me a pretty good base map to start with and then do remote tunes to get everything right. i decided to go with the tec3 because i can learn to tune it myself and it would not be very practical to do an obd1 conversion or ship my car to aa or nick g for a custom obd2 tune. the tec3 allows every engine functgion to be reprogrammed exactly as you want it.

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It's a stand-alone fuel management system I think that will allow him to completely custom tune his ECU to work with whatever he puts in his car. He can plug in his laptop and remap everything. It is essential some times for guys that go the custom F/I route.

now its time to go find a turbo

how does a gt35r sound

**BaLAnCe17** · 12-22-2005, 03:52 AM

"...and a stand alone fuel management system.....not a bad way to spend $10,000" lol sweet deal dude, cant wait to see what up in the spring

**Spieluhr** · 12-22-2005, 03:54 AM

any turbo would sound good to me man.

as long as you do it right, which if you buy an ECU like that, I think you will, upgrading your internals and everything I mean.

**///M Power** · 12-22-2005, 05:35 PM

Be caeful. Out of all the tuners, imwilling to bet only 1% can do it well. Id let someone well known tune it for you. Im thinking of going haltech6x myself.

**B_w.** · 12-22-2005, 07:05 PM

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Be caeful. Out of all the tuners, imwilling to bet only 1% can do it well. Id let someone well known tune it for you. Im thinking of going haltech6x myself.

i will get a good base map from vic. he said he can then tweak it as long as i have a data logging wideband o2. i was looking at the haltech but one big thing for me is that it is not plug and play, and that it can not run the stock coils. but both are great systems.

DEATH2000 · 12-22-2005, 07:23 PM

Is it just me or did u pay over $3,000 for that?

**94bmw325i** · 12-22-2005, 08:19 PM

he got it used

**///M Power** · 12-22-2005, 09:16 PM

Used is still expensive.

With my haltech i dont plan on dong my own tuning. I know u cud do basemaps. but id still get all the dynos and widebands done and then hand this info over to a proper tuner. I know of two places that I am considering my tuning for. One is EF1 and the other is Technik. Both near my location.

It must suck not havign any good tuners near you.