I am the other car in talks with Nick and Visconti... will let everyone know when we have confirmation this is actually going down

Well I certainly hope it works out for you. There are too many guys who believed the hype and threw money at them with still nothing to show for it

Well considering I'm local to Visconti and he tuned my car originally (and figured out the fix for cruise control on Autos with 4.08 gears - you're welcome) I'm gonna give it a shot.

any update ?? I'm starting to regret going for Ecutek

EcuTek sells more dreams than a crack pipe! fcuk outta here.

Ecutech for sale. Very slightly used aka bnib. Final product still under dev. If you have a stock z then maybe you will see 609 whp after tune. If you have cai and stickers you might get timing issues...Throw me an offer.... Lol (j/k)

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Wow I forgot about ecutech. I guess they couldn't give us a decent product and decided to get out before they lost anymore money.

Well I wouldn't say they forgot entirely...but priority isn't the right word for it either.

They sent me a cable to do some datalogging, which I appreciate but I asked for this MONTHS ago...ignored me then. I have the cable now but their responses have gone back to being slow. They say they're working on the features as always but, I just want my idle problem fixed right now :shakes head:

I honestly think they are BS, I jumped on this the beginning of the year , I had the cable in the box sitting in my house for WEEKS( 7) and the tuner wouldn't even responded to me, I had a thread on here about him and the company. Glad I went back to UPREV.
Maybe one day they'll have their crap together but till then we only have one choice.
Or maybe they wont and they cant delivery what they said they had done better than UPREV( Timing). EH. Sorry Scionide I know we had been talking before too.

And another 3 months have passed since more empty promises were made. Two engineers dedicated to the task, indeed.

When people are talking about their dissatisfaction, can you specify who you're complaining about? There are three involved parties. I don't think Ecutek has ever posted here. It was Visconti and one other vendor blowing all the smoke up our collective asses, right? Visconti disappeared after talking a good game and the other guy was a borderline scammer?

You may be right. A quick look at the Ecutek web site turned up no announcements of new features for the 370Z RaceRom suite (or anything else 370Z-related as far as I can tell).

Someone should send them a link to this thread and ask if they would like to respond. I just can't work up enough give-a-sh!t to do it myself.

Mine was with really the "other" Guy Dynotronics. Visconti tried to get me to go with him and Ecutck also but I went back to UPREV. Biggest thing I cant understand or will for that matter is the cost difference , UPREV is $650 and Ecutek is like $1100?

Update on my situation. I've been datalogging and getting updates. My idle issue has been resolved mostly, it definitely no longer revs up by itself after going into neutral now. The high cold-start idle is gone now too though I wouldn't really call that one a problem.

As far as issues, my original issue was also with Dynotronics, I later took my car to SpecialtyZ and Sebastian did a good job, but there was a issue with the tune/software. We tried to get Ecutek to help us figure it out but nothing came out of it because they eventually ignored us...Recently I got in contact with Mervyn at Ecutek, whom I believe is the owner? He agreed to have a cable sent to me so I didn't have to keep driving to SpecialityZ to datalog. He's been personally helping me out since then and getting me new ROMs to flash very quickly.

Their facebook page did announce they were working on the advanced features a while ago but, I haven't seen anything since then...Last I heard from Mervyn they're still testing things, I'll see if I can get an update from him on the progress.

Here is something interesting concerning my Ecutek Tune performed by Dynotronics.

1. Last week my check engine light came on. I was throwing a P1421 per my OBDII reader.

2. Two weeks prior to this code, my car was running a little rough especially at start up. Normal Cold Start procedure RPM's would go to 1.5K, hover and then gradually come back down. It was going all the way to 2.3K, hover, sound rough and then very, very slowly come back down. Again on cold starts.

3. After engine was warm, I noticed idle RPM's a little higher than the normal .6K idle. My car was idling between .7 and .8K. As anyone would know, this is quite noticeable.

4. After engine was warm, I then noticed the RPM's jump to nearly 1.2K when shifting to Neutral......every time. I would feel the car slightly jerk when placing the car back in Drive.

5. I took my car to the dealership. My car is still under Nissan warranty as I purchased it as "Certified Used". I was a little concerned my warranty would be Void if they detected the Ecutek tune?

6. They didn't say anything one way or the other and confirmed it was in fact throwing a P1421. They then advised an NTB10-149 was issued for ECM update regarding the Cold Start Control. Apparently, this was an issue with both 2009 and 2010 models.

7. They then updated the ECM per Bulletin, cleared codes. Check engine light is now off.

There is no question the reflash of the ECM has cleared the Dynotronics tune.

Prior to taking the car to the dealership, I contacted Joe at Dynotronics to get his take. He advised this code had nothing to do with the tune.

I then contacted Joe after the dealership reflash. He advised to reflash the ECM with the latest file he sent me which was back in July 2014.

I have to be honest, given Scionide's experience along with my own, I am a little concerned to do this.

I am thinking about ditching the Ecutek, taking my loss like a man, and go with UpRev who is proven.

Appreciate your comments.

If you have some way to backup and restore the factory ROM image, I'd say give it a try. If the tuned ROM image doesn't work, go back to the factory image. If you can't restore back to the saved factory image, I'd leave it alone.

I don't have any experience with tuning but, going by what I've read on this site, UpRev is the way to go. YMMV

If you've already invested the $ and had no other issues, you might was well stick with ECUtek.

If you had issues, whether or not this one was just a fluke, then I'd lump the cost and switch to uprev.

Tiger, do you have your own cable? Although you have an auto, your issue sounds veryy similar to mine.

Give Ecutek (specifically Mervyn) an email. He should be able to take care of your problem pretty quickly since I've done all the datalogs trying to isolate the issue already, and it's been resolved for me.

I vote we change the name of this thread to "ECUTek is Proud to Not Announce Anything"

I guess that's the thing I don't really understand. Aside from the actual tuned Rom you get it's basically the software that let's you adjust the tune (or let's the tech adjust the tune) so if someone doesn't know how to tune the vehicle in the first place then the cable you get whether ecu tech or uprev doesn't really matter. They both do the same thing which is talk to the ecu and tell it what to do when making adjustments. I'm no tuner at all but I am a computer guy and I understand electronics. A box is a box is a box. I know 350z are a different animal but I've seen guys take them to dyno and get minor tunes. Don't know if they just used a generic cable or what. Guessing the had one that plugs into the ecu or obd port. Anyone ever think of maybe calling haltech or someone like that to see if they could figure it out? If you have the cable and the software then it should just be up to a seasoned tuner to figure it out from there. Just my 2 bits...

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Yes, I do have the cable.

I will send Mervyn an email. Should I reference your Screen Name here? Please feel free to PM me with any additional information I should make Mervyn aware of.

BTW, did Mervyn share any information regarding the new advanced features? They announced this on their FB page a couple of months ago and would appear still in testing phase? Not to mention the features appear to be "lack luster" and nothing like they were originally claiming. I am starting to lose my patience with Ecutek. All these promises and really nothing to show for it..........only idle issues that should not happen.

Where are you at with this whole thing?

Oh mention Max, I don't know if they even read this forum..haha.

Regarding features I just got told it's being worked on..and it's taking them longer than expected. Supposedly it's under beta testing and was released to certain tuners, no idea which ones.

At the moment my issue is resolved completely, car runs quite well so I'm just waiting for the advanced features.

Just recently got a 2014 touring with sport package and I am considering going with ecutek when they come out with the new features, but I honestly dont know what tuner to pick. I just have exhaust and intake right now. I need a remote tune because no tuners are near me. But I read through these posts and it seems in some cases people have had to go right to ecutek to get things fixed, so I have no idea which tuner to pick, and wish I could just go to ecutek directly. Since you can't do that, can someone suggest the best tuner to work with a remote tune? I would like to hear experiences both good and bad so I can pick one. PM me if you don't feel comfortable posting your feedback publicly. Also I want to go FI/SC at some point, and was hoping to go remote tune at that point too, but maybe I just need to drive 4 hours at that point to get the tune. Folks opinions and thoughts appreciated.

You must not have read the whole thread. Go with Uprev. Period.

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Lol...I did...I just really want the ecutek features...if the ever come out. I may go upRev in the end, but let's just say theoretically if they come out with the features.

In all seroisness, Is there anyone that went ecutek think it was a good idea? Does everyone really hate the product and there is no reason to consider it? Not a single person is happy with the product?

This thread was started a year and a half ago. Still just vaporware. I'm not sure how this site ranks among 370Z-related sites as far as size and "importance" but there appears to be quite a few active members that are interested in their product and would actually buy it if it existed. No one at Ecutek has chimed in to let folks know what is going on.

OP last posted 07-29-2014, 10:48 PM. I still haven't figured out his relationship with Ecutek (other than using their software to tune cars) or why he (and not someone from Ecutek) would post the announcement.

I checked Ecutek's web site a few weeks ago and was unable to locate info on the promised update. But maybe I didn't look in the right place.

The whole thing sounds dubious to me. YMMV

Sadly by the time the features might get released..I may not even be in this car anymore lol. @cuseZ if you need a tune right now, go uprev as it is the more complete package at the moment. If you can wait maybe give it a few more months for Ecutek to finally come out with something..

This is what Ecutek showed me along with telling me it's under beta testing with "certain dealers." That's all I know at the moment.

*Edit* My picture link seems to be broken..but its simply a photo of the table of contents showing all the features etc. for the beta testers. Custom traction control, oil temp display on the gauges, map switch etc.

It's been a while since I've been activate on this forum, - sorry about that.

I've been busy working on other things while I waited for something good enough to come back to you with.

With that all being said I understand the why some of your would be upset or would think EcuTek or myself has lost interest.

As of right now all the features that I've talked about on here are done. Software is on my laptop. If anyone with a manual car in the tri-state area wants to spend a little time with me I'll make it worth your while.

I'll also be in Vegas for Sema next month, anyone in the Vegas area is welcome to meet up with me and have a look at the new software.

Additionally EcuTek is having a party for dealers and customers, you more than welcome to come to that as well..

Let me know

Thanks

John

Just wanted to clear a few things up.

I made the first post, and everything that was presented in that post was available on the day it was posted. In this thread or else where I might have discussed future features that were in the works.. Clearly these features got delayed.

I posted this announcement because I'm a supporting sponsor on this site, EcuTek is not.

As for my relationship with EcuTek, I'm a Master Dealer, largest one in the USA.

John

John,

Where do they stand on ECU boost control?

It's in the software, it can be done.

Why what's up?

It can be done on a 370Z/G37 Ecu? And can you give us a rundown of how it works?

Since its brought up, can I ask why ECUTek is dead against allowing end users to customize there settings? For this reason alone I will not run it on my car, however if the time comes to become a pro tuner then for sure I would consider it.

It can be setup a few different ways..

Basically you wire the ebcs to a spare input on the ecu.

Then we have blank custom maps that can be setup.


Map 1 - (Desired Boost) Throttle vs Engine RPM
Map 2 - (Per Gear Boost) Gear vs Desired Boost
Map 3 - (Calculated Boost Error) Desired Boost vs Manifold Pressure
Map 4 - (Main Wastegate Duty Map) Desired Boost vs Engine RM
Map 5 - (Turbo Dynamics Prop) Boost Error vs Engine Speed
Map 6 - (Turbo Dynamics Intregal) Boost Error vs Engine Speed

Kinda like that

John

They offer end user tuning on the BRZ platform.

They have thought about doing it for 370Z

John

If thats the case I think it would quickly become a much more accepted platform as right now people who like to tinker with their own cars must deal with uprev.

So to confirm the boost control in ecu is in protuner beta and can be set up right now? any word on the 2 step launch control? or e85?

End user tuning is still going to keep me from getting this unfortunately.

Thank you.

You are a master of understatement.

I think it speaks volumes that they don't have some kind of presence here, but maybe I overestimate the potential sales.

OK, Just wanted to make sure you didn't speak for Ecutek.
I can't find any mention of Master Dealers on the Ecutek site but you are listed as a Master Tuner.