B4 ecus reflashable/tuneable?

[gtlegacy]

heya,

have heard that you can get some of the b4s ecus retuned reflashed same as ecutek or you can find a free program to do it?

also what models have them i hav a h7 and an h20 ecu

and how is the ecu tuning possible? through the diagnostic port?

[Guest boostin]

Only the 2002/2003 facelifted version is reflashable.

[gtlegacy]

ok

[lotech49]

Torque Performance in Auckland will flash the mid 2000 ecu's onwards for $1995, its expensive and no good if your pre 2000. I've looked into running a Zerosports Sequential Controller and aftermarket ecu and it should work, Dave at Torque Performance just warned that it may take longer to tune or there could be issues. You'd have to be prepared to spend some money to get this working to its best.

To answer your though, no there isn't any software for early BE/BH and earlier Legacy's that you can download. MRT in Australia will do a mailorder Ecutek reflash with Torque Performance however they said to expect that maybe they wouldn't get the best results the first time round.

[gtlegacy]

can you buy a facelift ecu and go from there?

cosworth havn't emailed back yet

[Guest boostin]

No. Different plugs and the sensors are different too.

[lotech49]

You could start looking on Trademe for Mines/Prova tuned ecu's, I paid $450 for Mines tuned ecu although I've seen them go for more and less. They raise the boost, rpm limit, remove the speed limiter and increase the timing. Mines are generally regarded as being 'more agressive'.

Here's a review of the Prova ecu thanks to QWERTY

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ccgrant/prova.htm

If you search my posts I put up a dyno sheet before/after some TT mods including standard vs Mines ecu, the interesting thing was there was no difference in peak power between the two ecu's however on the road the extra timing made the car feel heaps more responsive especially off boost and through the VOD.

While I was waiting waiting waiting for those Cosworth bearings my engine builder rang Cosworth USA a few times to see where they were and they were good to talk to, give them a call I say...

[dvs-b4]

who does the reflashes? i got a 2003 b4 ;D and wouldnt mind looking into it if it would help with the VOD

[Glen]

 lotech49 said:

Torque Performance in Auckland will flash the mid 2000 ecu's onwards for $1995, its expensive and no good if your pre 2000. I've looked into running a Zerosports Sequential Controller and aftermarket ecu and it should work, Dave at Torque Performance just warned that it may take longer to tune or there could be issues. You'd have to be prepared to spend some money to get this working to its best.

To answer your though, no there isn't any software for early BE/BH and earlier Legacy's that you can download. MRT in Australia will do a mailorder Ecutek reflash with Torque Performance however them said to expect that maybe they wouldn't get the best results the first time round.