EcuTek - 'The Way Forward' Initiative

theDreamer

The GTR forum has some answers. Link: https://www.gtrlife.com/threads/ecut.../#post-4175966

One of the Q/A from a tuner:
Q- Who is affected?
A- If you have a non USDM ROM file in your car (JDM, Asia, Middle East, Europe, Australia, etc), this does not impact you in any way. Note the change is USDM ROMs. Not "USA Based Tuners", or "Cars in the United States".
If you have an existing tune, this does not impact you in any way.
If your vehicle does not have non emissions compliant modifications, this does not impact you in any way.
If you are starting a new tune in the end of May, your tune will no longer be able to have emissions codes disabled.

__________________
theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN
theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY
Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

ZStalker505

Thanks for the info thedreamer wish I could get the airflow upgrades and a touch up tune done by then... its hard to sell an exhasut system where I live but I need to do that before getting another one...

ZoomZ

I'm gonna assume Canada falls in the "USA" category.

NissanZ34

Can someone please confirm this?

Elmo370z

Just means tuning is going to get more expensive and things are going to have to get done through the can bus. If your tuner is smart this shouldn’t effect any cars tuned before this stupid update. Just don’t update through Ecu tek.

NorthStyle

Well, European/UK ECUs range from $2-600 (converted from GBP/Euro) so there's always a way... or just do like Elmo said and not update/turn off auto-updates if you already have Ecutek.

Jhill

When you say this do you mean as tuner not to update or for a consumer? I’ve always updated the latest software on the laptop for any bug fixes etc in regards to whatever program fixes may have been done but it doesn’t overwrite your ROM and still allows all access to logging, dtc’s etc so I’m not sure what your trying to say. I don’t think anything is going to change here unless you load some new ROM to your ECM. I’m I missing something?

Elmo370z

Update and find out

NorthStyle

Yup, and let us know how that goes; I'm not taking that chance until someone else does and confirms

2011 Nismo#91

If the main issue is not being able to disable the O2 sensor then this isn't so big of an issue I think people are making it out to be. For a while now a lot of states didn't allow you to pass emissions with a emissions sensor disabled. NJ I know first hand, mini cats work, and are very inexpensive now days. Prosport has one and I've used bigdaddiesgarage.com and they worked.

__________________
GTR TT 493Whp/431lbft, Ecutek, Southbend 6puck,Quaife, RPM RollBar 4Point, R888R, JRZ RSPro F(10R/10C) R(10R/6C) 1000f500r inlbs+150inlbs Tender, SPL everywhere.Full Specs

NorthStyle

This is something more along the lines that Husam/Seb/Eugene/etc. should answer, but from my take: It's not only the O2 sensors, it's also the Evap and possibly the modification of the "OBD tables outside of OEM min/max parameters" (or whatever it says) that could potentially seriously limit the ability of a tuner to tune a vehicle, especially a boosted one.

DarkJak

Ooof, got a hard stop in the app this morning requiring a firmware update in order to connect to the car. Blocks me from using the dashboard and using my phone to data log.

Anyone else hit this yet? Very paranoid that any update will ruin plans, because I'm currently hijacking the rear O2 sensors for oil pressure and ethanol content.

__________________
@stupidtoycars | My track vids
09 7AT|MCS 2WNR|Topgunz Rotrex|Ecutek (Eugene)|Maxxis RC1|Titan-7 TS-5|OSG LSD|Rear Mount Derale Oil Cooler (WIP)+25 Trans Cooler|Fismo|G-LOC R12/R10|Zeta III L|NLR Wing and Splitter|CJM Pan and Fuel Hat|Radium Surge Tank|AP Racing CP9668

theDreamer

What if you put your phone into airplane mode or on a laptop just disable Wi-Fi?

__________________
theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN
theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY
Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

Spooler

I said F it and went standalone. Dang expensive though. 20k or so and not done yet.

DarkJak

Confirmed over the Boosted VQs FB group that this firmware update is still safe.

Jeeeesus..... I've been considering a standalone as a backup and naively figured it'd be more like 5-10k to do, and not 20!

__________________
@stupidtoycars | My track vids
09 7AT|MCS 2WNR|Topgunz Rotrex|Ecutek (Eugene)|Maxxis RC1|Titan-7 TS-5|OSG LSD|Rear Mount Derale Oil Cooler (WIP)+25 Trans Cooler|Fismo|G-LOC R12/R10|Zeta III L|NLR Wing and Splitter|CJM Pan and Fuel Hat|Radium Surge Tank|AP Racing CP9668