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Hey guys been searching a while an running my 3rd gen 3s on stock ecu an map for 3 years on 17lbs. Love the swap an the car.. but i have been reading about the greddy emanage an hearing nothing but bad things about it.. and i havent found much about what everyone else suggest an or uses to tune there swap with. is there anything out there at a decent price. for me to get a good base tune on my car. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

This post has been edited by celiracer: Mar 20, 2014 - 9:54 AM

I think the power FC would be a bit easier but doesn't have as many options as the emanage ultimate.
Manny should chime in sometime with his thoughts.

Them both have been ideas, but where to find one for the 3s is where ive been having trouble.? Also to refresh myemory. A supra map sensor is a bit bigger then our factory 3s one right?

This post has been edited by celiracer: Mar 20, 2014 - 10:19 AM

Does anyone tune Link computers in your area? Link have a drop in ECU which is fully adjustable. Though pricewise might be a bit high for what you're after.

http://www.linkecu.com/products/engine-man...us-plug-in-ecus

These ECUs are getting good reports, largely new to the GT4 scene, but well worth a try as they are one of the few ECUs with active knock control. New technology too so pretty up to date.

http://www.ecumaster.com/en/products/engine-management-unit

There are a few threads on the megasquirt, Art (lagos) uses it with his

While I don't have any personal experience with the PowerFC, I would personally stay away from it due to the fact that its a discontinued product. I also don't like how copies of the tuning software and base map are considered some rare guarded secret and don't seem to be easily available for download.

The biggest thing I like about my megasquirt is that it has a large active user base, and its very easy to ask the developers for new features in both the firmware and the tuning software. Also the community members freely share their tune maps to help each other out, which is a rare thing in the engine management scene. The only negative that I have about it is that the 3sgte community is very small and you are left to figure out fair bit of vehicle specific things (injector dead time, ego correction, etc..) on your own with a lot of your personal time invested into it.

ECU master also looks good, but I haven't heard any user feedback.

I like what I saw from the Vi-Pec PNP, in terms of how well their basemap was setup for the 3sgte.

HydraNemesis is also worth a mention for being a very good product and for being developed by RickyB, who is probably about the most knowledgeable person when it comes to the 3sgte. However the ecu extremely bizarre pricing where they try to charge you $300+ for software features that come free on other ecus even after you spend over a grand on the hardware.

This post has been edited by lagos: Mar 25, 2014 - 9:38 PM

Im running the PowerFC w/ Commander on my ST205. It was tuned with the datalogit which I was told very easy compared to using the hand held commander. When you purchase the datalogit you gain access to a FC-Datalogit-user group where many users share and upload maps. Majority are RX7 owners and only a handful of GT-FOUR, then again there are many MR2oC using the powerfc also. The only difference from the MR2 and ST205 PowerFc is the chargecooler option where you would only need to wire up the pump to run full time. I know few guys that run the HydraNemesis which I hear nothing but good things but also pricey brand new.

If you decide to go the PowerFC route let me know as I would like to compare maps.

Does powerFC actively come out with new firmware and tuning software updates for datalogit once you are a registered user?

I just updated mines to V2.131 it probably doesnt update as fast as Hydra as Hydra has more users...
Here was the latest update for V2.131


v2.131
- Added RB25DET v5.00
- Added RB25T2-D v6.00
- Added SR20DET1 v6.00
- Added SR20DET1 v3.12A
- Added SR203PRO v4.202
- Added SR204PRO v3.122
- Added RB25DET v7.00
- Added SR20T1-D v7.00
- SR20T: Renamed "Idle ???" to "VTC"
- Added VVT map to 1JZGT-D v6.03
- Added 4G63D-US v6.10
- Added 13B-REW v1.92A
- Added SR20DE3 v3.13
- Added 13B-REW v3.11A
- Fix mnuBaseMapDisplay(2) should be "HeadRoom (msec)" not "Inj Duty (%)"
- Added D15B 1.10
- Added RB26PRO v4.31


Your right though im sure they wont be update the 3sgte anytime soon as they dont make it anymore

This post has been edited by 83841: Mar 26, 2014 - 3:29 PM

I have the emu ecu master im just finishing my 4th gen swap.
Scott from ats provide me a pnp harness, a starting map, boost controller solenoid and an o2 wideband sensor.
Ill get you some Dyno sheets when the swap Will be done it must be in a couple of weeks.
http://youtu.be/Y6K5bLGhgtc this is the first start
http://youtu.be/FGrfEXrbMW8 this is testing the pipes and bov

This post has been edited by paul52: Apr 27, 2014 - 7:22 PM