Lotus Emira V6 ECU Tune - Bench Flash

[allenyao09]

Definitely interested. Count me in.

 

[JonFuller]

The irony is no one blows more of these motors than Jubu

That sounds somewhat hyperbolic, but I guess time will tell.

Certainly, with forced induction, just about anyone can mess around with more boost & fuel, and pull a load of amazing numbers on the dyno, but making them stay together, be durable, and able to do it lap after lap is a whole different ball game.

 

[RoryBellows]

They sold us one for about $1100.

A couple Qs to figure out how this would go down.

When they sold you one did you have to get any initial programming done to lock it to the car?
Did you ever get that new ECU installed before the lemoning?
If someone bought one from a dealer can they send it directly to you for bench tuning or does it need something first?

 

[VF Tuner]

interesting that they'll over-drive the supercharger, when JUBU specifically say that to achieve 460 & above reliably, they under-drive the SC (increasing SC pulley size to reduce boost), otherwise piston failure can be an issue on an otherwise std motor.
Just sayin.

JUBU can say what they want, but it has been proven over, and over, and over again that the 2GRFE engine can handle WAY MORE power on stock engine than 460HP.

this has been proven years ago on MR2s.
We proved this on our own Evora running 7400 RPM on the track all summer with a high boost pulley, making over 580HP on race gas.

Many things JUBU says or posts are shown to be wrong if you look at what these engines do OUTSIDE of the lotus community.

 

[VF Tuner]

That sounds somewhat hyperbolic, but I guess time will tell.

Certainly, with forced induction, just about anyone can mess around with more boost & fuel, and pull a load of amazing numbers on the dyno, but making them stay together, be durable, and able to do it lap after lap is a whole different ball game.

We ran our Evora on the track for 6 hours straight banging off 7400 RPM for hours. Zero problems.
Running highest boost (smallest) pulley currently available. The one we specifically had made.


Sorry to say but the "old info" that these lotus guys put out is just that. Old. MR2 guys run stock 2GRs to over 600 horsepower all day.

I believe the current 2GR stock bottom end record is like 850 horsepower.

Example B: JB4. There are V6 Emiras making over 450whp on the JB4. This is equivalent to around 520BHP. Why aren't they exploding left and right?

 

[VF Tuner]

A couple Qs to figure out how this would go down.

When they sold you one did you have to get any initial programming done to lock it to the car?
Did you ever get that new ECU installed before the lemoning?
If someone bought one from a dealer can they send it directly to you for bench tuning or does it need something first?

Yes I bought it at the same dealership that I bought the car from, they had all the info / vin / etc.

no, I didn't even get 300 miles out of the car. Actually it broke before I even got the ECU, I only got the ECU after.

If they buy it from a dealership it can come directly to us.

 

[Rapture]

I'm interested. Someone else asked this, but I assume that the increased redline will not be visible on the tach. Not sure that would be an issue for me but would be good to know. Not having that nasty cutoff would be nice.

We should see if a dealer (maybe Gator) can provide a price on a bulk order of ECU's.

 

[VF Tuner]

I'm interested. Someone else asked this, but I assume that the increased redline will not be visible on the tach. Not sure that would be an issue for me but would be good to know. Not having that nasty cutoff would be nice.

We should see if a dealer (maybe Gator) can provide a price on a bulk order of ECU's.

While I have not independently tested I highly doubt the dash will reflect the change in the limiter. It is very likely pre-programmed colors.