Anyone have an Epron burner I can borrow?

[mark247 39]

Hey guys,

My mate and I are wanting to chip our ECU's in our e30's. We found the .bin file for a JC Chip on the internet so we already have something to base our chip off, we also have a Motronic ECU editor so we can fiddle around. I have just ordered a chip from Jaycar so i dont have to wipe over my original. All i need is a Eprom burner.

So does anyone in the Hamilton / Tauranga area have a burner? Or even Auckland... We'll pay with alcohol or maybe a bit of cash. It needs to be compatiple with 27C256 chips.

So, anyone got one??

Thanks a lot.

Mark

Edited November 26, 2007 by Mark247

[nz320i 0]

Gah had one at my old work! Im never in there anymore otherwise id get the file and do it for ya and make one for myself! I also had a programmer dammit!

Hmmm what chip and how much i could try

[320guy 0]

Chip is a 27C256, $15 at jaycar.

[tibbs.james 1]

you should be able to have it done by an electronics specialist ? for not too much,

Would you mind sharing the .bin file on this board ?

[mark247 39]

you should be able to have it done by an electronics specialist ? for not too much,

Would you mind sharing the .bin file on this board ?

Yea I'm going to go ask a few places tomorrow. I will let you know if it works and I will share the .bin file if it's all good.

[nz320i 0]

awesome turns out i cant get the burner anyway, absolute mission. if only a couple of months ago.. let us know how you get on - dyno!

[mark247 39]

awesome turns out i cant get the burner anyway, absolute mission. if only a couple of months ago.. let us know how you get on - dyno!

Haha i dont think ill be putting it on the dyno. It is ment to add 10hp to a 325i and 5hp to a 320i, so if that 10hp is correct I think ill feel the difference. Also it's ment to add a bit of torque, but i cant recall how much. What I'll do is slam my foot to the floor to remind me how powerful ( or unpowerful ) my car is now before i put the chip in, and then ill install it and do the same thing after. haha.

[jpp 0]

Haha i dont think ill be putting it on the dyno. It is ment to add 10hp to a 325i and 5hp to a 320i, so if that 10hp is correct I think ill feel the difference. Also it's ment to add a bit of torque, but i cant recall how much. What I'll do is slam my foot to the floor to remind me how powerful ( or unpowerful ) my car is now before i put the chip in, and then ill install it and do the same thing after. haha.

Get a before and after dyno sheet, then sell the chips

[mark247 39]

Well i found a place who could burn my chip for me, and i got it done, cost me $20 tho. I put it in and i could notice the difference, the car was running really well. I took a plug out to check to see if the car was running lean or rich and it wasnt doing either, but i think it must of been pinging a bit because there was a slight metallic look on the plugs ( well i think my mate and i thought there was ). That chip does make the car running at 40 degree advance so yea, just to be safe i have taken the chip out again and will wait until i can get the car on the dyno with all the sensors hooked up, so i know the chip is totally safe. I'm pretty sure it is safe, and that the spark plug was normal ( we're not professionals when it comes to reading spark plugs ) so until i find out for sure, im going to stick with the normal ecu chip.

Better safe then sorry though aye...

[Andrew 30]

Well i found a place who could burn my chip for me, and i got it done, cost me $20 tho. I put it in and i could notice the difference, the car was running really well. I took a plug out to check to see if the car was running lean or rich and it wasnt doing either, but i think it must of been pinging a bit because there was a slight metallic look on the plugs ( well i think my mate and i thought there was ). That chip does make the car running at 40 degree advance so yea, just to be safe i have taken the chip out again and will wait until i can get the car on the dyno with all the sensors hooked up, so i know the chip is totally safe. I'm pretty sure it is safe, and that the spark plug was normal ( we're not professionals when it comes to reading spark plugs ) so until i find out for sure, im going to stick with the normal ecu chip.

Better safe then sorry though aye...

Get it on a dyno - there are guys who can tune that montronic chip on the fly on a dyno. 40deg of timing advance sounds a little scary to me.

[tibbs.james 1]

Get it on a dyno - there are guys who can tune that montronic chip on the fly on a dyno. 40deg of timing advance sounds a little scary to me.

What is the process for this tuning ? Sounds interesting

Do they use a Rom emulator on the dyno and compare wide band exhaust results between runs and then just burn the chip at the tune that works ?