Thread: whats wrong with nistune

You're right. But the v1 is 350.

Look, Calum pretty much made a HUGE impact when introducing his boards to the sr20forums... EVERYONE and their mommas were on his boards. (myself included). If I could have gotten ahold of Calum earlier, I would have definately gone with his boards.

I had the pleasure to meet him at SERCA 08. He's a damn great guy that started explaining stuff to me like he knew me. Now that's what's up! BUT... He is only doing this as a hobby which I understand. He has a life outside of his hobby which doesn't always revolve around engine management. But then again, he did leave a lot of people waiting for him for months and that isn't cool. I could not wait for him like the guys that are still currently waiting for him. I need my car to be tuned and running the way I want it to.

I reached out to an alternative which IMO are the best damn boards for the buck and for the time (1 week turnaround). Nistune has so many capabilities to list. Once I get it on the dyno, I'll post up dyno sheets and vids and pics. If someone is reading this right now and needs a good rt board, Do yourself a favor and go with Nistune.

I got my Nistune last week, sent my ECU off to Matt he had it in his possesion for a whole day! It was back in my hand a week later ready to go, shame my engine isn't.

I was in contact with Calum around 12 months ago, and he said my UKDM N15 ECU wasn't compatible with anything he had....Whether he has now found a way round this I don't know...but he didn't seem too interested seeing as it would of been a one off.

calum = hobby

nistune = Actual Business

check out the nistune forums, lots of folks there, an matt is always QUICK to responde..

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Tunercode is available with any new calum OBDI ECU purchase. It is not yet available for OBDII, but it's close. I have indeed been testing with it, and it's the shizniz. I'm getting ready to pipe my boost sensor and wideband into the ECU for datalogging in TunerPro RT. Then I can go back and look at not only AFR and boost, but timing, fuel, etc. etc. etc. It will turn what's normally a two man street tuning operation into a one man street tuning operation. No need for a dyno to tune, IMO.



Nistune and Tunercode are incompatible. They do not communicate alike. RTv2's, RTv1's, and basics can all be tuned beyond 8012.5rpm, up to 12,500RPM. I don't honestly see anyone needing anything higher than 12.5Krpm right now. There's been a few threads on the other forum that explain the difference between a Nistune and Calum ECU.



I have an RTv2 ECU. It took Calum around 4 weeks, give or take a few days. It cost $450. The reason behind the cost is because the Tunercode software isn't free. You're paying $100 in order to support Dave Dunn with his Tunercode efforts, which are WELL worth it IMO. Dave's gone through great strides to really get into the nitty gritty with the Nissan ECU. Think of him as the mad scientist that took some hardware and made it do more than before.



Correct.

Matt/Nistune said they can be made to work.



Also, only the RT version 2 allow tuning above 8,000. It's a firmware thing. We have already proved the basic and the RT version 1 can't tune above 8K.

Dave Dunn (Tunercode creator) states otherwise. As for the RTv1 and basic, if you're using the tunercode for the bin, it can indeed be tuned above 8012.5rpm. You obviously need to change the scales of your maps as well.

Firmware is programmed into the board. It's not in the software.

You have to send in the old board in order for it to be programmed.

I think you're missing the point. The Tunercode software allows you to modify more areas of the firmware that haven't previously been usable, if that makes any sense?

yep, the thing is he an dave have to come to some sort of agreement or something..

heres my .02, if i were dave i'd be workin with nistune instead of calum, Why? Because they're an actual business, plus they have the support ect... not to mention people with nistune are tuning z31's z32's an skylines an all kinds of stuff.. what do most people use calum ecu's to tune? b13s/14s an 240sx's i think alot of people could benifit from them workin together..

(an im not sayin he should cut off calum, just sayin he should Also work with nistune)

thats my .02 hope no one takes offense, not tryin to start a brush fire..