Adaptronic owners thread

rascal · Postby **rascal** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:48 pm

Good. Seems to know his stuff, is quick to get the tune right, and well priced.

Only downside is you sometimes have to book a fair bit in advance as he can get pretty busy. Though guess that's also a good sign that he is in demand..

Sage · Postby **Sage** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:58 pm

strange that he will look after you though not new customers

What are your specs rascal? Did you have any trouble with idle/cold start? that is what they said can be the issue.. why tune it 4 times? (you keep modding the car?)

Can you give me a ballpark figure on your first tune?

Considering tuning it myself now..

Thanks for the info!

rascal · Postby **rascal** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:59 pm

Yes, kept modding...

I've sent you a PM

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:17 pm

Sage wrote::
Did you have any trouble with idle/cold start? that is what they said can be the issue
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... sounds like they haven't tuned any of the new Select ECUs with alternator input, this REALLY helps with idle control when the A/C kicks in - no more stalling.

Roadrunner · Postby **Roadrunner** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:36 pm

Also second the current gen standalone adaptronic.
Nitrodann just installed a select adaptronic in my SE and it hasn't stalled. Not once.
Cold start and idle is perfect. Throw any load at it, AC, headlights etc solid as.

Sage · Postby **Sage** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:12 am

how do you tell if its a second gen adaptronic?

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:21 pm

The new standalone Select ECU is shown on the left, sitting on top of the OEM ECU (it's tine) - the one on the right is the original piggyback Select ECU and is slightly larger than the OEM ECU.

timk · Postby **timk** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:36 pm

The "current" NB8A ECU is still the same size as the one on the right, but it doesn't have provisions to connect through the OE ECU.

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:08 pm

The current nb8a standalone ecu is the same size as the smaller one on the left in that pic Tim.

Sage · Postby **Sage** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:28 am

thanks i have 2nd gen then

Roadrunner · Postby **Roadrunner** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:35 pm

Does anyone know if the standalone select ecu's control the EGR valve or is it a solenoid activated on throttle input? (Ie open during part throttle, closed at idle and full throttle)
I assume if it's no longer controlled by the adaptronic ECU it would be permanent closed?

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:57 pm

It's controlled by the ECU on a na8. I can't comment on the rest as I've removed the valve.

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Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:05 pm

Roadrunner wrote:Does anyone know if the standalone select ecu's control the EGR valve or is it a solenoid activated on throttle input? (Ie open during part throttle, closed at idle and full throttle)
I assume if it's no longer controlled by the adaptronic ECU it would be permanent closed?

Adaptronic ECU doesn't control the valve, typically you use block-off plates (eg. http://www.trackspeedengineering.com/Trackspeed-EGR-Blockoff-Plates.html)

I can't comment on what the default state is (open vs closed vs indeterminate) so block it off (I have a blockoff plate sandwiched between the block and EGR valve so it looks stock.