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dave r5
04-09-2009, 15:19
as im having problems with my dta ecu im unsure on what to do now.

do i have my dta looked at and posibly repaired.

or do i bite the bullet and buy omex 600

either way its not cheap

has any 1 used either of these systems
wats the pro's and con's of each
davefox
04-09-2009, 16:54
Everyone in the saxo world i used to know would use omex and have heard nothing but good things tbh. I do know of someone else that use DTA unsure how he got on with it in the end to be honest with you.
Scoff
04-09-2009, 17:56
DTA is much better all round, although software wise a little annoying to use. Ofcourse, you really want an Adaptronic :)
Ashy
04-09-2009, 19:09
I use a DTA E48 on mine, its spot on for what I want. However doesnt have all the bells and whistles that the adaptronic has... Only proble that i found with my old Omex was the resolution of the map... Whats up with your DTA?
Woznaldo
04-09-2009, 22:15
Have you spoken to DTA for a resolution? It's in their interest to help you out as a lot of ECUs are sold on recommendation.
dave r5
05-09-2009, 08:40
well the ecu i bought second hand from a tuner i know realy well called collin at atspeed racing,

he was using it in his mega powered 106 gti. before i bought it, he sent it off for a helth check to dta.

it came back clean with no faults found an he was charged for the check.

i piked it up from him in the box it was returned in with the print out and receipt.
its bin sat in my garage for a month whilst i prepped the car an made the new loom.

had jim from track and road cum round my house to input sum figures and to generlay get her idleing so i cud bleed water system check oil pressure ect.

whilst he was on the lap top the air temp and water temp was spaking out, fliking from 1 reading to anover.

the words used by mr greenald were its fuked lol

but in reality the ecu itself is throwing 5 volts to ground intermitently.

its not the loom or the sencors that are playing around just the ecu.

an it will only do it wen the ecu is powered up



wats adaptronic, i recall mr picture doest realy like mapping it tho
Ashy
05-09-2009, 10:35
what type of DTA ECU is it?

From what I remember the air temp and water temp and the TPS all use the same 5v feed on the E48. Are you getting strange readings from the throttle pot aswell?

I would think its a problem with your wiring rather than the ECU if its had a full health check by DTA.

If you want you can send it to me and I'll plug it into my 5 and see if it runs ok on my setup! If its an E48 that is.

Ashy
Andrew Cooke
05-09-2009, 10:46
5V intermittently dropping to ground sounds more like a wiring/sensor problem than ECU to me, if it was continuous 0V with nothing plugged in it would be a different matter.

Does it do it with all the sensors unplugged? If so the next check is with the loom unplugged and the ECU powered on a bench.
dave r5
05-09-2009, 10:59
its exp 48 ashy

it will do it with no sencors pluged in then with um pluged id

then it wiil then it wnt

tryed all new sencors

im well pissed off tho grr silly cars
Ashy
05-09-2009, 11:24
offers there if you want me to test it.
dave r5
07-09-2009, 14:11
thanks for the offer ashy, it was posted bak to dta on saturday, with them agreeing to fix it for free if its an internal problem,

if not im gona buy omex 600
i have an omex 710 for sale if amy 1s intrested
dave r5
09-09-2009, 14:58
rite had a fone call today from dta, the ecu itself is fine.

mr cooke u was rite, acording to the diagnostic from the ecu it was a sencor fault. air temp to be precise.

so on order is a new;
air temp sencor
water temp sencor
crank sencor
and tps

with a new profesionaly made loom made to measure.

going stand alone is costing me a fortune.

and i still havnt had my exhaust manifold with external take off made yet
markey b
09-09-2009, 15:32
my bro had DTA on his c20xe corsa, jamsport knew how to map it really well, but the only problem he had was one day he was driving and it cut out, and something caused the ECU to be wiped, so he had to get it completely remapped as we didn't have a copy of the map and neither did the place that did it :dearme:
dave r5
09-09-2009, 15:36
that suks.

note to self, keep a copy of map on lap top at all yimes lol
Dave Reed
09-09-2009, 16:16
These guy's make manifolds up. And he in this club too.

http://www.bigjimracing.co.uk/home.html
Markey Mark (BD)
09-09-2009, 16:32
These guy's make manifolds up. And he in this club too.

http://www.bigjimracing.co.uk/home.html

I spy my manifold in there:D
James5
09-09-2009, 16:42
I spy my manifold in there:D

I spy Phil's VNT:cooter:
dave r5
09-09-2009, 16:44
i spy that he charges a fortune.

he quoted me £500 for a manifold wen i spoke to him at usc.
5teve L
09-09-2009, 16:56
Thats not bad for a bespoke mani...
Markey Mark (BD)
09-09-2009, 16:59
i spy that he charges a fortune.

he quoted me £500 for a manifold wen i spoke to him at usc.

I'll be honest mate my one cost just alittle more than that but i had a few more bits done as awell which cost alittle more, quiality is excellent though so can't complain
dave r5
09-09-2009, 17:38
i saw the piks he had up on display looked verry good work indeed.

if u decide to sell yrs first dibs yeah lol
Andrew Cooke
09-09-2009, 17:43
i spy that he charges a fortune.

he quoted me £500 for a manifold wen i spoke to him at usc.

That's cheap
Markey Mark (BD)
09-09-2009, 19:01
i saw the piks he had up on display looked verry good work indeed.

if u decide to sell yrs first dibs yeah lol

If i did mate would be a long time before i did that:D;)
allanr5gtt
10-09-2009, 21:46
thats cheap my custom manifold and down pipe cost around the 1100 mark
dave r5
11-09-2009, 11:46
my custom down pipe cost me zero as i made it my self.

ok its not pretty, function over form tho surely.

i have a base plate made for my head all ready just goona start drawing it up.

iknow that there ment to be equal length,
how equal tho

an whats the ideal waste gate to go for

35mm or 38mm

i dont need a huge 1 like 48mm or 52mm do i ??

does any 1 have 1 for sale