crazy previous owner

[tyler]

Ok guys so I finally got the $ saved up for my rteck and I take the car out before I let it sit. It starts acting crazy, gets stuck in gear revs and bucks. Needless to say I decided to wait on the rtek. The other day I went back to the previous owner to question hm abot his mod. After a few hbours I figured out the problem and told him of my plans. He then told me that the ecu has alredy been "chipped". He said it has a reedom chip. Now I've looked and looked but can't find anything about this. Can some one tell me what the hell he is refering to?

[RETed]

If it's for real...

"REDOM"
It's R.E. Amemiya's line of reprogrammed ECU's.

If you have to ask who "R.E. Amemiya" is then...well...


-Ted

[tyler]

I know who they are I justcouldnt come up with anything on my searches...thanks for the help

[tyler]

Okay today I decided to pull the ecu out and I could barely make out a redom sticker. But couldn't see the sticker that should say what trhe ecu is flashed for. Anyone have a way to tell even what type it is?

[RETed]

Open the ECU case up.
There should be a sticker on the EEPROM chip.


-Ted

[tyler]

Thanks again!!!

[tyler]

Hey sorry for some many q's RETed but I can't find any info in english. I opened up the case and found a metal redom tag over the chip but nothing else. Would the be some form of id number under the tag?

[RETed]

Sometimes the Japan shops will stamp the label with info about the chip like "hi boost" or something like that.
Other times it's just a "version #".
It sounds like yours is just a version #.

With that said, there is very little you can do with a stock ECU reprogram.
Automatic is the elimination of the overboost fuel-cut.
I doubt fuel is tweaked very much, as this isn't very easy to do.
Typically, they adjust the ignition timing to run a little bit more aggressive.

Sorry I can't give you more info other than that.

R.E. Amemiya will not answer any questions unless you can talk to them in Japanese. :(


-Ted

[tyler]

Thanks yet again you've been a lot of help! Well it looks like I'm still going to have to swap out for an rteck but now I need a stock ecu as well

[j9fd3s]

Sometimes the Japan shops will stamp the label with info about the chip like "hi boost" or something like that.
Other times it's just a "version #".
It sounds like yours is just a version #.

With that said, there is very little you can do with a stock ECU reprogram.
Automatic is the elimination of the overboost fuel-cut.
I doubt fuel is tweaked very much, as this isn't very easy to do.
Typically, they adjust the ignition timing to run a little bit more aggressive.

Sorry I can't give you more info other than that.

R.E. Amemiya will not answer any questions unless you can talk to them in Japanese. :(


-Ted

yeah they have a couple/few different levels. the base like ted says is just removing the fuel&speed cuts.

there is an english reader there, you can click on the english email flag, but unless there is a serial type number on the ECU, they may not be much help.

-mike

[tyler]

Thanks ill try and get ahold of them and see what I can find out