Hey you said it!

I like to help people, but I must admit you can be a real challenge. Your overall tone has NOT improved in recent weeks and it still seems like there is a perpetual stream of urine going into your pool! I hope you can find a suitable diaper to prevent it from getting worse!

With that said. I will continue to help you moving forward!

EDIT: I am not going to change what I said above. What I will say is that it was NOT intended to be unprofessional or crappy. I was simply trying to address that no matter how hard any of us have legitimately tried to HELP unsalada, the tone never changes! The sky is ALWAYS falling in his area of Texas. I told him off forum that I would love it if he could be happy with the car, the parts, this forum board, its member and ALTA. We will continue to try to help him, but again my apologies it it appeared to be unprofessional!

 

UPDATE: To those with harness concerns. A Fellow NAM scientist discovered on his harness that there was some protective skin like coating on the harness pins. This prevented ideal contact and resulted in intermittent operation of the ALTA ECU through the harness. Some time taken to carefully scrape the coating then clean with methanol resulted in now flawless operation. Just an FYI! We will also be checking any instock kits for this as well.

 

 

Eagerly awaiting the results from the stock clubman! Keep up the great work guys!

 

I've only got the mods in my sig (and stereo stuff which is a different type of performance entirely).

The ECU is defniately the biggest bang for the buck you can buy.

 

Ugggghhh, you guys are making me want the ECU SO BAD!!! Maybe I'll wait 'til it warms up and order me the downpipe, boost tubes, intercooler, and ECU. That should only set me back another $2500 or so!!!

 

Holy crap, you're over 200 horse at the wheels with the FACTORY EXHAUST???

Wow. Just wow.

 

I am glad to hear the ECU is working out for people. I am happy that there are people who can back me up on the performance gains. I was starting to feel like people doubted me. I should have my dyno graph this week. I will post ASAP.

 

Just order it! Lets get this going ASAP! You will love the power!

 

What is the boost with the stock ecu? and what is the boost with the alta ecu?

 

MAx 14psi with stock 18-21 on ALTA based on mods.

 

Adam,

Well how about a 50% off Blue Light Group Purchase special, today and today only?

Any chance you'd consider a group purchase for a little better deal? Doesn't hurt to ask, does it?

 

I'm with you there. I'm waiting on the *new* Alta cat-back system, and from there boost tubes and, dare I say, ECU?

 

Just dynoed my R56 w/ Alta TBE, Intake, FMIC, & ECU:


The plot shows it vs. stock -- I didn't have a boost signal for the 1st run, so the smoothy smooth boost curve is for the Alta ECU run only.

 

nice!

I had to copy the link and paste it to see the graph.

Torque is right there with me but you have a bit more hp up top. Perhaps that's the tbe at work. did you use the methanol?

 

Where did you get Methonal Injector??

 

No meth yet (waiting for my alta boost tubes to come in).

 

NICE!

 

+1 for waiting for the testing of the ECU update on the clubman. I am worried about performing other mods, as I am considering a JCW upgrade this summer.

 

I understand fully! Might just want the ECU and intake or something. I understand. We will have that ASAP!

 

Interesting, i was wondering about that. Some of the pins are yellow (gold) and some are silver, is this what you are referring to? If so, do i have your permission to try to clean my harness or will that void my warranty with Alta?

I have some potentiometer cleaner I'm thinking of using, that should allow me to clean the pins without having to touch them.

Also, if this does fix the problem, do you have any idea where this came from? I'm concerned that it is not manufacturing smegma and that it is oxidation, which would return with time and i would have to do this again.

 

Hey Adam
I looked a little closer at the coating, now that you pointed it out, yea there is a lot more of it than I thought. I sprayed it with electronics cleaner, it didn't loosen up any, i tried scraping it with a screw driver, it doesn't come off very easily. What can we use to clean this, or should we just return them instead of risking damage to the harness?

 

I just got my car back and haven't installed the ECU PnP yet. Adam, what does the coating look like on the pins? I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Thanks!

 

MEK? Methyl Ethyl Keotone. Very flammable, very strong stuff. Do not spray directly on unit, spray onto rag. Might work?

 

Go for it!