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upstate240sx
10-11-2008, 04:32 PM
hello everyone,
i have a jwt tuned ecu, It has a JWT sticker, that says
Jim Wolf Technology
P.O.P Upgrade Package
89-90 240sx MT SR20det
370c INJ 89-90 KA24E MAF
Base Timing 15btdc, 18mmZR02

and a The nissan Sticker says
73
A11-A42 G41
i looked up what this goes in on this page,
http://www.jimwolftechnology.com/wolfpdf/ECU-ID.PDF
and it belongs to no suprise, a 89 240sx , who woulda guess any how heres my situation.

I have a 91 240sx, with a sr20de+t distributor ran motor.
this ecu listed above runs my engine, but the timing is very very very retarded, at best i can advance it to 25 degrees btdc.

I called jwt and explained this to them and they said its because the 89-90 240s, and the 91 240sx use a different c.a.s , (ok this i knew) but my question is, what does this have to do with the sr20, if it came from jwt and ran a sr20det in a 89 240sx, and im tryin to run a sr20det in my 91 240sx why wont it work. Same engine,? unless this ecu is made for a direct ignition sr20det which in that case i thought it shouldnt be able to run a distributor based sr20det, but this would make sense, sort of, maybe the c.a.s in a direct ignition sr20det, and a distributor sr20de are just different enough , that me running a sr20det ecu on my sr20de+t motor would cause the problem im having,. i might have sounded confusing any ideas anyone?

projectRDM
10-11-2008, 10:37 PM
The year means nothing, they just reprogrammed an early model ECU from an 89-90 to run an SR, but it looks like it's for an SR20DET, not a converted DE with a turbo. With the different ignition setup I doubt it will work correctly, as you're finding out.

Did you tell them you're running an DE with a turbo?

upstate240sx
10-11-2008, 10:59 PM
yes i told them i was running a de with a turbo, maybe i could just sell this ecu?, i did just buy a neo anyhow, i just dont want to sell someone an ecu that wont work for them

upstate240sx
10-14-2008, 11:40 AM
anyone else with any input?

tallman24
10-15-2008, 07:04 PM
ok you suppossed to program a ka24de ecu not the ka24d.

upstate240sx
10-17-2008, 11:57 PM
it shouldnt make a different though, cus once the ecu is re mapped .... , i dunno i always thought sr20 c.a.s were the same