Tuned ecu?

[RacerJames666]

Is there any secret, backdoor type way that I can tell if the ecu in my car has been flashed or not? i dont really have the means to top it out and see if the limiter has been removed on top speed, and im really not game to rev it up to redline and see where it stops.....popped motors suck.....
any ideas????
JP

[roriii]

i want to know the same thing, but apparently the only way to tell is to rev it up to 6800 and see if it hits the rev limiter. I don't think doing this one time will hurt the car. The dealer can reset your car to stock if you want but its pretty expensive and it seems like a waste

[itsabimmerthing]

Before I put the chip in my E30, I simply seen if it hit the limiter. Doing it once will not hurt. Having a 99 M3, I would guess those use shark injectors. You could always have a friend with a shark inj. reset the factory settings using his shark injector. I could be wrong, but it sounds logical.

[RacerJames666]

Thats my thought too.....Im the only e36 on the island tho......and im afraid to bang it off the limiter.....call me cautious......or a pussy

[itsabimmerthing]

Its cool man. I am not sure, there could be other perimeters changed by the flash. If I think of anything, I will let you know.

[RacerJames666]

So I pegged it out (sort of) to just over 7k...and I felt it kindof get soft....like the ignition was dialing back, but I never let it bang off the limiter....my guess is there was no ecu flash...ill prolly never know till I get a shark programmer and feel the difference...or not

[itsabimmerthing]

Hell yea, sounds like the thing to do. Get some more power, and know its there.