True...but, key point is reliability. S55 motors have been pushed over 1000hp, however, they have almost all been ticking time bombs. I'm sure the B58 is capable of 700hp or more, but capability of power and reliability of power are two completely different animals.
what worries me the most is the characteristics engine:
Careful, I wouldn't jump to any conclusions on that...I know a lot of computer engineer.
I do not care about the ecu it will be very quickly craked.
I don't know what "engineer" your referring to....but, unless it is the lead engineer from Toyota or BMW let alone Denso or Bosch (which I doubt any of us here know or have any connections to), it is next to impossible to crack a "locked-down" ECM nowadays with even a legitimate tuner shops finances. What I mean is, your engineer can most certainly reverse engineer the ECM, however, if you know anything about Toyota/Lexus (Denso) and BMW (Bosch) ECM's....they are built nowadays with "tamper proof" logic. Simply try and read the ECM the wrong way, and it wipes out logic instantly. In other words, unless you have several "spare" EMC's on hand and basically a blank check to pay top-tier reverse engineers....it is almost pointless to try. This has been attempted by even the most hardcore tuners in the aftermarket, and they have failed miserably. One of the reasons alot of 2JZ, 2UR, and N54 guys go standalone.I never said it would be easy.
Otherwise I would not go through an engineer to do it
The new ecu in fact a very large number of maps. once cracker it will be necessary to identify an update them and that is not easy indeed.
But I know some passionate who will be happy to do it ..
You can flash N54s/N55s directly from the OBD port even with an android app. The B58 isnt as easy but definitely possible.
Barely anyone in the N54 world uses standalone. It's all about flash tuning and jb4 piggybacking. As I mentioned a month or two back in another thread, the B58 DME has been cracked by a Russian tuning company and more and more companies are coming out with flash tuning by the day.
I have no idea, I let the tuners worry about that.
Interesting FEMTO seem read writes and does the checksum. some ecu mod seem available but I would prefer to have a personal ecu mod.
Who you calling a cracker?For information brperf have recently cracker all serie 3 bmw.
It’s posible not easy
Sometime only one solution open the ecu
USDM ECU's Jeff? Or their JDM versions? I ask, because I know the JDM ECU's from Toyota have been cracked for sometime now, and their USDM versions have not. Can you post some info on the modern Denso ECU's from Toyota that have been cracked (USDM).
