Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) caTCHER ecm (Marco's aka MAD)

[Bob Wagner]

Got a chance to hook up the 10K+ 30' 5er for a haul to eastern Washington.



Pulling over 2 mountain passes 3100' and 4100' IN ELEVATION



no problem maintaing egts or speed.



max egts at 4100' IN ELEVATION 88F 60MPH 19PSI 1000F





much more to follow. and I am guessing fuel mileage increase too

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

I, for one, will be following this VERY closely - if anyone has a projected price for these, would appreciate a PM...

 

[TxDieselKid]

glad to see some progress on these finally.

 

[Bob Wagner]

Originally posted by TxDieselKid

glad to see some progress on these finally.

Andrew, me too. its been talked about for many years. These guy's deserve to reap the rewards.

 

[Dieselnutz]

Bob, Do you have any HP/TQ numbers!! Any other info you would like to share would be much appreciated. Oo.

 

[darkhorse]

Like Gary, I'm following this closly!

 

[BarryG]

Please keep the info coming Bob.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Sure would be interesting to see some before/after dyno info with this mod...

 

[SpicyJam]

Need to find out more on this, keep it up Bob!

 

[jtisdale]

Has Marco made any "preliminary" claims as to what the ecm will and wont do, or as to what the consumer may expect?

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Welll now the code seemed to be craked! Oo. Oo. Proprietary encryption cannot hold up to the mad Marco after all !! YAhooo! Congrats ... it's been a looong time and a LOT of R&D going on so hats off!!

 

[Chipstien]

Price would be nice too.

 

[Bob Wagner]

the reflash is $1. 00 less than 5 smackers

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

How is the reflash accomplished - I'm sure Marco isn't about to send out a CD or similar - do ya hafta send the ECM to Itally to be done, or what?

 

[Bob Wagner]

The ecm is sent to advanced diesel and is then shipped over to Italy.



The ecm's are combined for shipment. Thats the deal

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

HMMmmm - all the more reason to locate a second "backup" ECM to avoid truck downtime...

 

[rweis]

Could you get a ECM at the salvage yard? Any idea as to $?



Bob Weis

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Bob, haven't been looking in a dedicated manner, but sure haven't run across any leads in response to a few vague comments like the above - typical salvage yard prices in this part of the country run about 50% of list price for most components - dunno about electronic stuff, since they usually won't guarantee electronic stuff, maybe the pricing structure is different... I sure wouldn't wanna spend 50% of list for a no-guarantee ECM!

 

[darkhorse]

It looks like a number of "us" wil be looking for a second ECM to have shipped to the Italian wizard. So what's list on an ECM any way?

 

[nieters]

bob,

has the defueling been eliminated or set to a higher rpm?

chad nieters