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raceeng · Oct 6th, 2004, 09:42 AM

Not sure about what it costs in the US, it’s pretty cheap here but in the US its probably about $500, you would have to find out from the distributors, their contact details are as follows

Unichip of North America
info@unichip.us
866.643.7400 Toll Free
503.640.7465
8am – 5pm Pacific
503.214.6444 FAX

The product is made here in South Africa so I took my car to the company that designs & manufactures it (Dastek). I have the Unichip Version D (latest version specially made for the Nissan ECU's). They also modified my ECU to remove the rev limiter, as I will be doing some NA modifications (Porting, high compression pistons & steel rods). At the moment the Unichip itself controls the rev limit.

They spliced into my wiring harness to fit it, if I want to remove it I just plug a bridging connector to the connector that goes into the Unichip and the car basically goes back to standard. I know that in Austalia & the UK most of the cars using the Unichip are fitted with a "Plug & Play" adaptor which doesn't require any splicing, its like a small harness with male & female connectors on either side and the Unichip connector already wired in. The one side connects to the ECU & the other side connects to the harness. I don't know if its available for the Nissan ECU's yet.

If you are going Turbo there is an optional Boost Controller that works with the Unichip, you could probably get it as a Kit, there is also a water spray controller if you really want to go large.

I’m a NA fan so haven’t done much work on turbo cars but for a modified road car the Unichip is as good as anything out there. Remember the mapping will have to be by someone who actually knows what he is doing. You can leave the settings totally standard and only adjust fuel & timing where it needs changes, for example when on full boost or when Nitrous is being injected.

The mapping software is pretty simple as its still DOS based but it all seems to function well and is easy to understand. I do my own mapping as I have the use of a Dastek load dyno which makes my life really easy as the load sites are pre-programed into the Dyno software.

I will be replacing my Unichip hopefully in the not to distant future with a new version that also controls the VVT maps, the current version can control V-TEC but doesn’t control Variable timing yet... can't wait.

Oct 6th, 2004, 09:42 AM	#8 (permalink)
raceeng Sorta-Newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 11	Not sure about what it costs in the US, it’s pretty cheap here but in the US its probably about $500, you would have to find out from the distributors, their contact details are as follows Unichip of North America info@unichip.us 866.643.7400 Toll Free 503.640.7465 8am – 5pm Pacific 503.214.6444 FAX The product is made here in South Africa so I took my car to the company that designs & manufactures it (Dastek). I have the Unichip Version D (latest version specially made for the Nissan ECU's). They also modified my ECU to remove the rev limiter, as I will be doing some NA modifications (Porting, high compression pistons & steel rods). At the moment the Unichip itself controls the rev limit. They spliced into my wiring harness to fit it, if I want to remove it I just plug a bridging connector to the connector that goes into the Unichip and the car basically goes back to standard. I know that in Austalia & the UK most of the cars using the Unichip are fitted with a "Plug & Play" adaptor which doesn't require any splicing, its like a small harness with male & female connectors on either side and the Unichip connector already wired in. The one side connects to the ECU & the other side connects to the harness. I don't know if its available for the Nissan ECU's yet. If you are going Turbo there is an optional Boost Controller that works with the Unichip, you could probably get it as a Kit, there is also a water spray controller if you really want to go large. I’m a NA fan so haven’t done much work on turbo cars but for a modified road car the Unichip is as good as anything out there. Remember the mapping will have to be by someone who actually knows what he is doing. You can leave the settings totally standard and only adjust fuel & timing where it needs changes, for example when on full boost or when Nitrous is being injected. The mapping software is pretty simple as its still DOS based but it all seems to function well and is easy to understand. I do my own mapping as I have the use of a Dastek load dyno which makes my life really easy as the load sites are pre-programed into the Dyno software. I will be replacing my Unichip hopefully in the not to distant future with a new version that also controls the VVT maps, the current version can control V-TEC but doesn’t control Variable timing yet... can't wait.