Hey guys, up for sale is an Active Autowerke tuned ECU. It is for OBD2 S52 cars and i had it sent in a second time to have the EWS disabled, so it is a direct plug and play for any car. This is tuned for basically everything, M50/S50 intake manifold, 3.5" hfm, fan delete, intake, and exhaust. This is going to be coming out of my 99 M3, has no flaws and runs great, just planning on going somewhere else with my car as far as modding goes now.

Asking $650 shipped, which is fair imo since the AA tune costs $500, but you have to send in your own ECU, so there is some downtime. This allows you to keep your ECU so there is no downtime, plus you can go back to stock anytime for any reason that may come up. Let me know.

I still have it on the car right now, but like I said, I have two ECUs, so it can be out in minutes if I had to take it out.

thanks.

-Don

Do this does not need to be aligned with my 97 M3 since the EWS has been disabled?

Do this does not need to be aligned with my 97 M3 since the EWS has been disabled?

Nope, that's the great thing about this. It is plug and play. Take out your old ECU, put this new one in and the car will start up right away.

Any difference between the AA tuning and your basic Shark?

Any difference between the AA tuning and your basic Shark?


The basic shark injector only compensates for your intake, exhaust, and that's about it. This is a full ECU flash for basically all of the bolt ons you can do to your car, minus a few things like headers, but you don't really need a tune for something like that. Plus, this is a whole ECU.

Do they always disable EWS when flashing your software, or was it a request by you?

I had to send it in to get the EWS disabled later on.

would this work for a 96 328is?

Hmmm, don't think so, since this is coming from my '99 M3. I guess you can try to ask the guys at AA? Very doubtful that it will work on your car though.

Yea, I checked, and it won't work on your car. Only OBD2 M3s.

Injector size for this tune?

stock 21.5#

didn't seem like I needed to have it upgraded to 24# unless if I went with cams

What MAF are you running? Porsche 993, euro or 540? Is this compatible with any or all of these? I have all the mods you said it is flashed for already in my 99 M3, except that - but I was thinking about getting the 3.5" too - just want to know which it works with.
Also, what did it provide you as far as power and top end/speed gains?

oooo, if this is still around in a few months im down...

What MAF are you running? Porsche 993, euro or 540? Is this compatible with any or all of these? I have all the mods you said it is flashed for already in my 99 M3, except that - but I was thinking about getting the 3.5" too - just want to know which it works with.
Also, what did it provide you as far as power and top end/speed gains?

They should all be the same, it will work with all of them. But for reference, I am running it with a 540 3.5" maf. Dunno what my gains are, since I have yet to dyno with it on, but I did feel the car was easier to rev and quicker to rev with the ECU and 3.5" MAF. This is basically one of the last bolt on things you can do to finish off the car before going with cams (over 1k) or forced induction.

oooo, if this is still around in a few months im down...

Hopefully I don't have to hold onto it for that long :) but if i do, I'll let you know

Could I use this with 100% stock under the hood?

I don't think you can since this adjusted for the 3.5" hfm mainly.

BTW I dyno'd today with the software and I put down 226 hp and 215 torque. I also had my heavy 19" LMs on my car, so I think it affected it some, especially on the torque numbers. I also have no cats, so my tq numbers may be a bit low. I made 195/200 stock.

Thanks Don! Just my luck! :mad

buy a euro hfm and a m50 intake manifold, you won't be dissapointed :)

I was wondering if this would still worked if I have UUC pulleys and I still have my fan on my m3 or does it need to be reprogram again?

You don't need a reprogram, those aren't significant changes to the program (IE I didn't have to get it reprogramed when I got straight pipes put on and it is running fine)

Is the M50 manifold necessary for this tune or would it run fine with just a 3.5" 540 Maf and the stock M52 manifold?

Dave

I would run it with the M50 manifold just to be safe. Plus, it is probably one of the best performance mods I ever did to my car. It is the reason I was able to put down the power I did. A guy sells the kit for the M50 installs or you can put the kit together yourself. It isn't too hard. Maybe one day's worth of work.

i have aa long tube headers ,3.5 maf ,cf cai ,24 lb injectors ,these were added after the stage 3 dinan software , was done the cf cai was on prior as well it has full exhaust track pipes uuc twin silencer how would this work for me since adding the maf and injectors performance is suffering let me know i will take it if it's gonna help thanks

it's a 97 by the way

i have aa long tube headers ,3.5 maf ,cf cai ,24 lb injectors ,these were added after the stage 3 dinan software , was done the cf cai was on prior as well it has full exhaust track pipes uuc twin silencer how would this work for me since adding the maf and injectors performance is suffering let me know i will take it if it's gonna help thanks

This software will work if you got rid of the 24lb injectors and used 21.5lb injectors. With the amount of air you are pulling in, you shouldn't need to run 24lb injectors anyways. You seem to have a lot of mods, I would also put on a m50 intake manifold too, since this is programed to work with it. Seriously, m50 intake manifold, was probably one of the best mods I ever did to my car, bolt on wise for the engine.

how much did you want ? do you have any leads on where i can get what i need to do the swap ?

I was looking to get $650 for the whole ECU with the AA software on it. It has the EWS disabled, so you do not need to go to the dealership or anything to get the EWS aligned. This is basically a plug and play thing. Plus you get to keep your stock ECU in case you need smog, or you want to go back to stock, or diagnose a problem.

For the M50 swap you can buy the kit from E36M3E here:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=544605

You can find installation instructions here:

http://www.team-bar.com

If you go to the last page of the M50 install, you can also see a parts list for the M50 install if you plan to put together your own kit. It costs about $50 dollars if you do it yourself, minus the actual manifold itself of course.

And changing the injectors is pretty straight forward.

I was able to put down 226 hp and 215 tq, but that was with my heavy 19" wheels, so the car overall is a bit underrated, especially in the tq numbers. Basically I was able to gain 25-35hp over stock with these basic bolt ons and software.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks.

-Don

m3tommy, I replied back to your PM

thanks.

-Don

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damn i wish it was OBD 1

Just remembered that this ECU is also socketed. What that means is you can have any tuner burn you a chip, similar to what OBD1 guys do (you can't use OBD1 chips though). Then all you need to do is pop them in. This way you don't have to send out your ECUs and have them flash it, you can just have them send you burnt chips, making you have no downtime.

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bump, no longer in a rush to sell this since my other project has been put on hold. I am open to REASONABLE offers and trades.

-Don

I'll trade you a 98 ECU with A-A turbo software on it for your ECU!

I have a spare socketed chip I can possibly trade, but then again, your tune is probably entirely different from what I am going to be running.

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will it work with a 99 z3 m coup with m50 intake, long headers, stock hfm, and underdrive pulleis, if so how well u think the performanc will jump...pm me might be really interested if everything works out.:D:D

Yea, as long as your car has a S52, this should work. You would need to upgrade to a 3.5" HFM though. It shouldn't be too much more. I got mine for $120 shipped, and that was for one over two years ago. I actually waited a long time before I was finally able to get the software and run the HFM on my car. It was a nice noticable gain in throttle response (the hfm). Overall, my car also ran better with the AA software on the car.

This ECU/software will give you that final extra push in the quest for NA power. Basically the only thing this is not tuned for is cams, and for the price, I don't think it is very worth it.

Since you are local, we can also meet up and I can give it to you. Let me know if you are interested.

pm me ... but the only thing is that later im going twin screw, and if i do that i will do fi cams, i dont want to buy this and then have to sell it when i go FI, :confusedif it'll work with my future goals(FI, and 500whp) then i would be interested, i just have to get all my info down first so im not buying things that i really dont need in the long run. but for sure let me know.:D:):)

$250 + shipping?

I would like an AA software tune, and AA is doing the group buy right now for $200, but there would be downtime. I'd rather just have something on hand. If not, it's okay, I'd just not prefer the downtime. :)

Do you need a stock ECU by any chance?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=759612