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gh6o6 · 10-31-2001, 06:32 AM

On the 96 se auto, when its pined off the line, it slowly comes up to speed. Ive read that the it has a "luxury acceleration" feature. Will an ECU reprogram help or is it the l.s.d.. Its such a pain because the top end is great but its horrible off the line? Doesent this bother anyone else? Im so confused

stockrocket · 10-31-2001, 04:03 PM

I totally have the same problem.  I have heard that  new ecu will help but it won't offer the get up and go that we are lookin for without a turbo.  I don't have this option so I think I am going to spend on a new ecu.  When I get it I will let you know how it is.

S13Grl · 10-31-2001, 04:32 PM

A five-speed would help that one! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> We still have great cars. I'm really not sure how would it work with an ECU, have no experience with one. Sorry!

BlankFlip · 10-31-2001, 04:45 PM

i agree, if exact cars, one a 5-speed n one an automatic were to race, the stick driver should have them off the line. i'm not sure about the ecu though, but i'd like to know the answer as well.

Gold240se · 10-31-2001, 04:46 PM

I know what one is, but, what do you mean by "or is it the l.s.d."

BlankFlip · 10-31-2001, 04:58 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Gold240se on 6:46 pm on Oct. 31, 2001
I know what one is, but, what do you mean by "or is it the l.s.d." </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
i believe he's talking about whether the ecu or lsd is the reason behind the 240sx taking off slow, but doing fine in the top end. like what he can do to improve it. if i'm wrong, then i'm a dumb @$$.

Kid Zelda · 10-31-2001, 05:10 PM

Gh606, are you saying your car gives somekind of bog at the start of accerlation, if so, then thats normal.

getting the ECUreprogrammed takes care of that little bog or hesatation (Sp?)

As for L.S.D. if anything, that will help you to accelerate.....

whateverjames · 10-31-2001, 05:24 PM

well, if he's bogging, an LSD won't do much. i'd think the ECU would do more. also you have to remember the gearing is different than our 5 speeds, i think an auto's 3rd gear is equivalent to the manual's 4th gear.

Kid Zelda · 10-31-2001, 05:27 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from whateverjames on 5:24 pm on Oct. 31, 2001
well, if he's bogging, an LSD won't do much. i'd think the ECU would do more. also you have to remember the gearing is different than our 5 speeds, i think an auto's 3rd gear is equivalent to the manual's 4th gear.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

but he already has LSD........and you're correct about the gearing issue

(Edited by Kid Zelda at 5:28 pm on Oct. 31, 2001)

misnomer · 11-01-2001, 02:13 AM

Poor auto users. . . Lose out on the great benefit of that KA torque <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> My old '89 auto s13 was insanely slow off the line, the 5spd '92 I have now is much MUCH snappier (that 15 hp helps out quite a bit as well). As everybody has said, an ECU upgrade will do more for you if you're bogged down at the start. If you're wheels are sliding, then you'd want a limited slip (LSD).

gh6o6 · 11-01-2001, 06:17 AM

i already have a limited slip diferential, but thanks i think ill do some other upgrades before the ecu

misnomer · 11-01-2001, 12:52 PM

Good thinking, JWT ECUs are tuned to modifications you have on your car. It'll take more advantage of a new intake, exhaust, and whatnot than the factory ECU programming

S13Grl · 11-01-2001, 05:50 PM

I'm sure someone mentioned it, an LSD will do nothing but help. For an auto, do they make torque converters for our cars?

gh6o6 · 11-01-2001, 05:58 PM

i have the lsd!

S13Grl · 11-01-2001, 06:00 PM

It'll just give you better traction; it's a good thing. I wish I had one.

whateverjames · 11-01-2001, 06:51 PM

gh606. look in to getting a limited slip differential, better traction = better

hehe. sorry i just had to say it. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

11-02-2001, 12:01 AM

sorta off topic but..does anyone beside me not want LSD...i mean i don't have it but i don't want it...LSD is good for straight line acceleration only right?...and if u got LSD i heard you won't be able to slide into corners as easily??..oh wells..i don't think i would want that LSD..but then if i ever do get the chance to experience a car with one..i might change my mind.haha

rabbit23 · 11-02-2001, 07:36 AM

lsd is not just for inline racing!!!you can corner much faster without the rearend coming around as much, and you can also accelerate faster coming out of a turn. of course it will require more power to drift. but all in all an lsd is a very good upgrade.

S13Grl · 11-02-2001, 08:34 AM

It also isn't as good on rain/snow all the time. (You'll have one wheel with no traction and one with.)

whateverjames · 11-02-2001, 06:41 PM

yeeep. an LSD would make your car safer when it rains or snows. i wouldn't have been stuck in the snow near as many times last year if i had an LSD. also i hear you can brake more agressively, in addition to cornering faster, and coming out of the turns faster.

11-02-2001, 08:00 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from S13Grl do they make torque converters for our cars?
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muahahahahha the T/C's for our cars are $1000.00, i thought about it, mark checked it out for me and BAM we were both shocked! it's  insanity :O   and i have the slowness off da line.... it's a .2 second pause that nissan programmed in to their ecu for our car..... idiots....... its a sports car for a freakin reason..... derrrr....... freakin morons
i HATE my AUTO

10-31-2001, 06:32 AM	#1
gh6o6 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 550 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	On the 96 se auto, when its pined off the line, it slowly comes up to speed. Ive read that the it has a "luxury acceleration" feature. Will an ECU reprogram help or is it the l.s.d.. Its such a pain because the top end is great but its horrible off the line? Doesent this bother anyone else? Im so confused

10-31-2001, 04:03 PM	#2
stockrocket Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: gainesville, fl. Posts: 13 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I totally have the same problem.  I have heard that  new ecu will help but it won't offer the get up and go that we are lookin for without a turbo.  I don't have this option so I think I am going to spend on a new ecu.  When I get it I will let you know how it is.

10-31-2001, 04:32 PM	#3
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 44 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	A five-speed would help that one! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> We still have great cars. I'm really not sure how would it work with an ECU, have no experience with one. Sorry!

10-31-2001, 04:45 PM	#4
BlankFlip Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Future Posts: 1,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i agree, if exact cars, one a 5-speed n one an automatic were to race, the stick driver should have them off the line. i'm not sure about the ecu though, but i'd like to know the answer as well.

10-31-2001, 04:46 PM	#5
Gold240se Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 140 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I know what one is, but, what do you mean by "or is it the l.s.d."

10-31-2001, 04:58 PM	#6
BlankFlip Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Future Posts: 1,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Gold240se on 6:46 pm on Oct. 31, 2001 I know what one is, but, what do you mean by "or is it the l.s.d." </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> i believe he's talking about whether the ecu or lsd is the reason behind the 240sx taking off slow, but doing fine in the top end. like what he can do to improve it. if i'm wrong, then i'm a dumb @$$.

10-31-2001, 05:10 PM	#7
Kid Zelda BANNED Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,347 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Gh606, are you saying your car gives somekind of bog at the start of accerlation, if so, then thats normal. getting the ECUreprogrammed takes care of that little bog or hesatation (Sp?) As for L.S.D. if anything, that will help you to accelerate.....

10-31-2001, 05:24 PM	#8
whateverjames Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Age: 45 Posts: 2,263 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well, if he's bogging, an LSD won't do much. i'd think the ECU would do more. also you have to remember the gearing is different than our 5 speeds, i think an auto's 3rd gear is equivalent to the manual's 4th gear.

10-31-2001, 05:27 PM	#9
Kid Zelda BANNED Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,347 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from whateverjames on 5:24 pm on Oct. 31, 2001 well, if he's bogging, an LSD won't do much. i'd think the ECU would do more. also you have to remember the gearing is different than our 5 speeds, i think an auto's 3rd gear is equivalent to the manual's 4th gear.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> but he already has LSD........and you're correct about the gearing issue (Edited by Kid Zelda at 5:28 pm on Oct. 31, 2001)

11-01-2001, 02:13 AM	#10
misnomer Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 2,293 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Poor auto users. . . Lose out on the great benefit of that KA torque <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> My old '89 auto s13 was insanely slow off the line, the 5spd '92 I have now is much MUCH snappier (that 15 hp helps out quite a bit as well). As everybody has said, an ECU upgrade will do more for you if you're bogged down at the start. If you're wheels are sliding, then you'd want a limited slip (LSD).

11-01-2001, 06:17 AM	#11
gh6o6 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 550 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i already have a limited slip diferential, but thanks i think ill do some other upgrades before the ecu

11-01-2001, 12:52 PM	#12
misnomer Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 2,293 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Good thinking, JWT ECUs are tuned to modifications you have on your car. It'll take more advantage of a new intake, exhaust, and whatnot than the factory ECU programming

11-01-2001, 05:50 PM	#13
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 44 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm sure someone mentioned it, an LSD will do nothing but help. For an auto, do they make torque converters for our cars?

11-01-2001, 05:58 PM	#14
gh6o6 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 550 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i have the lsd!

11-01-2001, 06:00 PM	#15
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 44 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It'll just give you better traction; it's a good thing. I wish I had one.

11-01-2001, 06:51 PM	#16
whateverjames Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Age: 45 Posts: 2,263 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	gh606. look in to getting a limited slip differential, better traction = better hehe. sorry i just had to say it. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

11-02-2001, 12:01 AM	#17
Guest Posts: n/a	sorta off topic but..does anyone beside me not want LSD...i mean i don't have it but i don't want it...LSD is good for straight line acceleration only right?...and if u got LSD i heard you won't be able to slide into corners as easily??..oh wells..i don't think i would want that LSD..but then if i ever do get the chance to experience a car with one..i might change my mind.haha

11-02-2001, 07:36 AM	#18
rabbit23 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 252 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	lsd is not just for inline racing!!!you can corner much faster without the rearend coming around as much, and you can also accelerate faster coming out of a turn. of course it will require more power to drift. but all in all an lsd is a very good upgrade.

11-02-2001, 08:34 AM	#19
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 44 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It also isn't as good on rain/snow all the time. (You'll have one wheel with no traction and one with.)

11-02-2001, 06:41 PM	#20
whateverjames Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Age: 45 Posts: 2,263 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeeep. an LSD would make your car safer when it rains or snows. i wouldn't have been stuck in the snow near as many times last year if i had an LSD. also i hear you can brake more agressively, in addition to cornering faster, and coming out of the turns faster.

11-02-2001, 08:00 PM	#21
Guest Posts: n/a	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from S13Grl do they make torque converters for our cars? </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> muahahahahha the T/C's for our cars are $1000.00, i thought about it, mark checked it out for me and BAM we were both shocked! it's  insanity :O   and i have the slowness off da line.... it's a .2 second pause that nissan programmed in to their ecu for our car..... idiots....... its a sports car for a freakin reason..... derrrr....... freakin morons i HATE my AUTO