Okay I sent the people that sell the DSMLink for 2G Turbo cars an email today asking them if they could reprogram our ECUs for better perfance like AFX does. I like the AFX ECU but I dont think they are making them for 96' MT talons due to "internal differences" between them and the 97+ ECUs. I offered to send him my spare 96 MT ECU.
Here is what the guy said: "Funny you should mention this idea. Another fellow 2GNT'er is offering the same thing. To be honest, I didn't get it much thought at first. But after thinking a little more, the 2GNT might actually be a relatively easy market to get into. It's closer to our 2G Turbo model than is a 1G DSM, at least electrically (adapter and cabling), so it might actually be easier to support. It all depends on just how radically different the ECU really is. Regardless, I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a 2GNT ECU. Are you sure these have EPROMs in them?"
#41047, "RE: DSMLink for NTs" In response to Reply # 0
Humh. Sweet!
How exactly do they change the ECU? I already have an HKS AFR so would I actually see any improvement? Or am I not understanding exactly what the ecu or AFR does?
(No, I don't buy stuff I don't understand; pardon my cluelessness I bought the car with the AFR already in it... hehehe)
#41048, "RE: DSMLink for NTs" In response to Reply # 1
We DO NOT have EEPROMS in our ECUs! Do we?! wtf?
Plus they'd need to make um at least 4? different ECUs for us to cover all the years. 95, 96, 97-98, and 99.
I suspect what AFX does is change some of the capacitance/resistance values for various operations. Like, if rev limit kicks in at 4.83 volts, they put a resistor inline to make it 4.92v or something. I had a *VCR* repair shop engineer modify my 1984 Camry ECU for a higher revlimit and timing advance.