At last, MX-6 ECU + KL02 vs. Probinator + JE50 dyno results.

[Vanished]

Keep us posted guys...I may have to try out a new combo here for shits and giggles.

Good thread.

[Mad Cow]

I think I might just get a KL02 from a junkyard and test it with my probinator. If it's not good then I'll just return it.

[wytbishop]

I think I might just get a KL02 from a junkyard and test it with my probinator. If it's not good then I'll just return it.

Tried it...sucked...took it back.

[neli_nael]

I think I might just get a KL02 from a junkyard and test it with my probinator. If it's not good then I'll just return it.

Tried it...sucked...took it back.

joke or not it was funny.

[wytbishop]

No joke. I did exactly what Mad Cow said he was going to do. It was not a successful trial.

[Mad Cow]

Really? That's weird. But I'm stubborn so I'll try it anyway.

[Dragyn Vyrus]

i have no idea why mine seemed to like it more. i did however swap them when i have the k8 TB on, so maybe i'll go out and try the JE50 back on the ze and see what it does. i don't know how we are getting varying results...

mine is a straight neck ZE, but that shouldn't make much of a difference because so is wytbishop

edit: i just tryed the JE50 out. i noticed that is was pretty close to the KL02 for the bottom end, but the KL02 preforms better than the JE50 in the top end. i went to go and swap the JE50 out for the KL02 in a parking lot and then it started to die and sputter, did not want to work and became a big crap pile.
on a side note, odd one too. With the KL02 i get a regular amount of valve noise(or something along those lines anyway) especially at idle. but when i switched it over to the JE50, all of that vanished.

[Mooneggs]

Really? That's weird. But I'm stubborn so I'll try it anyway.

grab the ecu that goes with it while you are at it trying things

[onlytrueromeo]

I also tried the kl02 today with no success.

The problem is the car idles too low so it runs bad. If you rev it, it sounds perfect, and I didn't see any black smoke out the back. I tried adjusting the idle/timing to no avail, so I can only conclude that it won't work w/ a probinator for an MX3.

I am still debating whether or not to get a coder and play with the values, or if I should buy a different ecu...if I go this option though, I will have to get another probinator chip to remove the EGR codes and rev limit and speed limiter, etc.

[RX8SE3P]

You guys simply can't go an label the KL02 as crap if you are not using a MX6 ecu or an ECU that is chipped/meant to go with it.

It will idle low, stall etc. With the correct ECU it will have no problem.

The probinator chip is probably set up for the JE50 - if you guys told Probinator you had an MX-3 he would most likely set it up for the JE50 IMO.

[wytbishop]

That was my only point...to see if it worked with the JE50 as people were wondering. I will try it with an MX-6/Probe GT ECU as well.

[onlytrueromeo]

Yeah rx8, we know that - lol, we're not stupid.

[Whisper]

One cannot be told that KL02 VAF doesn't work with JE50 Probinator - it is something you have to see for yourself.

[Nd4SpdSe]

Well, this is the reason, if you read the Probinator's (cardomain) site, it lists this:

Eliminate the need of a JE-50 VAF

Yes, typically, you need a KL02 VAF with a KLDE ECU (apparently the KL02 runs good on a K8 ECU too), but after reading that, you'd think that you could use a JE50 VAF or a KL02 VAF without any difference.

[Mad Cow]

Well, this is the reason, if you read the Probinator's (cardomain) site, it lists this:

Eliminate the need of a JE-50 VAF

Yes, typically, you need a KL02 VAF with a KLDE ECU (apparently the KL02 runs good on a K8 ECU too), but after reading that, you'd think that you could use a JE50 VAF or a KL02 VAF without any difference.

But that seems impossible because they give different readings from what I know, so that means it'll need 2 fuel tables and be able to differentiate between JE50 and KL02.

EDIT: Just a random thought, what if the K8 ECU is different from the KL01 hardware-wise? I'm pretty sure the probinator wasn't tested in a K8 ECU, so that might be the problem. Does anyone have a probinator chipped KL ECU?