steaditim

Greetings All:

The ECU finally died in my 1990 GT. Was running badly and then would not start.

I was trying to decide who to send it to for repair. While I was on the JDSPORSCHE.COM website, I saw a link to a company in Toronto. His name is Mark D'Sylva and he is now an authorized agent for JDS Porsche. Mark keeps several of the replacement chips that John makes in stock with him and does a great replacing the chip and will go over your whole ECU and replace anything else that looks tired. Turn around time is fast. He was really great to deal with. He is also setup to test the MAF calibration.

I'm sure that the other companies that are doing this repair do a great job, but I really like the idea of not having shipping costs to other countries risking it getting lost in travel or having to pay duty and what not. It cost me $600cnd.out the door.

Mark's phone number is 416-463-8328. www.dsylva-tech.ca

chaadster

Yeah, Louie Ott (Ott Performance Engineering, Mosier, Oregon) is the new JDS man Stateside. He's fixin' up my LH ECU right now! Cost is $495US. Speake is makin' moves.

Would've been nice having John Speake put his hands on the unit personally (gee, that sounds nasty!), but Ott is a mench, too, so I'm happy!

SwayBar

That is great news!

I'm sure Louie will do a good job.

John Speake

Hi Steaditim
I'm glad to hear that Mark did a great job for you :-)

Hi Chaad - Well, any unit from Louie is in fact repaired by my hands - Louie stocks rebuilt exchange units from me. Mark does the rebuilds himself.....

Don't forget my other Stateside suppliers also, 928SP for Spanner, SharkTuner, 928Intl for MAFs...

BIMMERMIKE

Steaditim, glad to hear your pleased with the level of service from Mark. I'm getting ready to remove my MAF for calibration.

Where are you located in Toronto? Are you considering SITM 2007? A group of 3 cars is departing early Thursday morning May 31,your welcome to join us.

Imo000

What are the costs involved in re-calibrating a MAF? Since now it can be done locally, I might do that.

BIMMERMIKE

What are the costs involved in re-calibrating a MAF?

Imo000, give Mark a call, recalibrating would be lees expensive than replacement.

John Speake

The units Mark will be providing are my rebuilt units, so price will be CAD equiv of 350USD plus carriage.

Mark will be building a calibrated flow jig for the 928 MAF, so he will be able to offer a calibration checking service in Canada.

John Speake

Thanks John D !

the flyin' scotsman

My LH is 'winging' its way to Louie as we Speake.............he is located in the PNW so is much closer to Western Canadian locations than the folks in TO.

Not that there was much wrong with the car I just believe its prudent preventative maintenance.

sharkmeister85

Is Louie able to check calibrations on MAF's?
Glenn

steaditim

The idea behind the MAF testing jig that Mark has is that you can test your MAF and see if it still functioning to the original specs. They do wear out and effect performance. If it needs replacing, Mark keeps one of John's rebuild ones in stock for immediate turn around.

What a great service to have locally. Good work guys.

"A group of 3 cars is departing early Thursday morning May 31,your welcome to join us."

Michael: I'm downtown & thanks for the invite. If I have time off in May, I'll make it 4 cars

Cheers,
Tim

the flyin' scotsman

I don't believe so but check out his web site and send him a note:

http://www.performance928.com/

John Speake

No, Louie does not have a MAF test jig. He suppies on an exchange basis.

If your MAF has more than 80k miles, and throttle response is not too sharp and WOT power down, then MAF aging is a possible cause.

Garth S

For those of you who do not know, Mark D'Sylva is the guru of design, manufacture and supply for BMW ECU performance chips, and is well known on the BMW forums ..... his chip would be in my E34, if a Dinan chip hadn't been installed long ago.