Did i set the ECU to perform like crap by carefully not allowing the engine to rev higher than 4000 rpm during the first thousand miles?

Supposedly, the ECU "learns" how you drive. Is there a way to make it unlearn? I don't typically drive like i did during the break-in period. I want instantaneous response when i put my foot down on the accelerator, not a one second delay while the ECU decides whether or not to let me accelerate. Driving in NYC traffic, the ECU actually reduces my safety, because I don;t have the power exactly when i need it, and by the time the ECU allows it to come on, it's too much, too late, and I end up applying the brakes more than I should have to.

I am disgusted by how the ECU takes away control from the driver. If I can't re-create the feel of an accelerator spring, I fail to see how I am any better off than if I had bought a V6 toyota RAV4 (except that the G35 has better visibility).
I used to drive a car with a good, old fashioned accelerator spring which controlled the throttle predictably. With my G, I can expect to wait a good second before the ECU gives the car gas after i put my foot on the accelerator.

 

what?

 

perform an ECU reset. the car will then unlearn what it has learned. or just drive it like you stole it for a day.

 

unplug the battery cables for 5 minutes. Then plug back in. Drive like you normally would and it will re learn... However, this is the technique I used a while back on non-Nissan vehicles so...

 

What are you talking about?

 

literally unplug your car battery. should reset the whole car.

 

Yes, it's ruined.









Reset the ECU.

 

Its not totally worthless.... Ill buy it for $5,000 and give it to my granny to putt around in. Just to try and help you out a little bit-

 

So, a reset. is simply unplugging the battery for 5 minutes sufficient? Or is there something else that I should do? Thank-you for the suggestion, by the way.

 

Your ECU will learn new driving habits over 100 miles or so. Most of us did the same break-in you did, and my G has now learned new tricks

 

so your saying that if you break in the car properly drive slow below 4k rpm for about 1000miles then the car will be slower?????

 

Well...temporarily yes but not permanently. The ECU learns the driver's behavior, and if it sees low rpms and limited throttle use, it'll plan for that. Per Nissan, it takes 100 miles or so for it to learn new behavior, so once you get past break-in and start teaching it velocity, it will learn to maximize performance.

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aha so if i unplug the batt and let it reset then it should be faster

 

just take off the negative batt cable overnight and, yea drive it like you stole it for 100 miles and youll be fine...

 

they don't get faster, or slower (very simplistic and incorrect). they do change their dynamic response to throttle inputs in the way of shift points and DBW throttle programming.