More broken parts for the Bad Bish
Also, I am waiting on a price on a Motec. I'm afraid I have been bitten by another testing bug and this is going to turn into a long winter of trying different fuel management. In the end it is going to come down to what whomever is using is most comfortable with I think.
This is awesome!
Can't wait to see the results
I want to thank Crcain for putting Vipec in contact with me. They want me to test one of their plug and play EMS's. It is on it's way to me. I appreciate your confidence in my crcrain and will try the unit out and give it a full review.
Also, I am waiting on a price on a Motec. I'm afraid I have been bitten by another testing bug and this is going to turn into a long winter of trying different fuel management. In the end it is going to come down to what whomever is using is most comfortable with I think.
Also, I am waiting on a price on a Motec. I'm afraid I have been bitten by another testing bug and this is going to turn into a long winter of trying different fuel management. In the end it is going to come down to what whomever is using is most comfortable with I think.
Dave, Which Model Motec are you looking at and how much do they usually cost?
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MicroGuess.. I had that ECU in my turbo busa and beleive it or not I tuned it along with the power commander while logging with an innovate datalogger.. How it didnt blow up i dont know but it made 631whp and ran 237mph in the mile .. LOL
Good thing we didnt need more than 40psi to make it.. I got the map smooth and just used the trim feature and went up.. I guess similar to boost comp..
Mike
Good thing we didnt need more than 40psi to make it.. I got the map smooth and just used the trim feature and went up.. I guess similar to boost comp..
Mike
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Glad to hear about the ECU testing Dave! That is very cool and will be a great asset to the Evo community without a doubt. While it is true that even a 15 yr old ECU with no features can work terrific, we all like the little bells and whistles modern ECU's have so why not give some of them a try and see what works best with an Evo?
Good luck and I'm hoping for big power and high compression numbers when the Bad Bish gets put back together. Looking forward to your next update.
Good luck and I'm hoping for big power and high compression numbers when the Bad Bish gets put back together. Looking forward to your next update.
Thanks crcain and thanks for the referral to me on the Vipec. I'll give my honest input as always and try to go over the features and such as I see them and such. I may use a few different cars for this testing, mine is becoming a mess in the wiring harness department. It's been cut quite a few times now and the Haltech added to that.
I ordered a brand new wiring harness for the car a few days ago. I am going to keep it in the bag it comes in and when I finally decide what I am sticking with it will get installed on the car and won't be all cut up.
I won't be doing a compression test on the car. If it doesn't smoke, I'll be happy
I ordered a brand new wiring harness for the car a few days ago. I am going to keep it in the bag it comes in and when I finally decide what I am sticking with it will get installed on the car and won't be all cut up.
I won't be doing a compression test on the car. If it doesn't smoke, I'll be happy
To me it is very easy to explain why lower hp cars don't have this same issue. First off most of them are not being tuned to the limits of allowable timing. My car for example from peak torque to 10,500 rpm has 10+ degrees of timing advance on the same load line. When the sensor "fails" the rpm's spike, I can see it in the datalog. At one instance the car is at 6,000 rpm at .10 seconds later it is at 10,900 rpm, the timing in that same spot went from 10 degrees to say 21 degrees (the numbers used there are examples, not factual number).
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The head was cleaned and welded today. It was being milled also. Tomorrow it will get checked over for the valves sealing and re-assembled. I had to order a few parts over night delivery, if I get them, the head should be back on tomorrow and the car will be running again!
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Here is the basic plan, which like always is subject to change.
First the car will get put back together. I have to finish the tune and then figure out the anti lag and the idle. Then it's off to the track to try for this 8 second pass. If all goes well I'd be up for trying to come down to NC for the shootout in November. IF and when the car does manage to go 8's I am putting it on street tires, probably for good, and going to then make it a goal to go 8's on a street tire.
ECU testing, well the AEM side of it is done, now the Haltech and on Monday I will have a Vipec here. My plan today is to try the Vipec out on Daniel's car so I can get right on using it. When I finish tuning his car I'd like to them do a large thread about the features of all three of those units, my thoughts on ease of use, software, how the car feels, ease of installation etc. From there if someone else wants me to test their ECU I will be open to trying more. I am not going to run out and buy 10 different ECU's, try them, provide feedback and testing all out of my own pocket. If it is anything like the intake manifold testing I will have quite a few people contact me and ask me to test their product. I'm pretty confident Motec is giving away an ECU and that is one if I decide to run it will end up buying.
My main goal is to get an 8 second pass out of this car, as it has been all year.
First the car will get put back together. I have to finish the tune and then figure out the anti lag and the idle. Then it's off to the track to try for this 8 second pass. If all goes well I'd be up for trying to come down to NC for the shootout in November. IF and when the car does manage to go 8's I am putting it on street tires, probably for good, and going to then make it a goal to go 8's on a street tire.
ECU testing, well the AEM side of it is done, now the Haltech and on Monday I will have a Vipec here. My plan today is to try the Vipec out on Daniel's car so I can get right on using it. When I finish tuning his car I'd like to them do a large thread about the features of all three of those units, my thoughts on ease of use, software, how the car feels, ease of installation etc. From there if someone else wants me to test their ECU I will be open to trying more. I am not going to run out and buy 10 different ECU's, try them, provide feedback and testing all out of my own pocket. If it is anything like the intake manifold testing I will have quite a few people contact me and ask me to test their product. I'm pretty confident Motec is giving away an ECU and that is one if I decide to run it will end up buying.
My main goal is to get an 8 second pass out of this car, as it has been all year.
