Come on guys pick an option or throw down your thoughts...

 

Hopefully I'll manage to do apoll right this time :)

 

Cheers

 

 

Ben

wheres the 50p mig tips option??????? :confused:

 

:D

i think for the money you cant beat the greddy stuff.

 

The fuctionality you can have from the boost controller, like mapping the ecu is fab, thats why i have one on order ;)

 

Kirbz

Greddy Profec deffo, but only if you can find someone to map it.

I managed to fit Warrens (now cj's) in a couple hrs so not too bad.

 

Jay

Just got a profec E01 in mine, top controller with loads of nice features like graphical trace of boost, RPM and 2 other inputs. Also has a start boost set so that the wastegates are kept tight shut until the bost passes a set level, gives you the fastest possible spoolup that the turbos can manage.

 

Emanage looks good, but you can do the same thing with a £100 EPROM emulator if you're prepared to learn where the maps etc are in the code.

Originally posted by John Dixon

Emanage looks good, but you can do the same thing with a £100 EPROM emulator if you're prepared to learn where the maps etc are in the code.

 

Eh... where did that come from???

 

I've not seen anything mentioned about this before, care to enlighten?

 

Although I did see a thing on Twinturbo.net about a new zemulator?

 

Cheers

 

Ben

Basically it's just some memory with an interface that pretends to be an EPROM. You plug that into the EPROM socket in the ECU and then you can manipulate the code that's in it to change the parameters.

The Zemulator is just an xtronics Romulator with a VB interface on it and some data aquisition added in.

I'm writing a Romulator interface at the minute to allow real time mapping. It's finished, just haven't had time to test it on the car yet. Works OK on the bench though ...

 

You still need a boost controller though.

Hey John,

Where did you get it from then??? I could do with a nice alterbnative to an aftermarket chip that you're stuck with even as you upgrade you motor....

 

Hmmmm, more power!! :D :D

 

 

 

Ben

It was donated to me by a guy called Devin Novak who does some tuning on the condition that I wrote the software so he could use it too! Nice guy!

 

Have a look Here for his stuff on tuning. There's a link to the Xtronics home page in there somewhere too.

 

TBH, an after market chip is a good place to start. They've spent a lot of time getting them right. Just a case after that of some dyno time to optimise it for your car / change what you want to.

Need a guinea pig John? :D

You're brave! Going to book some dyno time soon, but still waiting on getting air filters yet. Oh and some time off!

..so where would that leave someone with a JD chip?

 

What kind of animal does that make me?

 

:dance:

Nigel, the JD chip you've got is well safe.

It's the real time mapping bit that's not proven yet. I'm happy to push car a bit, just wouldn't do it to someone else's until it's proven on mine.

Originally posted by JayPSC

Greddy Profec deffo, but only if you can find someone to map it.

I managed to fit Warrens (now cj's) in a couple hrs so not too bad.

 

Jay

 

Hi Jay,

 

i didnt know that - but you may be a very useful man to know. Did you connect it to the det sensor, i'm going to experimnet running higher boost levels and if i know that the e-01 is on the look out, it will make me feel happier.

 

Regards,

 

Alex

Originally posted by _cj_

Hi Jay,

 

i didnt know that - but you may be a very useful man to know. Did you connect it to the det sensor, i'm going to experimnet running higher boost levels and if i know that the e-01 is on the look out, it will make me feel happier.

 

Regards,

 

Alex

 

Nah, I don't think it is - just connected to injectors/ignition/throttle/speed & maybe a few other things I can't remember.

Originally posted by John Dixon

Also has a start boost set so that the wastegates are kept tight shut until the bost passes a set level, gives you the fastest possible spoolup that the turbos can manage.

 

Aha. Is that what "Start duty" does on the AVC-R? And if so what should I set it to on my 62% (now *** of course) / .75 target wet-weather settings I'm currently using?

Something close to the 62%? Or something a lot lower?

Not too sure. As I remember it, start duty on the AVC-R is just the duty cycle it uses as a starting point to self learn from.

Na, there's a seperate start duty / revs map - whereas you set the starting point for learning generally on the same screen you set target boost.

 

Now I think about it, you could be right, it might be a hint to the controller what duty it'll need to get 1 bar at 5000 revs, and so on, so you're not relying on the feedback method so much... god, you could spend a week on a rolling road getting that right!

 

It's not rocket science... oh no, wait, it is! :rofl:

I love my Blitz Colour, awesome and I still don't know everything it can do!!! Plus it looks fooking fantastic.

note to self - read date of poll before voting!

1. AEM EMS

 

2, Greddy Emanage Ultimate

 

3. Old skool kool :- HKS VPC + Greddy Rebic IV + Profec-B