It's time for forced induction. (Continued)

[Ben Fenner]

I've pretty much decided I'll go with a DET from JGY customs. I've been 
thinking about what to do for an ECU for a bit now, and I think I've 
settled on the VEMS.

http://www.vems.hu/

It's similar to MegaSquirt (an open source engine control management 
system), and is a complete, stand-alone, DIY engine management system, 
costing about $700. I'll be converting from a MAF to a MAP, adding a 
wide-band O2 sensor, etc.

Does anyone else have any thoughts? Is anyone else familiar with engine 
management, who might be able to help me if I run into a snag? Am I 
crazy not buying a JWT ECU?

I plan on getting the ECU and first making it work with my stock DE 
engine, allowing me to make sure I know what I'm doing, before I drop in 
the turbo motor. This way, the car will be off the road for the least 
amount of time, and I'll only have to deal with one new thing at a time.

Oh, I got the idea from the BMW e30 message boards. A friend of mine 
just bought one, and he'll be going turbo soon, and he'll probably be 
using one of these as well. That's a bonus, as I'll hopefully be able to 
pave the way on that front.

-Ben Fenner
1994 Black SE-R (going turbo)
1994 Black SE-R (with sunroof)


Brax Sisco wrote:
> Ben, maybe:
> 
> http://www.jgy.cc/motors.htm
> 
> It's Jason Garret Young in Virginia, I've never met him, he is from the 
> list, I did get a good deal on a starter from him.  He has a whole 
> Nissan Customs business in VA.
> 
> http://www.jgy.cc
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Brax
> 
> 
> 
> Ben Fenner wrote:
> 
>> Any ideas on where to source a good FWD SR20DET?
>>
>> It appears one California company is selling them on ebay for $1,250 + 
>> shipping. Other than that, I don't even know how to begin looking for 
>> a FWD motor. Most everything is the RWD set-up.
>>
>> How much HP will the transmission handle without trouble? I thought it 
>> was good for 250 or so without issues.
>>
>> -Ben Fenner
>>
>>
>>
>> Raymond A. Kawski wrote:
>>
>>> Ben Fenner wrote:
>>>
>>>  > and I'm not even sure Scott still does this sort of work anymore
>>>
>>> Last I asked he said he could.  But you would have to check with him.
>>>
>>>> What would you do in my situation?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Buy a DET.   Will get you at your HP level and be pretty reliable.  I 
>>> won't guarantee your transmission life though.  :)
>>>
>>> RK
>>>
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