ECU talk

[Ben Fenner]

Well, back in June when I first started talking about stand-alone engine 
management, the idea was met with some resistance, some encouragement, 
and some straight-up doubters.

I'm proud to say the car is up and running now. It should have been much 
sooner, but as this combination of FWD SR20 and VEMS ECU has never been 
done before, I had to break new ground.

I still have a few minor problems, but the car works, and pulls very hard.

I'll be putting maps up and such as I finalize the tuning, so look for 
those soon. Also, there aren't many pictures posted, which should change 
too. As of right now I pull on a stock SE-R pretty well, and more-so 
than I used to.

Here's a link to my project page again:

http://www.vems.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=215.0

It is very technical and boring up until page 8 where it gets more 
interesting, and honestly I'd skip to page 8 unless you have a morbid 
curiousity, and wish for way too much detail.

-Ben Fenner
1994 Black SE-R (Finished VEMS, going turbo)
1994 Black SE-R (with sunroof and shiny new clutch/5th gear)


Jon wrote:
> I'm glad that came out. I've been watching this thread and thinking just 
> that. I like JWT... judging from their reputation I'd get an excellent 
> product and I won't likely beat their performance with anything I do. If 
> I put a dollar figure on my time, $600 is a steal. I'm no tuner to be 
> sure. I am the best shade tree hack east of the Mississippi, though. 
> Personally I enjoy the process of experimenting and seeing what happens. 
> Sometimes bad things happen, but I probably learn more from the bad 
> experiments than the good ones. When it is all said and done, there is a 
> sense of satisfaction that comes from knowing how something works, why 
> it works and what *not* to do next time... and that YOU did it. Just 
> don't talk to your wallet about how it feels, or worse yet... your wife 
> about how she feels about your wallet's feelings. Eek.
> 
> Ben, please keep us posted on how you make out. I would *really* love to 
> see what maps you come up with, if you don't mind sharing. It would be 
> pretty cool if you would let us in on what not to do too. :)
> 
> Jon Davis
> Shade Tree Hack
> 
> mike kojima wrote:
> 
>> In that case a Calum is a good choice.
>> --- Ben Fenner <fenfam at sc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  The
>>
>>> reason I'm leaning towards a tunable ECU has little to do with any
>>> normal situation. I want to learn more. I want to tune myself. I have 
>>> friends
>>> who've done it, and I'm not affraid to jump head first into it.
>>
>>
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