Guest |714| Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Hi All, I'm interested in a replacement ECU board for my 1st gen GTO. However as it's a direct drop in how is it programmed/tuned? is it done through the origional OBD port? if so my car uses the old OBD1 type which is quite limited. I also saw a thread in here about a carputer/carpc used to monitor etc. I am also interested in this. As it's just windows based there would be no issues there. I'm just wandering what the interface is like and how it would go on a 7" screen. Cheers, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hic Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 This is a standalone ECU, so it has nothing to do with your OBD port at all. It has it's own USB cable. As for PC in the car, it works perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |714| Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 I assumed it would but if it's a drop in replacement that connect to the standard ECu harness how does it connect? do I need to cut the stock ecu housing to handle a usb port etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 You will need to drill a hole in either the case or the supplied molded plastic bezel, if you want to be able to access the USB connection at any time. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |714| Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Are there any other sensors or parts required to make this run properly? By propely I mean run well. Not just get it going but run efficiently. At this stage the car is stock. In the future I plan on upgrading the fuel pump, fpr, injectors, turbos and side mount intercoolers. The initial setup and tune however would be on the stock engine. Cheers, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hic Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 You will get all with the PNP board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |714| Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 might be asking too much of a PNP board but can it handle dual tunes? ie an everyday street tune and a high power/performance tune? Or am I limited to an electronic boost controller to just run 2 boost settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 There is no such thing as a normal and performance tune. The engine is either tuned or not tuned. The fuel and ignition tables are 3D, this means the engine can be tuned to give the best fuel economy and exhaust emissions, and still help to bring on global warming by producing maximum power and pollution when you are at WOT. If you used two different fuel octanes, then you would have different ignition table for each fuel. This can be a overlay table or a new table you switch too. This can be done with an external switch. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |714| Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 OK that makes sense. Sorry when it comes to tuning etc my knowledge is very limited hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |714| Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 Another question about this board. What is it's drivability like? this car will be my daily driver. Also how much power is this capable of handing? I'm aiming for 600AWHP. Yeah don't laugh I know it won't be very daily driver spec'd but I would like it to be easy and comfortable to drive everyday. Also will it be capable of over 600hp if I choose to? Should I be looking at the V88 instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hic Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 Joe it looks like you don't understand the concept of standalone ECU. It sums up to this: it will make all the power your tuner can get out of your engine/turbo/fuel combination. So, if you spend a ton of money to have 600whp, then your tuner will tune to the components used. There is no limitation to power or anything else. It will be drivable how your tunes is competent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |714| Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 it looks like you don't understand the concept of standalone ECU. I understand this. I'm just wondering about the V44..... what are it's limitations. If it could do everything then there would be no need for a V88 then would there? I'm confident the tuner knows what he's doing also The supporting mods will be capable of over 600hp so that's no an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hic Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 There are no limitations on V44, except Input/Output combinations. V44 has the same hw as V88, only smaller number of inputs and outputs. That is all that applies to your use. V44 can have additional knock control with the Vipec digital knock amplifire, it only doen't have DBW capability. Everything else is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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