Reply With QuoteI'll try get it all apart during the week now that I've got the tools. Should be fine to do so.
Nice will my box be stripped by the weekend ? If it is ill come grab the bits to clean em up
the dyno pull to 300rwkw
BT20v is making 300rwkw like i said i would without nitrous so now its time for some spray and see if she will run a 10s or less
I'll try get it all apart during the week now that I've got the tools. Should be fine to do so.
What's the latest?
Originally Posted by Jdm-Mcc
Well,
I'm a bit held up because I've got too many things to do, unfortunately project car takes bottom priority. I've been starting up a new business to do mobile auto electrical and mechanical, so that has consumed all my time.
Matt is finishing my head this week, so after that I'll have everything ready to assemble for the engine. Haven't had time to finish my own gearbox, its partially disassembled awaiting time.
I have however just bought an SR40 Spacia for a work van for the new business. It needs engine work, so either I'm going to rebuild its engine or do something a little different. I'm thinking possibly a Beams 3SGE, not sure it'll fit though, so I need to do more research. If everything clears it shouldn't be super hard, being a RWD 3SFE from the factory. The mountings should hopefully work and also the gearbox.
Hopefully I'll squeeze in a minute somewhere along the line and assemble the engine too.
I'll update soon!
Van with a beams! Sounds excellent!
Haven't forgotten about those photos of the brakes, hurt my foot and haven't been very mobile.
That's alright, money is a bit tight thanks to buying the van, bank balance should go up again shortly though.
yeah that head should be done soon with all thats going on with my stuff atm i will have it done not this weekend but next weekend
the dyno pull to 300rwkw
BT20v is making 300rwkw like i said i would without nitrous so now its time for some spray and see if she will run a 10s or less
Well many months have passed and not a whole lot has happened.
1 thing has happened which may spark some interest.
Rewind 3 years ago. I got a Freedom ECU because it was cheap and I figured there must be a way to get into them to use them.
At the time I really had no idea what I was getting myself into.
For those who don't know about Freedom ECU's:
They are a Japanese made ECU that is sold exclusively in Japan.
They are a very popular choice on the AE86 scene in Japan.
There is no official literature in english to do with these ECU's
The tuning program is entirely in Japanese.
There is no international support.
After I got my first one (the one with the TRD sticker) I set about working to translate the program. I spent a stupid amount of time translating it and got a decent amount done and learnt a lot along the way. I was planning to use it on my old car: However I ended up selling it and so the ECU project was shelved.
Fast forward almost 2 years and 2 weeks ago I finally found an AE101 4AGZE Freedom ECU (exceptionally hard to find, had been looking for 2 years) so I bought it and had it shipped from Japan (the ECU on top in the photo). Coincidentally along the way I also ended up with another one, but that is another story.
So I set to work again on getting the program into a usable English form. For the most part the program is translated. It is very usable and most things work now. There is still some Japanese in it, but you can do all the important things like the different fuel & ignition tables along with saving and exporting maps etc.
Here are a couple of screens:
Untranslated Main Screen
Translated Main Loading Screen
Translated Fuel Table
I plan to run this Freedom ECU once I've actually built the car. Then I can show the full potential of these ECU's.
If anybody has any questions about these ECU's please feel free to contact me via PM or post here.
So what are the benefits of these over local ecu?
Benefits are as follows:
- Plug in, no wiring required when changing from a factory ECU
- They come ready to run a factory engine no tuning necessary
- 3D Mapping (very standard feature however some particualy shit ECU's *cough* Microtech *cough* don't even do 3D maps)
- They manage cold idle a lot better than what most tuners are going to bother to set up
- Can be bought cheaply second hand (as little as $100 in Australia on occasion) or less than $500 for the common models off YJ
- Less time on the dyno is required due to having a running map already (cheaper to tune)
- No setup time required by the tuner as the engine will already be running (cheaper to tune)
- Can switch between 6 different maps at the turn of a dial
- Mount to factory ECU mounts
I'm sure there are more things but that's all I've got right now.
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