New Plug-in Ecu Coming

[LBR33]

If the price is about $2k i wouldnt hold too many in stock as the benefits for the average skyline owner wont justify the price increase over pfc

[Guilt-Toy]

2k is a cheap price. If there is a H/c i would swap over.

for sure.

[Swiper the Fox]

If the price is about $2k i wouldnt hold too many in stock as the benefits for the average skyline owner wont justify the price increase over pfc

again...this ECU is not suited to everyone....but think about this...

how many people spend $800+ on camshaft upgrades that have a minimal effect on performance...a lot!

wait until we do some back to back testing and publish some results...i think they will have a place in the aussie skyline performance market.

[infamous_t]

Feature list sounds suspiciously like a great aussie ecu I know, price too.

If it is the same ecu, I've seen nothing but good results with these, but as always its the tuner that makes the most of it(or not) in the end.

Edited May 8, 2008 by infamous_t

[TTT]

think about it...sell Power FC, AFM's and boost controller and upgrade costs next to nothing

well.. apart from the new intake pipes and re-tune, yeh.

I guess for those looking at MOTEC level of capabilities, it's a bargain.

for the masses of 12 second 250rwkw skyrines, it's not worth the extra dollars over a PFC.

[Guilt-Toy]

when i think about it...

PFC $1300

Gizzmo Launch Controll $400 (second hand its 700 new)

Q45 AFM $180

Boost Controll Kit $350

I i will have $200 left over from selling all my stuff and buying this ECU.

[zebra]

ANother Thought...High and Low Impedence Injectors?

This Is Sounding Very Tempting...Although I have to get my car driving again before id think about this....Was going to Go an E11v2.

Waiting to how many see in/out puts this one has as I wanna run water Injection, thermos etc

Would be awsome to have water inj triggered by intake temp.

[Swiper the Fox]

ANother Thought...High and Low Impedence Injectors?

This Is Sounding Very Tempting...Although I have to get my car driving again before id think about this....Was going to Go an E11v2.

Waiting to how many see in/out puts this one has as I wanna run water Injection, thermos etc

Would be awsome to have water inj triggered by intake temp.

injectors can be selected from a table by part no. (denso ********) or brand (Blitz 1000cc) very easy...high and low imped.

water inj. triggered by intake temp. not a drama...switching on and off thermo's...just as easy

Edited May 8, 2008 by DiRTgarage

[zebra]

Cheers Mate

[DRD-00F]

Can it doof?

[Swiper the Fox]

The following info might answer a few questions and clear a few things up for people.....

The V44 standalone has 4 injector and 4 ignition outputs. The plug-in ECU based on the V44 have six injector and six ignition outputs. The V88 model has 8 injector and 8 ignition outputs. Also it has knock control and DBW throttle control. Both ECU have motorsport features like antilag, WOT shift, launch control.

These ECU use a 32 bit microcontroller running at 42Mhz. This processor is designed for engine control and has the power and speed to work with crank and cam trigger signals in real time. It does not use the time based system like the Autronic. The result is far more stable ignition and injector control. On engines with multitooth crank triggers the ECU reads and uses every signal for maximum resolution.

Some of the features are,

Missing tooth engines can run wasted spark without a sync signal.

User can set reluctor input signal threshold. (this lets you tune out any interference)

Variable cam control for up to four cams. (V88 only)

Outputs can be controlled by GPC tables or PID with feedback.

ECU case is extruded with water proof connectors. Case is small and not box shaped (looks very good).

V44 has one connector and the V88 has two connectors.

Idle control is very very good and very easy to setup.

No popping in the exhaust on overrun with smooth transition in and out of over run

Fixed duty boost control.

Different boost in each gear.

Dual fuel and Ignition tables that can be externally switched.

Up to 12 cylinder multi coil engine support

DBW throttle control (V88)

QuickTune (Autotune) feature on both V44 and V88.

Inputs and Outputs:

V44 injector = 4

V44 ignition = 4

V44 analog inputs = 3/4*

V44 temp inputs = 2

V44 digital inputs = 3/4*

V44 AUX outputs =8

V44 Connector pin number = 34 (one connecter)

*one Digital input shares the same pin as one analogue input

V88 injector = 8

V88 ignition = 8

V88 analog inputs = 11

V88 temp inputs = 4

V88 digital inputs = 10

V88 AUX outputs = 10

V88 Knock input = 2

V88 Connectors pin number = 2 x 34 (two connecter)

V88 has:

- E-Throttle (drive by wire throttle)

- Peak & Hold (individual P&H current control)

- Dual Knock

- 4MB of logging memory

Both ECU's have:

- 8V out

- 5V out

- Trigger in = 2

- USB Coms connector

- Can Bus Coms connector

- All spare injection and ignition channels can be auxiliary outputs

Trigger support for the following patterns:

All Mitsubishi 4 and 6 cylinder.

All Subaru 4 and 6 cylinder

All Nissan optical

BMW S50

Buick 3.8L

Ford TFi 4, 6 and 8 cylinder

Ford 36-1

Ford Cosworth RS500

GM LS1

GM LS7

GM LT1

Honda K20

Honda S2000

Honda V6

Motronic 60-2

MX5

Porsche 944

RX7

Suzuki Baleno

Toyota 36-2

Toyota 2NZ VVTi

Toyota 1ZZ VVTi

Toyota 3SGTE VVTi

Toyota 1UZ VVTi

Toyota 1JZ-GTE and 2JZ-GTE

Toyota 1JZ-GTE VVTi

Toyota 2JZ-GTE VVTi

Other patterns can be added quickly with the correct information supplied.

Plug-in ECU:

Subaru 1994-96 (V44)

Subaru 1997-98 (V44)

Subaru 1999-00 (V44)

Subaru 2001-05 2L (V44)

Subaru 2005-2007 2.5L (V88 with DBW)

Mitsubishi EVO 1 to 6 (V44)

Mitsubishi EVO 7 to 8 (V44)

Mitsubishi EVO 9 (V88)

Nissan N14 (V44)

Nissan S13 (V44)

Nissan S14 (V44)

Nissan S15 (V44)

Nissan GTiR (V44)

Nissan GT-R (R32-R34) (V88)

Nissan GTS (R32-R33) (V88)

Mazda MX5 1.6L (V44)

Mazda MX5 1.8L (V44)

Mazda 323 GTX (V44)

Mazda RX7 (V44)

Toyota MR2 SW20 (V44)

Toyota Celica ST185 (V44)

Toyota Celica ST205 (V44)

As you can see this is quite an extensive product and very well engineered and produced. It is far superior than the Autronic in a few features especially over-run control. Personally im itching to get it in the car and try it.

Edited May 8, 2008 by DiRTgarage

[CeJay]

So this thing is made by a company called VIPEC?

[666DAN]

[Swiper the Fox]

So this thing is made by a company called VIPEC?

TF electronics is the manufacturer...ViPEC is the ECU branding

[CeJay]

actually I think the company is http://www.tfelectronics.com.au/

ecu is called vipec? google ftw

edit woops just missed your post.

[raps86]

i noticed that the r34 gtt wasnt listed will this still work in this car

[zebra]

Is It based off the Link-g3?

[Swiper the Fox]

Is It based off the Link-g3?

i think the Link set-up was the way they used to do things...this is an entirely new product

[666DAN]

Depends how nuts you want to go, the bikirom daughterboard (running version 3 software) is more than good enough in the R34, especially for the price. You've got full access via USB to most of the maps you'd want to frig with. The only thing V3 is missing is real-time upload, but that's been sorted with V4 anyway...so bit of a moot point.

So easy to tune now it's sickening, shame it was like this out of the box 2 years ago, took time to develop I suppose.

[Swiper the Fox]

Depends how nuts you want to go, the bikirom daughterboard (running version 3 software) is more than good enough in the R34, especially for the price. You've got full access via USB to most of the maps you'd want to frig with. The only thing V3 is missing is real-time upload, but that's been sorted with V4 anyway...so bit of a moot point.

So easy to tune now it's sickening, shame it was like this out of the box 2 years ago, took time to develop I suppose.

Yeah, but they wanted to make sure when it hit the market it hit the ground running...

having the thing not up to scratch would have given the product a bad name from the get-go and something that would have been hard to shake.

The thing is constantly under development and even last week underwent quite a number of needed changes after tuner feedback.