perfworks said:
CH how ya doin?
good to see you.
Install nice post, but the static compression on the north american FS is 9.1:1
Anyway, nice post about the management. I am curious to know if it will allow the retention of the stock input and output sensors. This will make it true plug and play.
Will it eliminate the MAF and go internal MAP/BARO ?
How will or can it be tuned? Via laptop?
And the limitations in tuning and resolution with either a MAP or MAF.
Thanks in advance for your comments
www.link-electro-usa.com[/url]
That is the website with all the general info for the Link and LinkPlus 2 controllers...
the Link 2, which has a bit more resolution, 2 band tach output (making more stock tachs, hopefully ours as well, usuable), and other goodies that make it more functional than the Link system...
The Link 2 goes for about $850 (the standard Link is around $650) for the main PCM, add about another $200 for the wiring board and harness adapters...That should be all that is needed for installation...
The system ships with Link's Windows based programming software which includes simple spread sheet mapping and virtual tachometers for setting idle and soft rev limits, also for boucning quickly from one rpm range to another...I am new to this, but the software, which a trial version can be downloaded at the website, seemed very easy to use and understand...Much better than Haltech's ancient DOS like software...it was similar in layout to AEM's EMS software...Also a $75 hand held device can be used for trimming fuel and timing and other small stuff...that thing does not allow the full map creation or datalogging, but can be easily stored in the glovebox and used when neccessary...
Perfworks, did you happen to get that PM I sent you last week? The main thing needed is the FS's stock triggering wheel/system for this to become a complete stand alone...I haven't had time to get out the camera and take pitures of various stock sensors, or to determine the type of CMP and CKP sensors the stock ECU uses...I am still looking into that...They sent me an engine sheet that I need to fill out and send back to them, they have not worked on an FS yet but assure me that it can be done...
Also the sytem does not require a Wide band O2 sensor...It can utilize the stock O2 sensor for closed loop lamba, and uses open loop at a "learned" range utilizing a MAP sensor among other things...So the restritice stock MAF can be removed from the intake system...the MAP sensor is in the Link's main unit, and supposedly all that is needed is a line of somesort to be run from the stock intake manifold...I am still getting details on that as I write this...that will be the only wiring needed to make this sytem work...the stock MAF line can be romeved entirely from the wiring harness which would be difficult, but the wiring board will just plug it into a "terminator"...so the fact of the line still being part of harness is not a problem, even though it isn't plugged into the MAF...
