Hijacking oem efi

[Mike Topping]

Hi Tom,  

I completely understand your frustration, but to take a devil's advocate
position:  Some of the reasoning behind not making the ECM tuning/fiddling
readily available to the layman is related to emissions control.  There is
quite a bit of fear, probably not completely unfounded, on the part of many
manufacturers that making the car "customer tunable" would lead to higher
emissions and a back lash, from "Big Brother Uncle Sam", that would lead to
government mandates/regulations.  My understanding is that there are
currently plans to make memory available to record the
disconnecting/connecting of certain components, the date and time, and to
have this info readily available for anyone connecting to the diagnostic
ports (dealers, repair shops, smog stations, etc) who could then be
*required* to report you to the appropriate agency.  Of course, some of the
technology is also proprietary and generates $$$ - can't just let
anyone/everyone aftermarket it until there are cheap clones readily
available ;).

Personally, I'm going to be happy when I get the work around going for the
EGR crap - people have done it!

Mike
San Diego, CA
65 Mustang Fastback
65 Falcon Convertible


> ......
> - I own Fords, hence my irritation at not being able to modify
>the controller, so I'll probably continue trying to mess with it
>
> - I recognize the immensity of the task
>
> - seems that we really need to either find hardware platform
>(maybe GM ??) or build our own (EFI-332 ??) and make matching
>cables to mate up with our stock systems.
>
>Bottom line .... I'm frustrated.  Not enough time ... shouldn't
>have to spend the time -- the danged manufacturer should be
>tickled pink to sell me something so I can fiddle with my car
>(look in the Summit catalog -- Mopar is doing just that !!) and
>GM at least uses reasonably standard components that aren't soldered
>into the danged PCB!!
>
>Anyway, I'll be glad to share with you what I have.  Like you say,
>it's frustrating to have people wiggle the carrot in front of your
>face and then find out they want money  .... that's okay, but they
>ought to get off the "diy" list !!!!!!!!!
>......
>
>Tom Cloud
>
>
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