[Diy_efi] [diy-efi] ECU

[Eck, Joel (Houston)]

http://pgmfi.crx-forum.org

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From: Programmer [mailto:nwester at eidnet.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 6:53 PM
To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] [diy-efi] ECU


Interesting stuff, Eric...where's the Honda site ? I can't seem to find =
it.=20

Lyndon

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From: "Eric Byrd" <klox at juno.com>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] [diy-efi] ECU


> Glynne --
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> A guy I know from the Honda CRX forum, crx.honda-perf.org, name of =
Dave
> Blundell, is good friends with another guy who frequents that forum,
> named Mike "Xtensive", and both are members of a site called =
PGMFI.org, a
> site dedicated to Honda EFI.  Dave is one of the administrators.  For
> some time, a company in California called Zdyne has been making
> Honda-specific conversion ECU's and their flagship, the Zdyne Gold, is =
a
> programmable ECU that is boost capable and very user-friendly.  The
> trouble with Zdyne is mainly that it is too expensive, and for a while
> now, Mike and Dave and some friends have been working on an open =
source
> programmable ECU application called GhettoDyne.  GhD 1.02 is already
> available and in use, and a boost-support version of GhD is being
> beta-tested.  I myself am shopping for a good fuel and timing control =
for
> my turbo project for my CRX, and I'm holding out for the bug-free =
boost
> support version of GhettoDyne, simply because it is nearly free.  But =
if
> Ghetto Dyne isn't Honda-specific, it's still extremely Honda-friendly =
and
> undoubtedly not so friendly to non-Hondas.  The exact specifications, =
I
> could not provide presently.  But because I'm holding out for it =
myself,
> and because it's free, I plan on becoming as well-educated on it as I
> can, as soon as I can, toward the goal of helping Dave and Mike and
> friends with tech support, and of contributing to future upgrades.  If
> you think you can work with a Honda-based system, the hardware you =
need
> to reprogram an ECU is one of the OBD0 Honda ECUs from 90 or 91, the =
PM6
> or PM7, or also the PR4.  With GhettoDyne 1.02, you can change the =
fuel
> and timing maps on any of these ECU's, and when the boost version =
becomes
> available, you can use the stock Honda MAP sensor, reliable up to 9psi
> gauge, to help control fuel and timing on a turbo-or supercharged 4 =
cyl.
> engine.
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> I guess how useful this info is to you depends on what engine you are
> trying to convert to fuel injection, and what hardware is available on
> it.  With that in mind, I'll wait to hear from you before I continue.=20
> Feel free to contact me privately.  I would have replied privately, =
but I
> thought this news would seem interesting to some of the other fellas
> here.
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> On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:04:04 -0000 "Glynne Jones" =
<sales at desertrats.co.uk>
> writes:
> > I want to build a fuel/ignition system for a 4 cylinder petrol=20
> > engine. For this I require a programmable ECU. I could buy one from=20
> > DTA or someone similar but this would defeat the object which is to=20
> > keep costs as low as possible. How can I build one? what do I use?.=20
> > where do I get the bits?  Glynne Jones. UK
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> >  E-mail  info at desertrats.co.uk
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