Standalones That You Would Never Use

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Re: Standalones That You Would Never Use

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http://www.dicktator.co.za/enginemanagement.html

This has my vote, too. Why? They appear to have 5 products, only one of which handles anything resembling a patterned signal (missing tooth), and with a maximum of 5 outputs (2 inj, 3 ign). Why not have the same unit do the other stuff too? Weird. Also, they state interpolation like it's special. You're low on things to state when you quote that.
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www.perfectpower.com < anyone know anything about the two similar standalone options from these guys?

I'm voting for them because I couldn't find any sort of spec sheet on their site or in the "brochure" which I find very odd. Didn't bother looking at the piggy back stuff.

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http://www.emsefi.com / http://www.emsefi.com/emsefi/index.php/ ... nt-systems

These systems are actually pretty good, from what I know, and who I know using them. Their website sucks, though, and their marketing department sucks. And maybe that's why they're not better known?

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Fred wrote:http://www.perfectpower.com < anyone know anything about the two similar standalone options from these guys?

I'm voting for them because I couldn't find any sort of spec sheet on their site or in the "brochure" which I find very odd. Didn't bother looking at the piggy back stuff.

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A vote for gotech based on a tale related to me by the unhappy ex-owner of one. He had it installed by gotech themselves and had the owner and chief developer himself working on the install, thus ruling out out owner-idiocy. They could not get it to run well or even idle. He went back to the standard lucas. I have the same motor (Rover V8) and have mine running very nicely on MS1 which is voted one of the worst here. So that doesn't say much for gotech.
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JaniM, is that a vote for (im)PerfectPower?

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Also added, with zero count: http://ecumaster.com/en/

This is Polish developed. I stumbled across it four days ago when searching for a BMW engine, clicked on a Spanish website that deals in this gear, and then found it. Looks OK. The proprieter/dev is a friend of a friend of a friend, and apparently started selling them from his home to order DIY style. Cool :-) Website could do with some fixes like 10.0 instead of 10,0 etc, but seems pretty capable.

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Re: Standalones That You Would Never Use

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Im new. My vote is Edelbrock's pro-flow 1.

Good:
Has and held tuner no pc needed
Pre burned chip for your cam profile
Install and start, good base tune

Bad:
Cost, it was $2400 new but included everything, intake, tb, injectors dizzy, rails.
Obsolete in 6 months with gen 2 system that was not compatible
Had to get chips burned by edelbrock for your (their) cam profiles
Little to no support as everyone ditched them in favor of programmable gen 2 ecu
Non programmable past 10% enrichment
No pc connectivity
Change cam, get new chip (at a price too)
Magnetti Marelli board looked like a MS1 board.
No boost


Ill throw in a jab at MS1. Even with a v2.2 board and MS2 daughterboard, it still lacks usb support ( little chance a serial-usb cable working unless it is ftdi chipset based) no onboard vr driver, you have to make/add it and the variables are over the top complicated. There seems to be 3 ways to wire/do everything cut here, add this, remove that, etc. There was a 3rd party that had an MS1 with dip switches that seemed a great idea. Oh well. Im willing to try 0.6 if There are any bare boards left. My smt solder skills are mad. :-)
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Oh, props to old Holley pro-jection analog systems. Simple, 3 pots to adjust and you are rolling. Forget custom mapping, this is a carb squirting gas at a controlled rate. Buddy loves it on a mild 68 Ford Mustang.
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Re: Standalones That You Would Never Use

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Yes, vote for neverPerfectPower.

How about old CB-performance quick tune for AC VW? They have a new MAGNA ecu.
Didn't found more info of that.
https://www.cbperformance.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=288
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