All very sensible points and I understand the desire to poke and prod and play around with things. One thing I want to point out is that the AEM models already do DBW based TC, PWM fuel pump control, knock control, VVT and turbo speed. So not only is the Infinity a good value for what you can potentially develop on your own but it's an awesome value in that it already does so much. There's absolutely no reason why you can't already put an Infinity on a Miata - you just need to use a timing pattern that's already supported. You won't be able to add in timing pattern support on your own - only EL can do that and creating new timing pattern support is NOT a trivial task. I've worked with EL on timing pattern stuff before and it can take numerous iterations before it finally works right. Error response is almost a bigger and more important function that getting the ECU to recognize a particular pattern to facilitate sync. But if you do want to support the factory Miata trigger, you could probably get EL to work with you on getting it added. But like I said - they don't just add it and you're good to go. It takes some work. I'm aware of a couple other guys/shops submitting timing pattern stuff to EL so it's totally doable.

Anyways, have fun and good luck. I think you could probably improve the title of your thread. You know it's not junk.

 

No, I'm fully confident that AEM has managed to screw something up that we take for granted that any ecu should be able to do. They manage to do that with all their products.

 

Oh you're still mad at your EMS-4. I get it. Yeah, those can be tough to use sometimes. Adding in a resistor is asking a lot.

 

Expecting an ecu made after 2001 to support speed density was apparently my mistake.

 

I basically couldn't give my EMS 4 that i fucked up buying away on any miata forum. That shows you something. I wanted to punt the ****** but I had to recover some dough. People on m.net wouldn't even buy it. But I think savingaids or someone was all about it at the time. That shows the power of marketing.

 

Bump for updates on this? Doesn't look like there's been anything posted in this or your other build thread. I'm currently getting everything together to turbo my beater 10AE, and I'm going to be using an Infinity - I've used the AEM on two of the cars that we've raced at Pikes Peak and Global Time Attack without any major issues, and I've used them on a handful of other builds; although those were engines that I was able to get base maps for, so I didn't have to go through any of the additional headache of setting up the crank trigger patterns, for instance - which may present a bit of a headache on a 99, I think. I'm also going to try and set up communication with the wheel speed sensors, which from quick internet research it looks like the Miata uses VR WSS's and those should integrate properly with the AEM...saw that you were looking for ABS stuff, so I assume that you're working on something very similar if not the same thing.


I'm interested to see what further you've come up with since December.

 

Any updates?

 

Update: Aquired a baby

 

is baby fully tuned or just base map for now

 

Congrats

 

Interesting read. In for updates.

Congrats on the kiddo as well. I totally understand the hiatus.

 

fully tuned haha
can't even get the idle steady

 

LMK before you have to sell your sputnik so I can get dibs -- DINK for life over here.

 

You wouldn't buy it anyways.

 

probably not. but id like the option.

 

Like a friend once said, - don't be afraid of large expenses, worry about small incomes.

 

Bump

 

Last I checked. He had the baby. Then car is hiding in the corner of his garage. I don't think he has touched the car in years now.

 

Part out?

 

I don't think they let you do that with babies anymore