Using EVO 8 ECU for BP engine power
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I found these guys on facebook and wanted to share it with the MT.net crowd. Looks like they are pushing the envelope of what you can do with a BP motor. Pretty insane numbers. If I understand right they are using a EVO ECU and custom harness to run the car. I think they are using EvoScan software. Anyway, I thought this was pretty interesting.
https://www.facebook.com/BP-Performa...48847/?fref=nf
And the EvoScan stuff:
ECU Mods
This could be another choice on the table as far as what we have to choose for tuning our cars.
Disclaimer: No, I don't have anything to do with these guys.
https://www.facebook.com/BP-Performa...48847/?fref=nf
And the EvoScan stuff:
ECU Mods
This could be another choice on the table as far as what we have to choose for tuning our cars.
Disclaimer: No, I don't have anything to do with these guys.
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What do you guys think are the the pluses and minuses of this compared to, let's say, Megasquirt.
They both look like they have a great user support base.
Mitsubishi is a mult-national corporation established in 1917, with fairly large R&D department.......
Megasquirt has much more direct links with their users.
Is it apples to apples? I'm familiar with Megasquirt, but this might be more capable for the same/less money.
Discuss.
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So just for the sake of discussion, is an evo 8 ecu less capable than Megasquirt? These guys are selling what they are calling plug and play kit for $395.00.
What do you guys think are the the pluses and minuses of this compared to, let's say, Megasquirt.
They both look like they have a great user support base.
Mitsubishi is a mult-national corporation established in 1917, with fairly large R&D department.......
Megasquirt has much more direct links with their users.
Is it apples to apples? I'm familiar with Megasquirt, but this might be more capable for the same/less money.
Discuss.
What do you guys think are the the pluses and minuses of this compared to, let's say, Megasquirt.
They both look like they have a great user support base.
Mitsubishi is a mult-national corporation established in 1917, with fairly large R&D department.......
Megasquirt has much more direct links with their users.
Is it apples to apples? I'm familiar with Megasquirt, but this might be more capable for the same/less money.
Discuss.
For a start this has obd2 *****
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So just for the sake of discussion, is an evo 8 ecu less capable than Megasquirt? These guys are selling what they are calling plug and play kit for $395.00.
What do you guys think are the the pluses and minuses of this compared to, let's say, Megasquirt.
They both look like they have a great user support base.
Mitsubishi is a mult-national corporation established in 1917, with fairly large R&D department.......
Megasquirt has much more direct links with their users.
Is it apples to apples? I'm familiar with Megasquirt, but this might be more capable for the same/less money.
Discuss.
What do you guys think are the the pluses and minuses of this compared to, let's say, Megasquirt.
They both look like they have a great user support base.
Mitsubishi is a mult-national corporation established in 1917, with fairly large R&D department.......
Megasquirt has much more direct links with their users.
Is it apples to apples? I'm familiar with Megasquirt, but this might be more capable for the same/less money.
Discuss.
Now, the mitsu boys have gone VERY far working around/with the oem ecu, and frankly I'm really impressed at how far they've come with making absurd power on it, but it simply doesn't make sense to go through all the trouble of adapting this to a different car to save a couple hundred bucks and be severely limited in many options and flexibility. After you spend all the money and time re-wiring and setting it all up to work, you've just dumped days/weeks into it and at least $600.
It just doesn't make practical sense unless you're just bored and want to waste a ton of time on a project like this.
Oh and fae, obd2 means diddly when it's retrofitted to a completely different engine/sensors/wiring/car
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Vlad, thanks for the explanation. It makes sense that there will be some additional costs to bring it on line.
Do you think they are are holding the timing back until the engine is above 4k before tuning for maximum brake torque? Potentially less stress on the rods after the rotational mass is really moving.
Do you think they are are holding the timing back until the engine is above 4k before tuning for maximum brake torque? Potentially less stress on the rods after the rotational mass is really moving.
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LOL just wait till you have to deal with CARB or get ref'd here in CA. You're gonna love it so much. Make sure to post up and tell us all about it
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Picture a table full of negative values, ranging from -2 to -10
Vlad, thanks for the explanation. It makes sense that there will be some additional costs to bring it on line.
Do you think they are are holding the timing back until the engine is above 4k before tuning for maximum brake torque? Potentially less stress on the rods after the rotational mass is really moving.
Do you think they are are holding the timing back until the engine is above 4k before tuning for maximum brake torque? Potentially less stress on the rods after the rotational mass is really moving.
They just keep throwing fuel and boost at it and retarding the timing. the whole engine/turbo setup ends up being like a gigantic turbine or turbojet
Evo tuning is a really crude process. A lot of the big turbo BP maps I've looked at, it's about the same.
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Yeah, it's not just about having sensors, they all gotta work exactly how they did on the evo, and all the other junk has to be exactly the same too.
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I'll dig one up if I'm bored later.
Picture a table full of negative values, ranging from -2 to -10
I honestly don't think they even try to tune for MBT.
They just keep throwing fuel and boost at it and retarding the timing. the whole engine/turbo setup ends up being like a gigantic turbine or turbojet
Evo tuning is a really crude process. A lot of the big turbo BP maps I've looked at, it's about the same.
LOL just wait till you have to deal with CARB or get ref'd here in CA. You're gonna love it so much. Make sure to post up and tell us all about it
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I'll dig one up if I'm bored later.
Picture a table full of negative values, ranging from -2 to -10
I honestly don't think they even try to tune for MBT.
They just keep throwing fuel and boost at it and retarding the timing. the whole engine/turbo setup ends up being like a gigantic turbine or turbojet
Evo tuning is a really crude process. A lot of the big turbo BP maps I've looked at, it's about the same.
Your boy never gave me a reacharound. :( I think I'm gonna officially move to north carolina so i can live with lars and his wives.
Yes I actually looked at a lot of evo timing maps when I was running big boost. I was shocked- they run like 15* at redline... at 40psi. This was before e85 became big but still they played it pretty safe and that community has a shitton of $$$$$$ r&d experience.
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The Mitsu stuff works for me right now, and I can make on-the-fly changes to fuel settings, and crude timing adjustments. But as Vlad stated, I do have to stop to rework the individual cells in my timing tables, flash, then restart, etc. It is pretty flexible at this point with multiple configurable inputs. The Evo8/9 ecu is mostly a glorified DSM ecu, and you can even run the DSM software I run (ECMLink) in an Evo8 ecu. I know nothing about Evoscan other than the user interface is nowhere near as good as ECMLink.
I've stated multiple times that next time I start with a fresh chassis it'll be MS. If starting with a stripped chassis then this might make sense if all the parts are around and you don't mind some wiring. If you are retrofitting in a complete chassis it's not worth it IMHO.
I've stated multiple times that next time I start with a fresh chassis it'll be MS. If starting with a stripped chassis then this might make sense if all the parts are around and you don't mind some wiring. If you are retrofitting in a complete chassis it's not worth it IMHO.
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Let me tell you: it's absolutely terrible.
I use ecuflash+Evoscan9 iirc to tune the 8,9,10's and absolutely hate it (evoscan).
doing the 10's is the worst cause only about 30% of the logging parameters are defined and you have to hack the code and use all sorts of work-arounds to be able to actually log the car enough to tune it.