by dash » Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:36 am
SAFC very handy equipment if you know what to do with it. U.S. mitsu guys have mastered them. When you run bigger injectors, use a hacked afm or other, so the fuel correction is minimal - timing maintained.
Dunno what afm options are for this toyota tho.
Maybe the inexpensive/tunable GM mafs 'translator' conversion ?
If the knock sensor on the toy behaves like the mitsu, its next to unbeatable for tuning. Mitsu guys run oe ecu monitered by $50-100 dataloggers + SAFC. $100usd Programmed chips also available with many options... can even convert the stock boost gauge to display knock! Still many folks don't even run 'chips'.
Does oe ecu + piggyback work ?
Well... its d.i.y. tuned and allows original 2L motors with 100-150K+ miles to live on, at 24-30+psi, propelling heavy 31-3300 pound awd street cars deep into the 11sec zone - that incredible performance is second to none, standalone or not. For the money.... too good to be true.
Operation remains transparent, retains oe controls and simple wire-in.
Folks this way generally don't 'sit around' waiting for a tuner and a dyno... seems quite the norm that side of the pond.