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I was aware the O2 sensor makes the
tuning job a lot easier, (someone please jump in here if I'm wrong) but thought
there was the facility for using an O2 sensor for tuning, but if it's
imminent I could use that for my demonstrator engine and get the EM2 down
the track.
Hi George,
Before auto-tune, it was possible to tune with an EGT,
or even by ear, but to really do it easier and better, you need an O2
reading. Usually, this was a standalone gauge until the EM-2 came
out. The EM-2 will read the O2 sensor, along with dozens of
other things, so if you have an EM-2, then you don't need a standalone
O2 gauge.
You say the EM2 is not quite ready for
release just yet?
The EM-2 itself has been out for a year and a half or so,
and was just updated to get rid of the external box that it used to
need. Now it's all in the display
unit.
How far down the track might that be for the
EM2 and updated Auto tune ECU - your estimate,
My estimate... need to be careful how I answer this
:-) For someone like myself, who has an EC-2 and EM-2 already, all
that is needed to add auto tune is to replace the chip in the EM-2. That
should be available pretty soon, perhaps in a month or so when Tracy gets back
to productive mode.
The EC-2 that will auto tune without an EM-2 is
likely a few months away still. That's just my guess of course. From
what I understand, there isn't any way to upgrade an old EC-2 to
the next auto tune version, because the whole board is
different. That's the delay now, getting a new board laid out and
tested.
I
don't want to bug Tracy unnecessarily, when you guys have all the info.
You'll never catch Tracy now anyway. If he's as
smart as I think he is, he's hiding from John
:-)
Cheers,
Rusty (up
over)
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