Evo VIII Ecu

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

cliff notes= link has sd, and support is awesome
+1

[blackrosenova400]

Uuuugghhhh my thread continously trails off.

I am fully aware of megasquirt and I was aware that dsmlink is speed density capable.

Ecoli, why did you choose to install an evo VIII ecu?

[Shane@DBPerformance]

I haven't put it in yet. You can do just about eveything with a 1G ECU that you can with an Evo ECU (SD, boost control, NLTS, dual maps, etc), but the Evo datalogging and tuning software is nicer. And it's nicer to just do a reflash than deal with pulling the ecu out and changing the chip. Some of the ways that the 1G ECU handles things is a bit more stable(especially idle and part throttle drivability) and it's simplier as far as the amount of programming code, lack of OBD2, lack of sensors, etc. I am probably on my 4th 1G ECU or so on that car also, so it gets old spending money them when they fail or have intermittant problems.

[goodhart]

^^Not to mention an VIII ECU would be cheaper in the long run vs. Link.

[blackrosenova400]

Hmmm I may just buy a burner then. Ecoli, do you use tuner pro at all?

[jrohner]

I got my Evo 8 ECU for $66 on ebay, can't really beat that. I think I got it that cheap because it didn't actually say that it was an Evo 8 ECU, but I knew it was by the number on it. I then got a wiring harness for $40, so I could swap the wires on that instead of my car; I can swap back to a 2G ECU in a few minutes if I want to.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Hmmm I may just buy a burner then. Ecoli, do you use tuner pro at all?

Yea, I use TunerPro. There is one thing that TunerPro has over EcuFlash, pretty much realtime tuning ability. If you get an Ostrich instead of a chip burner, you can just keep it hooked to your ECU all the time, so you don't have to deal with chips at all and you can realtime tune.

[blackrosenova400]

Do you have the xdf file or definition file for the 1g ecu chip?

[jrohner]

Another option is to use an emulator cable and a chip extender to just mount the chip outside the ECU. I have this setup in three cars, and it works great. Plus I can plug directly into my emulator for realtime tuning whenever I want -- I can use my one emulator in multiple cars without any hassle.

I've now started using TunerPro to tune the transmission in my 1G auto with a Holset turbo. It's awesome for that too. I really like the comparison features of TunerPro and wish something similar would get added to ECUFlash. TunerPro has a better feel than ECUFlash does, it seems more professional to me. I actually wish I could use TunerPro for reflashing. Don't get me wrong, I like them both; they both have good points and bad points, each having features I wish the other had.

[TkrPerformance]

i am going to make the harness for the hatch. it will be easyer and cheap than a 90 eprom and link. It is just to bad I sold my evo 8 ecu since it would not work in the evo when we tryed