Garth
Your guess is as good as mine......
- Joined
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- www.justcommodores.com.au
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- 100 series Toyota Landcruiser V8 monster
Ok, time to explain what I have got here,
What I have learnt over the years and what I can actually put into practice is you can actually change the value of some sensors, by adjusting several sensors you can actually increase or decrease the car's performance. What most people don’t know is that the ECU (regardless of type) has a re-learn function. When any power is dropped out from the ECU it re-learns any current settings. By putting this software along with the adaptor onto your car it will put it into the tech-1 mode, all ECU's have 3 settings,
CEL (The standard Check Engine Light for fault codes)Limp home modeTech-1 mode
All these are controlled by changing the resistance of the pin on the Commodore used for the CEL mode.
When you change the values of the car while running, the computer will infact learn the new settings, I was incorrect in saying that it writes to the ECU, that was my bad, it will re-learn and keep any current settings you have made in the car. Have you ever wondered why when you change the spark plug leads and/or plugs it runs better? The re-learn process causes this.
So far all I can get up and running is the software to actually read the current settings on the car, and tinker a little bit with the settings, I’m in talks at the moment with a mate who sells laptops, (they are all second hand, and will be all that’s needed to run the software on the car. I hope this clears some questions up for you all, keep your eye's on this space for more news.
I’ll be making the first one this weekend and hoping to show some member's on the cruise so they can verify it works as stated.
The software is Windows based, all that is needed is a PC or Laptop that can run a minimum of Windows 3.11, lol, now that's old. It's read in raw data, does have pretty figures on-screen, but it also converts it into settings, ie kpa settings or fuel flow, or spark strength and count.
I’ll let you all know what goes on.
Cheers
Garth
What I have learnt over the years and what I can actually put into practice is you can actually change the value of some sensors, by adjusting several sensors you can actually increase or decrease the car's performance. What most people don’t know is that the ECU (regardless of type) has a re-learn function. When any power is dropped out from the ECU it re-learns any current settings. By putting this software along with the adaptor onto your car it will put it into the tech-1 mode, all ECU's have 3 settings,
CEL (The standard Check Engine Light for fault codes)Limp home modeTech-1 mode
All these are controlled by changing the resistance of the pin on the Commodore used for the CEL mode.
When you change the values of the car while running, the computer will infact learn the new settings, I was incorrect in saying that it writes to the ECU, that was my bad, it will re-learn and keep any current settings you have made in the car. Have you ever wondered why when you change the spark plug leads and/or plugs it runs better? The re-learn process causes this.
So far all I can get up and running is the software to actually read the current settings on the car, and tinker a little bit with the settings, I’m in talks at the moment with a mate who sells laptops, (they are all second hand, and will be all that’s needed to run the software on the car. I hope this clears some questions up for you all, keep your eye's on this space for more news.
I’ll be making the first one this weekend and hoping to show some member's on the cruise so they can verify it works as stated.
The software is Windows based, all that is needed is a PC or Laptop that can run a minimum of Windows 3.11, lol, now that's old. It's read in raw data, does have pretty figures on-screen, but it also converts it into settings, ie kpa settings or fuel flow, or spark strength and count.
I’ll let you all know what goes on.
Cheers
Garth