BoostinBen Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Well Goes Standalone anyway :D I started the install on my AEM standalone programable ECU last night.. thought id put up a thread on the progress from start to finish. Been doing lots to my car recently but not sharing much. :rolleyes: My car had a stock s13 blacktop ecu .. not so stock motor so it was time to get the full potential of the bolt ons and upgrades on the motor by switching up to a programable ECU. I am also switching from the stock MAF setup to a MAP / Wideband. A few pics of the progress so far.. Removed the cold side of the intercooler pipe and BOV to make room for the air intake temp sensor to be able to run on MAP. Here is the Intercooler Pipe I removed after welding on a bung and mounting the aem AIT sensor. Also welded on a pipe for the idle control air valve. Since the dato dosent use power brakes I used the inlet for it on the back of the greddy plenum to mount the aem map sensor Here is the UEGO wideband I got with the AEM EMS unit. its going in next.. Noticed that none of my laptops I use have a serial port on it so Im jsut waiting to install a fresh copy of windows on an older dell I got to use for the initial map upload and tune. While I was waiting for windows to install I swapped out my c's short shifter for this b&M:cool: Well thats about it so far...more to come! Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Why did you choose the AEM over the other options out there? Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Are you going to tune it on the dyno? I can't wait to see what kinda numbers you put down :D Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Why did you choose the AEM over the other options out there? Well I was orginally looking at haltech .. Basically I have one main reason to go with Aem. A good friend of mine here is real familiar with them. and my happens to be building a sema show car sponsered by them ... Plus they have tons of features .. good support .. heared a lot of good things about them. I didnt want to go with a mines or empathy tune cause I wanted something I could tune on the fly .. not ship back and forth to some company everytime I upgrade something. Are you going to tune it on the dyno? I can't wait to see what kinda numbers you put down :D Oh its going to the dyno alright .. im going to baseline it with the ems and then .... well I got a couple other tricks up my sleeve. :P Quote Link to comment
cjr198car Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 With my old SR car I slapped on a redline ecu (found him on ebay, hes out of CA). Told him I was running 740cc injectors, 264/272 cams, Z32 maf, and an SC61 precision turbo. Plugged it in went to the dyno and slapped down 400whp at 20lbs with a spot on air/fuel ratio. That said Ive had great luck with reprogrammed ECU's (especially on SR's, so much aftermarket support and knowledge in general), but I here you on having more tuning flexibility with the AEM. Does the AEM provide a better ignition system on the SR or is it just a means of controlling fuel/timing? Cant beat the looks of not having a maf in front of the turbo! -Colton Quote Link to comment
Yellowcar Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Try a USB to serial adapator. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=464 I am interested to hear how the EMS works out, I am trying to decide between that and a full stand alone for my KA right now... Quote Link to comment
freekwonder Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 :thumbsup: Nice, I'm in the process of wiring up my with Microtech ecu. Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Updates please :D Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted September 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Updates please :D Updates?? :blink: you mean I was supposed to finish this?!! well the only update I have is that I have been super lazy and havent finished .. I have mounted the AEM and hooked it up running the Stock MAF but that about where I left off... been real busy lately so the dime sits alone :lol: but really im gonna get back on it this week and finish it up.. shouldnt take much .. just running some new wire and a lil tuning on the laptop.. ill get some updated pics up as soon as I can.. yo Clayton if your ever down here in SJ hit me up .. stop by and have a beer or somethin.. Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 lost your number (new phone) PM me with it and I will let you know when I can come down Clayton Quote Link to comment
510six Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 http://forum.aempower.com/forum/index.php Not to thread hijack, but the AEM EMS on my car (L30 turbo, N20, custom harmess using a Honda 1040 EMS) allows for sequential injection, dry N20 control and traction control. It really does work well and is a great option for the money. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Ive been having some trouble getting the motor to run right with the AEM vs the stock ecu and I have traced it back to a bad wiring job on the harness that was done by the previous owner.. or the shop he paid to do it .. ... it had been restrung to use a 300zx igniter as well as extended in various places that didnt make much sence... so I started checkin out all the wiring on the car.. most of it was pretty ugly. an insult to the brand new painless wiring kit that was used ... and it was an insult to my car.. so i decided to rewire the whole thing .. everything ... I bought a brand new oem nissan wiring harness for the sr20 and pulled out the entire painless kit, layed it out and im starting from scratch. ditching every shity spade and bullet connector for weatherpack connectors. There must have been 4 rolls of electrical tape used on the wiring before as well.. im going with mil spec wiring loom none of that nasty corrigated plastic stuff. I just pulled apart the engine harness and restrung it to match the layout of the sr in the 510 bay as well as integrating the wiring for the aem sensors and my autometer guages and boost controler into it so once I loom it all up it should look as if it is all part of the factory harness... wiring is such a pain in the ass... but clean wiring jobs when they are done right make a big diffference in my opinion. pics of the carnage to come. Quote Link to comment
510six Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Bad wiring can cause such a headache and can be a total PITA to trace problems. Are you planning on using the AEM CDI or having the AEM trigger the stock coils? Once the AEM is working correctly you will be happy with the purchase. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I dont have the AEM CDI I havent really looked into ging that route... Yeah wiring can be crazy but the nice thing about doing it all and doing it yourself is that it makes it that much easier to trace down electrical problems... I even went the extra step and picked up one of those Rhino label printers that prints on heat shrink tube.. I figure if Im going to take the time to do it.. im going to do it all the way. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 This a Brand New OEM S13 harness after we completly unwrapped it and rerouted the wires to better fit the 510 engine bay and to be able to mount all the relays and ignitor on the inner firewall. Im just waiting for the loom I ordered to get here to be able to wrap it all back up. Gutted This is all crap that came out that aint going back in. Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 you should have looked into nistune ecu's they're cheaper an just as easy to operate.. im not sure if it would work with a map setup tho.. not to mention you wouldnt have had to rewire so much, but im sure it was something that needed done anyway.. car looks good :) Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Man, must be so nice to work in such a clean car!! Dig it! Quote Link to comment
lynchfourtwenty Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 i dig the colors Quote Link to comment
510six Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 http://www.aempower.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=62 Without the numerous outputs of the AEM EMS running a dual fuel system with gasoline in the primary mode and E85 under boost wouldn't be possible. A friend who is the local AEM guru is working on an A/F ratio switch that either takes the ground away from the map sensor and puts the car into boost cut or enables the fuel cut rev limiter when a less than adequate A/F ratio is present. Let me know if your tuner is interested. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted January 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Thought Id post a little update .. I think Im gonna consolodate some posts into a project thread since im doing a lot more than just hooking up a standalone ecu.. but here is a little update for now. Ive done the whole painless wiring harness for the chassis from front a rear. Wrapped everything in mil spec fire resistand loom.. think its much nicer than the corrigated plastic stuff Here is the headlight wiring wrapped up. And the rear light harness I also added some yellow mercedes fogs when I wired up the front. I jacked them from my roomates busted ass mercedes .. haha. :D Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 I Decided to move the Dat over to Blu808 to weather the storms we are having here in norcal ...I got a lot more space to work on it there thats for sure... And I think its a bit more comfortable over there with its new friends.. Here it it tucked in between blu808's turbo ls1 240sx, their sema award winning formula D camero and under a dead sexy rb powered 260z. So now I really have no excuse to get this thing back together ... Ill post up some pics of the progress later.. Quote Link to comment
ratty510 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 It looks happy to be there! Good luck in a speedy completion to get it back on the road soon! Quote Link to comment
Yellowcar Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Nice work on the wiring. Hope you are on the road soon! I am in the middle of wiring up my car now too, takes for-ev-er. I'll post a couple of pics of what I am working on. Quote Link to comment
BoostinBen Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 :lol: Updates are comming ... Im getting close . how bout a little z porn from the shop while you wait.... Quote Link to comment
CranberryYumYum Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 it's beautiful............. Quote Link to comment
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