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RHanselman · 05-20-2012

ALCON,

Over the last few months I've been working with the MegaSquirt Guys (http://www.diyautotune.com/). These guys's produce aftermarket DIY ECM's along with aftermarket production ECM replacements. Long story short is they are going to produce a run of 10-20 ZR-1/LT5 ECM's with their newest technology. The amazing part is they say they can utilize all of our existing electronics to include the BCM.

Here are some specifics:

Much better injector resolution
8 ignition outputs (provides the option for a LS1 style coil per plug)
I/O. for Nitrous control (stage or progressive), water meth control, electric water pump and numerous other devices can be controlled

The valet mode switch can likely be retained. The plan is to offer switchable tables, which can be user defined. Examples could be "Emissions check" mode for you guys in CA, high power vs lower power (similar to original valet mode), pump gas vs race gas, or pump gas vs E85. For turbo cars, another option could be low boost vs high boost. This can be user programmed.

The unit will contain an SD slot so you can data log without your laptop. You'll have USB connections to connect your laptop for easy tuning!

Here are a few of the objectives:

The unit will be housed in a very similar looking ECM box with the correct connectors enabling you to just plug in your existing harness. NO CUTTING, PINNING or SPLICING!

I've also asked them to look into bypassing the DIS module. This may indeed be doable which would add an entire new benefit to this system.

Here are a few of the benefits as I see them:

Tune-ability
Upgradability
Availability (of both the ECM and DIS modules)
Ability to have better NOS, Meth and Boost Control
Flexibility

What's next?... Development...

The development phase is going to take around 3 months. After the initial development I will send an ECM to each of our tuners for evaluation and testing. My ultimate goal is to have them available by the Las Vegas Gathering which is the first weekend in Oct.

How to get one:

I'll be distributing them through our tuners and Jerry's Gaskets.

Price - Still to be determined

Opportunity:

I need a car for development. These guys are just north of Atlanta GA. I can ship them my car but it makes better sense if one of our members that are close buy can offer up theirs. It needs to be a car that has little to no mods. They would need your car for up to three months. We can discuss terms if anyone is interested.

Cheers,
Ron

05-20-2012	#1
RHanselman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cresson, TX Posts: 970	PnP ZR-1 ECM - Raptor Skunk Works... ALCON, Over the last few months I've been working with the MegaSquirt Guys (http://www.diyautotune.com/). These guys's produce aftermarket DIY ECM's along with aftermarket production ECM replacements. Long story short is they are going to produce a run of 10-20 ZR-1/LT5 ECM's with their newest technology. The amazing part is they say they can utilize all of our existing electronics to include the BCM. Here are some specifics: Much better injector resolution 8 ignition outputs (provides the option for a LS1 style coil per plug) I/O. for Nitrous control (stage or progressive), water meth control, electric water pump and numerous other devices can be controlled The valet mode switch can likely be retained. The plan is to offer switchable tables, which can be user defined. Examples could be "Emissions check" mode for you guys in CA, high power vs lower power (similar to original valet mode), pump gas vs race gas, or pump gas vs E85. For turbo cars, another option could be low boost vs high boost. This can be user programmed. The unit will contain an SD slot so you can data log without your laptop. You'll have USB connections to connect your laptop for easy tuning! Here are a few of the objectives: The unit will be housed in a very similar looking ECM box with the correct connectors enabling you to just plug in your existing harness. NO CUTTING, PINNING or SPLICING! I've also asked them to look into bypassing the DIS module. This may indeed be doable which would add an entire new benefit to this system. Here are a few of the benefits as I see them: Tune-ability Upgradability Availability (of both the ECM and DIS modules) Ability to have better NOS, Meth and Boost Control Flexibility What's next?... Development... The development phase is going to take around 3 months. After the initial development I will send an ECM to each of our tuners for evaluation and testing. My ultimate goal is to have them available by the Las Vegas Gathering which is the first weekend in Oct. How to get one: I'll be distributing them through our tuners and Jerry's Gaskets. Price - Still to be determined Opportunity: I need a car for development. These guys are just north of Atlanta GA. I can ship them my car but it makes better sense if one of our members that are close buy can offer up theirs. It needs to be a car that has little to no mods. They would need your car for up to three months. We can discuss terms if anyone is interested. Cheers, Ron __________________ Ron Hanselman Founding Member #80 CM Lifetime Member #1093 1991 #383 Twin Turbo 1993 #099 Ruby, Jeal 368 w/Snake Skinner body 1961 White with Red Int Last edited by RHanselman; 05-20-2012 at 12:52 PM.