New GoTech Install Completed;
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:34 pm
OK, so I spent some time with a GoTech Standard install in my otherwise stock Milano Verde 3.0 12 valve L-Jet this past week.
I cried, I laughed, I scratched my knuckles up, drank lots of beer, but finally it’s in and it works too! (I was actually porting the heads, had the injectors reconditioned, replaced their fuel feed lines, replaced all of the vacuum hoses with Greg Gordon’s stuff, installed the 50mm intake runners and enlarged intake manifold simultaneously, so this took considerably more time…)
It started right up though! (The actual ritual of plugging the GoTech in and starting it up on another car - standing next to it with the hood open and wires dangling - will only take me about 7 minutes now as I know EXACTELY what goes where...)
NOT to beat up some of the other systems/modifications/conversions out there or anything, but this was just TOO easy!
In fact, the map that Domingo loaded on there for me in South Africa was pretty darn close (considering that he was shooting in the dark) with regard to the differences in vehicle model setup, fuel, altitude, climate, engine specs etc.
The map is probably still a bit rich (I can smell fuel at idle) and certainly still low on power, but we are not too far off. (Keep in mind that I have not done ANY mapping on it yet...) The next step would be to hook up my nifty new Innovate Motorsport LM1 Air/Fuel-Ratio Meter and to take it on the road for final mapping. At the end of the day I will also be doing some dyno fine-tuning.
The thing compensates and fires at a tap of the key, revs and idles smooth... (Good news for Sam and Jes as you guys have the exact same maps loaded on the boxes that you just obtained…)
Jes and I are running GoTech Pro units on the 3.7s but I am less concerned with those for right now as they were started and ran with those boxes in SA before shipping...
I am starting this thread for the specific purpose of those who are bound to have questions on the install of a unit purchased as a stand-alone and installed on a non-Glenwood built engine, so that we can share maps, give support/advice etc...
I cried, I laughed, I scratched my knuckles up, drank lots of beer, but finally it’s in and it works too! (I was actually porting the heads, had the injectors reconditioned, replaced their fuel feed lines, replaced all of the vacuum hoses with Greg Gordon’s stuff, installed the 50mm intake runners and enlarged intake manifold simultaneously, so this took considerably more time…)
It started right up though! (The actual ritual of plugging the GoTech in and starting it up on another car - standing next to it with the hood open and wires dangling - will only take me about 7 minutes now as I know EXACTELY what goes where...)
NOT to beat up some of the other systems/modifications/conversions out there or anything, but this was just TOO easy!
In fact, the map that Domingo loaded on there for me in South Africa was pretty darn close (considering that he was shooting in the dark) with regard to the differences in vehicle model setup, fuel, altitude, climate, engine specs etc.
The map is probably still a bit rich (I can smell fuel at idle) and certainly still low on power, but we are not too far off. (Keep in mind that I have not done ANY mapping on it yet...) The next step would be to hook up my nifty new Innovate Motorsport LM1 Air/Fuel-Ratio Meter and to take it on the road for final mapping. At the end of the day I will also be doing some dyno fine-tuning.
The thing compensates and fires at a tap of the key, revs and idles smooth... (Good news for Sam and Jes as you guys have the exact same maps loaded on the boxes that you just obtained…)
Jes and I are running GoTech Pro units on the 3.7s but I am less concerned with those for right now as they were started and ran with those boxes in SA before shipping...
I am starting this thread for the specific purpose of those who are bound to have questions on the install of a unit purchased as a stand-alone and installed on a non-Glenwood built engine, so that we can share maps, give support/advice etc...