[s-cars] Chip - best choice

[FvAMI at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/21/04 1:36:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
mik at info.fundp.ac.be writes:


> Hmmm, Feico, do you think a stroker motor won't require custom tuning? 
> 
> 

Mihnea,

It has already been done - straight out of the box in a completely different 
car with a new stroker ... it ripped the quater in under 12.5 seconds.  ... So 
of course - it isn't any generic code. But ... only the first set of code was 
fine tuned on a dyno ... and it does not need to be redynoed for every new 
stroker that comes along. Can it go faster - sure - but unless you want to 
replace your transmission every 10K miles the torque levels are probably enough.

Sure every car is slightly different - but a car with 100K miles on it is 
also going to behave differently than the same car with 20K miles later even in 
exactly the same atmospheric conditions. So if I set it up 100K to "custom 
tuned" ... how can I guarantee it is still as good at 120K miles? What if the MAF 
fails ... I buy a new one and go through the whole custom tuning process 
again. If it is only $100.00 great - but I think it is quite a bit more than that 
... yes? ... no?

Mihnea - you are very ambitious and I would definitely like to meet up if you 
came to the US. I actually may be in Amsterdam in the near future for a few 
weeks so maybe we could link up then. I have not seen or tried any of your 
stuff. So it is impossible for me to make an assessment on essentially an unknown.

I do know what Lehman, MTM and others have done over the past 5 - 25 years. 
Didn't Lehman work on the Pikes Peak Quattro? Others use their chips or minor 
deviates - I don't think any one of them would claim they could do it as good 
from scratch.

I started playing with the code many years ago ... there is a lot I know 
about it and still a lot I don't. I believe you did the same and of course I am 
sure you just like I still have questions about certain parameters. 

Best regards,
Feico van der Laan