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Chris Harris 09-24-2004 06:29 PM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 

Originally Posted by surfer
so if i got that i wouldnt need to get the romulator, because i could log a run make changes, log a run, makes changes etc until properly tuned, am i correct? also i wouldnt need to buy another boost guage as this can display boost and vac pressures?

It's not quite this easy. yes you can log any sensor (RAW voltage) and then play it back and see where you *think* you need to make changes...but what the Wideband is logging and the ECU is seeing are two different things

You might think you need to make a change in a specific cell, but that might not be the one the ECU is pulling its injector pulsewidth # from in the fuel map.

surfer 09-24-2004 08:25 PM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 
with that said though Xeno, for the price its a good piece of kit would you not agree, and, even if it cant help to tune my car to a perfect 12 across the board at least i will be able to get it pretty good, a lot better than just feeling the temperature of the engine and smelling the exhaust gasses.

I'm not after a miracle i just want to know that my car is being tuned to a decent (safe) level

scttydb411 09-25-2004 08:48 AM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 
the techedge 2.0 kit uses a $35 wideband o2 from a vw...get that kit in the diy version and save mad $$.

green91 09-25-2004 01:30 PM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 
I have a zeitronix, but i want to get a romulator also.. what brand(s) work well with turboedit?

TurboEF9 09-25-2004 05:14 PM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 
First off, ROMulator is not a wideband.

You guys are talking apples and prostitutes here.

ROMulator is a ROM emulator that interfaces with TurboEDIT to do realtime tuning.

Your Wideband is what you use to gather information to help you tune.

Chris Harris 09-25-2004 10:17 PM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 
The only ROM emulator that interfaces with TE right now is the one from XTRONICS

www.xtronics.com

It is the same one Hondata uses.

I will say that OBD0 cars are pretty finicky with the ROMulator. I find it easier to just pull over from time to time and make changes. Sometimes the ECU freaks out when you make too many changes to too many cells...

Many of the newer Widebands out there use the $30 Bosch sensor. The LM-1 that I have being one of them. This WB will also calibrate itself for the L1H1 and L2H2 O2 sensors as well.

leed 09-26-2004 04:19 AM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 

I find it easier to just pull over from time to time and make changes. Sometimes the ECU freaks out when you make too many changes to too many cells...
Yeah, I noticed that too the other night. I was able to narrow it down to getting one fuel cell to make it freak-out on a RT update. Seemed like if you changed a cell ust enough to change the column mulitplier it would do it. Could this be? I assume TE will change the multiplier if you jack the #'s up past a point?
No biggie though, RT updates make for some super speedy tuning for sure :)

BoosTedZSix 09-29-2004 05:09 PM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 
so what u guys are saying is you can tune on the fly but u have to pull to the side make the changes and apply it with the car on or off? the past few posts confused me a bit. :-\

Semnos 09-30-2004 09:16 AM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 
Read it again carefully

Chris Harris 09-30-2004 09:19 AM

Re:Romulator, Wideband
 

Originally Posted by leed

I find it easier to just pull over from time to time and make changes. Sometimes the ECU freaks out when you make too many changes to too many cells...
Yeah, I noticed that too the other night. I was able to narrow it down to getting one fuel cell to make it freak-out on a RT update. Seemed like if you changed a cell ust enough to change the column mulitplier it would do it. Could this be? I assume TE will change the multiplier if you jack the #'s up past a point?
No biggie though, RT updates make for some super speedy tuning for sure :)

Sounds logical to me...and if this is the case, on the fly TIMING changes shouldn't have any problems since there are no fuel multipliers. Sound right?


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