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For fuel injection and engine control, I had several criteria to select an aftermarket
total Engine Control Unit
(ECU).
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Window based software and easy programming
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Ease of use
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Total Engine Management
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MAP, TPS, CLT, Air Temp ... lot’s of sensors
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High resolution high power ignition (for Turbo)
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Input for wide band lambda sensor
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Turbo handling
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Multiple I/O’s for external mixture and ignition control, fan,
speed…
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Data log function
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Closed loop engine control
All these seemed to be offered by the Electromotive TEC-3. Although it turned
out, that making use of all these functions simultaneously, probably
never had been tested out by the company. I realized that some
functions will not work simultaneously. But it has given many exiting control
opportunities.
 
60-2 trigger wheel
Direct Fire Unit (DFU)
TEC-3 ECU
Electromotive TEC-3:
http://www.getfuelinjected.com/index.html
I made a small control panel with linear control of ignition (+/-
10deg) and mixture (+/-20%) offset during drive. This was very
useful to understand pinking margins at different load and RPM
versus mixture.
A wide band lambda sensor was used for continuous full range
monitoring of the mixture. These tools and the data-log on PC
function were very efficient for mapping the engine.
Closed loop feedback from wideband lambda to the mixture map was
used together with the data log function to correct the VE table for
optimal fuel mapping.
Control panel
This function works the following way: In a controlled lope mode,
the mixture automatically will adjust to a range of your setting (ex. +/-10%) from the mapping
points set in the programmed fuel table. The on-fly regulation is
based on a programmed mixture table (RMP/load). Running a long
data-log during the drive the PC program afterwards calculates offset
to the engine Volumetric Efficiency (VE) table. A new table may then
be loaded into the ECU. This process may be continued until most of
the RPM and load conditions have occurred during drive.
NOTE:
ECU on the road: Never do programming during drive. Too dangerous…
Use data logging in closed lope mode and afterwards analysis and
programming
Fuel map and 'Auto VE calibration'
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