Aftermarket stand alone engine management computer recommendations?

[Oliver Closehauf]

Hope I can post this here, I see some of you guys race. I have "hot rod" in my garage and I'm looking to swap out the factory ECM for something that is programmable and will let me monitor things like crank and cam sensor inputs, throttle position, etc, etc...

The car is 79 e21 BMW 320 with totally custom suspension and a 92 m42 1.8 from an e36 BMW 318iS along with its ECM, so Bosch fuel injection, car is set up for autocross. I have a one off custom made intake designed with turbocharging in mind. Stock computer just won't work. I'd like to keep as many of the stock sensors as possible so whatever I use needs to be able to accept those inputs and allow for calibration of things like TPS closed to WOT, airflow, be able to everything and let me see and make adjustments.

I'd be open to a tuner, but I doubt there is one, which is why I figured I should just look for a stand alone system.

Anyone have any ideas? I did a couple net searches, figured I'd see if anyone here has any experience and can recommend something.

 

[Brandon-w]

Halltech is nice I Beleive they have an auto tune feature and some nice digital dashboard options to choose from as well.

I'm looking into a mega squirt system for my 2 stroke 3 cylinder snowmobile and they also have some great features as well. I'd definately look into both.
Hope this helps
Brandon

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[Oliver Closehauf]

Thanks!

 

[Brandon-w]

No problem. The biggest thing is to figure out what exactly you want and keep in mind what unit has has room for future expansion. Like canbus readiness so you can hook up to 8 02 sensors or something like 8 egt probes for Monitoring. I Beleive mega squirt has the option of emergency high egt shutdown. Lots to consider Anyways. [emoji106]

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[Oliver Closehauf]

I've chosen the Haltech Elite 1500. I checked out Megasquirt, but Haltech seemed to be more of a finished package. I sent them an email, told them what I was doing, and they recommended the 1500. After looking through their documentation it was just what I was looking for.

I can use their basic harness kit and wire the existing sensors injectors and coils right in. I can also get rid of that stupid swinging door MAF.

Thanks again @Brandon-w

 

[Brandon-w]

I've chosen the Haltech Elite 1500. I checked out Megasquirt, but Haltech seemed to be more of a finished package. I sent them an email, told them what I was doing, and they recommended the 1500. After looking through their documentation it was just what I was looking for.

I can use their basic harness kit and wire the existing sensors injectors and coils right in. I can also get rid of that stupid swinging door MAF.

Thanks again @Brandon-w

That's awesome! Let me know how it works out for you. Halltech is definately a more refined system. I Beleive there is a forum and possibly a tune repository so there is some support. Good luck. Post some Vids when she's done.

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[Wild one]

I've chosen the Haltech Elite 1500. I checked out Megasquirt, but Haltech seemed to be more of a finished package. I sent them an email, told them what I was doing, and they recommended the 1500. After looking through their documentation it was just what I was looking for.

I can use their basic harness kit and wire the existing sensors injectors and coils right in. I can also get rid of that stupid swinging door MAF.

Thanks again @Brandon-w

Not sure if you're interested,but BBK builds cable driven throttle bodies for the Hemi ,and that'd bypass the drive by wire throttle body and attendent wiring head aches