Tuning programmable engine management: How to select, install and tune programmable engine management, working from a home workshop and tuning on the road - Softcover

Edgar, Julian

 
9781503312975: Tuning programmable engine management: How to select, install and tune programmable engine management, working from a home workshop and tuning on the road
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1503312976 ISBN 13: 9781503312975
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Do you want to be able to fit and tune programmable engine management, working from home? You can!This book covers the selection, wiring and tuning of programmable ECUs, all done without access to a dyno and with a totally hands-on approach. From the step-by-step of tuning idle, throttle enrichment and high- and low-loads, to tuning for best fuel economy. Mapping exhaust gas recirculation for better throttle response, to safely retarding ignition timing with increased intake air temps. PID tuning loops explained in easy to understand language, directly measuring the crank reference indicator position, and how Lambda numbers relate to air/fuel ratios - they're all here. And if you’re just starting out in this area, there’s also coverage of the fundamentals of engine management systems. There’s even a cheap and incredibly effective tool that you can build so that you can hear when the engine is detonating – or even close to detonating. This compact book is must-have for anyone tuning programmable ECUs.

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About the Author

Julian Edgar started his working life freelancing for photography magazines. He then worked as a secondary school teacher for eight years, teaching senior humanities, before leaving teaching and becoming a full-time automotive writer.

He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before becoming editor of AutoSpeed, an online car magazine. Along the way he wrote extensively for Silicon Chip, an electronics hobbyist magazine, while contributing articles to technical and automotive publications in Australia, the UK and the US.

He has fitted and tuned programmable management, working solely from a home workshop. He has also used plug-in programmable ECUs and interceptors, and has been instrumental in developing electronic car modification products and kits.

Julian lives in a hamlet 80 kilometres north of Canberra, Australia. He spends much of the week playing in his home workshop - for the rest of the time, he works for a company providing training in high-level writing skills.

Books by the author:

  • 21st Century Performance, Clockwork Media, 2000
  • High Performance Electronics for Cars, Silicon Chip Publications, 2004 (co-authored with John Clarke)
  • Amateur Car Aerodynamics Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
  • Inventors and Amateur Engineers Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
  • Home Workshop Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
  • DIY Car Electronic Modification Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013
  • DIY Testing of Car Modifications, CreateSpace, 2013
  • Tuning Programmable Engine Management, CreateSpace, 2014
  • Hybrid and Electric Cars Amateur Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2014
  • Thoughts about Driving, Car Modifications and Life, CreateSpace, 2014
  • DIY Suspension Development, CreateSpace, 2015

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    Publisher
    CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
    Publication date
    2014
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    1503312976
    ISBN 13 
    9781503312975
    Binding
    Paperback
    Number of pages
    62