AEM ECU

[Jagular]

We recently signed on with AEM for our race car to try to promote their new ECU. I have been working with this thing for a little while now and have conluded that if I can get the pattern from the secondary runner control off of the cougars then I can adapt a harness to put one of these things on a cougar. Hows that sound? Have full control of every aspect of the car. This thing will also control any automatic trans. It runs vehicle speed sensors, EGR, the works. The great thing about this system is that for the forced induction guys you can change over to speed density. This will aid tremendously in tuning. Also, the thing has a boost controler built in. It has the capabilities to read four EGTs. Knock sensors the whole bit. This is the ultimate ECU. It even will control injectors for a dry nitrous system so you don't need a venom or a zex kit. I have figured it up and for 2100.00 this can be done. Anyone interrested? If I can get enough pull I might be able to talk Scott into figuring out the secondary controls for me. Then I could do this definately.

[RodneyBur]

That is a huge chunk of change. If I did have that much money to spend, I would not spend it on a ecu.

[CougarBalla2k5]

Sounds good........but expensive

[warmonger]

We beat this up on CEG last year when the AEM ecu came out. Way too expensive. If you were going to drop the cash for a chip, boost controller, and a nitrous kit, then it might pay for itself. However, too many people need to build their motors just to be at the point where they need a kit like that.

Cheaper setups like chips with piggyback Air/Fuel devices are the way to go as Total cost can be about $600 and you can tune/re-tune with the piggyback until your hearts content. That 1500 dollar savings goes a long way toward dyno time AND a 3L block.

Just things to consider, but it is a nice product.

warmonger

[PuckPuck]

Yeah nice product... it does everything including my mom... but it's kinda steep in price.... maybe if you had wild cams, turbo charger, bored engine, very large injectors, and little emissions devices left it would be a great buy... but unless you have all of the above it's not really worth it

[Jagular]

You guys are right. Its not for the faint at heart. But, if you compare it to the other stand alone systems, I.E. fast, dfi, motec, etc. it is pretty cheap. Those sysems are a base price of 2500.00 and that includes nothing of what the AEM system comes standard with.