I wasn't paid for or asked to make this video.
Whenever someone makes a product that improves one's quality of life and experience
... and I buy it, then you see me use that product on my channel because that's just what I do. This video is just intended to be my ten cent tour of how easy it was to install ECMlink and to configure my 92
Hyundai Elantra for
Speed Density airflow metering.
Really I just followed directions that were on the ECMtuning website, and you should always follow the manufacturer's recommendations over mine. I just wanted to show this one off because...
1) I love ECMlink.
2) I get lots of questions about what software I'm using in my videos.
3) I collect tools. Though some people call this a "mod", to me it doesn't stop there. This is a diagnostic tool.
It's a tuning aide. It's a data-logger. It's a power-adder and economy booster. It's a complete engine management solution that doesn't require cutting or soldering a single wire on your electrical harness to use it.
But fourth and most importantly...
4)
I've always had a great experience with this product as well as all the awesome people who make it and support it… I'm very grateful to
Dave and Tom, especially for attending gatherings, events and dyno days to give back the community. I'm thankful for all the contributors in the forums who continue sharing their knowledge.
If you are interested in getting the hardware and software necessary to support your 90-99
DSM or
EVO 1, 2, or 3... these links will help you get started:
Website:
http://www.ecmtuning.com/
Wiki pages: http://www.ecmtuning.com/wiki/
Demo videos: http://www.ecmtuning.com/demos
.php
How to buy - click the link that applies to you and READ THOROUGHLY
Order page: http://www.ecmtuning.com/index.php?cPath=25
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING
SPEED DENSITY
WIKI: *
http://www.ecmtuning.com/wiki/sdsetup
*
Follow these instructions
first and foremost. My video only proves it can be done.
jjrock5's ECMlink install on a
2nd generation DSM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Spav_sFXZo
My personal testimony:
10 years ago, I won DSMlink v2 in a raffle at the DSMCA GT9 gathering. Tom was there giving away an
ECU.
Somehow my number was drawn. I won it. It is the holy grail of raffle prizes at a DSM event, and any one of the 10 people who have ever been so lucky will all tell you this.
In
2005, I had been using the MAFT system for fuel tuning and I was beyond ready for something new because I wasn't getting the results I wanted. After installing DSMlink, the car's next journey was a DSMCA Dyno Day where once again, Tom was there supporting entrants with their tunes on his product. By the time the 6th pull was over, Tom had dialed in EIGHTY horsepower at red line that I didn't previously have. The car used to peak and fall off, but the power curve peaked and held all the way to red line afterwards. The video doesn't lie, but sadly it was captured with a potato cam. The before/after results were astounding.
The one who's vociferously surprised by the before/after in the video - is Tom. While peak power did not increase, there was a 33% gain in power output at 7000
RPMs.
Without DSMlink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dZRjkpX5Lk
With DSMlink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38psUwF71mo
If you look at the order page and balk at the price, something's wrong with you. If you were to divide the price of ECMlink by the number of features it contains, they would cost only a few cents each. If you compare it to stand-alone solutions, it's an outright bargain. Of course, if you own ECMlink already, then like me
... you feel sorry for everyone who doesn't have it unless you're racing against them.
Some of the electrical procedures outlined in the factory service manual require special tools which are now antiquated and/or discontinued, or the procedure is rife with complicated processes to do simple tasks (setting the idle speed for instance). You will never see me follow the
FSM methods for these tasks in my videos.
I am going to grab my laptop, plug in my ECMlink cable and check the box or button that gives me easy and immediate solutions to my problem. I offer no apologies for this. If you're here because I sent you the link when you asked me what software I'm using, I hope you feel I've done my very best to answer your question.
For the patient people who watched all the way to the end, that link goes to a video that is not public. That is your reward.
Thank you all for your time and attention, and especially,
Thank You Tom! Thank you for your contributions to the DSMCA community that built me. Thank you for the raffle.
Nothing happens by accident. I won my first ECMtuning product, you gained a life-long customer out of me, and this video is my way of saying "thanks" for all you have done to help our community thrive on race day.
This is the mother of all descriptions.
- published: 22 Apr 2015
- views: 23070