Alrighty, well i didnt get this for christmas but i got em around that general time.

The most expensize (Which i cannot believe a gauge could cost this much) was my AEM wideband at $260 dollars!! i just hooked it up yesterday and gettin excited to finally be able to tune the eclipse.

Also got the APEXi Super AFC that is comming in today to complete the tuning system (along with my EGT gauge already installed)

Rounding out that last few toys i picked up was a anodized blue Venom high pressure fuel rail with adj fuel pressure regulator.

Def some fun stuff to keep me busy!

sounds like cool stuff but i just picked up a DFGISR for my 89 Honda that should help with the ECU and the AEM. Im not sure if i should go with the TURYMN or the OEHUI for my fuel pressure regulator. Im leaning towards the TURYMN cuz that is suppose to give me more full but i don't know about tuning it. I might have to get a Laptop soon. after that stuff i should be up to at least 96 horsepower. but im keeping my finger's crossed.

just messin with you mike t. I have no idea what any of that stuff does. too many abbrevations.

AEM = Product Brand
Wide Band = Air Fuel guage, but gives alot more information then a narrow band which is the type of air fuel guage I have.
APEXI = Product Brand
AFC = Air Flow Converter
EGT = Exhuast Gas Temperature...

In a nut shell what Mike is doing is throwing more fuel into the engine, and hopefully doing it safely with all of the guages he has to moniter it. So more fuel at the proper times should equal more horsepower, and if done safely it will prolong engine life... Mike I cant wait to see all this stuff hooked up and running. I guess soon, if not already your little 4 banger can crush my pig of an 8 banger...

Jeremy

Jeremy when did you become an expert in import stuff? are you secretly a mechanic? or did you just ask you brother? Maybe you need to use some of the knowledge on your own car. haha just messin with ya

He's more into Josh's car than his own. WTF

Nah not secretly a mechanic, just read all different message boards, whether they are import or domestic..

Jeremy

Nah, common its fun. Theres a whole new world out there to explore once you get into imports. I appologize for any acronymes i may use. I'll make sure next time to spell it out.

As far as what it does, Jeremy is on the right track. The Super Air Flow Controller (SAFC) is what (in the import world) called a piggy back device. It will allow me to adjust my engine control unit (ECU) fuel maps during wide open throttle (WOT). I can add or take away fuel at different revolutions per minute (RPM) by +/- 50%. This is where my Wideband comes into play. My wideband watches the air/fuel ratio to the "t". More so then the common air/fuel gauges ie. Jeremys which is just basicly a light show. If im running to rich i can minus out fuel to get a more stoich reading. Likewise if im running to lean...(Which i hope never happens) i can add fuel to again become more stoich. I believe the most ideal reading for you air/fuel mixture would be 12.2 (anything lower is considered rich and above is lean). Now where my Exhaust Gas Temp (EGT) comes into play is that it monitors how hot the gasses are comming from the manifold. If the gasses are getting to hot ie. above 1400 degrees F. im running to lean and could be getting close to detination (when the engines running to hot in the head and unwanted detination is occuring at the wrong times of the crank cycle). So as you can see these all play a major roll in tuning but what i have is just childs play to what is out there. Upgrading to a AEM engine management or some other type of stand alone allows you to totally take over letting you program the whole computer...but thats another story.

Before you know it, mike T will be selling custom programmed ECUs out of the back of a large white van... along with Speakers of course

Ha for DSMs......(Diamond Star Motors for Keys)
I dont mess with Honduhhs.

I'm with you Mike T, I had no idea how much tuning info there is out there,and how many devices to go along with it. I picked up some TMO datalogging software and installed it on my laptop the other day. I'm looking for instructions on how to make an OBD1 to serial cable so I can use it. They sell the cables online, but they're like $60 and I know you can buy molded OBD1 fittings and just map the wires accodingly. If you have any info, let me know, but your's should be OBD2 so I don't think you would have looked.

Have you installed your new toys yet? Let me know how it goes and how you like them as I have a DSM in my driveway now! Anyway, I have been working on my car computer install for a while now and will start a post once I have the first phase done...that way I can show a whole bunch of pics at once. I'll be spending this weekend making my fiberglass lcd bezel(take 2) and once that's done I can do the first part of the install.