As far as I'm aware Gary and Jason from over on Clubvr4.com aren't active here so being as I've just got my car up and running using one of these link ECU base boards I thought Id sing their praises here.
www.adaptiveengineering.co.uk
The link ecu plug in range are comprised of 2 circuit boards, the top board which is the brains of the operation (and all the same between all of variants of the plug in range) and the base board which is basically just a PCB version of a "patch harness" which allows the standardised top board to connect to specific vehicles.
Link unfortunately dont offer a plug in offering for the 8g 6A13TT VR4s.
In the past some people have used Evo 4-8 plug in ecus as they share the same header plug as the VR4. but evos only have 2 coils and 4 injectors so to make the evo plug in work you need to not only depin and repin the loom header plug to get the wires to connect to the right pins on the ecu but you also need to solder on some jumper wires inside the ecu itself to add the functionality to the pins where the evo ecu is lacking (injector 5/6 and the 3rd coil etc.) This obviously is a less than ideal soloution and introduces a labour cost to installing the ecu.
The Adaptive Engineering "base board" interfaces perfectly between a Link top board and the VR4 engine harness with no fucking around.
The beauty of the link plug in ranges standardised top board construction means you can buy the cheapest plug in ecu in the range as all the top boards are the same. Case in point a 2100NZD Evo 1-3 ecu is the same top board as a 3000NZD Evo 4-8 ECU
When you think about it that way a $2100 early evo ecu plus 500 odd dollars to get the base board landed this side of the world your still 400 bucks better off vs buying a late evo 4-8 plug in! and you dont have to do a hack job of soldering jumper wires onto your ecu.
Its as easy as buy a plug in, rob the top board off it, screw it onto the adaptive base board, load in a .PCLX tune/configuration file and voliá! You have a fully functional aftermarket ecu thats tuneable without the headache of roms and definition files. And with these cars getting older and older, less and less tuning places are willing to fuck around with reflash tuning unless they have buckets of experience on the platform such as people like TME Steve.
Not to mention the links ability to to add in sensors and extra functionality such as oil/fuel pressure/temp
Flex fuel. Drive by wire throttle etc etc
6A1 Interface for Link ECU – Mitsubishi Legnum / Galant VR-4 – Adaptive Engineering
www.adaptiveengineering.co.uk
The link ecu plug in range are comprised of 2 circuit boards, the top board which is the brains of the operation (and all the same between all of variants of the plug in range) and the base board which is basically just a PCB version of a "patch harness" which allows the standardised top board to connect to specific vehicles.
Link unfortunately dont offer a plug in offering for the 8g 6A13TT VR4s.
In the past some people have used Evo 4-8 plug in ecus as they share the same header plug as the VR4. but evos only have 2 coils and 4 injectors so to make the evo plug in work you need to not only depin and repin the loom header plug to get the wires to connect to the right pins on the ecu but you also need to solder on some jumper wires inside the ecu itself to add the functionality to the pins where the evo ecu is lacking (injector 5/6 and the 3rd coil etc.) This obviously is a less than ideal soloution and introduces a labour cost to installing the ecu.
The Adaptive Engineering "base board" interfaces perfectly between a Link top board and the VR4 engine harness with no fucking around.
The beauty of the link plug in ranges standardised top board construction means you can buy the cheapest plug in ecu in the range as all the top boards are the same. Case in point a 2100NZD Evo 1-3 ecu is the same top board as a 3000NZD Evo 4-8 ECU
When you think about it that way a $2100 early evo ecu plus 500 odd dollars to get the base board landed this side of the world your still 400 bucks better off vs buying a late evo 4-8 plug in! and you dont have to do a hack job of soldering jumper wires onto your ecu.
Its as easy as buy a plug in, rob the top board off it, screw it onto the adaptive base board, load in a .PCLX tune/configuration file and voliá! You have a fully functional aftermarket ecu thats tuneable without the headache of roms and definition files. And with these cars getting older and older, less and less tuning places are willing to fuck around with reflash tuning unless they have buckets of experience on the platform such as people like TME Steve.
Not to mention the links ability to to add in sensors and extra functionality such as oil/fuel pressure/temp
Flex fuel. Drive by wire throttle etc etc
