I get letters from lots of folks off
list. Over 99% of the time I try my best to help them. Some folks
just get to me and I jus thought I'd share, a letter and response from
me.
Grumpy
Hi Bruce, I was quite fascinated with your site and the work
that has gone into it. I dont have alot of experience on hacking, as when I
first started 5 or 6 years ago I found a recent sotware package just released
then called Kalmaker.
Recent 5-6 years ago, or are you talking about
kalmaker being rereleased?.
You may have heard of it. It is Australian and back then it
was for only our local ecm which is similar to the 1227165.
I was running a 400 Chev with TPI fitted running the 1227165
with MAF meter which needed reprogramming.
It was very easy to convert to MAP sensor and run this new
Kalmaker software with what I had.
After using it I realised its worth as it is 3 packages in
1.
First its written in Plain English with easily adjustable
bars etc( no Hex), second, in a way it is an emulator and 3rd it is in Real
Time.
To this day I havent seen anything else like it. This is the
reason I dont know much Hex .
The major drawback with it as far as you guys would be
concerned is (as yet) it doesnt suit your model ecm and pcm's.
It is perfect for Hot rods or street machines or engine
transpalnts in general.
Here in the states we have several prom editor vendors, and
with anyone of them and a prom emulator we can do about real time
emulation. Prototype on the fly ecm specific hardware/ software is under
evaluation. Which all is much cheaper the Kalmaker, and is transferable
from ecm to ecm. So Kalmaker falls to, not even in the running, for
price and function.
Since those days I have become the Distributor of the
Kalmaker "Street Pro 2" package and I will put my web address at the bottom of
this email.
I have a major update coming in the next 2 weeks approx with
all the latest info.
Hope it goes well for you, Kalmaker has burnt
it's bridge with me thou. After all the noise they rasied at DIY_EFI
several years ago, they are less then
thieves, IMHO.
One of our projects at the moment which you may be able to
help me with is, we are adapting the DIS coil pak ignition from the S10 4 cyl
Chev on to import Jap turbo engines. This ignition module has the same 4x
interface wiring as the TPI engines etc do ie Ref Hi, Ref Lo, Bypass, and EST.
All our Australian models use this as well, meaning that the module itself has
the smarts to work out which coil to fire, whereas with some models the smarts
are in the ecm/pcm itself and the crank sensor is wired straught to the
ecm.
Why would I want to help you?.
I'll do all I can for someone that CONTRIBUTES to EFI
society, but in your case you come out of the wood work asking for help to
help to make money, Hahahaha.....
This leads to where I'm heading, I have been looking for a
V8 version of this which led me to the LT 5 Corvette, which has exactly what I
want. Then I found the info on the diy efi gm ecm page showing the manuals tec
which was fantastic, except for the price of the all the parts required.
Ouch.!
Do you know of any other V8 modules similar to
this.
If I did, why would I want to help
you?.
The Cadillac Northstar uses one but thats all i know. Where
could I found out more info on this?
GM shop manual?.
The beauty of the LT 5 system is also with the crank trigger
which is very basic as with the S10.
Some units have a very difficult to reproduce crank
trigger.
Any help on this matter would be much
appreciated.
I'm sure it would be.
This all means that if all this works we can run the LS 1,
LT 1 etc or Fords or whatever very easily on our 16176424
PCM which we also have the software to totally
recalibrate the 4L60E trans as well.
I have done several TPI's with 4L60E trans with low gears
and its fascinating reprogramming all the shift points, line pressures, shift
times and TCC lockups. Theres lots to learn but you can concentrate on how the
software/hardware works and not have to learn all the hex addresses etc on top
of that.
My web address is http://www.com.au . I hope
you enjoy it and I look forward to you comments.
ps we hope to have the full software for the LS 1 in approx
12 months as we now use this engine here in Oz too.
Feel free to write me at any time after you
decide to become a contributing member of the EFI community. As for
making a buck from others work, again good luck.
If you care to subscribe to the gmecm or DIY_EFI,
lists feel free to ask me for help, if you decide to contribute to the
effort. Course takers usually don't really want to help
anyone.
HTH
Bruce