Stand alone ECU and adapter to Supra harness?

[SupraJunkie]

Why hasn’t the market developed a stand alone ECU with an adapter to plug into the MKV harness? The USA is in desperate need of a solution like this since the Bosch ECU encryption tragedy.

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[BMWAF]

Why hasn’t the market developed a stand alone ECU with an adapter to plug into the MKV harness? The USA is in desperate need of a solution like this since the Bosch ECU encryption tragedy.

Desperate need? Not sure about that. The few who are desperate go through Femto, the rest buy a JB4. To answer your question, I'd say that it is either too hard or the market is just too small to justify the development.. or more likely than not, a combination of both.

 

[jtsang25]

How is there a desperate need when the stock ecu meets current needs with existing work arounds.

 

[razorlab]

Cheaper to send the ECU out then go standalone, which .0001% of owners even need.

 

[Eplejus]

Powertune is working with Motec to make a stand-alone ECU for MKV.
Probably won't be cheap.

 

[zrk]

There's a bunch of technical reasons. And there is plenty of need for a standalone.

Standalone is going to cost more than just unlocking unless you're trying to be incredibly competitive.

 

[racebuild]

Powertune is working with Motec to make a stand-alone ECU for MKV.
Probably won't be cheap.

Will easily be $10000, if you want to keep the DI and run PI all MoTeC controlled. You’re gonna need 2 ecu’s, one for DI, one for PI. That’ll be $6500 in hardware alone, excluding breakout boxes etc

If you’re willing to ditch the DI and run PI only the M150 supports 12 injectors, that’ll be $3500.

This level of commitment it would be full on race cars, at that point it makes more sense to rip out the factory electronics and go with a new motorsport grade engine/body harness with a PDM.

 

[omfgzilla]

you trying to beat Papadakis drift car?

 

[Mason]

The world needs this widely available for the c8 far before the Supra

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