Aftermarket engine management

[denniselbows]

the vems unit looks like a fairly easy unit to install. but how easy is it to use could some one with very little knollage in mapping use it safley i mean not melt the engine on first attempt. i know mapping is a knollage that takes time to learn but only takes a short time to **** an engine up. has any one tryed one in a 3b s2 and how does it perform?

[Mark Halligan]

Yup
Some rather nice parts from 034 i was planning in the future

There's no problem buying stuff direct from 034, I've bought some gear from them just lately. Of course there is the customs but thats usually hard to avoid when getting stuff from the US.

I think NoNonsense (Joe) here is also a supplier of 034 and have heard good things about him, ask Jamo.

Must say I do like the idea of going standalone, either 034 0r VEMS. I think Tom C has used 034 on his Golf project to.

[Tonks4x4]

Hi again, I did several months of looking for stand alone ecu kits I rounded it down to

Pectel = Was too expensive by the time I had bought all the extra bits
DTA = Could not find many I5 set-up's other than GNuts's golf
Motec = Again out of my budget
Vems = again it was a foreign website and I don't want to struggle with aftermarket support

Then 034 which is the one I have decided to run with as it just seems real good value for money, and as I need to buy bigger injectors, coil packs, fuel rail, and loads of other bits it makes sense to me to just get the Stage IIc package.
Most of the kits appear to be able to do the same stuff.... 034 comes with facility for launch control and anti-lag aswell so which ever you decide I guess there will be other folk on here running all of the above types of system. That I would guess they will help you out if you have problems.

And from your other posts about balancing etc it looks like we are going to have a similar build, If you decide the 034 route I'll give you a dig out no worries.

[K7ERG]

Vems user here.
Just need to get the rest of the car finished so i can map it.

[denniselbows]

just a thought with the vems p&p is it posible to use the motronic ecu still. i dont mean at the same time, say if the car was your daily driver and you are not happy with the map and needed more time fine tuning it could you just plug the ecu back in or is it once you have changed that's it no going back with out redoing the wiring etc

[K7ERG]

You could but you would have to reverse the crank sensor wiring for stock triggering. Correct me if i am wrong...........experts

The way i look at it is No MAF needed, No idle control valve needed, and there is a way to stop using the POS. So if you think of the cost of these parts if they go wrong then VEMS is a Great investment if your looking for more power and the added extras like launch contol and anti lag etc.

Craig

[a4kquattro]

You could but you would have to reverse the crank sensor wiring for stock triggering. Correct me if i am wrong...........experts

incorrect. Motronic doesn't care about the pin swap, it runs 100% fine both ways.

[denniselbows]

incorrect. Motronic doesn't care about the pin swap, it runs 100% fine both ways.

so you could swap straight back to motronic if it was needed ?

[terrybullwon]

On another note,

Theres a few people that use NIRA

http://www.niramotorsport.com/index.php?thepage=products&lang=eng

I like the looks of this

[UrS4Eben]

Let me know if you want to be put in touch with the people that manufacture Gotech....

[Mark Halligan]

Briefly off topic (kind of)

@ Moderators/Admin

Reading this and some of the other recent interesting threads about standalone systems, and the number of members going over to various Standalones, would it not be a good idea to start a new 'Aftermarket Engine Management' Forum in the technical section?

[K7ERG]

Good idea

[K7ERG]

Oh i stand corrected
Still new to Vems

[denniselbows]

Really?

mrc are now 034 distributers acording to the 034 website

[Jamo]

If you want 034 parts speak to NoNonsense, he is also excellent with ECU installations.

Custom charges are about £30 well they were for my order which was worth about 300 times that amount.