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Welcome to my Project

audi a3 1.8t 20v

only mods it has so far are a set of kw coilovers

and a s3 rear bumper ( but i dont like it as it dont fit to well)

so this is how i got the car

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i then fitted fmic and relocated the dump valve

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next i fitted a techedge wideband

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and then come along was my emerald k6 aftermarket ecu with 3 maps with plug and play plug :)

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as it sits now its running 190 bhp and 240 lbft , on a worn out k03 turbo

next week should see my gt28 71r arrive :)
 
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Nice. Why have you swap the oem management over though?
 
Dani_B19 said:
Nice. Why have you swap the oem management over though?
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reason 1 , i dont need a maf , so i just use tps vs map

reason 2 , i can do alot more with after market ecu such as

Adaptive Lambda control: Self learning fuelling capabilit

Adjustable speed and load sites

Closed Loop EGT control

Tailor boost curves

Map switching

Diffrent boost in diffrent gears

i can change every single setting in the ecu , i dont have to pay some one to plug vag com in to see for any problems , or change settings

it really dont cost that much to do , and its easy to use and understand and best of all its plug and play :)
 
Yes, well done Jardo. This car doesn't have me7, and it'd cost just as much to convert to me7 as it would emerald, I know which I'd choose.

Looks cool mate, nice to see a different approach. Had you got any more details about this plug and play emerald setup? Does it retain the stock ecu to run the clocks and things? Is it genuine standalone? Or more of a piggyback affair?
 
I've seen an emerald ecu on a blue lotus x reg think it was that was more of a piggy back ecu for the 1.8 turbo engine fitted. Retaining standard clocks ect.

Looks interesting build , something different.

Sean
 
s33nyboy12 said:
I've seen an emerald ecu on a blue lotus x reg think it was that was more of a piggy back ecu for the 1.8 turbo engine fitted. Retaining standard clocks ect.

Looks interesting build , something different.

Sean
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The lotus ecus were dreadful and a piggy back still didn't give many tuning advances. They needed an emerald and some decent cam pulleys to fine tune them.
 
Prawn said:
Yes, well done Jardo. This car doesn't have me7, and it'd cost just as much to convert to me7 as it would emerald, I know which I'd choose.

Looks cool mate, nice to see a different approach. Had you got any more details about this plug and play emerald setup? Does it retain the stock ecu to run the clocks and things? Is it genuine standalone? Or more of a piggyback affair?
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its fully standalone , you remove the bosh ecu and have an adaptor that plugs to your std loom and plugs into the emerald , every thing works except the mpg thing on the dash and one little thing controlling the dbw for idle , there finishing off the software for that so , i just fitted an idle screw

also atm they only have a plug and play loom for an agu with 3-pin coils ndbw
 
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s33nyboy12 said:
I've seen an emerald ecu on a blue lotus x reg think it was that was more of a piggy back ecu for the 1.8 turbo engine fitted. Retaining standard clocks ect.

Looks interesting build , something different.

Sean
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there 100 % standalone , emerald ecu works with can bus system so all the clocks work in a lotus
 
jonno123 said:
its fully standalone , you remove the bosh ecu and have an adaptor that plugs to your std loom and plugs into the emerald , every thing works except the mpg thing on the dash and one little thing controlling the dbw for idle , there finishing off the software for that so , i just fitted an idle screw

also atm they only have a plug and play loom for an agu with 3-pin coils ndbw
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That sounds very cool indeed mate! I have an AGU with 3 pin coils so that's not an issue.

Is emerald able to do anything like launch control or similar? I take it it controls boost via the standard N75? Does it have knock control as well like the stock ECU? What sort of cost are you talking for the ECU and plug+play loom all in?

Sorry for all the questions! It's nice to see someone doing something a bit different for a change!
 
Prawn said:
That sounds very cool indeed mate! I have an AGU with 3 pin coils so that's not an issue.

Is emerald able to do anything like launch control or similar? I take it it controls boost via the standard N75? Does it have knock control as well like the stock ECU? What sort of cost are you talking for the ECU and plug+play loom all in?

Sorry for all the questions! It's nice to see someone doing something a bit different for a change!
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yes use is the stock n75 , you can have launch control , if you use the map switch and push button so you use one map with a low soft cut and hard hard cut rev limit , and then you only have too maps , thats one way to do it , knock control should be ready soon just waiting for the new software to be realesed , lots more feautures coming too , and should be free , like tc , dbw , turbo timer

money wise

ecu cost 595 + vat

plug and play plug cost 120 +vat

and map sensor cost 60 + vat

so it something like 780 plus the vat and you get discount if you say your on here i think like 5% off
 
ive got a emerald k6 for my suzuki swift the new ones have a feature for traction control aswell and a few other odds and sods there a great ecu plus being british advice is always there and dave walker is a legend i see why you changed it
 
I was going to ask if it was still Dave Walker behind it all! He's a bit of a legend in the Mini circles :)
 
Prawn said:
I was going to ask if it was still Dave Walker behind it all! He's a bit of a legend in the Mini circles :)
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yes dave still ownes emerald , but he dont map on the rolling road any more , i do :) , dave runs the engine dyno
 
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, and suddenly it all makes sense :p

Good for you man. Nice to see something other than the usual 'what air filter should I use' thread!
 
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Prawn said:
That sounds very cool indeed mate! I have an AGU with 3 pin coils so that's not an issue.

Is emerald able to do anything like launch control or similar? I take it it controls boost via the standard N75? Does it have knock control as well like the stock ECU? What sort of cost are you talking for the ECU and plug+play loom all in?

Sorry for all the questions! It's nice to see someone doing something a bit different for a change!
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mk2 golf here now, on GT35 was on MBE, we have now wired in Emerald.... Not the latest version however.
the TT I race against runs Emerald.. Works fine. Nice features.. I still like my DTA's however.. The new K6 has better features over its predecessors so I need to review their specs.. They keep developing them.
 
small updates spent some pennies ill let pics do the talking

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after a good clean

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this has to be one of the Nices 8L's on the forum!.

What size rubber you running? they look chunky!
 
@solja of sensi yes thats me mate the gti in my name refers to swifts not silly golfs :rock: and as for dave walker last i heard his health took a turn for the worse but a mate went up there for a ecu and said he was on the up wich is good :)
 
Nice car and mods. Keep it up!! Looks pretty awesome in red.

Seen this beast in PPC...
 
stevegti2 said:
@solja of sensi yes thats me mate the gti in my name refers to swifts not silly golfs :rock: and as for dave walker last i heard his health took a turn for the worse but a mate went up there for a ecu and said he was on the up wich is good :)
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yes dave health did go down but he is alot better now

he running the engine dyno will i run the rolling road
 
so i have been getting lots of bits together so i could fit my gt28 71r here is a few pics

new exhaust mani

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Prawn said:
That sounds very cool indeed mate! I have an AGU with 3 pin coils so that's not an issue.

Is emerald able to do anything like launch control or similar? I take it it controls boost via the standard N75? Does it have knock control as well like the stock ECU? What sort of cost are you talking for the ECU and plug+play loom all in?

Sorry for all the questions! It's nice to see someone doing something a bit different for a change!
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isnt this Wendy's old car???
 
yes it is :)

also just give richard his corrado back after doing some work to it

hope to see you at some of your events Aaron
 
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