StephenG Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Hi Matt I wonder if you can help - Dorian (prescience) said you're the man... My tuners (Abbey motorsport) are attempting to tune my Z which has the Vortech supercharger. They have the split second software but can't connect to the box because apparently they have the wrong cable. I've been told it's just a straight through serial cable but apparently that's not doing the job. Any suggestions? Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Hey how are you doing are they using a serial adapter? If so we have seen serial adapters cause problems with the connection if they are using a adapter simply trying a different adapter and that should do the trick Quote
StephenG Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 To be honest I'm not sure. I'm not there when they are doing it. I'm off there tomorrow and will have a look. Stephen Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 take a look and let me know if that does not fix the prob Quote
StephenG Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 Out of the frying pan, into the fire... They got a new cable and that allowed them to talk to the box. The only problem now is, that tuning it appears impossible. Every time they change a value by as little as 0.1 the car refuses to rev over 4000 revs. They're stumped. Help! Quote
Removed Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 any of the paid up guys giving you any help then? surely Matt will hep you out mate, that's why international cooperation is important after all Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 your car is in limp mode there are it could be two diffrent problems first off the box maybe wired up in correctly or a bad conection make sure the wires are solder!! No connectors!!! it will make a huge difference second it could be a bad box that will cause the same issue you would have to send it to vortech to get it tested but try the wiring first tripple check it. The problem does have to do with the black box. Quote
StephenG Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 Hi Matt, thanks for your speedy reply. I'll get the tuners to check the box's connections; however sending the box internationally back to Vortech isn't much of an option to be honest. Surely if the box was wired up incorrectly it wouldn't work normally? Currently the car is working perfectly well but there's no option to tune it. Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 It will run extremely rich and set a rev limiter about 4000rpms if you have a bad box or if it is wired incorrectly. Quote
StephenG Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 It will run extremely rich and set a rev limiter about 4000rpms if you have a bad box or if it is wired incorrectly. It's doing neither of those things; until you try and set a value, then it does that automatically. As soon as you revert to the previous map, it's fine. Hence I don't think it is wired incorrectly Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 in that case sounds the the files they are sending the box is corrupt the file. So with the stock file from vortech the car runs fine no issues correct? If thats the case tell them to use the vortech base map and modify the tables using that map. Quote
Guest prescience Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 I apologise for stating this again and Matt you will take it as read. When you UPLOAD the map to a PC, it DOES NOT REPEAT NOT upload the settings, PLEASE STEPHEN check those settings are correct before you download back to SS. I will try and dig them out - again Check this http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthread. ... ghlight=r4 and ask Matt for variations cos I think over RPM and pressure are not stock Vortech but fine nevertheless Quote
StephenG Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 Sorry - I've reached the limit of my understanding - can you put this in slightly plainer English for me guys Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 mention what we have said to the tuner it deff sounds like a file corrupt file issue, but if they are still having issues feel free to call us I know the hours are way different we are open 10am-8pm US Eastern time and would be glad to try to be some assistance to your tuner if I am not here at the shop talk with Eric he is one of our tuners. Phone Number 704-527-0123 Quote
Guest prescience Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Matt, Please hook up with a UK shop and get them properly trained - the market is coming if not there right now Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 I agree this needs to happen and I am willing to do so I have contacted a few UK shops some several times and had no responce but I will keep trying I would love to have a good shop out there for you all, I am willing to help out anyone I can. Quote
StephenG Posted January 12, 2006 Author Posted January 12, 2006 I can't imagine I'm that far off getting this thing going. I have a tuner, a box, a cable, a dyno, and a car sat waiting to be tweaked! What knowledge are we missing? So the base map doesn't upload to the PC when doing an upload - OK - what's the solution to getting the values out of the SS box then? Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 12, 2006 Posted January 12, 2006 Key on-open file-read computer or ECU-save as that will load the values that are in the split second box to the software in your lab top and you should be able to tune from there. Quote
StephenG Posted January 12, 2006 Author Posted January 12, 2006 OK, but according to Dorian (prescience), this doesn't happen. Quote
Guest prescience Posted January 12, 2006 Posted January 12, 2006 No, this should happen as Matt says but why it doesn't is a mystery Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 12, 2006 Posted January 12, 2006 thats strage I wonder if its something in the conection from the box to the comp Quote
Cprace1 Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 I did some research and talked to vortech and can't seem to find a answer Quote
Spill Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 Is the connection to the serial port direct? or does it go through a usb or pcima connector? Quote
Guest prescience Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 But they presumably used exactly the same for mine and managed to get the base map downloaded in November - you recall when I had that problem Matt? They had to talk to SplitSec direct to get them going though Quote
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