everyone,

i've finally saved enough to get the Emanage, injector, ignition, and pressure sensor/harness and the Support tool. with 550cc injectors for my standard Vortech SC.
I couldn't get any good searches from the search engine regarding the boost limit setting for the emanage on a Vortech SC. i saw graphs with 2.6v, 2.7v and 2.9v on several past posts. But I'm not sure what i should set it to. and if there's any other settings im not aware of.

i have the rotary settings to 4-8-C and the jp1 and 2 set to 1-2. so far. and the wiring down from a rep at Greddy.

I need to beable to drive it to the Tuner's shop (Church Automotive) which is about 30-40 min from my house to have the emanage tuned. I will be installing the emanage at home as well as the injectors.

Do you guys/gals think it is safe for me to install the injectors and drive it down there with the boost limit set or should i leave the injectors out until i get there? i just don't want the hassle of soldering everything while i'm there if at all possible.

any opinions on this ? i've had great opinions on my problem couple of months ago with my SC and leaning a/f. and appreciated all the help and the support on this forum.

I'm hoping that the Emanage is my solution since now i have the money and the Vafc II and Vortech SFMU couldn't do that much for my leaning a/f.

thanks everyone

@my

 

Hrmm.... it should be ok for you to drive down there. I don't see any problems because the s/c probably came with presettings. If I was you I would probably install the injectors so you can get it tuned right away with it.. as far as boost lvls goes... I believe 7-8psi should be safe. Just make sure that when you drive to the place, not to drive it hard and take it easy.

-Alan

P.S. I am not really a pro at this, and this is only base from my knowledge with a Comptech supercharger... Maybe you should pm Sideways or bigpurp for more information.

 

That's what i was hoping to do, was to drive down there. thanks for the response as for the boost mines is 7.5lbs. but i wasn't sure what i should clamp it at for the emanage settings.

~~@my

 

I drove my car 3 hours to the dyno on the Stock injectors, using the e-manage as a Map Clamp, then swapped injectors and pulled the vacuum line from the FMU on the Dyno. I also had to reset static fuel pressure. You will most likely need to drop the static pressure with the 550's.

Just remember to remove the Vortech Map clamp when using the E-manage to do the same thing.

2.9V is the comptech ESM setting, My car didn't like 2.9V setting in boost under certain weather conditions.

2.7V is the Vortech Map clamp setting, no problems found using this.

I'm currently using 2.85V, which is closest to the the absolute pressure in my area.

I'm not sure why anyone would clamp the MAP Volts below 2.7V

 

thanks slows2k,

i am actually yanking the Vortech black box, vafcII, SFmu, and putting back the stock fpr back, and only running the emanage with the 550cc injectors. so i should be able to drive with the 550s to the shop with the map clamp? i just don't want any problems while im driving there hehe and i appreciate the help on the boost limit setting. im going to try 2.7v and let the tuner take care of the rest

@my

 

Unless you have done some fuel tuning adjustments with the e-manage, The 550's are going to run VERY badly. I gave my 440cc map to another Vortech user with 550's and his car would barely start.and got a Check engine light very quick. I suggest swapping injectors on the dyno, You can still drive normally with the FMU and stock injectors and won't run the risk of washing down the cylinders with too much fuel.

The Map clamp alone won't adjust any of the fuel maps. even if you use the Injector correction factor, don't expect it to run very well at all. The correction factor is a starting point for tuning, not anywhere close to get you driving 40 minutes in socal.

 

thanks Slows2k, i'm now going to make a connector so that i can switch between the stock and bigger injectors it'll make it easier when i head down there.
and i guess im going to leave the Sfmu and stock injectors until i get there. and then pull them out once i make it there safely. Hopefully things go smoothly within the next week or so. i should have everything in.

thanks so much for your help im so excited ive been waiting since july and have been itching to hit Vtec again. *sigh*



@my

 

This is what I did to swap the injectors quickly on the Dyno. I crimped pins to the RC connectors, and heat shrinked the bare terminals. I zip tied around the 2 wires, then used 2 zip ties around the Stock connector to the the zip tie on the RC wires. It's not pretty, but it does work.