XSTransAm

Thought maybe some of ya might be interested.

http://www.turboxs.com/

DaleClark

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Damn, that's pretty slick. I've heard of a lot of the Japanese tuners using a knock sensor with headphones while tuning - you can hear the tiniest pings much better, and know when to back off much earlier.

That's a pretty decent price too. Wish they had a better pic of the unit.

Dale

XSTransAm

what kind of pic do you want, ill take it tomorrow... also this unit will be able to directly interface with a gameboy advance so you can use that as your display... pretty slick ****

ejmack1

will it interface with the Datalogit ok? I could care less about a gameboy

DaleClark

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I'd like to see a pic of the unit/display that's not taken apart, like the pic on the webpage . How big is the unit itself?

Since I'm guessing you have one - what do you think of the unit? Have you tried the knock sensor?

Dale

the_glass_man

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Just use a stethoscope! Hmm, well maybe not. Yes more pictures of the unit and dimensions would be nice. How much work involved to get it to work with a datalogit?

DaleClark

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OK, after a little more digging in TurboXS's web site, I found out some more.

The unit does quite a bit. Not only wideband and knock readings, but can also monitor 2 12v inputs and 2 pulse inputs. For example, you can tap into a MAP sensor and log it, RPM, injector pulsewidth, etc. That's mighty handy!

Supposedly you can or will be able in the future to hook a Gameboy Advance to it to read data, log, etc. That's just slick. The tuner box is just a serial device - you run a terminal emulator to read it, so ANYTHING that's a terminal emulator will work, even one on a Palm PDA or something. Or you can drag an old dumb terminal in the car .

Here's a copy of the manual for the unit -
http://www.turboxs.com/_images/Tuner...Manual_1v1.pdf

Attached is a pic of the unit with a Gameboy Advance sitting on top. Decent looking unit.

This is one slick device!

Dale

XSTransAm

it can output a 0-5v signal for use with engine management (datalogit)

the unit is 4.5" X 6 1/4" and 1 1/4" deep

XSTransAm

I have yet to try the knock sensor on my car since its not running atm... but it works great on the wrx's, The wideband is awesome though. We bought a Motech for testing and ours has a higher resolution than it

jpandes

I wonder how much more accurate the Bosch Knock sensor is compared to the OEM Mazda knock Sensor, if any.

DaleClark

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I know the Bosch sensor is what J&S use for their Safeguard.

The TXS tuner box also lets you tune in the knock sensor - you can free-rev the engine, and dial out any noise so it only hears knock. Being able to actually listen to knock with headphones is a REAL big advantage, too.

I think a knock sensor is pretty much a knock sensor, but the black box that interprets what the mic outputs is the key.

Dale

the_glass_man

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Nice, not sure how useful the gameboy feature since the screen is so small and the resolution is low. Nice feature none the less. I smell group buy!

XSTransAm

some better pics

XSTransAm

new information about the DTEC (gameboy interface) is up on the web now.




http://www.turboxs.com/Dtec/dtec.shtml

what do you guys think about the gameboy thing?

RacerXtreme7

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Off topic:


{QUOTE:} Aim conversation with my girlfriend

Dancerxxxx: i accepted a long time ago that if the situation ever arose where you would have to choose between myself and your car, you'd pick the car
Dancerxxxx: ...sometimes i wish i had a rotary engine so you'd love ME that much... {QUOTE}


LMAO!!! sounds ohhh too familiar

TKE

im a little confused, this unit comes with a wideband o2 sensor for around $600?

XSTransAm

it comes with a bosche wideband, and a knock sensor for 549 shipped.

10sec rx7

i use one of these units on out dyno dynamics dyno's here in Australia, they work a treat, very accurate, very fast, the Knock sensor works a treat, i use it on just about every car that i tune,

we use the 0-5v output to send the afr signals straight to the dyno and all logging is done on there, there was a problem with the output being to slow but turbo xs fixed this straight away for us.

i highly reccomend this unit to anyone!

Dale

John at J&S

Here's another company making a low cost ($40) interface for the gameboy:

www.educatingmario.com

At the moment, it doesn't data log, but the designer is working on it.

I'm using it as a low cost storage scope: http://www.jandssafeguard.com/educatingmario.html

t-von

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So if one was to buy a Microtech ecu for a 20b(Ltx-12s), this little unit could be used in place of the A/F set-up Microtech provides?

10sec rx7

i have never tryed logging this unit to the microtech, i might try it when i get my car up and running again,

dale