Can something be hooked up to the UTEC to control boost? Or is a seperate electronic boost controller required. I'm not talking about a manual boost controller. I want pressure keeping the wg valve closed until desired boost is reached. My wg is creeping open before desired boost is reached.

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JET

 

the only thing it can't control is your woman!

 

LOL !!! What do I need for the UTEC to control boost.

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JET

 

the TurboXS DTEC electronic boost controller.. (~$500)

but I believe you need a Gameboy to set it up

 

The DTEC is not needed to control boost. The UTEC has a solenoid driver on the board that will need to hard wired. If you are using a the APS UNICHIP you can hard wire the solenoid to the UTEC and use the UTECs Boost Map.

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So the boost features are enabled now? Will the launch control and no-lift-to-shift work now?
Also, will the TurboXS boost controllers work?
Trying to decide if I should use the UTEC boost features or the Blitz SBC that I have sitting in my office. Thanks.

 

Jermaine,
PM me on which pin to wire it to..

 

Now for the stupid people..... what do I need to install for the UTEC to control boost.

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JET

 

Just their solenoid, I believe.

 

Would I need 2 solenoids? One to hold the WG closed, and one to open it?

Can the UTEC do this?

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JET

 

It's explained very well in the manual.

http://www.turboxs.com/downloads/350...Zutec_v2_3.zip

Answered a lot of questions for me.

 

Man, if it could do that then I think they would be sold out in under 10 seconds!

Why not just get a boost controler, that way you can play with the boost and gain manually? So if you loan your car to someone (who you don't want to give all the hp to) you can turn down the max boost (3 psi). Or if you want to ramp up your Turbos faster you can turn up the gain (just be carefull not to go overboost).

 

Because that would defeat the purpouse of the UTEC controling the boost.With the UTEC controling the boost it gives you the ability to map your boost settings, same as in an advanced $500+ boost controller, and will also allow you to accurately switch your boost settings within the UTEC simply by switching maps.
Basically by adding a simple boost control selenoid to the UTEC and mapping your boost you can develop say a 93 octane 11 psi map and a 100+ octane 14+psi map that will be switchable within the UTEC without having to go under the hood and turn a boost controller...Using a manual boost controller is pretty much a guessing game.

 

So if using the boost controller is a guessing game, why isn't the UTEC? You probably still have to set the maximum boost and gain on the UTEC?

And I don't have to go under the hood to change the settings, my boost controller is mounted right where the sunglass holder was.

 

Because a manual boost controler your turning a valve and you really are estimating the amount of boost your increasing or decreasing per turn.Where as once all the parameters are set within the utec and you make a boost map,exactly the same as the Uni-chip does on APS kits, then you know when you switch maps, to lower or higher boost, your running the same settings every time.When using a manual boost controller you can not do this on the fly..

 

So if you had a boost controller and UTEC the controller would pretty much be useless? I have a controller and plan on eventually getting UTEC. Shoudl i just sell my boost controller or is it worth hanging on to?

 

Maybe we have are wires crossed? My boost controller (Blitz SBC i-D) has a feedback loop so I don't have to estimate (just can't over gain the sucker(PID loop)) and it works perfect with the APS TT. Plus, with my Blitz Powermeter I can set boost as a function of speed (really helps keep the tires from spinning at take off).

Can you program UTEC to control boost according to speed? Because if it can - man I made the wrong choice.

 

I guess the question is whether you can use the utec to just run using boost but not control similar to the way you can with the emanage does.

 

Now all we need is anwsers..........

 

You are not required to use a UTEC's Boost Control but it does allow for boost level mapping to be adjusted when you use the map selecting function. If you have purchased a seperate boost control device the UTEC will work just fine i.e MBC, SBC, DTEC-BC or whatever else is available these days. Just remember you will have to adjust your boost level seperately when switching maps.

The current UTEC software contains a simple RPM vs. TPS Map. You can either tune this map by two options. OPEN LOOP BOOST Control allows you to enter solenoid duty cycle from 0 to 100% to achieve your targeted boost level. CLOSED LOOP BOOST Control allows you to enter an arbitrary value and from 0 to 500. This mode uses the map sensor to provide feedback to actively seek your boost target. A bit odd but works very well.

The UTEC Boost Control will be upgraded in the future to contain a lot of the boost functions used on the DTEC Boost Controller like gear based control and our Advanced Closed Loop.