Is the LS1 maf translator the same as ours?

[KendallF]

This is a funny thread...why don't one of you whiz kids take the top off of your Translator and look inside. For the record, I ***think*** (but haven't bothered to verify) that the LS1/LT1 MAFs are frequency output also, just a different frequency range and differing in linearity (or lack thereof, in the case of our stock MAF). The Ford MAFs have a voltage output. The Translator has a microcontroller and some custom software to allow compensation for linearity differences and allow fuel and timing adjustments.

I am a EE also but I'm not going to blow off Bob's work. I actually bought a couple of cheap microcontrollers and was fiddling with a MAP/MAF converter several years ago. I never finished it; unlike the rest of us who're talking, Bob finished his. The software isn't horrible but fine tuning and driveability concerns can be daunting.

 

[87GN_70GS]

Sorry, didn't mean to take away anything from what Bob has already done. I know about the gap from conceptualizing a project to actually finishing it. Hats off to him.

LOL, they even printed the circuit in GM High Tech Performance

Hmm,... I wonder if it's a copy of my work that was put on the gnttype website; a simple TPS switch schematic.

Which brings me to another point, I also put a schematic of a voltage enhancing circuit on the gnttype site. This was done prior to the market introduction of a vendors similiar product. Some "minor" changes were made, which technically makes it a whole 'nother product. So it really is not a copy. I'm not talking sour grapes here but I did receive no credit.

 

[BJM]

Convert the stock boost gauge into knock gauge

The little pressure transducer under the hood could be unplugged and a variable resitance or voltage fed into it from a circuit intercepting the processed knock signal just like other knock gauges do. A setup mode would be needed to scale the output of the circuit to make sure it lights all the LEDs properly to accomodate the varying state of everybody's electrolytic dash capacitors. This could be done with a trim pot on the little box.

For those who want to try, quit your regular job cold turkey. Now figure out all the stuff you will have to do to get everything together to build enough product to make enough money just to feed yourself. Never mind all that you have to find customers because they won't know who you are, you have to find them wherever they might be. Also, you can only sell this box for $25 each because that's what everyone is willing to pay. Remember the market is at most 30000 units.

 

[TurboDave]

Originally posted by KendallF
This is a funny thread...why don't one of you whiz kids take the top off of your Translator and look inside. For the record, I ***think*** (but haven't bothered to verify) that the LS1/LT1 MAFs are frequency output also, just a different frequency range and differing in linearity (or lack thereof, in the case of our stock MAF). The Ford MAFs have a voltage output. The Translator has a microcontroller and some custom software to allow compensation for linearity differences and allow fuel and timing adjustments.

I am a EE also but I'm not going to blow off Bob's work. I actually bought a couple of cheap microcontrollers and was fiddling with a MAP/MAF converter several years ago. I never finished it; unlike the rest of us who're talking, Bob finished his. The software isn't horrible but fine tuning and driveability concerns can be daunting.

Thanks Kendall, you said exactly what I was going to jump in with, BUT, I'm affraid I wouldn't have been quite so diplomatic.

Ding..ding..ding..Yes! A simple V/F (voltage-to-frequency) converter with a few knobs to turn and you have it.

Good grief, it's amazing what's coming from this board lately

Like Kendall said, some of you electronic geniuses need to pop the lid and actually take a look.

 

[darkfa8]

ridiculous...

I share the same sentiments that Kendall and Dave do on this thread.

Seems to be the trend on this board where someone asks a question and then the replies explode into a waste-of-time tangent.

If you have the time, resources and education to go off and start making your own black boxes, all the power to you... its a capitalistic market... go ahead.. give Bob some competition.. that could drive prices down and lead to more developments...

I believe Bob has patents on his products.. so if keep that in mind before you start Xeroxing his products.

Its only monopolies that lead to surging prices. You think you can do better.. lets see the goods and keep your egotistical banter to yourselves.

I thought this was a automotive tech board not a pissing contest.