standalone ecu, custom loom??

[garrygt]

Considering selling my apexi power fc to fund something like the dta s60. However apart from the cost of the ecu unit itself whats the cost of getting a custom loom made? Surely cant be cheap? Dont really need it right now but would be handy to have once i upgrade my cylinder head and turbo kit later on at some point.

[AdamB]

Depends who you go to, if your okay with being able to crimp wires and read wiring diagrams you can do it yourself.

Also depends if you want it to any standards etc.

Some I've seen are anywhere between £150-£450.

[Azz]

I run the dta s60 fella as it has the anti lag and launch control where as the 40 doesn't.

Racetech has done the full custom loom and mapping, for them alone it has well cleared the thousand pound mark

[D3N0]

When you go custom loom you have the choice of where some sensor's can go at the same time creating a cleaner bay than oem.

Im running an life racing F88; my custom loom has a big split connector on it just after runs into the cabin. A separate harness was made for the ecu so that at the end of the day when the glanza gets tucked away.... the ecu is removed like a quick release.

Not only that but I have 2 other harnesses that plug into my loom that fit other ecus like haltech, dta & motec.

At the same time you want to make sure your loom is future proof for items you might get like an ecu & performance monitoring system.

Your standalone ecu should alone you to control boost through a module. Sell boost controller, because the ecu controls boost better.

If you were to get a a custom loom made it would have to be from someone that had done it before with quality being the key. You don't want shit components used on your loom that will break or or aren't all weather resistant. You want all connectors to be fresh.

Me personally, I'd pay up to a grand for a custom loom made including an install; making sure everything works as it should do.

You could go cheaper for a couple hundred and reuse connectors from your old loom and a provided unterminated ecu harness.

You could do what some people I've seen do that use the oem loom and just cut the oem ecu off and splice into the standalone harness in the footwell.... Dr Botch method.

Either way its gonna cost some money pal... but this is where reliability kicks in to your project. I know I haven't skimpt.

My current loom with my old ecu...

My current ecu/performance monitor...

Its touch screen; your can select any and everything.

[garrygt]

Cheers boys. Im under no illusion that its going to be cheap, i am willing to spend the money if it means it will be reliable. I would want entire loom made from scratch, my only problem is that there is no one in the north of scotland to my knowledge that would be trust worthy enough to do this. If im getting it done i want it done 100%

[AdamB]

I run the dta s60 fella as it has the anti lag and launch control where as the 40 doesn't.

Racetech has done the full custom loom and mapping, for them alone it has well cleared the thousand pound mark

The S40 can't run sequential injection and sequential ignition either. Main downfall really.

The best thing to do would be to choose your mapper and ecu, most mappers are able to provide custom wiring looms and ask for some experience of what they have done in the past, or current projects.

[garrygt]

Yeah i will be really careful who i choose to do it. However after thinking about it last night, im going to get my apexi mapped for next year then change ecu and loom next winter after I've had some fun in the car