hey Santhol / rallynut ,
What does race dynamics (ECU) do to the car......? I have seen some videos of them but not really understood what it actually does ? Please take your time to explain. And you still have not answered if I shld go for 4 speakers with sub or just leave it with 2 + Sub as I am a lone driver...
Kittu.....
ECU stands for Engine Control Unit and every MPFI car comes with one. This works well for daily use cars. But if one is modifiying his/her car for performance and wants to change any of the parameters for eg: Air/Fuel Ratio, maps etc, there is little or no control in the ECU that is supplied by the auto manufacturer.
Racedynamics is a Standalone ECU which you can install in your car to improve and control its performance. With the RD ECU, you will be able to control fueling, ignition timing etc among other things. You can have custom maps based on your driving\racing style. You can set ECU cut off RPMs, launch control(for drag racing) etc. If we spend some time understanding how these things work, you can even build your own custom maps by connecting with a laptop. Racedynamics is based in Bangalore, more contact details can be found on their website racedynamics.in. Speak to Karthik.
Any MPFI car can be fitted with an RD ECU. They even have a RD ECU for diesel cars and an advanced version for controlling Turbocharged race cars. I am using the standard version at the moment. At the turn of a switch, the RD ECU can be disabled and the car runs on the orginal ECU.
About 2 or 4 speakers, I seem to enjoy 2 speakers on the front doors these days. This is the closest you can get to a stereo effect in a car. My wife's i10 came with a basic system(freebie) which included two front door speakers. Even though the system and speakers were not great, I could enjoy the seperation such that I could never do when I had speakers in the rear parcel tray. Since you are a lone driver mostly and the Swift has provision for door speakers even on the rear doors. I would say add a pair of good components to your front doors and two more if required to your rear doors (all components, no coaxials). JBL speakers are VFM and will easily fit into your budget. See if you can stretch and get a pair of Infinitys/Polk/Boston components. Stay away from Sony xPlods and the lowend Kenwoods.
@santhol,nice!!a modded mpfi esteem(circa?):licklips:!!!i run a 2004 potomac blue getz 1.3,bronzed gold 15"alloys,205/55 nankang ultra sport tyres,k&n panel filter,FFE with an SS endcan,and have gotten my cylinder heads grooved with minimal porting from Mr Somender Singh himself.next(hopefully soon and if my folks havent managed to sell my wheels by then),ecu remap,racing clutch,closed ratio box,and a small turbo charging experiment.man do i love my car :indifferent14:!!
cheers
rallynut, nice to know about your modded Getz. Wow, grooved head by Somender Singh from Mysore among other goodies. Racing clutch is on my list too and so is a hi-lift cam.
My Esteem is a 2004 Lxi, bought used in end of 2005. Bought used purposely, so I can use the money for mods. All the major mods like gearbox mod, FFE, CAI etc have been done in consultation with Mr.Raj Hingorani. I am running bronze colored superlight 15 inch wheels with 195/50 Yoko Sports tyres.
It is about time we have an automobiles thread\section here
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. Music from the freeflow is lossless audio:licklips: and IMO no matter what ICE we may have, it will be like MP3 comparitively
...... I will check with RD to see if they can add some mods to the suspension...... BTW howmuch that ECM unit costed you...
