Holy wall of text batman!

 

TLDR:

 

I used to do this stuff for a living so I doubt there's much you can tell me.

 

So you're saying this is not an interceptor, rather a glorified ebay resistor of power?

3 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

Holy wall of text batman!

 

TLDR:

 

I used to do this stuff for a living so I doubt there's much you can tell me.

 

So you're saying this is not an interceptor, rather a glorified ebay resistor of power?

Basically yes. Whatever is inside the box, its only interaction with the engine/ECU is inserting itself between a sensor and the ECU so that it can modify the sensor reading sent to the ECU. Having looked at a bunch of the popular ones in the past, I saw nothing in their setup/installation that would allow them determine anything else about what the engine is doing e.g. read RPM, load, etc. It was plug one end into the sensor output, and plug the other end into the sensor lead going to the ECU. If there are more sophisticated devices on the market, well and good, but they're still inferior to a remap in terms of being able to control the engine behaviour properly.

2 hours ago, AmusedMussel said:

Curiosity, that's all.

 

And as stated. Its not inferior is it? They do the same job, they're just different methods of doing it

 

How much did that cost you for the privilege? As opposed to you know, just unplugging it when its not needed. Or pressing a button on the box to change the setting?

Nothing, 0, zero 

 

and it’s that simple plug it in select what map you want and it uploads it to the ecu and darkside are at hand via a online chat to get map tweaks when ever.