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Re: need clarification on a rule, please...

To: Cheryl and Jim Fossum <fossum@charter.net>
Subject: Re: need clarification on a rule, please...
From: "Scott M. Stone" <sstone@foo3.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:29:10 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Cheryl and Jim Fossum wrote:

> >Actually, I think the programmable CPU will only move him into SM2 if it
> >controls boost.  Otherwise, it would still be legal for ASP.
> 
> >Anyone who knows the correct answer is free to jump in here :)
> 
> A "piggyback" computer that only modifies the output signals from the CPU
> (i.e. fuel injector pulse width and ignition timing signals) but doesn't
> control boost should be legal.  A replacement or reprogrammed ECU is usually a
> no-no on a turbo car as it has the potential to affect boost control functions
> (including fuel cut).  The same generally goes for any modification to the
> airflow signal into the CPU for the same reasons.  If the changes in no way
> affect wastegate control or fuel cut functions, that should be legal, but you
> had better have enough documentation to prove it to a protest comittee.
> 

hm, maybe i'll keep 2 computers around just in case.  Then again it'll be
a long time before my driving skills get up to the point where anyone
would protest me :)

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@foo3.com>
Cisco Certified Network Associate, Sun Solaris Certified Systems Administrator

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