crispkringle came to town...
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gtsfirefighter
SM Expert on White trash
The HKS Drager Exhaust is in the BIG box...:naughty:
I have already looked at it... but it won't be installed until this Saturday. (The GCC-Graphic Control Computer and SBC-Scramble Boost Controller are already IN!:biglaugh: ...along with the SSBV, which all work GREAT with the EVC, VPC, and PFC-FCON, WOOOT!)
I could put my WHOLE ARM into the tailpipe all the way to my ELBOW!!!
I must say, ALL HKS parts are manufactured to EXCEPTIONAL quality levels. EVERY component is very nicely finished, and everything has "integrated" flawlessly so far. (Considering my HKS odyssey started over a DOZEN years ago, that's AMAZING!)
Hoping to put the 550cc injectors in between now and end of day Saturday as well... then I'll need that NGK PowerDex WB sensor to make sure everything is still "balanced"... heh heh heh... (Don't want to "blow up" my investment YET!)
One side note, the 550cc injectors from HKS say "MATSUDA" (or, MAZDA) on the box in Japanese... hmmmm... interesting. I believe when they FIRST came out over a dozen years ago, they were HKS (exclusive) and cost about $2500/set of six!:aigo: (I can't TELL you what I paid... or I'd have to KILL you...:nono: )
-crisp
I have already looked at it... but it won't be installed until this Saturday. (The GCC-Graphic Control Computer and SBC-Scramble Boost Controller are already IN!:biglaugh: ...along with the SSBV, which all work GREAT with the EVC, VPC, and PFC-FCON, WOOOT!)
I could put my WHOLE ARM into the tailpipe all the way to my ELBOW!!!
I must say, ALL HKS parts are manufactured to EXCEPTIONAL quality levels. EVERY component is very nicely finished, and everything has "integrated" flawlessly so far. (Considering my HKS odyssey started over a DOZEN years ago, that's AMAZING!)
Hoping to put the 550cc injectors in between now and end of day Saturday as well... then I'll need that NGK PowerDex WB sensor to make sure everything is still "balanced"... heh heh heh... (Don't want to "blow up" my investment YET!)
One side note, the 550cc injectors from HKS say "MATSUDA" (or, MAZDA) on the box in Japanese... hmmmm... interesting. I believe when they FIRST came out over a dozen years ago, they were HKS (exclusive) and cost about $2500/set of six!:aigo: (I can't TELL you what I paid... or I'd have to KILL you...:nono: )
-crisp
Injectors are probably for an RX7.
Your car is a rolling musuem Crisp, Can you explain what some of the electronics do?
The GCC and the SBC always confused me
Your car is a rolling musuem Crisp, Can you explain what some of the electronics do?
The GCC and the SBC always confused me
Fuzz420
Are U Here 2 take My Baby
Big Wang Bandit said:
YES!
The GCC allows for "trim" adjustment of your air/fuel ratio at FIVE preset RPM points, which can also can be VARIED to RPM points that YOU select via DIP switches in the back of the unit for tremendous flexibility. The adjustment allows for -12% to +16% over/under "baseline" fuel delivery curve. The units can be adjusted to "trim" based on five preset BOOST PRESSURE levels as well for some applications, but with my VPC, they are RPM based trim points only. This allows for A/R "tuning" without a laptop or other "complicated" stand alone system. Naturally, a Wideband or IPM (injection pulse monitor) are helpful for this tuning. (I'm getting the NGK PowerDex WB within the next couple weeks to help with that... and HOPE to add the IPM soon as well!)
The SBC is a VERY RARE UNIT these days! (ESPECIALLY the EARLY FIRST ITERATION that you see pictured here!) My unit is actually an ORIGINAL OFF-THE-SHELF NEW IN BOX component, that got "lost" at HKS for 10 years! (Can you say "Rip-Van-Boost"?)
The SBC allows you to PRESET a MAXIMUM VALUE of "overboost" (beyond whatever pressure level your EVC swing valve is set to) up to 200% or something of your initial max setting. If your EVC BOOST control is set to MAX at 10psi, then when you hit the "TRIG" or "TRIGGER" button on the SBC, it will allow the boost to JUMP UP to some level above that 10psi. For example, if the SBC is set at 150%, you would jump to 15psi... or at 120% to 12psi, etc... The SBC is also equipped with a TIMER function, where this BOOST JUMP or "SCRAMBLE BOOST" level is ONLY active for a preset duration, anywhere from a FEW seconds, to a "minute" or more? (forgot the "max" time value... and don't have the lit in front of me...) This way, you can be set up to drive at "reasonable" and SAFE boost levels for your "normal" driving, then when you need a sudden SCRAMBLE, you just hit the "TRIG" button (a REMOTE button with looooong lead to allow mounting near your shifter, left hand armrest by the door, steering wheel stem, center console, etc... where you can easily HIT IT without reaching around or otherwise hampering your focus on DRIVING the vehicle. It's like hitting a NOS-SHOT button! HYPERDRIVE for the SUPRA!) There is a neat little "gimmicky" feature where you can turn an "alarm" on so it BEEPS rapidly in a "soft tone" when you hit the TRIGGER until the timer is "up". If you need MORE MAX boost, you just HIT it again, or during the timer countdown and it keeps repeating until you let the timer lapse. VERY NIGHTRIDER like. Makes me feel like Han Solo in the Millenium Falcon! GREAT for sudden boost "allowance" that LIMITS the DURATION and LEVEL of boost you are "authorizing" so you don't "overdo" it in your FAST-N-FURIOUS scramble to "race" someone... manual boost dialing is "risky" at best, and CONTINUOUS boosting to UPPER THRESHOLDS is also a recipe for disaster. The SBC gives you PREDETERMINED and CAREFULLY CALCULATED maximum threshold values for LIMITED duration so you can HAVE it when you WANT it, without the RISK of getting TOO GREEDY!:evil2:
Of course, there are other interesting "graphical" features, such as the dial faces glowing GREEN when the unit is NOT activated, and then switching to RED when it's ACTIVE! COOL STUFF!
Here's another shot of the SBC...
^^^ As far as I'm concerned, this ORIGINAL style SBC is like the "HOLY GRAIL" of HKS products! I'll post more pics once it's all dialed in and properly mounted... (maybe even a shot of it's TEMPORARY rigging for that matter...:biglaugh: )
-crisp
Now you just need the HKS glove box thing that allows you to mount all that stuff!
I agree on the SBC, that is by far the best boost controller HKS ever made. The New EVC's suck chocolate salty balls!
I agree on the SBC, that is by far the best boost controller HKS ever made. The New EVC's suck chocolate salty balls!
hey "Mister HKS".......
verry fantastic and hig recommendet.......
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best regards from gooood old germany...!
verry fantastic and hig recommendet.......
:love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
best regards from gooood old germany...!
Cool parts, Crisp.
I always like how the HKS electronics look so natural together. Helps keep the interior looking less cluttered.
I always like how the HKS electronics look so natural together. Helps keep the interior looking less cluttered.
^^^ Thanks guys! Yeah, I'm looking at the "TOWER OF HKS" if I stack them all in a central column in the car... which is what I'm doing for "dry-fit" experimentation at the moment...
Maybe I'll go outside and snap a "rough state" shot for a visual.
PS: I'm in a RACE to see who ends up with the MOST HKS parts with Jailbird now! HA HA!:biglaugh:
-crisp
Maybe I'll go outside and snap a "rough state" shot for a visual.
PS: I'm in a RACE to see who ends up with the MOST HKS parts with Jailbird now! HA HA!:biglaugh:
-crisp
^^^ Here's the current "stack"... (sorry, fuzzy photo and DUSTY at the moment...)
Everything is just "stuck" in the console at the moment... but I'll get it all "buttoned up" soon enough!
NOT pictured HKS components are: FCD, PFC-FCON, and TEMS controller. Planned are: IPM at the moment... of course, there is other HKS stuff on the car... but that's about it for the electronics. (Not including the couple of gages...)
Maybe I'll get the 550's in tonight? (The wife is already not speaking with me this week...:icon_surp )
-crisp
rodel said:
HA HA! Yes! Very true... but I was probably tinkering with this thing before such equipment existed! Remember, I've had the supra for over a dozen years, and the EVC, PFC-FCON, HKS FMIC, and two 10lb. bottles of NOS thru a fogger nozzle were already ON it when I picked it up... (AFTER it sat in IMPOUND for 3 years until it was "REPO'd"... LOOOONG STORY!:aigo: )
Anyway... I LOVE my "period" HKS theme... and have nearly "completed" what I started when I bought the car with 22k miles on it! (I won't get into the HKS BUILT tranny w/Art Carr converter that is now a 5 spd...)
PICS? YES! Count on it...
-crisp
foreverpsycotic said:
GOOD QUESTION!
ANSWER:
The EVC IS the PRIMARY boost controller, and the SBC is an "integrated override" unit that works in UNISON with the EVC but has "authority" over it with "special powers" that allow it to "superceed" the otherwise MUNDANE and less "spectacular" functions it affords...
...PLUS, the SBC has cool beeps and color changes when things get "animated" and also provides for a KILLER remote "TRIG" (trigger) button to let ALL the "horses out to play".:evil2:
-crisp