SC400TT Project Car Stage II by SC400TT

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9-12-2007

Thanks, Blizzy...I have been watching your awesome write up as well. My motor is in the fnal stages of asssembly...I am awaiting a new water pump, that is all. 

After much research, I am going with the Autronic SM4. I have been in touch with several Autronic dealers and users, including the founder of Autronic, Ray Hall. They have all been extremely helpful in providing me with the knowledge I needed to make an informed decision. The SM4 is the closes thing to a MOTEC that is on the market, and it does things the MOTEC does not do, at a much better price, I might add...The SM4 is also extremely well made, and is known for its reliability. It has a litany of features that really set it apart from the crowd, IMHO.

I have also been speaking with Dr. Tweak, of Phoenix Tuning...An awesome master at wiring up virtually any ECU and harness anyone could want. He especially has lots of experience with wiring up different Toyota wiring harnesses. Dr. Tweak is making a Plug-N-Play, military spec wiring harness for the SM4...he is also adding the extra plug for the Auto Transmission ECU I am adding...Kudos to Dr. Tweak...Just send him your harness, he will either direct wire it and send it back to you within a few weeks, or he can make a plug-n-play harness for you. His prices are also very reasonable... 

The Auto Transmission ECU I am using is from Powertrain Control Solutions, the TCM-2000, is a universal, fully mappable and tuneable ECU that controls all aspects of the electronic shifting of the A340 that I sent off to be built by BoostLogic. It not only allows me to adjust and set the individual shift points (PCS will provide the base Maps for this), but it allows me to set the force of the shift in accordance with the amount of engine load and boost I am at on any particular moment. This means no harsh shifts when driving easy in the city and loping around, but instant shifts on the fly when I stomp on it... This unit also allows paddle type shifting if I decide to add that feature to my set-up...I am seriously considering this too...

Special work is being done by Driven Concepts out of Tampa...Ian (DC Mango on CL), is a master craftsman at customizing cars. If any of you SC guys lurk on the GS forums on CL, you can find his GS Thread detailing his gorgeous, Two-Tone, TT GS300 Project Car. These guys know how to customize a car...

These are the kinds of things I am doing to make this my Ultimate driving machine...Can't hardly wait to drive it...

Johnny, I am indeed having a Pod made for the gauges...If you refer back in my thread, you will see that I already had a custom Plate/Pod made for 3 52mm gauges to be fit into the center console...

Current Gauges(AutoMeters will be coming out)

I do not intend to change that, I like the plate quite a bit, and it really looks OEM, which is an important thing to me...I am probably going to change the arrangement of the pods and place 3 Defi gauges in the center console, and place the AEM and 1 Defi gauge in that separate POD. The location of that Pod is hush, hush for now, but when it is done, I think you will like it. Keep in mind that I like everything to look as close to OEM as possible, especially in the interior, so, it should look quite good. 

keep watching, you will see it...