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Old 07-03-2015, 09:13 PM   #1
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Can I do these things with Holley EFI ECU?

Hello guys

I'm not actually a tuner but I really had a hard time from taking appointments with my tuner to tune my car when I do minor stuff like (changing boost levels, switch between race and pump gas and fix AFR when weather changes). I heard that Holley makes an EFI ECU unit that is much better than OEM and that the car can start to self-tune itself with it. self-tuning is a very big word and I really don't know what it includes, so I have some questions about this unit and I hope you can answer me.

When I install this unit, will the car tune itself (to the OPTIMAL timing and AFR) when I
1- raise or decrease boost level of my supercharger?
2- switch to and from race gas?
3- travel to another area where temp and altitude is different?
4- add or remove methanol?
5- add or remove nitrous?
6- auto tune bigger throttle bodies

Also, can I do safety things like (turn off the engine when)
1- fuel pressure drops
2- oil pressure drops

i'm so sorry to ask a lot, but I want to have a full idea before buying

Thanks all

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Old 07-06-2015, 02:38 PM   #2
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Hello guys

I'm not actually a tuner but I really had a hard time from taking appointments with my tuner to tune my car when I do minor stuff like (changing boost levels, switch between race and pump gas and fix AFR when weather changes). I heard that Holley makes an EFI ECU unit that is much better than OEM and that the car can start to self-tune itself with it. self-tuning is a very big word and I really don't know what it includes, so I have some questions about this unit and I hope you can answer me.

When I install this unit, will the car tune itself (to the OPTIMAL timing and AFR) when I
1- raise or decrease boost level of my supercharger?
It has boost control but I'm not sure you could make it work in a blower application
2- switch to and from race gas?
need to switch tunes
3- travel to another area where temp and altitude is different?
yes
4- add or remove methanol?
controlled in the tune
5- add or remove nitrous?
controlled in the tune
6- auto tune bigger throttle bodies
no,controlled in the tune

Also, can I do safety things like (turn off the engine when)
1- fuel pressure drops yes
2- oil pressure drops yes

i'm so sorry to ask a lot, but I want to have a full idea before buying

Thanks all
You set the afr parameters you desire and the ecm will add or subtract fuel to reach them. That is the only self learn function it really has.
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Old 07-06-2015, 02:48 PM   #3
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I think the Holly units are more for full race cars or if you've got an older car with no computer at all.

You'll probably lose several other functions of your car.
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Old 07-06-2015, 09:19 PM   #4
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You set the afr parameters you desire and the ecm will add or subtract fuel to reach them. That is the only self learn function it really has.
So, I can set the parameters for each boost level and change the pulleys whenever I want, right?
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Old 07-06-2015, 09:22 PM   #5
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I think the Holly units are more for full race cars or if you've got an older car with no computer at all.

You'll probably lose several other functions of your car.
They have plug and play kits, I have no idea about loosing some functions!
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Old 07-06-2015, 10:24 PM   #6
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So, I can set the parameters for each boost level and change the pulleys whenever I want, right?
Changing pulleys would require changing tunes. Changing tunes is a 5 second deal. Like Thunder said this would be best in a racecar application or changing an old carb set up to efi. Having Holley manage only the engine and the factory ecm control all other functions in a Camaro is way over my head.
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