Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by magnumv8

Ed....Bluetooth, WI-FI, 802.11 are all available to access data and monitor a vehicles functions with the proper interfaces and apps that are also available,with the micro electronics some of these are small enough to integrate into an ignition box or an ECU.....the technology has been out there for years (F1 has been able to do this for a long time but they aren't supposed to use it, same with INDY cars....monitoring is OK,tuning on the fly is not even though they can).....auto-tuning and or self calibration to a preset ET (once set) is pretty easily done for someone intent on doing it.....

D L Rambo.....

The ECU has to be compatible for it to work. Monitoring is one thing, that is what scanners do. Manipulating the ECU's code, espscially on the fly, is another. F1 ECUs are one thing, Ford ECUs, FAST & Bigstuff3 are another. They do not support wireless (like Bluetooth) control. Looking for an interface connected to the interface cable (where you connect the laptop for tuning) is not hard to watch for. Could an ECU, like F1, be built to do that? Of course. Is one on NHRA's accepted list? Nope.

[CBS]

Get over it Larry....I could cheat if I had a pink Mopar...too..lol

Drive by wire is not desirable...for us anyway....it's just the way the new cars come.....if you run a factory ECU....you get drive by wire....if not...you use a cable....end of story....ask Bo....lol

[JHeath]

Charley, I'm confused, my 93 Mustang Cobra H/S car is nearing completion, and where should I set the throttle to prevent being blown off the track because I don't have a supercharger ? I'm thinking with all that horsepower that you found on the dyno, that if you get bumped into H/S, all my efforts will be for naught.!!!, and how would would I feel then. LOL!!!

[Chris1529]

Originally Posted by JHeath

Charley, I'm confused, my 93 Mustang Cobra H/S car is nearing completion, and where should I set the throttle to prevent being blown off the track because I don't have a supercharger ? I'm thinking with all that horsepower that you found on the dyno, that if you get bumped into H/S, all my efforts will be for naught.!!!, and how would would I feel then. LOL!!!

I'd set your throttle at 200% if I was you!

[JHeath]

BTW,Charley, your car rocks !!

[Chris1529]

I really like to see the 93 Cobra's. The engine I run in my Mustang is the GT-40 engine which is basically the same as yours with the exception of a carb and 1.6 rocker arms. Are you going to use a 5 speed trans?

[JHeath]

No, I will use my Jerico for the now.

[Larry Hill]

Rock,

Just take the servo off and use a cable with a TPS. One magnet on the drive shaft would be a nice improvement, it would give the rest of us [cable people] a better chance against the computer.

Does it shift for you too?