Engine Management Services

We pride ourselves on our long history with Porsche 944 engine management services.

First with Electromotive 20+ years ago and then with Haltech and Motec. We stared working with Link over 10 years ago and have found their quality and innovation is unsurpassed as well as being positioned as a good valve.

Critical to the performance of any combination of mechanical modifications is the engine management system. The key word here is system. There are many parameters of engine management that must be controlled in concert to come up with that elusive combination of high output, safe operation and drivability.

Most folks start down the ‘modification’ path with a set of chips - like the good old Autothority chips that have been around for ages. These can work well with minor mods to an other wise stock engine. Once you start swapping turbos and other parts you quickly get outside their range of control.

After that come the ‘piggy back’ systems - its their prime job to fool the stock DME computer into providing the correct timing and mixtures to support the modifications to the system. The piggy back systems can use either the stock flow meter or an after market mass air flow or some even convert the sensing system to a MAP (manifold air pressure) system.

The key similarity is that these systems rely on ‘fooling’ and 20 year old computer into working with a modified system - and you know what - some of them can do a pretty good job with the right know how behind them and (this is an important and) a sound 20 year old computer and wiring harness. The condition of a lot of the stock harnesses is less than optimal and the DMEs are known for cold solder joints creating intermittent failures and glitches - not what you want to trust your modified engine with.

So what’s the solution?

Standalone Engine Management. This is the complete replacement of the stock ‘brains’ and harness with a modern computer that is capable of far more than the stock DME system. a standalone system is user programable so that an experienced tuner can get the ‘system’ of modifications to work together seamlessly.

Before I go into my favorite pick for this application I want to stress the most important element in the decision of what standalone system to use - its all about the support from the vendor/tuner. just owning a little black box will not even get your engine running much less that running well. You will need the support of the vendor that you purchased the unit from for installation instructions, base maps to get you started and an almost unending supply of answers to your questions. I have had to ‘save’ quite a few people that purchased units (from a variety of suppliers) from questionable vendors and then receive no support.

The decision to go to a standalone system is not one to be taken lightly - it is a very powerful tool that requires special knowledge - either you need to learn the fundamentals or you need to get the right tuner/engine management supplier involved - or better yet - both!