Drive Box bypass

[Kroggers]

Originally Posted by Jittsl

In my case (for my race car) they built me a replacement DME that had no dependence on the Drive Box at all. My ECU does not wait for a signal so I was ale to remove the drive Box and the key. Works great for a race car and saves a bunch of weight.

Do you have more details on this, as I want to do the same in my race car.
Did they just alter your stock box or supply you with a new one? Can you still push custom programs to it like the Softronic to go with other engine upgrades etc? And can I ask what it cost?

[Jittsl]

Contact ECU specialists for pricing (I provided a link in my first post on this subject) I honestly cant remember. It wasn't cheap.

In my case they provided me with a replacement DMI and I sent them mine once it was installed. I think I paid some sort of deposit.

I know that the ECU in my case is absolutely stock (as it has to be for my class) but I believe that there is no physical/programming change made to the ECU component. I would therefore believe that you should be able to make any changes to the new box that you made to the old box. You can probably send them your current box (if it is already modified) and ask them not to alter it. The alarm system and the engine control functions are in a shared box but do not actually share componentry or programming.

[Sumflow]

Originally Posted by Kroggers

Did they just alter your stock box or supply you with a new one?

See the the second reply in this thread from Jitts. They put an emitter under the DME that tells it it is OK to start. It costs about $675.00

It does not matter if it is your DME

or if you do an exchange.