VEC2 Installation

[KenH]

Just thought I'd share that I received and installed the VEC2 last night in my garage. Not too bad as a DIY project. Mostly just needed to wrestle with some wiring harnesses, pull the PCM and drill a hole. It took me about 3.5 hours to install it, get it programmed with one of the sample programs provided and be on the road. Should probably be about a 2.5 hour job if you know what you are doing.

Overall, the kit seems well constructed and the instructions were pretty clear. Only problem I had, was that after the install I had no power to the VEC2 unit. I traced that to the 12V splice which doesn't seem very robust and I'll probably try to replace it with something else long-term.

The software is a little intimidating, but with the samples provided, you can get up and running very easily and then tweak from there. A brief road trip last night showed that it improved the excessively loud popping I was getting after installing my headers by cutting fuel during throttle lift. Definitely seemed more peppy, but I think I may have been getting some light detonation, with the sample timing curve and our 92 octane gas, so I called it a night. I backed some timing out and will hopefully get a chance to check it out further tonight. I hope to get it on a dyno in the near future.

 

[Yellow Fever]

Ken I tip my hat to you for the DIY ! I could never install one of these myself. But I do love my VEC 2 ! It's awesome that I can adjust my timing and A/F ratio with the slip of a Card.

I've got one card programmed for 103 Oct and another Programmed for 91 Oct...Heffner did an AWESOME job dialing in my EMU

 

[Casey]

I am not a DIY either, even as easy as Sean seems to have made the VEC2 to install safely!

Jason will be hooking me up with one in the near future, so I am glad he has some practice.

 

[Jack B]

An alternate choice for the power is to go to the interior fuseblock thru the top of the footbox. Merely install an add-a-fuse. Those insulation displaement taps are prone to problems if not done correctly. Going theu the top of the footbox is also far easier. I already had the power in the engine compartment for my NOS switches. If interested, I have a picture in MY Gallery of the wire entry into the cockpit.