Oil sensor, boost etc on link ecu

[Guest]

I need the oil pressure, oil temp, boost pressure info etc to feed directly into the ecu is this possible?

I need the info to go from the ecu to a digital dash I won\'t be running gauges just a single Digital dash.

[funkytown]

AEM 5v stuff is what you need

[Guest]

 funkytown said:

AEM 5v stuff is what you need

Cool Txs jon, just had a look, it seems they are not cheap and you have to buy the gauges as well which are not needed guess I have no choice.

[thorpy]

What ecu are you using ? surely your tuner should be able to recommend what to use ?

[lachlan]

mates g4 extreme came with sensors for them . well not oil temp but im sure they have one .

the aem wideband uses a bosch sensor anyway . and aem dont make sensors so i dont hink that is the only answer

[thorpy]

http://www.motorsportsinnovations.com/RacePak/racepak-sportsman.htm

[Guest]

Dont link sell the sensors you need?

[lachlan]

http://www.linkecu.com/products/InstallationAccessories/Sensors

[Koom]

 ballsrburning']

[quote name='funkytown said:

AEM 5v stuff is what you need

/quote]

Cool Txs jon, just had a look, it seems they are not cheap and you have to buy the gauges as well which are not needed guess I have no choice.

Sensor sold separately

Thanks Amazon

[Guest]

 Koom']

[quote name='funkytown said:

AEM 5v stuff is what you need

/quote]

Cool Txs jon, just had a look, it seems they are not cheap and you have to buy the gauges as well which are not needed guess I have no choice.

Sensor sold separately

Thanks Amazon

Isnt the gauge the controller that converts it to 5V tho so therefore required? Just guessing but thats they way my AEM wideband works. Would love a boost gauge to match but paying for the 5V side of things makes it fuckin expensive.

[funkytown]

No i bought just sensors and link uses them directly

[Guest]

Txs for the responses guys.

 thorpy']

What ecu are you using ? surely your tuner should be able to recommend what to use ?

Im using a link g3. will be updated to g4 firmware probably. My tuner has been asked waiting a reply.

[quote name='lachlan said:

url]http://www.linkecu.com/products/InstallationAccessories/Sensors[/url]

txs but can\'t actually see the ones I need in that list which doesn\'t look good or am I missing something?

It seems this is going to be a very expensive exercise once I buy everything. I guess I will wait and see what the tuner of the car says.

Maybe its easier to ditch the link and convert it all to haltech.

[funkytown]

a link will use any 5v sensor Russ, usually if its a reasonable sensor it comes with its own calibration table and you just pipe that into the link and it will read correctly.

I use AEM temp (oil or water) and pressure (150psi for oil), there are a host of other ones you can get for boost and temps if you really need em.

seems to me that what your link needs (sensors) and what it can pipe to a display are two different things here chap?

you need to make sure gauges <-> ecu are compatible and ecu <-> cluster.

i know the AEM stuff and link is a perfect arrangement to get the inputs to the ecu

[Guest]

 funkytown said:

a link will use any 5v sensor Russ, usually if its a reasonable sensor it comes with its own calibration table and you just pipe that into the link and it will read correctly.

I use AEM temp (oil or water) and pressure (150psi for oil), there are a host of other ones you can get for boost and temps if you really need em.

seems to me that what your link needs (sensors) and what it can pipe to a display are two different things here chap?

you need to make sure gauges <-> ecu are compatible and ecu <-> cluster.

i know the AEM stuff and link is a perfect arrangement to get the inputs to the ecu

The potential incompatibility problem is the issue Jon. I too like the look of the AEM stuff, do you use the gauges too or just the sensors wired into your link?

I don\'t know what will and won\'t work, which is why I am thinking I may as well just buy a ecu from haltech as well as the dash. Hell of a lot less complicated then at least I know the ecu will talk to the dash correctly. Problem is I cant afford it at the moment.

[funkytown]

 funkytown said:

a link will use any 5v sensor Russ, usually if its a reasonable sensor it comes with its own calibration table and you just pipe that into the link and it will read correctly.

all the AEM 5v stuff works. there is a masssssive list of stuff thats compatible with link.

we use these for oil & fuel pressure, either as a normal reading for dash or as a GP limit.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/electronics/auction-658676504.htm

and we use these ones for water and oil temp, specifically as we run the turbo water on a different circuit to radiator we log and check its not to hot.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/electronics/auction-657889870.htm

tbh i think you\'re only concern is the ecu <-> dash. i know all the AEM stuff pipes to ecu just fine.

[Guest]

 funkytown']

[quote name='funkytown said:

a link will use any 5v sensor Russ, usually if its a reasonable sensor it comes with its own calibration table and you just pipe that into the link and it will read correctly.

/quote]

all the AEM 5v stuff works. there is a masssssive list of stuff thats compatible with link.

we use these for oil & fuel pressure, either as a normal reading for dash or as a GP limit.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/electronics/auction-658676504.htm

and we use these ones for water and oil temp, specifically as we run the turbo water on a different circuit to radiator we log and check its not to hot.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/electronics/auction-657889870.htm

tbh i think you\'re only concern is the ecu <-> dash. i know all the AEM stuff pipes to ecu just fine.

great thanks for the links.

the ecu <-> dash should work fine with the correct link/vipec cable according to the manufacturer. I think I will buy those sensors you linked to and get them wired in and hope the link/vipec cable does its thing, It should.

[Guest]

Just use a link display job done. Any display that will work with link will work just fine as all its doing is displaying a 0-5V signal and is correct pending on calibration.

Im using an AEM WB and it works just fine like Jon said.

[Guest]

 evowrx said:

Just use a link display job done. Any display that will work with link will work just fine as all its doing is displaying a 0-5V signal and is correct pending on calibration.

Im using an AEM WB and it works just fine like Jon said.

yeah the link display did cross my mind but its bloody ugly thing and I don\'t like the display on it, plus you don\'t get shift lights etc on it I prefer the iq3.

At least now I know I can get the sensors talking to the ecu which is great.

[Guest]

Just do a tablet display I have a pic at home of one setup its bloody awesome.

[Guest]

 evowrx said:

Just do a tablet display I have a pic at home of one setup its bloody awesome.

any chance of getting said pic on here to see it.

[Tony]

Most sensors (as long as you have the calibration) are compatible with the Link ECU. As long as the ECU has readings from these sensors, the dash will display it (in some cases/dash dependant you may need to make equations in order for the information to display as you want it).

All you need is the specific interface cable (from the dash supplier) which allows the dash to see the data stream that the ECU is spitting out. With a Link, the cable to connect to the interface would be a CAN to Serial connector cable (for the Link to dash connections we have dealt with anyway).

[Guest]

 Tony said:

Most sensors (as long as you have the calibration) are compatible with the Link ECU. As long as the ECU has readings from these sensors, the dash will display it (in some cases/dash dependant you may need to make equations in order for the information to display as you want it).

All you need is the specific interface cable (from the dash supplier) which allows the dash to see the data stream that the ECU is spitting out. With a Link, the cable to connect to the interface would be a CAN to Serial connector cable (for the Link to dash connections we have dealt with anyway).

Cool txs, have you dealt with a link to iq3 setup before? I\'m wondering did the display work with no problems for you once all plugged in?

[Guest]

 ballsrburning']

[quote name='evowrx said:

Just do a tablet display I have a pic at home of one setup its bloody awesome.

/quote]

any chance of getting said pic on here to see it.

Yip. At home were the key words. Remind me tonight.

[Tony]

 ballsrburning']

[quote name='Tony said:

Most sensors (as long as you have the calibration) are compatible with the Link ECU. As long as the ECU has readings from these sensors, the dash will display it (in some cases/dash dependant you may need to make equations in order for the information to display as you want it).

All you need is the specific interface cable (from the dash supplier) which allows the dash to see the data stream that the ECU is spitting out. With a Link, the cable to connect to the interface would be a CAN to Serial connector cable (for the Link to dash connections we have dealt with anyway).

/quote]

Cool txs, have you dealt with a link to iq3 setup before? I\'m wondering did the display work with no problems for you once all plugged in?

iq3 is Racepak isnt it? The boss set one of those up for a customer earlier this year, didnt have any issues (I am not sure of the specifics related to Racepak though as most of the time we deal with Race Technology or Motec). I think for the Racepak dash you need to wire their cable into a Link CAN-Dash cable for it to connect to the ECU?

[Guest]

 evowrx']

Yip. At home were the key words. Remind me tonight.

cool will do.

[quote name='Tony said:

iq3 is Racepak isnt it? The boss set one of those up for a customer earlier this year, didnt have any issues (I am not sure of the specifics related to Racepak though as most of the time we deal with Race Technology or Motec). I think for the Racepak dash you need to wire their cable into a Link CAN-Dash cable for it to connect to the ECU?

yep its Haltech racepak, and yeah you need a vipec cable which you can buy with it on trade me to interface between ecu and dash.

I guess I just have to bite the bullet and try and make it all work.