ORIGINAL: jroth
If you are going to run air start, I would stick with the generation one ECU, that is what I have been using since 1998 without any problems.
John
Except that the Gen 1 (and Gen 2 I think), ECU's do not have the 2 second failsafe delay feature. Therefore, to comply with the AMA requirement ("...ECU's shall be configured to shutdown the engine within 2 seconds of failsafe activtion"), you have to set the failsafe to
immediate shutdown.
Which brings up another question; even with the Gen 3 ECU's (which have the 2 second delay), no one has been able to tell me how to make it work in conjunction with failsafe. The "JetCat" method of programing a failsafe throttle position outside the normal 100% range does not work. It seems the only time the 2 second delay functions is with a
total loss of rx signal to the ECU which is not the case with a failsafe.
I would sure like to have that 2 second buffer in the event of a momentary failsafe. Am I missing something John? Is there a way to set up the Gen 3 ECU's and tx/rx's to delay shutdown in the event of a failsafe?
Thanks,
Craig