The beginning of the ClownSpeed blogs
Posted by The Clown in Uncategorized on June 23rd, 2009
ClownSpeed.com is becoming a blog site, slowly. It hasn’t been announced to the world yet, so bear with me while I get the site up and running.
Exploring the MX-5 ECU
Posted by The Clown in Sports Cars, Technical on August 16th, 2009
Due primarily to the interest in supercharging the Mazda MX-5 (in this case the 2006-09 models), there has been a lot of recent activity in reverse-engineering the ECU (Engine Control Unit) that regulates fuel and ignition to the engine. Most of this work has been done via the CAN bus, treating the ECU as somewhat of a “black box”. Partially this has been done because Read the rest of this entry »
Fuel me twice, shame on me
A gas gauge — pretty simple, huh? Well, for a race car, it may not be. There’s more to it than just a needle, like in a street car. Here’s some things to think about: