Does this new J&S system also take the place of an electronic boost controller as well? Also, does the gauge come with some type of mouting pod? While i think the oval is very stylish I can even think of where I might be able to put it...
Printable View
Does this new J&S system also take the place of an electronic boost controller as well? Also, does the gauge come with some type of mouting pod? While i think the oval is very stylish I can even think of where I might be able to put it...
So......any word on customers trading in their old J&S units for a new one and getting some difference of the new J&S?? http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
------------------
It take a Nation of Millions to hold Us Back!!!
http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/escuani.gif
C-SpeedRacing
[This message has been edited by MouhadIb (edited December 26, 2000).]
My unit was brand new and i still couldnt return it for credit,i called j&s and the place i bought it from which was cascade performance, they couldnt do anything for me but i ended selling it anyway.
------------------
2000 FBP I.T.R. #666
2000 FBP CIVIC SI (STOCK)
HTTP://WWW.BLACKITR666.ACURAPOWER.COM
My take on this is that asking J&S for an "update" or "trade in" is like asking Dell to accept the 1 gigahertz PIII PC you bought last year in exchange for the latest and greatest.
Things change. Technology gets better. Sometimes you end up with yesterday's technology too soon. No one is at fault, it just happens that way.
If you get lucky and are willing to accept yesterday's best thing, you can get a deal. Like when I bought a 99 Maxima 4 months before the 2000 model came out. 31K list, 24K price.
Some of you are now bummed that you have the older J&S. I'm bummed that I have the JR BTC (which didn't take long to reverse engineer! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif ) when I could've had that functionality and the Safeguard for $200 more today with the new J&S.
Such is life.
------------------
Greg Holden
96 GSR, JSRC @6psi, AEM CAI/RSR 4-2-1/Greddy PE, Cartech 20005/Walbro GSS-342/TPS Mod, JR BTC, KYB AGX/H&R OE Sport/ST 19mm Rear Swaybar
Best 1/4 ==> 13.937 @ 101.41mph
My JRSC Install Site
I love my old J&S and I don't want the new one. I just wish the knock retard/rich fuel reading weren't the same color. The retard monitor should be a color not represented on the guage so there is no confusion when reading the guage out of the corner of your eye.
Holden: Somebody already reverse engineered the BTC?! HA! That is too funny. Did we ever find out if MSD built the BTC for Moss/JR or was it someone else?
Marc
I'm thinking J and or S "popped the hood" on a BTC. Nothing wrong with that! (Unless the European Cybercrime treaty gets ratified.)
Greg
I'll keep my (relatively) new J&S unit.
And much as I might be totally happy with the new ultra unit, I'll just save some more pennies for the Zdyne unit now. (though [gulp!] 1000 dollars)
That and the old J&S should about do it.
(but I'll get rid of the MSD and vtec controller)
Holden: From what I hear, the hood is un-poppable on the JRBTC. Except for the pictures posted here, I haven't seen one.
By the way, thanks for setting us all straight on the upgrade thing. I can't afford to compete with myself.
All you have to do w/ the JRBTC is mimic the trigger signal using a 555 timer (or a microcontroller using a pulse out instruction) to generate the proper crank rpm signals, then look at the output of the BTC that hooks up to the distributor wire. You'll easily get your timing values from there as a function of rpm. Then observe at how the knob setting affects the timing output. Done. Reverse engineering is great! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
Not that J&S did that, but I'm just stipulating that it's easily possible to do it. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif
------------------
Mods
John: My apologies if I implied something improper back there. No offense meant.
Greg