Some background on the car. It is indeed a Hass turbo car. Whoever installed the kit originally did some "creative" things, especially with the wiring. At the customer's request we've addressed some of the various issues that the car had before it was brought to us. I wouldn't quite call it a basket case when it arrived but it was close.
Before these current electrical issues cropped up we had not done ANY wiring work on this car besides removing a water injection system and correcting a gauge install. The car exhibited the symptoms that Derek mentioned and worse. I have no idea what happened to this car before it was brought to us but things are not right.
We got the car running ok on the stock ECU again after cleaning the ECU connectors. The fuel pump circuit is functioning as it should but we did bypass some of the stock wiring to make that happen. Many people run larger gauge wire to high flow pumps to keep the voltage up so this is actually a benefit.
We've done the AEM standalone on several 2ZZs now and a couple of non-2ZZ DBW cars. I have no reason to think it won't work great on Derek's car but he has my assurance that if it doesn't perform right after it's tuned in that he won't owe a dollar for that part of the project and that he'll be free to choose another tuning solution whether that be a piggyback or a reflash. I don't believe there is a widely trusted solution yet for high hp DBW Elises and believe the AEM is the best option available. It's been very solid and reliable up to 750hp in our drag/LSR car so I have full confidence in its capabilities.
It's not easy to do a project like this with an audience so go easy on me ok guys?
