Captain C

The 165 has the longer Memcal. The 870 has the shorter one. I'm not sure what the TBI or carb units look like......

Desert86Roc

So does the 165 need the adapter or not? Everything I read seems to point to "not", but Bill, would you please confirm?

Thanks,

Mike

MrBill

Yes!

yamahaguy91

i was just wondering how many people have these?

and can you use the switchs with the standard ver.?

and i belive i got everthing ; laptop and a bin program correct?

Ken73

Yes, you can use the switch with both the Standard and Pro versions.

Does your laptop have a parallel port?

yamahaguy91

yep

cant wait to get the money to send my ECM for the prominator

MrBill

I just released a new revision of the Prominator software...can be downloaded from http://www.speedtronics.net/software.asp. Nothing much different functionally...just some cosmetic changes and a couple of bug fixes. There is a revhistory.txt file included in the zip archive that explains what changed. If anyone finds any "bugs" or something that doesn't seem right, do let me know! As I'm sure Mr. Mangus will agree...I'm not much of a programmer!

You'll also notice that the web site looks just a "little" different and has a new URL. We decided misterbill.homeip.net just wasn't "catchy" enough (downright lame if you ask me, LOL).

Also, a few of you have open orders right now. I'm doing a shipment tomorrow...so if you have an open order and don't get it in a few days let me know.

Bill

MrBill

30-something

NEEDforSPEED

does anyone have one yet?

Mangus

Did I miss something? The post right above yours states that 30 something people have one (I'm sure its about 50 now).

Or, did I miss something?

MrBill

Just finished building #50 last night.

If I weren't so damn slow I'm sure it'd be more than that!

Chevmdnss

NO website for this????

I am interested too. But I am a newbie to custom tuning. I don't have achoice but to do it myself, as no one near me knows how.

MrBill

Grumpy

How you even put one together is beyond me. Buying 2 has been some of the best money I've ever spent.

Chevmdnss

SOrry if this has been covered, but there is now 5 pages of info here and I am cross eyed after reading as much as I could.

What should I look for in a laptop to be able to use the PROMinator? I can't afford a new one, and will probably be ebay hunting for it.

or can I do this from my PC at home? Probably not?

I know it needs a parallel port right now, but what else????

I just missed a couple of P II 133s


I mainly just want to be able to tune the car with it.... no games, no bs.....

BronYrAur

You can do it with pretty much anything. I'm using an old Pentium 133 laptop with 32mb of ram running Win 98. I wouldn't get anything under Win 98 though on there because I don't think TunerPRO supports 95 or below.

TransAm12sec

From this, it's illegal. Is there any real way of getting a ticket?

TheGreatJ

Jaywalking is also illegal. So is speeding. Neither one really stops anybody.

98% of all aftermarket products for these cars are labeled "not legal for highway use." It's mainly so they can avoid the insane costs of getting DOT, EPA, and federal approval to use the stuff on public roads, and not go to jail.

There's no way anyone is going to know unless you tell them, they see the laptop hooked up, or they start digging around in your dash.

buzz12586

When I go to order it, they ask for a bin size. How do I figure this out??

buzz12586

When I go to order it, they ask for a bin size. How do I figure this out??

JPrevost

You ask them for their recommendation .
Or how I would go about ordering it;
730 can run on the 64k and 32k since the standard bin is 32k
165 stock bins are usually 16k but they can run on 64 and 32 as well, just needs the correct offset.
7747/8746 and other c3 ecms use 4k.
In other words, tell me what ecm you're using and I'll give you a better/specific answer.

buzz12586

I have the 1228063 ECM out of an 88 Camaro 305 TBI. I believe it is a C3 chip which means it is 4k??

JPrevost

Yup

buzz12586

So then for bin size I simply put 4k??

JPrevost

Yup

Mangus

Thats 4096 bytes, right? Just kiddin'.

If you think you might, at any point in the future, use your Prominator in another ECM (say a 165 or 730/749), you might want to go ahead and order a 32k version. It complicates things in that you have to offset or pad your bins when uploading, but it saves you the trouble and expense of having to buy another Prominator in the future.

M

buzz12586

I have absolutely no experience at all in programing chips so I want it to be as easy as possible. Also is there a place I can find a .bin to start with. I will be dropping in a 350 TBI so I need something that it will at least run with and then go from there. I understand that the prominator has a parallel port on it but my laptop does not. Can I use an USB to parallel cable from Radio Shack??

Chevmdnss

When is the order page going to be back up and running???

I need to start budgeting for this............

Ken73

Soon! We will have Prominators on hand in about a month or two. There was a group buy here recently but unfortunately it's over now.

Fortunately we will have several in stock, so if you order one once the page is back up, it won't be a long time before you get it.

crrllmich

Sorry to bring up a year old topic but on your website the order form isnt working? Is there any reason for? You guys still offer the system?

MrBill

Sure do...just in the middle of doing some server upgrad