Homemade TRE?

[LB ROLLER]

is it better to get a PREMADE TRE or just do it myself?

 

[071300r]

if you have the knowlage to make it go for it and if it works I'll probabally buy 1 from you

 

[LB ROLLER]

im pretty good with electrical stuff. i was thinking of using this method.. i might just make it like the ones they sell on the market with the casing and connectoers though...

 

[V8Pinto]

I made mine. Had a resistor laying around and just wired it in. Cost me zero.

 

[LB ROLLER]

did you use a 6.8 or a 15k resistor? or did you do a switchable TRE?

 

[BowDown]

Schematics please!

 

[Big Red]

 

[samw5]

http://wotid.com/tls/content/category/1/27/47/

Same circuit but you'll have to test for the proper voltage (the resistance may be different).

 

[justtight]

is there any in production yet. the home made version?

 

[LB ROLLER]

(justtight @ Sep. 14 2007,02:18) is there any in production yet. the home made version?

havent started it yet.. dont know whether to make it a switched non switched and radio shack doesnt sell the 6.8k resistors seperate...lol i'll bet to it soon... plus i want to get the connecters to just tap into it instead of spliceing my original ones.

 

[omslaw]

I just used a 6.8K resistor and crimped a couple of small, female spade connectors on each end. Then, using a needle, I removed the black and pink pins from the ECU side of the GPS connector. Attach my TRE and wrap with electrical tape.

 

[omslaw]

Oh, if you wanna get fancy, you could install a switch, but I never bothered.

 

[BowDown]

1/4watt work? Or should it be 1/2watt?

Anyone remember the color scheme? I have a whole roll of 1/4watt resistors from radioshack and don't remember how to read the colors.

 

[V8Pinto]

You don't need 1/2watt. 1/8 watt will be fine - there's very little current flow.

What omslaw said is how I did it too. Works great (191.6MPH stock = >186 limited speed!)

 

[omslaw]

(BowDown @ Sep. 14 2007,11:38) 1/4watt work? Or should it be 1/2watt?

Anyone remember the color scheme? I have a whole roll of 1/4watt resistors from radioshack and don't remember how to read the colors.

Blue - Gray - Red - tolerance (gold or silver usually)

1/8 watt is plenty.

 

[BowDown]

Did you notice any issues with idle? Or any drawbacks to using a fixed homemade TRE?

 

[LB ROLLER]

(BowDown @ Sep. 14 2007,11:32) Did you notice any issues with idle? Or any drawbacks to using a fixed homemade TRE?

correct me if im wrong but i think the only difference between HOMEMADE and STORE BOUGHT is that the home made doesnt have the STOCK PLUGS. and doesnt come in a TUBE.. unless you get them...

and you can make them AUTO. or SWITCHABLE.. the same way the store bought ones are..


http://wotid.com/tls/content/category/1/27/57/

 

[V8Pinto]

No issues with idle. The bike used to stall occasionally but that was cured by increasing idle speed (search the org, common prob).

I noticed no difference during normal driving but on the top end was a big difference. It used to run up to about 175 and just kinda stop. After the TRE, it would just keep on pulling. More of a gentle accel curve instead of a solid stop wall.

 

[omslaw]

(LB ROLLER @ Sep. 14 2007,16:10)

(BowDown @ Sep. 14 2007,11

) Did you notice any issues with idle? Or any drawbacks to using a fixed homemade TRE?

correct me if im wrong but i think the only difference between HOMEMADE and STORE BOUGHT is that the home made doesnt have the STOCK PLUGS. and doesnt come in a TUBE.. unless you get them...

and you can make them AUTO. or SWITCHABLE.. the same way the store bought ones are..


http://wotid.com/tls/content/category/1/27/57/

Correct. If you go and buy a 'standard' TRE, you're paying for all the connectors, plastic tube, wire, heatshrink, etc.

Bottom line, it's just a 6.8K resistor.

 

[Big Red]

I think I shall never see a poem as beautiful as a TRE