CA Automotive UK
28-08-2005, 03:53 PM
Following on from a suggestion in a recent thread , myself and Invisible kid 69 have been discussing the possibility of investing in development of a Shark Injector / Blue Fin type of DIY ECU remap tool for UK and euro BMW ( and perhaps other ) models .
Apologies if I am stating the obvious , but in case some of you dont already know , we are talking about a little box that you buy mail order outright , plug it into your DME or OBD port , press a button , wait a while , and hey presto ...one fully remapped car ! No need for rolling road or travel to company premises. I think there may well be a lucrative market for this ...
I am sure we can get the licence to the actual maps , and that we can get the actual hardware designed ,prototyped and tested with help from members . My initial idea is to offer two map options per car model , one for totally standard cars and one for common combination of mods on mildly tuned versions (i.e. intakes , dekat , exhaust ) where applicable . I already know a company that holds such alternative map data , although have not approached them or anyone else on this yet , Evotechnik is geting an exclusive , if you will [jam :D
Me and Invisible would be very grateful if members would give a bit of consideration and opinions to these points :
1. do you think this is a good idea ? would you buy it if it had been proved safe and effective ?
2. i think we should offer two shots at remapping per unit we sell , to allow for user errors or customer losing map during main dealer service within , say , 9 months of first installation of new map . After this time the second map on the unit would delete itself and customer would need to pay for new upload to his handset .
3. handset can be reprogrammed for other cars , at a fee , if customer buys different car .
4. these units would be configured such that they could only be used on the one ECU and no other , so customer cannot remap his mate's car for instance .
5.Now the crunch ; I reckon we are looking at 20 -30 k to get it off the ground , anyone else got any different estimates ?
6. continuing with the crunch :rolleyes: any of out there interested in discussing possible hard cash investment in this venture , on a formal and equal share and equal say basis , written up so as to safeguard all our interests equally ? IMO, if going ahead we should register a new (and seperate to CA )limited company for this purpose , with all investors as directors and / or share holders .
7. Any of you who may have skills /contacts/experience that would be of use in developing this project are welcome to join in , your skills in lieu of hard cash investment
thanks in advance
Apologies if I am stating the obvious , but in case some of you dont already know , we are talking about a little box that you buy mail order outright , plug it into your DME or OBD port , press a button , wait a while , and hey presto ...one fully remapped car ! No need for rolling road or travel to company premises. I think there may well be a lucrative market for this ...
I am sure we can get the licence to the actual maps , and that we can get the actual hardware designed ,prototyped and tested with help from members . My initial idea is to offer two map options per car model , one for totally standard cars and one for common combination of mods on mildly tuned versions (i.e. intakes , dekat , exhaust ) where applicable . I already know a company that holds such alternative map data , although have not approached them or anyone else on this yet , Evotechnik is geting an exclusive , if you will [jam :D
Me and Invisible would be very grateful if members would give a bit of consideration and opinions to these points :
1. do you think this is a good idea ? would you buy it if it had been proved safe and effective ?
2. i think we should offer two shots at remapping per unit we sell , to allow for user errors or customer losing map during main dealer service within , say , 9 months of first installation of new map . After this time the second map on the unit would delete itself and customer would need to pay for new upload to his handset .
3. handset can be reprogrammed for other cars , at a fee , if customer buys different car .
4. these units would be configured such that they could only be used on the one ECU and no other , so customer cannot remap his mate's car for instance .
5.Now the crunch ; I reckon we are looking at 20 -30 k to get it off the ground , anyone else got any different estimates ?
6. continuing with the crunch :rolleyes: any of out there interested in discussing possible hard cash investment in this venture , on a formal and equal share and equal say basis , written up so as to safeguard all our interests equally ? IMO, if going ahead we should register a new (and seperate to CA )limited company for this purpose , with all investors as directors and / or share holders .
7. Any of you who may have skills /contacts/experience that would be of use in developing this project are welcome to join in , your skills in lieu of hard cash investment
thanks in advance