by ZerOne » Sun May 26, 2013 10:52 am
Hi Daniel,
Its best to think of that document as a primer only.
It is basically a collection of what is currently known (and shared amongst those people that have contributed information).
For most people, once they get a cluster programmed and working for their specific application, then the testing and research stops at that point.
(The reasons for this are varied, but typically the people playing around with this sort of stuff only have access to the one vehicle, their own.
So you are not going to see much in the way of people working out specific locations for ecotec, 3.0L 3.6L SIDI, L98, L76, LS2, LS3, 4 speed, 5 speed 6 speed Autos, and 6 speed manuals, sedans, wagons, utes, and LWB models.
(Its more a case of hey, I got this working on my car, and here is what I did - I hope this works for you kind of thing).
The hope here is to share as much information as possible (Hence the reason that we kindly request that people share the EEPROMs from clusters that they have been able to rip the EEPROM from), so as at least there is a base that can be worked from.
If you need to convert clusters on a professional level, (I.E. you want something that is not going to require hours and hours to trial and test programming for each specific application), then my suggestion is either find someone that does this service professionally (Like Ultimate Conversion Wiring), or invest heavily in some Tech2 gear.
To give you an idea of what is involved in getting a cluster working for a specific application,
1) You need to be able to get a dump of the EEPROM from the cluster that you will be working on.
2) You need to copy and paste data from a cluster that is currently working in the car, to the cluster you want to get working on the other car.
In the case of carrying out an engine conversion, your best bet is to find an EEPROM dump from a cluster that is from a car with as similar specs as to the car that you will be fitting the cluster to. (Engine, Transmission, Airbags, Sedan/Wagon/Ute/LWB, etc, etc), and copy date from that EEPROM, to the cluster, and hopefully get the thing working that way...
Unfortunately, the website will serve only as a guide on how to this sort of stuff, and its only really going to be beneficial to those that have the time to invest in working this sort of stuff out.