Welcome to the Twisted Builds LLC Engine Simulator. This engine simulator is the most feature packed one on the market to my knowledge at the time of writing. Its the engine simulator I personally use for bench testing, reverse engineering and general electrical shenanigans. Its features are as followed:
16x simulated injector outputs.
8x ignition simulated outputs.
8x 12v or 5v simulated outputs.
61 total different simulated crankshaft and camshaft(s) wheel options at time of writing with selectable 5v and 12v signal outputs to simulate different crank and cam sensor options.
5x 0-5v simulated analog voltage outputs on adjustable knobs labeled as follows: TPS, MAP, BARO, WIDEBAND, SPARE 5V.
3x simulated temp sensor outputs on adjustable knobs labeled as follows: CLT TEMP, IAT TEMP, SPARE TEMP.
1x 0-1v simulated narrowband sensor output on a adjustable knob.
ECU power switch with 2x available key on power switches (for ignition or additional switched power).
60 pin main TE superseal connector (comes with one set of connectors and 60 terminals) for building quick plug and play bench harnesses. Engine Simulator also has terminal blocks for hard wiring connections as well.
This engine simulator was built for the gearhead electrical nerd in mind – of which I am one of those folks. The 60 pin TE superseal connector setup is the same design found on most aftermarket ECU setups for a quick ability to build bench plug and play harnesses. I have personally done this for my own setup for quickly swapping between a bench Holley Term X max, GM P01/P59, a GM T42, a Ford EMS2205 PCM and more. This way I can unplug one ECU, and move to a different one I want to test or develop on. It also has screw terminals for all the I/O as well which allows you to quick and cheaply just wire to the simulator as well, or T out sensors, etc. The possibilities are endless.
This engine simulator also works amazing for testing tuning options and settings on ECU’s from the safety of the bench to verify your tune settings are going to do what you expect them to do.
Its also not limited to simulating engine computers but also is the device I test every single Simple Dial A Boost product on before shipping, testing sensor inputs and scaling, testing injector and ignition drivers on refurbished factory computers from junkyards, transmission controllers, etc.
The firmware is based on Josh Stewarts fork of the Ardu-Stim software – which is open source. This means if the software possibly does not have a wheel pattern you need, which is hard to believe, you are able to write your own. I have personally contributed to the software with wheels for BMW’s, Vipers, and the 58x GM LS crank/cam wheel patterns. The link for the control software (available for Windows, Mac and Linux) is here.
Looking for the raw code used on the arduino nano on this engine sim? Being its open source, you can download/view that here.
Videos of the simulator in action below.
There is no instruction manual for this engine sim due to the above videos provided on its use, however with that said a paper copy of the units pinout is included with the sale of every engine sim. If you want a digital copy of said pinout, or lost your copy, you can download it from the link below.
Looking to buy your own? You can do that from our store here.
Thank you and if you have any questions, email sales@twistedbuilds.com