The Game Changer

SAFARI LAUNCHES SOPHISTICATED, STATE- OF-THE-ART ENGINE CONTROL UNIT (ECU).

- Tristan Tancredi

SAFARI has launched its innovative and sophisticated Armax Performance ECU system. One hundred per cent designed and manufactured in Australia, the all-new ECU system utilises M1 technology and, generally speaking across most applications, can safely hike power by 20 to 25 per cent and torque by 30 to 35 per cent.

The state-of-the-art system is packed with a number of key features – none more important than its IP68 rating, making it impervious to dust and water (and operable at one metre underwater). However, there’s no point having an IP68-rated unit if the wiring loom, connectors, terminals and caps are susceptible to water and dust ingress.

“Obviously, if we were going to make a unit that was IP-rated then we had to have every other part of the system be equivalent, otherwise we have a weak link,” said Duane Evans, Safari’s Engineering Director. “All of the connectors in our wiring system are IP-rated, the cable is IP-rated, and the terminals are all full-machine crimped, which are all individually pull-tested. We have dual-layer protection like an OE wiring loom does, and even the communications cable has an IP-rated cap on it.”

Safari expects the wiring loom to last the life of the vehicle, and the same can be said of the bracketry which is supplied with the kit as standard. “The bracketry is vehicle-specific, the same as the wiring loom,” Evans said. “It features stainless steel hardware and dual-layer corrosion protection which includes zinc-plating and powder coating.”

Of the unit, Evans added: “Part of the unit’s make-up is a billet aluminium base that’s designed to act as a heat sink, so we can control the temperature very accurately inside the ECU.”