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I recently got a ostrich and adapter board for my 90 Daytona, I have found some older posts talking about the ostrich needing power all the time or it looses it's memory. Also that if you give the ostrich power all the time that the cars battery would drain. Is there a fix for this? I wasn't able to find newer threads about this, so I figured I'd ask. Thanks
I've been using an ostrich for a few years now and have not had an issue with it loosing it's memory after disconnecting the battery. Every winter I disconnect the battery and it starts every time I hook the battery back up.
I have gone months between car starts and haven't had the cal on the ostrich get lost or corrupted but I'm on a SMEC
Ok thanks guys I was just going off of this post.
I have a SBEC with a new Ostrich, the car will not run if the usb is not plugged into power, it doesn't seem to lose the memory, but the car wont run unless it is powered. I too wish there was a fix for this
It doesn't need powered all the time, just needs powered up before you key on. I just plugged my USB cord into a cell charger when not plugged into the PC. Ran like that on my Spirit R/T and Shadow. Running BB flash module in a SMEC now.
What issue did you have if you didn't power it before starting?
I've been running a t3 SBEC on ostrich for 4 years now and have never applied USB power to it before starting or while running.
If I started without power hooked up it would dump so much fuel that it would foul my spark plugs and not start again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat
Maybe i will have to try again, but on mine it runs like crap if it runs at all. It works fine on SMECs but my SBEC I am haven't had much success without usb powerQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat
Do you use a boostbutton latch adapter?
Does anyone use the socket booster from moates? Not sure if it helps
Just wanted to update I tried without it powered up on my Sbec the first few times it started ok, but not as good as when powered, but the 4th time I barely got it started and it ran crappy. So I guess with my set up I will grab a USB cigarette lighter adapter.