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FUELTECH LAUNCHES NEW VISIONFT PRODUCT LINE WITH ITS FT700 AND FT700 PLUS ECUs
BY STEVE BAUR
Whether it is new products , customer service , or updates to existing products , FuelTech is constantly pushing development and improving its offerings , and the company ’ s new VisionFT line of VCUs is further proof of that while also showing how the company is looking into the future at what racers and enthusiasts might need from their engine control units .
“ The FT600 is the top of the line on the PowerFT ECUs ,” notes FuelTech ’ s Anderson Dick . “ It was introduced in 2014 and 10 years and thousands of software updates later , the hardware is maxed out . We ’ ve been working for the last three years on the VisionFT and it features all new hardware . Try to compare your cell phone now from 10 years ago ! The hardware capacities are unbelievably more .”
With the FT700 and FT700 Plus , FuelTech incorporated every single hardware upgrade imaginable from multi-core processors to graphics cards to audio / video channels , GPS , Bluetooth , WIFI , memory capacity , displays , and more . The hardware allows for huge expandability , faster operation , increased control resolution , and short circuit and overload protection on all inputs and outputs just to name a few benefits .
“ The aftermarket ECU industry is very behind what can be done ,” Dick tells us . “ We expect the FT700 platform to lead the industry in terms of technology for the next 10 years . It has almost unlimited potential .”
FuelTech has always relied on its customer base and tuners to improve its products , and many of the improvements that the FT700 features are a result of that .
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