Under The P5 Hood

slinches · Nov 24, 2015

Powertrain Control Module. It's a combined ECM (engine control module) and TCM (transmission control module), which is probably linked to a separate BCM (body control module).

As an engineer I understand why all of these computers are necessary to get the best performance/efficiency, but I still loathe them when something goes wrong.

W. WIllie · Nov 24, 2015

PCM= Power Control Module same as ECM=Engine Control Module= the "Brain" of the vehicle.

Coss · Nov 24, 2015

I might as well jump in too
PCM = Powertrain control module (but I included a link with the Wiki definition

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ecdriver711 · Nov 24, 2015

Welcome Mel.

Bert · Nov 24, 2015

WilliamH said:
What the heck is PCM? Pulse Code Modulation? Too many abreviations..... Or I'm getting too old.

Powertrain Control Modules.

ElioDigger · Nov 24, 2015

Does it have a OBD2 plug under the dash?

pistonboy · Nov 24, 2015

Why use all the acronyms. Just use proper terminology and it is easier.

The doodad controls the watchamacallit activating the thingamajig. This results in the doohickey working with the thingamabob and gizmo and coordinating the widget.

The result is a perfectly happy contraption.

Kuda · Nov 24, 2015

pistonboy said:
Why use all the acronyms. Just use proper terminology and it is easier.

The doodad controls the watchamacallit activating the thingamajig. This results in the doohickey working with the thingamabob and gizmo and coordinating the widget.

The result is a perfectly happy contraption.

or a snafu.....

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Gizmo · Nov 25, 2015

We had a piece of equipment at my 1st duty station in the Air Force called the Format Message Composer (almost pre-computer days). We, who maintained the thing, called it the F'ing Magical Contraption. It was hooked up to a IBM Selectric that was boondoggled to a rack of electromechanical interface cards on the back that converted the mechanicals into electrical signals and then into analog data for magnetic 35mm tape. What a fun piece of crap that was. Almost as much fun as the Electro-Writers used between the Control Tower and the Command Post.

Coss · Nov 25, 2015

ElioDigger said:
Does it have a OBD2 plug under the dash?

They have already acknowledged that the Elio will have an OBDII outlet in the production model.
If the P5/E1 has one or not doesn't make it the fixed design for the production models.
So don't worry Eliodigger, it will have your plug in the vehicle.

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