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Autosport Technology director Kirk McLaren has been involved in motorsport for more than 30 years & has been honoured to be included in many top teams performance development programs, so if you are serious about the need for speed we are here to help. Based in Christchurch ,New Zealand we offer the following specialist services & products for your competition or performance car;

Services
* After

market engine management installation, configuration & tuning.

* Dyno tuning services with on site Dynapack 4wd dyno. Tuning Life Racing, Motec, Maxx ECU, Link.

* Full vehicle wiring looms to Autosport spec standard.

* Data acquisition system/Dash display installation & configuration.

* Track side supportData Analysis/Driver coaching

* Power Distribution Module (PDM/PDU) installation & configuration. Products
* Aftermarket engine management.

* Motorsport ABS

* Sensors for engine management & data acquisition

* Actuators including fuel injectors, DBW, ignition coils.

Lots of autosport racecar looms lately – this one is one of the larger ones.Practically every pin on every device is use...
12/06/2026

Lots of autosport racecar looms lately – this one is one of the larger ones.
Practically every pin on every device is used.
The Life Racing F88 ecu runs a twin turbo V8 with each bank run separately with a Drive by wire motor, MAP sensor, air temp, EGT, Lambda, & boost solenoid for each bank as well as 4 knock sensors & VVT. It also manages paddleshift, antilag, traction control & launch control.

The Life racing PDUx2b power distribution unit looks after the cars power supply as well as adding extra sensors such as a fuel level sensor for both the main tank & surge pot with dynamic filtering for the fuel level so the reading reacts fast during fill up but is heavily filtered when the car is moving to give a sensible reading.

The driver is kept informed via the Motec C125 dash with intelligent alarms that display which protection mode the Life ECU has invoked. Switch control is via a Apex CAN bus steering wheel with lots of switches & rotary switches for traction control, boost/strategy select, launch strategy and antilag strategy.

The icing on the cake is one of our ATE Motorsport ABS units.
With all of the proper gear it should make for quite a handy racecar.

Another stand alone loom for one of our Motorsport ABS systems all done & ready to ship to one of our overseas customers...
27/05/2026

Another stand alone loom for one of our Motorsport ABS systems all done & ready to ship to one of our overseas customers.
This will integrate into his existing Motec dash & ECU to allow logging from the ABS system to fully maximise his braking system & braking performance.
Contact Autosport Technology now for the latest technology to keep ahead of your competition.

26/04/2026

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Starting with the Good. It has been 2 years since I installed our Motorsport ABS system & have the car ready to go but haven’t been able to get to the track since then – so it was great to get to have a drive & try it out. On the first clear lap it immediately did a personal best with a very untidy lap so the Motorsport ABS definitely made a big difference. (lap in video).

Now the Bad. After that short session I headed out again to try for a 1:24 which should have been easily achievable if I could stitch a tidy lap together. Hit the brakes into Pothole then bang – driveshaft blew in half and the gearbox input shaft blew out of the front of the gearbox shattering the bellhousing. You can actually see the end of the driveshaft flying out the front of the car in the video.

Then the Ugly. Looking at the damage. I have posted the pictures in the comments section. Lots of stuff wrecked.

As well as full Autosport spec wirng looms for race cars we also do classic road car wiring looms for all years & makes....
10/04/2026

As well as full Autosport spec wirng looms for race cars we also do classic road car wiring looms for all years & makes.
This example was for a 1972 Mazda RX2 coupe. As you can see from the pictures the original loom was definitely showing its 50 years of age & 50 years of bodgy bullet connectors, twisted together wires & tape and was starting to cause problems.

From repairing & restoring the original to a complete replacement loom using milspec wire & either period correct loom covering or millspec DR25 heatshrink.

We also offer options regarding power management using period suitable relays & fuses or discreetly hiding a contemporary PDM/PDU (power distribution unit).

We can even install, wire & dyno tune aftermarket engine management to make it as nice to drive as your modern daily driver, or engine management solutions for a modern engine/trans transplant – options from Motec, Life Racing & MaxxECU.

Another Steering wheel wiring job done.I have lost count of how many of these we have done now, every one is different.T...
11/03/2026

Another Steering wheel wiring job done.
I have lost count of how many of these we have done now, every one is different.
This one has a Traction control strategy switch for the Motec M1 TC, gear shift paddles, radio button, pit limiter button, reset & page control buttons for the Motec dash.

All the fruit. Another full chassis/engine loom for a customer circuit racecar.This one uses one of our Motorsport ABS s...
28/02/2026

All the fruit. Another full chassis/engine loom for a customer circuit racecar.
This one uses one of our Motorsport ABS systems, Life Racing engine management & power distribution unit, Motec C127 dash and Apex CAN bus steering wheel.
Practically all of the huge number of inputs & outputs are utilised for sensors & functions to look after the health of the car as well as use the next level Life Racing data logging to help make the car & driver faster.

05/12/2025

RX8 PP Shakedown

RX8 PP Shakedown
We finally got the RX8 Peripheral Port to the track for a shake down - & what shook out of it was the clutch. You can hear in the video what sounds like a pile of shingle in the bellhousing.

Hot tip for nothing, 0 degrees road car camber = zero front end grip. The last task is to fit some camber adjusters & set the wheel alignment but we wanted to get the car on track before that to see that everything else was ok - so better the dramas happen now than at an event.

The nat aspirated 13B peripheral port is set up to run on either a Life Racing or MaxxECU so I can play around with different strategies on both.
We also bedded in some new Dixcel race pads from Dave at Braketech. Apart from the clutch problem everything else worked well & it feels like a fun wee car to drive and was really good to get out on the track again.

Any bets on what happened to the clutch? It will not disengage & has the shingle sound.

Another custom stand alone wiring loom to suit our Motorsport ABS system ready to make some one faster.One thing that ha...
07/09/2025

Another custom stand alone wiring loom to suit our Motorsport ABS system ready to make some one faster.

One thing that has stood out looking at a lot of peoples data over the years is that in 99% of cases Braking performance is the number one area where the largest lap time can be gained.

Our Motorsport ABS systems are custom programmed to suit your racecar, call today to get one ready for this race season.

Ever wondered how hot is hot on your RX8 temperature gauge?We were doing some custom CAN bus development work with a Lif...
13/08/2025

Ever wondered how hot is hot on your RX8 temperature gauge?

We were doing some custom CAN bus development work with a Life Racing ecu today in an RX8.
This gave the opertunity to take some photos of the gauge at various actual engine temperatures.
The standard engine tempearture gauge (as well as tacho, speedo, oil gauge, alt light & check light) are supplied values over the CAN bus from the engine ecu.

The gauge is not very linear. Nothing happens on the gauge until around 40degC, the operating temp of around 90degC is around the symbol. There is a lot of movement from 90 up to 100degC which appears near the top of the gauge.
So at the top of the gauge hot means hot as in turn it off!

AutoSport Technology – Technology to make you faster!….Based in Christchurch & covering New Zealand, we offer the follow...
04/08/2025

AutoSport Technology – Technology to make you faster!….
Based in Christchurch & covering New Zealand, we offer the following specialist services & products for your competition vehicle;

✅ Dyno tuning services, with our in house Dynapack 4WD/2WD hub dyno and Engine Dyno.

✅ Motorsport electronics services including engine management, power distribution units & dash/data logger sales, installation & configuration.
To bring our customers the best results, we recommend Life Racing & Motec products.
For street or basic simple projects we recommend MaxxECU.


✅ Vehicle wiring from full motorsport Spec DR25 vehicle looms to small one-off jobs.
Pro or club spec looms.

✅ Data Acquisition/logger Services, sales, installation, configuration, trackside support, remote track assistance & tuition. (Motec Life Racing & others).

✅ Data analysis Services/driver coaching/vehicle evaluation for driver performance & vehicle performance, health & diagnostics. Remote & Trackside support.

✅ Fuel & ignitions systems parts, sales, service, installation & advice. Injectors, fuel pumps, sensors, ignition coils & complete systems.

✅ Motorsport ABS systems – exclusive New Zealand dealer for ATE MK60 E1 Motorsort ABS systems custom programmed for your racecar.

✅Paddle-shift & flat shift gear shift systems – parts, installation, setup & tuning.

✅Fuel injector flow testing & balance testing. Our large capacity injector test bench can accurately flow test even the largest 2600cc injectors with a detailed report supplied.

Autosport Technology director Kirk McLaren has been involved in motorsport, & tuning for over 30 years & has been honoured to be involved in many top teams performance development programs, so if you are serious about the need for speed we are here to help.

CONTACT US:
Web: www.autosporttech.co.nz
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 027 246 9973
Christchurch

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Christchurch
8042

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+64212031524

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