Im finding it hard to decide which ECU to use to run my 1.7 16v with individual TBs and engine speed sensor/coilpacks setup. Im after a budget choice, so Ive been fancying the Emerald ecu for the past year on the basis that its quite cheap other than DIY options and that Dave Walker is viewed as quite talented. But before I commit Id like to hear peoples experiences, I know quite a few people on here run TBd engines, whats the prices/equipment and use like? There are options such as DTA(850), OMEX 500/550(519) and MoTeC(bit expensive but a good reputation), Autronic which Ive not heard much of and looks expensive Then theres a cheap south african Gotech MFI STD from 340, anyone heard of it? any sugestions would be great TIA
dont know if the megasquirt stuff would be of interest to you or not? few search results here m8 i dont know much about it me self. neil.
Yes thanks, seen the megasquirt and other DIY ecu's just dont trust my eletronics skills just yet and would rather pay more at the moment for less headaches. I also wouldnt mind traveling to an RR that specialises in a certain unit, e.g. Dave Walker as mentioned above. I did want to keep my OE ecu, but cant see a way of getting it to run individual coil packs rather than the OE dizzy, so it would mean buying a polo/lupo GTi ecu to be mapped, not worth it IMO when I could have a unit more easily adjustable by more people. Any 1st hand experiences?
there was at least one large discussion about this in the past. someone may have a link as search is not the best tt
thanks for that, Il give it a read. Iv been advised of Wayne Schofield of chipwizards in Rochdale, apparently I can keep my OE ecu that way. Anyone any experience with them? thanks
yep top bloke,I would imagine he can map anything,he`s very well known on porshe,pug&citreon forums also maps all dubsports cars,is he local to you?
saw a 16v on bodies on a pug ecu and chipwizards chip.. made less than K-jet car would have done. owner was a bit gutted.
Tom i will most probably be breaking my 1.6gti unit, so if you wanted to grab the ecu off of that youre more than welcome although the wiring for that is an absolute nightmare doe to all the excess poo its picked up with the VVT and twin lambdas/cats it still runs a single coil though.... just not using a mechanical Dizzy
Really Bill, I keep going round in a Emerald>DTA>Chipwizard circle, just thought of another head ache when keeping my OE ecu, how would I be able to get it to rochdale (from Warrington BTW) runing dizzy-less...? Maybe sacrificing the OE imobilizer and fault memories is worth it... Cheers jez, that is an option, although Im not sure whether my OE loom ecu plug is the same and although I could code a key to that ECU, it would be an bottom getting the whole lot to my work.... PROBLEMS! DTA is looking good at the mo, Bill, does Allan Wharburton (sp) actually map? Found no details about it on DTAfast?
that was mine,I never did get back to sort the problem out (daily driver&kept busy with other jobs) more disapointed than gutted,I new it was down on power before we went but it was a good day out,saying that the pug ecu system does work and ive not had any reliabilty problems,me mates v/hall eng kit car makes a good reliable 200bhp on the same setup
come to think of it perhaps not.. it was a dealer thing he sent me that said training and he has a dyno (to hub) to use for setups.
Jez, I may as well get an aftermarket if it means hacking my loom up for the GTi ecu, ta anyway. Thought you were keeping it, or are you to trying to use the MM ecu off your AFH? MK1. so you think it was the engine at fault and not the mapping? Im still stuck on getting the thing running dizzyless to get there mind.... Bill, Have you heard good things of WGT in Northwich cheshire, Iv had a few recomendations for them for DTA?
