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Bumble

posted on 16/12/09 at 11:02 AM Reply With Quote
Mounting ECU's (Megasquirt)

Where does everyone mount their ECU's?
Piccies please....
I'm going down the MS route on my Zetec with R6 TB's to contorl ignition and fuel....would appreciate pics of similar setups.
Thanks,
Matt

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flak monkey

posted on 16/12/09 at 11:18 AM Reply With Quote
under the scuttle on an aluminium shelf along with the fuse box and immobiliser etc.





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scudderfish

posted on 16/12/09 at 11:40 AM Reply With Quote
On the tunnel in the ballast footwell.


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djtom

posted on 16/12/09 at 01:19 PM Reply With Quote
Not upside down, otherwise the processor slowly vibrates loose from its socket, falls out and the engine stops at an inconvenient time.

Not that I have any experience of this of course....






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dhutch

posted on 16/12/09 at 02:21 PM Reply With Quote
The megajolt i mounted right way up on the ledge above the end of the passenger in a blue transparent plastic enclosure.
- The box was about 80p from maplin ans is stuck down with sealent. MJLT drops into it, all the wires tidied away under it, and it all seams to start dry.


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omega0684

posted on 16/12/09 at 03:29 PM Reply With Quote
mines under the dash too





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Jenko

posted on 16/12/09 at 04:02 PM Reply With Quote
Under the dash on the scuttle, but I've raised it on an alloy bracket to ensure if water drips down the scuttle (i've got an aeroscreen) it doesn't go on the ECU.....





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Bumble

posted on 16/12/09 at 04:26 PM Reply With Quote
Cheers all......any pics on offer?????
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dunk3

posted on 16/12/09 at 06:05 PM Reply With Quote
hi , look in my photo archive in the electrics folder, this is how i mounted mine under the scuttle.

[Edited on 16/12/09 by dunk3] Rescued attachment megasquirt.jpg
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dunk3

posted on 16/12/09 at 06:09 PM Reply With Quote
ignore the photo above, dont know how that got there
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robocog

posted on 16/12/09 at 06:17 PM Reply With Quote
Upside down under scuttle
Forward facing mount bolted to dash lowest edge

rearward mount onto a bracket that attaches to the "hoop" under the dash that MK's have

Done a few miles disaster free and chips have not rattled free from sockets...yet

Not found any photo's of it but it is visible in my youtube vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J16I2GJMx7M

and the Zeticky one on there


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Rob

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MikeRJ

posted on 16/12/09 at 09:16 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by djtom
Not upside down, otherwise the processor slowly vibrates loose from its socket, falls out and the engine stops at an inconvenient time.

Not that I have any experience of this of course....


You should be able to pass a small cable tie (or two) under the bottom of the socket and around the IC to hold it in. In my last place we used this method on prototype equipment that was mounted on the bottom of an electric locomotive, plenty of vibration and they stayed in place.

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fatbaldbloke

posted on 16/12/09 at 11:28 PM Reply With Quote
Relay board is in the engine compartment on the bulkhead. ECU is in the passenger space fitted down the left side just under the dash, which gives easy access for datalogging, posting maps, etc. It's been here for over 7000 miles now.







[Edited on 16/12/09 by fatbaldbloke]

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