Guinness
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 07:45 AM |
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MX5 Engine What ECU / Injection?
I'm considering swapping out the big old zed and putting a car engine in!
The MX5 engine looks interesting, especially given the bolt on gearbox and the option to turbo later on.
But, what are the options for making it go? I can't see any off the shelf stand alone ecu's for it. Would Omex / Emerald make me one?
I'm going to try to avoid megasquirt for the moment.
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l0rd
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 08:07 AM |
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what about the original ecu
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pdm
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 08:11 AM |
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What luck -!!
If you serious about that, I have an 1992 1.6 91000 mile engine, gearbox and ECU (as well as all the rest of sensors and engine wiring) sat in the
garage i am looking to sell on due to a change in circumstances.
PM me if you're interested....
It's a cracking engine even in the MX5 - free revving with loads of character.
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ed1801
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 08:23 AM |
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I know you said you didn't want a megasquirt, but for the '5 there is a plug and play version. I ran my '5 turbo on it for a couple
of years with no probs and it plugs straight into the original loom and comes with a map which is similar to the stock ecu's map. try
diyautotune.com then MSPNP.
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Mad Dave
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 09:12 AM |
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Speak to Mike at Road Runner Racing because they have a custom built ECU's for their cars. They also have turbo kits available shortly and the
lot can be set up on their dyno
Dave
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 09:39 AM |
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I had a chat with Mike of Road Runner Racing at the Exeter show and he also told me they have their own ECU's for the MX5 (£500 I believe was
the price he mentioned and it'll enable another 20 BHP to be extracted from a stock 1.6 without any further mods to engine.
As an aside, I was well impressed with the SR2 and if I hadn't already bought the Cobra I'd have put a deposit down on one there and then.
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fatbaldbloke
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 10:23 AM |
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Richard Botterill (rikebo@o2.co.uk) has just built a Mazda engined Westfield using the Megasquirt pnp. Might be worth an email.
[Edited on 2/11/10 by fatbaldbloke]
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JAG
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| posted on 2/11/10 at 01:35 PM |
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I built mine with the standard ECU and original injectors, MAF etc... It's done about 7000 miles and never missed a beat. It all works perfectly
and is a lovely engine.
Justin
Who is this super hero? Sarge? ...No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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