dnmalc
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| posted on 16/1/11 at 08:05 AM |
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upgrade from carbs
Hi I am planning an upgrade from the carbs on my 1.6 pinto. I have got throttle bodies and was planning to fit standard ford sierra injectors. My idea
was to the upgrade progressively initially using them with a basic ford set up and then eventually moving them to a megasquirt set up
but my question is associated with what parts do I need to in a basic ford set up to drive them? I am assuming that I weill need an EDIS 4 coil pack
,an uprated fuel pump, lamba sensor, toothed wheel for timing and an ECU. Have I missed anything?
Does the ECU need to be a 1.6 or will a 2.0 do?
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snapper
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| posted on 16/1/11 at 08:41 AM |
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The problem with fitting the standard Ford fuel injection set up are,,,,
Inlet plenum to tall and will stick up past bonnet line.
The Ford ECU is set up for 2.0L fueling, so will over fuel.
Probably better to get all the bits and dummy build the system, use the Megasquirt with Extra code for spark, bench run it with JimStim
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dnmalc
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| posted on 16/1/11 at 08:47 AM |
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Thanks It is just that I am a little daunted by the mega squirt and i thought that the standard set up would introduce less variables at one time.
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ashg
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| posted on 16/1/11 at 11:44 AM |
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megasquirt is easy if you contact these guys  http://www.extraefi.co.uk/ all the hard work taken out
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coozer
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| posted on 16/1/11 at 12:56 PM |
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I upgraded from carbs to EFI with MS and wish I'd never bothered.
I could have saved hundreds of ££ and hours and hours of time just by getting the carbs jetted properly.
IMO efi is only worth the bother if your looking for way over 200bhp. Bike carbs are more than able to get up there.
Good luck,
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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daxtojeiro
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| posted on 16/1/11 at 08:38 PM |
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Hi,
Im afraid you wont be able to use the Ford ECU with throttle bodies, you will need to use an after market ECU from the start. Probably worth starting
with ignition control using an MS or something like that  then move to fuel control once you have a good handle on it,
cheers
Phil
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