Arthur T
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 10:19 PM |
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what stand alone ECU shall i go for ?
i am building a V8 kit car and want to put a ECU on it to get rid of the standard 3.9ltr ECU as it was designed for a 2 tonne lump not a little 7!
so i need some advice. i want to spend around 500 pounds what do people think what have people fitted?
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Simon
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 10:31 PM |
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If you're using a standard engine, the standard ecu should be fine.
If you wanna do something stoopid like me, I'll be going for Emerald.
ATB
Simon
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Arthur T
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 10:40 PM |
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how much do they go for ???
i thought they wew 680-700
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Chippy
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 10:56 PM |
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Megasquirt and spark, build your own, for half the emerald price. HTH Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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Danozeman
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 05:26 AM |
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If u have the standard one id use that. Much cheaper and ready to just fire up and run right.
If its set up to pull 2 tonne of beast then pulling your car along will be no trouble for it and will fly along.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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zetec
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 06:27 AM |
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Emerald very user friendly.
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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procomp
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 07:15 AM |
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Hi without doubt EMERALD are one of the best and the help service as already said is outstanding. And are
certinally whithin your budget. PRICE LIST.
cheers matt
[Edited on 3/4/07 by procomp]
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 07:30 AM |
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Alternatively an OMEX 600 series ECU which can do ign & fuel at no additional cost and the mapping and data logging software is free to download.
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miegru
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 07:37 AM |
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I'm a sucker for KMS. Very happy with it and their service.
Have experience with DTA and OMEX and KMS definetly beats them on both userfriendlyness, sturdyness and customer service.
Have not worked with Emerald but you have to look really close to hear anything negative so I assume that they are very good. I have seen their latest
leaflet on their latest update and it looks very good indeed.
If you are a first with programmable ECU's I would go with either KMS or Emerald and decide based on the best 'click' with their
people. Support you feel comfortable with is worth more than a small difference in buying price. IMO.
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SeaBass
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 08:38 AM |
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I'm in the process of installing an Emerarld ECU . I bought the unit unused secondhand and despite explaining this to the lovely lady at Emerald
on the phone, she has gone out of her way to be of assistance to me.
So I can only vouch for the good customer service. I've had a good play with the software and it seems very easy to use. Likewise software and
documentation can be downloaded fom the Emerals site free.
Cheers
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Agriv8
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 08:42 AM |
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Running Vems 3.2.
For the simple reason that it can run spark directly from the coild drivers in the ECU the main Vems man in the UK 'rob' can be found
here. Oh getting ot cheep second hand also swayed my decision.
http://www.vems.co.uk/
usses Megatune software but not the support group that MS has ( Yet !! )
Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 06:04 PM |
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Another vote for Emerald here
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stevebubs
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| posted on 8/4/07 at 09:00 PM |
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Emerald here...even more so with the release of the K3 firmware and it's self-mapping capability for fuelling.
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