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kirkb82 - 12/7/12 at 07:03 PM

Hi there all seven builders!

im new to the kit car building game, and have just started my up hill struggle to build my own!

im basing it on a good old Sierra 1.8 cvh i have purchased and have already come into my first snag the donor i have purchased is a 92 (K) Reg (WRONG MOVE) with single point injection and a coil pack for electronic ignition, naturally i'll be throwing the single point straight in the bin and fitting twin 40's BUT how do i then get round fitting the ignition? can i still use the coil pack? will the ECU still run the engine?

ANY help would be very much appreciated................ Kirk

[Edited on 12/07/12 by kirkb82]

[Edited on 12/07/12 by kirkb82]

big_wasa - 12/7/12 at 07:36 PM

Budget option would be the esc ecu from say a fiesta/escort with the 1.3 ohv engine of the same age.

Next step up would be an ecu that you can program.

kirkb82 - 12/7/12 at 07:57 PM

Thank you for your answer, is there any specific part number i should look for? what does ESC stand for?

is it just a straight plug n play

MaNy ThAnKs

big_wasa - 12/7/12 at 08:17 PM

You may need to adjust the loom a little to fit.

No part numbers, this is what it looks like with the Full loom. Power and earth is it.




How it's wired.




You could also use the eec-iv from the single point injection

kirkb82 - 12/7/12 at 09:20 PM

Great......

this was putting me off using this particular engine! as converting the engine to a distributor is quite an operation.

Would i still need to use part/all of the existing loom? i was planning on keeping the build as minimal and tidy as possible! ie no wipers/no heater/no fuel gauge ECT ECT

i was contemplating making it road legal, but have decided it will be far more convenient to have it road legal...

i hope i dont sound thick but this is a little out of my era being im only just 30.

:-)

[Edited on 12/07/12 by kirkb82]

mcerd1 - 13/7/12 at 10:46 AM

quote:
Originally posted by kirkb82
i hope i dont sound thick but this is a little out of my era being im only just 30.

its not that far out of your era (says me also 30 now....)



like you I've junked my donor's EFI and gone for carbs (89' 2.0 pinto in my case)



like big_wasa says the next step up is ecu that you can program, the cheapest of these is probably megajolt:
the ECU costs $150 (about £100 at the moment) +P&P and since I thnk you've already got the coilpack and cranck sensor all you need to add is the EDIS4 (if you havn't already got one) and a throttle position sensor (if your carb's don't have one already)
this gives you a fully programable 3D setup you can tune yourself to get the best out of your engine




also have you considered using motorbike carb's instead of twin 40's ? - they could work out alot cheaper...

something like and R6, GSXR 600 or ZX6R should have about the right size of choke - if you shop around you should be able to get some for not much over £50
then you just need a manifold to mount them (a DIY one could be very cheap, or a bogg bross one like mine is very shinny ) and a rejet to suit your engine - plenty of folk on this forum run with these setups, so lots of advice is avalible
and as a bonus alot of these carb's come with a built in TPS for the ignition ecu.

[Edited on 13/7/2012 by mcerd1]

[Edited on 13/7/2012 by mcerd1]