csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
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erm, my uncle has just ripped apart his v6 mk1 cortina, and has opted to change his management from the omex 600 to megasquirt (i have no idea why)..
what would be involved in getting the omex to run alongside my standard ecu?...is there a base map i can download for a c16xe?...or is it alot more complicated?
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L30 SCT
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Registered: 27th Nov 05
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you need a loom and you ditch your old ecu.
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csweatherston
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can i not just join in the wires to my existing loom?
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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you could propley cut the standard loom, and wire in to the omex ecu loom
thats basicly what im doing with the megasquirt, just wiring into the c16xe loom
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csweatherston
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i need to see how much my uncle would part with it for first lol...
obviously i wont be able to use the current maop on it tho, didnt know if it was a job i could do, or would need it fettled with by a tech
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Warren G
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is there any real need, surely a unichip/superchip will be easier and cheaper
and saves cutting wires, having a base map to start with etc
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csweatherston
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well, if its cheap enough i may aswell, as it will be benificial when i eventually want to use tb's
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L30 SCT
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how much did you pay for megasquirt?
how easy is it to map on your own
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Warren G
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true! iv got a spare c16xe loom, £20 all in contact, if needed
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Warren G
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megasquirt is £275 ruffly
http://megasquirt.sourceforge.net/extra/
contact detail at bottom
mapping, is surpost to be quite easy, i no someone who mapps em on the road, the finishes off on the rollers
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L30 SCT
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hmm sounds tempting, will have to look into that.
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Warren G
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thats what im using anyway! alot cheaper than all these others, and surpost to be quite good, loads of websites to read up on stuff
you want v2.2 spart n extra, not the newer v3, you will find more people use v2.2 (its better, but can't remember why!)
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csweatherston
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megasquirt works out just over £100 if if imported from the states... (gotta build it yourself tho )
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Warren G
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id rather buy a fully tested one - main cause of these failing is dry joints! which also fuk the engine (injector driver = runs lean, goes bang!)
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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omex 600 will be easy to wire in, just a case of cutting and connecting the correct wires.
needs to be mapped properly though, also the icv is a pain to get working correctly with aftermarket management, best to just disable it.
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J100RSA
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read total vaxhall there is an article in there on the omex 600
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ckallis500
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with megasquirt it would be best to use the version 1 ecu with the version 3 pcb, with the embeded MsNs extra firmware, and with an extra ignition driver to use the original coil pack to run wasted spark, generaly costs around £265 with these options (built and tested) pretty much any engine should run and idle with the map that come pre-set on the megasquirt, but will need tunning to get running right, ideally you need a wideband to set this up easier, and use the auto tune feature. i'm gonna crack on in a min and finish off the loom for my mates megasquirt for his xe, hopefully get it running in the next few days!! i have maps for c20xe and c20let (1bar)
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