Simon's tasty ECU / Engine package thread

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Rather than create multiple threads clogging this up, I'll put 'em in here, newest finds at the top

DTA S80
DTA S80 Pro
£510 now.
Edit: went for £673


Megasquirt for 2.0 Zetec w ITBs and loom, EDIS

Megaquirt

Set up for 2.0 Zetec E with ITBs already, could be a goer.
Edit: ended at £141

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Omex 710 for £400?

Seems too good to be true, and may be a little old. No use for the VVT in my ST170 (starting to regret that decision somewhat).

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S80 pro.. That's a £900 ecu all day, switch maps, anti lag, traction control....

Mmmmm.

[Paul (madeye)]

Feb 4, 2014 17:49:01 GMT casesensitive said:

Omex 710 for £400?

Seems too good to be true, and may be a little old. No use for the VVT in my ST170 (starting to regret that decision somewhat).

that is the 700 I know because I have it.
I sent it to omex and its now a 710 in a 700 box for a simple 50 quid software upgrade.
contact omex and ask if its possible to add vvt software. they are helpful
the ecu is 1200 quid in the silver newer box.

im not having that it wont support vvt...........

Professional level Engine Management System
• Suitable for up to 12 cylinder engines
• Up to 12 cylinder distributorless (DIS) or 6 cylinder ‘coil on plug’ ignition with no external amplifiers
• Up to 12 cylinder ‘coil on plug’ ignition using external amplifiers
• Sequential fuel injection for up to 12 cylinder engines
• Inner and outer injectors mapped on both speed and load
• Programmable load and speed sites
• TPS or MAP can be used for main load sensing
• Wide range of crank trigger patterns are suitable (user programmable)
• Turbo wastegate control
• Turbo anti-lag system
• Constantly variable cam control (contact Omex for systems currently compatible)
• Launch control
• Inbuilt 1/2MB data logging
• Narrow and wide band lambda support
• Twin lambda sensors
• Individual cylinder trims for fuelling
• Push/pull, and single line idle controls in addition to scattered spark control
• Knock sensing capability
• Security protected calibrations
• Full throttle gearchange
• Intercooler water spray control
• Water injection control
• Nitrous ignition retard
• Cooling fan control
• Internal 1 bar MAP sensor for barometric correction
• Uses the latest version of the superb MAP3000 Windows programming software
• Suitable for normally aspirated or boosted engines
• Inbuilt independent fuel and ignition rev limiters
• Tachometer, Shift Light and Fuel Pump outputs (and other programmable outputs)
• Magnetic or Hall Effect crank and cam sensors
• Automatic interpolation between mapped sites
• Sophisticated acceleration fuelling setup
• Battery voltage compensation table for fuel injectors (not just a simple number)
• Battery compensation and engine speed compensation for coil charge time
• Mappable coolant temperature compensation for engine warm-up
• Air & coolant temperature compensation for fuel injection pulse width
• Separate cold cranking and decay tables in addition to warm-up fuelling
• User settable ignition trim based on air temperature, coolant temperature, and barometric pressure
• Separate start advance for cranking provides easy starting for high compression engines
• Deceleration fuel cutoff feature for road engines
• Maximum recommended engine speed 12,750 RPM
• High strength billet machined aluminium case for physical and electrical protection
• AND LOADS MORE

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Feb 4, 2014 20:35:21 GMT Paul (madeye) said:

that is the 700 I know because I have it.
I sent it to omex and its now a 710 in a 700 box for a simple 50 quid software upgrade.
contact omex and ask if its possible to add vvt software. they are helpful
the ecu is 1200 quid in the silver newer box.

im not having that it wont support vvt...........

Hmm, about-turn on that, I've only gone and had it. God I hope it's alright. I've put a mail through Omex to ask them about the VVT, though that was based on it being a 710 rather than 700 series. Seems the manual is the same.
Off-topic, but what's the absolute quickest way to see if it powers up? Will a battery + ECU + serial cable be enough or do I need to wire up a whole loom do you think?

[Paul (madeye)]

ring them, I posted mine to them.
they ran a full bench diagnostic, completely updated the software to the 710 and sent it back.
complete bill around 54 quid.
you just missed a full loom on ebay for about 75 quid last week too.

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Feb 4, 2014 21:20:52 GMT Paul (madeye) said:

ring them, I posted mine to them.
they ran a full bench diagnostic, completely updated the software to the 710 and sent it back.
complete bill around 54 quid.
you just missed a full loom on ebay for about 75 quid last week too.

Definitely will. Might be worth liaising on fleabay auctions, be a shame to outbid each other :-) I'm Simon_loves_gadgets (I'll appear as s****s 271 on private auctions).

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I was keeping this one to myself, but I've just dropped €500 I didn't really have anyway on an Omex 710, so this might be useful to someone.

It's my favourite kind of auction, the ones where the guy has spelled almost all of the keywords incorrectly, meaning no one will find it... I used to have a program that would deliberately generate common spelling mistakes and aggregate these with your normal results.

Zetec-E manifold (plastic, from a 1.8) to Keihin throttle bodies, Megasquirt EFI v3, loom with all connectors and decent-looking pipework. No bids at £400 as yet.

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im not having that it wont support vvt...........

Hmm, Omex seem skeptical

To get the VVT truly working correctly is a very involved job, unfortunately you will not be able to do this yourself. When we have a request to operate a manufactures VVT we tend to support customers who have a production of more than one car.

Feck. Still, you're were spot on with the test + update, quoted me very small money to do this.

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Well at least if you can't use it you will defo get your money back and more if you sell it on
now that's been upgraded.

[Paul (madeye)]

.[/quote]Feck. Still, you're were spot on with the test + update, quoted me very small money to do this.[/quote]

I don't know much about a lot, but I knew that..

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If it has a shift light, or an rpm derived output, it will run VvT of the focus. It can be made to.

It's not like a multiple stage VvT on the st170 by memory, simply on/off ??

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Feb 5, 2014 20:19:03 GMT @loopyonion said:

If it has a shift light, or an rpm derived output, it will run VvT of the focus. It can be made to.

It's not like a multiple stage VvT on the st170 by memory, simply on/off ??

The manual certainly suggests it supports VTEC and VVT

The simple on/off VTEC control is switchable on engine RPM, throttle position, and engine load with
hysterisis provided by separate on and off points. In the VTEC condition there is also a fuel and
ignition trim.

But not quite as hopefully:

VVC (also known as many other names such as i-VTEC, VANOS etc) is constantly variable cam
control. Normal VTEC will switch from one can position to another whereas VVC allows any cam
position within limits. The cam position varies with engine speed. Each manufacturer has a slightly
different way of triggering this cam movement, so please contact Omex for advice on whether a
particular engine has been run with the Omex VVC control.

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Omex 710
Interestingly, he has another 710 going, starting from 99p.

[Paul (madeye)]

well you did ok at 400 there then