Mappable Ignition With Bike Carbs, What Works Best?

[PUGugly 0]

Just got myself a set of bike carbs for my 1.9 8v and am looking at what the best mappable ignition set up is for the engine. Has any body had any experience of this and what did you find worked well? As always on a budget and would ideally like a setup that can be swapped over on to a Mi engine at a later date, is this possible?

[Jonmurgie 2]

Well 'what works best' is very subjective in this matter! Just like any of the other posts about 'which ECU to use' you kind of take your pic depending on Price and who is going to map it. For the cheaper end of the scale I guess you have:

 

Emerald - well respected and well known ECU's

KMS - fairly new to the market and a few people using them on here, seems the cheapest around at the moment

Omex - again some users of this on here and around the same price as Emerald I think

Megasquirts

Lumination

 

I'm sure there are more but those seem to pop up in discussions on here regularly. All will work for your application and can be taken across to an Mi later as they are all universal as it were

[PUGugly 0]

Unfortunatley as always I'm on a budget!!! Will look into them some more.

Is it possible to ajust these in car on a laptop once up and running?

No mention of Alpha ignition, any particular reason?

[Jonmurgie 2]

I know the first 3 are setup on a laptop in car...

 

Details on the top three are also here:

 

Emerald - http://www.emeraldm3d.com/

KMS - http://www.enginemanagement.co.uk/

Omex - http://www.omextechnology.co.uk/

 

Have heard of Alpha stuff, but not on these boards! Try some searches

[PUGugly 0]

Thanks!

Just looked at emeralds site, was very interesting!

 

[smckeown 1]

surely ignition only ECUs have so little in terms of functionality there can be hardly any difference between them I'd go for the cheapest, even buying 2nd hand etc

[PUGugly 0]

surely ignition only ECUs have so little in terms of functionality there can be hardly any difference between them I'd go for the cheapest, even buying 2nd hand etc

 

Yeah the later 205's had mappable igniton didn't they? Could think of that as a option, would probably be cheaper at a breakers yard, How easy would they be to map and get the software for?

[Jonmurgie 2]

I don't think they did... never heard of it in all my time on these boards?!

[PUGugly 0]

Was it mappable fueling they had then??

[rich_w 0]

The ECU was montronic and as far as I could tell the ECU controlled the timing.

 

As for your mappable ignition, i'm sure there was a thread on here about megajolt, might be just what your looking for

Edited March 28, 2006 by rich_w

[Dream Weaver 2]

I've got the Emerald and bike bodies.

 

Emerald is nice, easy to install, but not cheap. Mine cost about £850 by the time i'd done the wiring loom, rev counter convertor etc.

 

Bike bodies have cost £260 ish so far.

[DrSeuss 0]

Megajolt is the cheapest option and is pretty capable. Google for it and you should come up with some info.

 

The issue with ignition mapping is, it HAS to be done on a rolling road. So perhaps you should find a local operator and talk to them about the options available.

 

Likelihood is they'll try to sell you what they deal in.

[petert 554]

search on eBay for a Haltech IG4 or IG5. They're ignition only, no longer made but still supported and perfect for what you need.

Edited March 30, 2006 by petert