Well, theres been alot of talk about the motec going in soon.. but its going to finally happen.

I decided I'd post it up in public to help motivate myself

Wish me luck!

Last edited by Waggin on Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:35 am, edited 1 time in total.

Good Luck!

Should be awesome man, and I hope everything goes well.
So your trying for the 200rwkw+ barrier?

good luck with it

how much is it costing u?

Tell us how it goes. Please post about how it goes.

Finally..

good luck waggin!!!! it shouldnt be too hard for someone wit 1337 skillZ like you

its about f**k time bloke

hope it goes well. i may give u a call and drop round

LOL

Good luck with the install...having a dyno before and after?

my wagon will one day be like yours

Cheers

I've had a before dyno.. it was running so rich that the Wideband AFR meter was reading lean 109RWKW. LOL

I think that night on the news they reported heavy pollution in SW Sydney. hehehe



Thanks to all for the encouraging posts.. time for a bit of an update on Friday's events.

Arrived at Fordmods HQ at around 2pm (yep, about 4 hours late) with MoTeC, Wiring Loom and Laptop in hand.. ready for business!

After an hour of f@rt about, the first wires on the existing loom were snipped, and we were underway.

The following things have been connected, calibrated, tested and confirmed A-OK

Power (woo!)
Throttle Position Sensor
Injectors (Sequential!)
Fuel Pump relay
Crank Ref
Cam Ref/Sync


Connected, but unsure of functionality
MAP Sensor
Air Intake Temp

Still To Do
Coil Pack and Igniters
Engine Coolant Temp
Idle Speed Controller
Thermo Fans
A/C Clutch Request
Pwr Steer Full Lock
Knock Sensor

I'm happy with what was completed today.. quite a breakthrough, considering its something i've been talking about doing for a while. lol. Hopefully she'll be firing by the end of Sunday, which will leave us with Monday to sort out any bugs and try and get a base spark and fuel map so the car is drivable.

Having a near flat battery and 0KM to Empty flashing on the Trip Computer makes life interesting... sort that out later.

Whats it all costing? Nothing. Bought the M800 about 6 months ago, and bought the looms 2 months ago... its just blood, sweat and tears remaining. Would really help if I had a workshop manual to reference schematics from... had to hand my borrowed EF manual back.. anyone offering a loan for the weekend?

Thanks to Dave (as usual) who was lending a hand.. and the rest of the wonderful team at Fordmods HQ

Sleep time..

Motec now thats a word I recognise, Chris has the set up in the shed ready to go on the XT. Now thats something worth talking about...

A bit more progress today
hopefully it should be running tomorow arvo
We just need to go on a nice little field trip ,
nice 9am Start ! HINT HINT WAGGIN

LOL.. well Saturday's effort was pretty slack.. I think I rocked up to Fordmods HQ around 4.30pm.. so much for aiming to get there before midday

Today we figured that the Ford MAP sensor isnt compatible with the MoTeC, as the MoTeC only accepts voltage signal MAP sensors, and the Ford MAP sensor uses a frequency signal.. so at atmospheric pressure, the MAP reading was jumping from 30-100kpa 20 times a second.. strange! Looks like we'll be using a MAP sensor from (wait for it...) a VN Commodore Lets hope the wreckers are open Sunday!

Sorted out the igniters for the coilpack. Since the MoTeC doesnt have inbuilt igniters like the EEC-V does, we needed to source something to fill the shoes of the EEC-V's inbuilt EDIS system. Thankfully thanks to an inside tip from an engineer at MoTeC, I managed to pick up 3 Bosch J121 Ignition Modules.. commonly found in 90's models V6 Magnas.. got 3 for $30.. cant complain. Better than the 3 channel Bosch igniter from MoTeC for $400+

Anyway.. thats all we really got thru today.. fingers crossed we'll have a MAP sensor, some spark and we'll be off (after we find a battery with charge, and get some fuel in the tank)

More updates coming soon!

About that Trip Computer/0Km to empty : You should be able to use an EB/D trip computer or internals shouldnt you? - they dont use the Data Line for info they read the fuel tank, and injector pulse-width directly. Would be a reasonable work-around if you could make it all fit in.

Nigel

Thank God!

So we should be seeing it on the next cruise running perfect......