dumb Ignitors

Post Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:46 pm

I have been looking into ecu's recently and have been trying to source dumb ignitors cheaply. The ecu i plan to run is the adaptronic 420d and i can get the ignitor block from them with 4 channels but its £130 quid. Which seems alot

I know the megasquirters use the BIP373 which are cheap, but they seem to all be in the states, and need some minor circuitry, i want minimal wiring!

i found this page today -

http://www.tfelectronics.com.au/PageFiles/ignition.html

so have found a good source of common ignitors/ignition modules as they are on so many audi's , VW's and others below (3 channel)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-IGNITION- ... 415e77fa81

What i want to know is why are people not using these?

Post Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:18 pm

http://www.extraefi.co.uk/

talk to phil he might be able to help out hes a the megasquirt guru over here

he builts the things and writes the programmes for them

Post Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:39 pm

hi ross , im not going to run megasquirt but maybe he could supply the transistors for me

think i will go for this- http://www.efi-parts.co.uk/index.php?productID=248

hes probably phils rival judging by the name, but from all the ecu's i have looked into and read about i just like the setup , i don't think many people run it on here but i know geoffbob does and he seems pretty clued up

Post Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:41 pm

i know your not i was suggesting talk to him about ignition side of things he makes ignition boxes etc

Post Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:24 am

i see what you mean, have just had a read on his site and theres a setup using edis style coil packs running from stock ignition modules, even has the wiring diagram and settings ! so it can be done - cheers ross

Post Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:59 am

Also you can pickup ignition amps from Nissans, Toyotas or just run VW coils with them built in.

Post Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:08 am

cheers gunni - are there any 6 cylinders with inbuilt ignition amps? i found the vw/sloda one but its only for a 4 cylinder

i also looked into the late mazda mx-5 coils which have them inbuilt , using these i could i could use one full set and half of another- but i also read they are a bit gutless!