Originally Posted by
btcc93
My friends who have a kitcar building business tend to stick to OMEX, unless the client insists otherwise. They say that out of the budget end of the market OMEX is the most consistant quality wise, the easiest to map consistantly and good value for money. They are somewhat anti Emerald and Megasquirt to say the least and none too keen on DTA. The proof of the pudding is that last year to my knowledge cars they had built/prepared had multiple class wins in several sprint and hillclimb events.
Maybe they make more profit on Omex ?, interestingly they are in business to make money, otherwise they would be called a charity.
They can be anti anything they want if you want to talk class wins, look at Craig Jamieson, running a K3 emerald on a RUNNING IN MAP, ie NOT full power as new engine, broke the lap record for his class at brands hatch on his 2nd outing, he had NEVER raced before, he then went on to win outright in his class on a emerald.
Any ecu is WAY more than about the ecu, it's the whole package, emerald is the only ecu designed in house, made in house, mapped in house, so you get to speak to the people who know it better than anyone else, but that's a small part of the story, the team are the most helpful people you could ever meet, often working into the early hours to get a car ready, a lot of time is spent fixing other tuners bodges.
You will likely find that a lot of the ecu's are using the same guts, but emerald is listening to feedback and has changed things on the ecu as a direct result of requests, such as the 9 pin plug to a usb, doubt many other makers would do that.
There is a lot more in the pipeline as well.
A ecu is only as good as the mapper at the end of the day to get the best, if your tuner is happy with omex, or any other ecu go for it.
tabetha