Ok, I know I'm going to get shot down for this, but I want to broaden my knowledge and skills.

If someone were to want to learn more about ECU remapping - doing it for real - where would you suggest someone start?

Thanks.

 

Do a LOT of reading first, then practice with someone else's engine, unless you don't mind your engine going bang.

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i have various books already - and i dont mind blowing my own engine up, as it'd only be something easy to repair..

 

Get a remappable ecu, fit it on something low powered and N/A

VERY hard to blow up a 2.0 8v cavalier engine for example.

 

Herts uni do a mapping course not sure how good it is i think Nick went from Performance ford

Mike

 

www.efi101.com

 

Isnt that the course that Mike Gurney does? He custom mapped my FRS & was well happy with the results

 

 

Yep, thats the thing to do if you want to learn.

As Gareth posted, take a look at www.efi101.com for more details.

If you're lucky you may get on the next course, which I believe is being run early next year.

One thing to note though is that it isn't a course that is going to tell you what numbers to put in to get the car to do what you want.
Instead the idea behind it is to teach you what you need to know to work out the figures you need for yourself.

It's very interesting, but also a very intense few days.

Highly recommended

 

I have the guys book - very good but taking my time getting through it.

All the courses are booked up

Chip - would you even suggest using Megasquirt?

 

MS is as good for learning with as anything else.

Its irrelevant what system you learn, as Dave says, its understanding what an engine needs that is the key thing NOT understanding how you give it that thing.

So for example, knowing it needs to be richer or leaner, or more or less ignition advance, THAT is the key thing, not knowing how to do that in the software, thats the easy bit.

You could learn 50% of what you need to know about mapping just by changing jets in a carb and weights in a dizzy IMHO!

 

Thats exactly what I want to learn - I dont think i'd ever sell my services on mapping a car, but i'd like to be able to actually know what im talking about, and have the experience!

 

Bet i could

 

Is there a idiots guide anywhere