by Edwin Toms | Jan 19, 2022 | Tech Articles, Uncategorized
The age-old question is often asked when looking to install aftermarket engine management. Simply put, it depends on the path you plan to take: Essentially, there are two options with your ECU: Tune it yourself Pay a Pro Tuner to map it (usually on a dyno) Before we...
by Edwin Toms | Jan 19, 2022 | Tech Articles, Uncategorized
Upgrading a classic distributor engine to modern electronic ignition? This article is a first-hand install guide of our system, carried out on a 1970’s Vauxhall Viva – this is the typical process you would follow if your engine doesn’t feature an OEM crank sensor –...
by Edwin Toms | Jan 19, 2022 | Tech Articles, Uncategorized
A Coil-on-Plug (COP) upgrade adds a nice look to the engine bay and unlocks the option for fully sequential ignition i.e. where each coil is controlled and triggered individually by the ECU. This can be useful when higher dwell times are needed due to higher boost...
by Edwin Toms | Jan 19, 2022 | Tech Articles, Uncategorized
Improving both performance and reliability. A customer of our sister company M-Tech Automotive, Jason, is an avid hill-climb competitor, running a 205 GTi. He was plagued with issues with the stock distributor, and very poor performance (105bhp) from the 1.9 GTis...
by Edwin Toms | Jan 19, 2022 | Tech Articles, Uncategorized
Variable Valve Timing – and why its important. A few years back Motorsport Electronics took it upon ourselves to reverse engineer Ford’s elusive VVT as used on the ST170, and create initially a stand-alone VVT Controller (the VVT Pro) and have since we have...
