omex or megasquirt???

duncan · #1 22-12-2008, 20:45

thanks for the info lads.

i was looking at emerald ecu's after getting a catalogue with retro cars or something. rewiring the engine doesn't bother me cos i'll be changing a few things anyway. lookin for value for money and ease of use. i would like to map it myself but it's something i have never done. having said that i never did anything with turbo cars until i got my s12 and now theres not much standard left on the car.
nobody is going to show me how to map a car as they will be doing themselves out of a job so theres only one way i'll learn anything.
how does the bottom pulley work out with the position sensor? is there one for a det available?
hows the black legend coming on jackiefan?

sideways danny · #2 22-12-2008, 20:51

an omex 600 is cheaper than an emerald

crank sensor will need a toothed wheel adding to the pulley, can be supplied with the ECU. Fitting can be done yourself, but I really would recomend mapping be done by someone experienced. Ignition timing just can't be mapped properly on the road, you need the use of a dyno to optomise each load point.

duncan · #3 22-12-2008, 21:24

nice one. i may be able to use a local rolling road belong to a chap that races a national hot rod. hes shit hot with carbs but not so sure with injection.
i want to learn everything thats my biggest fault.
there is another company in wicklow that fit and map omex. i've seen there rb26 engined s13 drift car that runs good. seems very reliable. do omex sell direct?

sideways danny · #4 22-12-2008, 23:31

yes absolutely

http://www.omextechnology.co.uk/

Contact us by email on: [email protected]

Contact us by telephone: +44 (0) 1242 260656

Contact us by fax: +44 (0) 1242 578069

CNHSS1 · #5 23-12-2008, 08:08

you working for them Danny?

Omex is somebody elses product originally if im correct? aussie ecu (autronic?), bought the rights etc?
have looked long and hard at moving away from Emerald, but given the options, only the expensive Motecs do appreciably more, but are mega bucks

each to their own, but i have lots of maps for the Emerald (in various s12 engine spec/turbo/states of tune) that i can let people have free if they go emerald.

VEMS looked good, essentially a megasquirt derivative but commercially developed, but i notice Phatbob has dropped hios involvement with VEMS now so the development in the UK may slow.

s13eater · #6 23-12-2008, 08:32

omex is the same as the gems softwere.

CNHSS1 · #7 23-12-2008, 08:47

ah, must be GEMS and not Autronic then, knew id been told about at at some point lol

sideways danny · #8 23-12-2008, 10:48

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Originally Posted by CNHSS1

you working for them Danny?

sort of, not exactly

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Omex is somebody elses product originally if im correct? aussie ecu (autronic?), bought the rights etc?

No not at all, Just the software is written by GEMS (to omex specification) who also do it for a lot of ECU manufacturers

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VEMS looked good, essentially a megasquirt derivative but commercially developed, but i notice Phatbob has dropped hios involvement with VEMS now so the development in the UK may slow.

You wont find a lot of places who will do the mapping on VEMS, I know more and more who've tried and wont touch it now. Dont know really, never done one.

CNHSS1 · #9 23-12-2008, 10:57

how much is the 600 and 710, ecus only?

will have a good look again at Autosports to see what benefits they have, hopefully they will have someone techie on hand.

Cheers, Craig

s13eater · #10 23-12-2008, 17:13

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No not at all, Just the software is written by GEMS (to omex specification) who also do it for a lot of ECU manufacturers

are you 100% on that danny ? i'am sure
they hav'nt always made there own ecu's

i know when i had that omex 500 series i had a lot of probs with it, 1st it was overfueling, so i took it back to norris, all they did was take that j shaped hose off of the iaa unit, then it got worse, he told me to take it back down but it wun't of made it all that way, also they wired it wrong so it would not stop on the key,i ended up paying a local tuner to look at it, it cost me hundreds in the end just to find the fault, it was the cold start capacitors in the ecu that had failed, omex sorted it, but they had to have someone come in to fix it, i found after spending £1400 @ ND and the not bothered attitude of both ND and omex appaulling, ok £1400 to them is nothing, but for some folk its alot, they repaired it foc but so they should, so it cost me over £400 in labour at another garage, which i thought should of been payed for by omex,or they should of picked the car up and sorted it themselves.