Triumph 2000 MK1 with Megasquirt & EDIS
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:20 am
Triumph 2000 MK1 with 2.5 Lucas injection manifolds modified to take Vauxhall Vectra V6 injectors, Ford EDIS 6, Chris Witor exhaust manifold, otherwise standard.
Started this project in August last year, but only really started installing about March 2011.
Already had one try at starting, but failed. I then refitted the carbs. I was going away on holiday and couldn't leave the car where it was.
Then work got in the way and it was untouched for about 3 weeks. Finally retrieved it from storage about 10 days ago and restarted work.
I'd decided to redesign the fuel layout, I believed the old layout was faulty and the cause of the non-start.
Finally finished that and today after finishing work early, decided to check the fuel system for leaks.
One injector was leaking very badly from the seat in the manifold, removed it and swapped its position with another injector, leak cured!
With everything plugged in and good fuel pressure, I decided to “give it a go”,..............and got nothing!
I checked the spark, (surprisingly hard to do by yourself!), that was OK.
I knew fuel was getting to the injectors, I'd seen it leaking past one, so perhaps the injectors weren't opening?
As I stood there, pondering how to check that the injectors were working, I realized that I hadn't actually plugged the Megasquirt ECU in!
Fired up first turn of the key and pulled quite cleanly, considering that it's not been tuned at all!
I think I'll audition for the Muppet show, should get a starring role! Though, in my defence, I did get up at 02.45 to go to work.
Next steps are, throttle cable, wiring tidy up and the next big learning curve, tuning,
Where's that serial cable gone to?
Andy
Started this project in August last year, but only really started installing about March 2011.
Already had one try at starting, but failed. I then refitted the carbs. I was going away on holiday and couldn't leave the car where it was.
Then work got in the way and it was untouched for about 3 weeks. Finally retrieved it from storage about 10 days ago and restarted work.
I'd decided to redesign the fuel layout, I believed the old layout was faulty and the cause of the non-start.
Finally finished that and today after finishing work early, decided to check the fuel system for leaks.
One injector was leaking very badly from the seat in the manifold, removed it and swapped its position with another injector, leak cured!
With everything plugged in and good fuel pressure, I decided to “give it a go”,..............and got nothing!
I checked the spark, (surprisingly hard to do by yourself!), that was OK.
I knew fuel was getting to the injectors, I'd seen it leaking past one, so perhaps the injectors weren't opening?
As I stood there, pondering how to check that the injectors were working, I realized that I hadn't actually plugged the Megasquirt ECU in!
Fired up first turn of the key and pulled quite cleanly, considering that it's not been tuned at all!
I think I'll audition for the Muppet show, should get a starring role! Though, in my defence, I did get up at 02.45 to go to work.
Next steps are, throttle cable, wiring tidy up and the next big learning curve, tuning,
Where's that serial cable gone to?
Andy