Dual carb set ups - ?

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Quote:Jup...and unless the japanese have a custom eprom in that stock ecu the MSD will make your ae86s legs even longer.[quote]

Pretty sure its just the stock ECU. I know the tuning garage that owned the car before me, so I would ask them specifically but my Japanese speaking friend has dropped of the face of the earth so I am stuck – is there anyone on here that can speak Japanese?

Am I right in thinking that with a ignition control unit like the MSD 6AL I could bin the ECU and the MSD would control the timing (advance / retard for maximum performance). Cant really find a huge amount about these sorts of set ups?

If I removed the ECU would other things like the dash etc stop working? I don’t know what dependency other basic functions have on the ECU (like lights, fuel pump etc?) I am assuming most of these items are standalone?

[quote]Strange that you could keep up with the 205 with 1/3 the horsepower sounds like it isn't a good measure of performance..maybe compare it to an ordinary car on the highway sometime? 50 - 70 mph roll on

Here are a few straight line road comparisons going from a dig:

Roughly 50mph rolling start, kept with a S14 200sx until about 90mph – had a brief chat with this guy as we went our separate ways at the traffic lights, he said the car was circa 280bhp. He was surprised at how well the AE86 went.

Another rolling start from around 30mph against a ST185 GT4 – Pretty much even pegging all the way until the speedo stopped reading. No idea what the tune was of the car. Stock healthy ST185 GT4 is circa 220bhp, however the 3SGTE is easily boosted so it could have been more.

Quote:put some pics of your engine-bay in here !!!

Here is a link.

http://files.aeu86.org/forum/files/thumb...engine.jpg

If you look at the picture you can see the loom all taped up on the top of the left cam cover – at the far end you can see the TPS unit just hanging there.

Cheers

James