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#1 benb12

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Posted 19 June 2015 - 10:26 AM

Hello everyone

 

I have the SC 5 port engine management kit on my mini and was wondering if anyone on here has a map I can try. My engine is a totally standard MG metro 1275 unit, rebuilt 10,000 miles ago. It has a standard SPI exhaust system, and it is fitted with the SC foam air filter. The 1275 base map supplied with the kit seems to be far from perfect, I will get the car rolling roaded but would like to get it driving a bit better in the meantime.

 

Thanks in advance :)



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Posted 19 June 2015 - 11:35 AM

You can download standard maps from sc

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Posted 20 June 2015 - 07:54 PM

When I fitted my kit the maps supplied wouldn't even get the car starting but a trip to the rolling road had her singing

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Posted 21 June 2015 - 08:00 PM

I must admit mine wouldn't start with the SC map, but I thought it was because mine was supercharged. The base map with the VEMS setup it started straight away

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 03:37 PM

Interesting as I ran into this as well. I did get a modified map from Simon that I have adjusted that starts and runs at this point.

Albeit mine is an MPi engine, but once you strip all the Rover FI off, it is just another A series with built-in modifications for sensors.



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Posted 19 November 2015 - 04:51 PM

Good to know. I would be seriously freaked out if I spent that, installed it and it wouldnt start. I would instantly blame myself for missing something and then begin tearing my hair out. Haha!



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Posted 19 November 2015 - 06:05 PM

If your really stuck you could try mine. Wouldn't be totally right but mine is a fairly standard 1310 engine with slight mods which was R/R last week with really good lamda reading throughout the rev range.



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Posted 19 November 2015 - 07:07 PM

What kind of mods do you have and what was your output?



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Posted 19 November 2015 - 07:23 PM

Do you mean that after spending of few thousand dollars US, you expect customer service on top of that?

 

Providing a one size fits all solution to the A series is next to impossible. SC clearly state the system will need final configuration on a rolling road. The number of potential engine configurations possible is tremendous and the variables in the software to adapt to those configurations are many.

 

I have a few hiccups that I hope to overcome soon.

Terry



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Posted 19 November 2015 - 07:47 PM

No, I get it. I think I thought that their "standard" map would perform like the factory Rover ECU would. Like, my car just just fine currently on the Rover ECU and I would have thought the standard map from SC would do the same. No gain, but at least run. That was just the way I was thinking. I have not looked really deep into this option as its at least a year away for me...if I decided to go this route.

 

I wish RR's werent so few and far and $$$ in this part of the world. I'd LOVE to have mine on one in its current state but seeing as you can not adjust a single thing with the Rover system, I just cant spend the money.



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Posted 19 November 2015 - 11:59 PM

Customer service from specialist components is second to none from my experience. They modifying the first map I had done to improve the way the lower rpm behaved.

The other thing I did was get a wide band lamda sensor as mine was a carb conversion to keep an eye on things and help with the setup, easy with a mate in the passenger seat.

Mod wise I run 266 Kent cam and standard rockers with a standard sized valved head with the valve guild boss removed and some chamber fettling, all done at home. Producing 87bhp and 89ft/lb at flywheel.

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Posted 20 November 2015 - 02:57 PM

Thats a nice number you got there with those mods. Slap a head on there and I'd love to know what it would take it to.



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Posted 01 December 2015 - 02:46 PM

This topic is something i have in common , 1275 spi cooper been converted to sc ecu and 45mm throttle body kit ,ran ok on rover ecu and spi throttle body , but i cant get car started on map that came with sc ecu and it wont run on basic map on their website , im not getting much luck contacting sc by email to get a modified map so i can get it running and drive before fine tuning on rr, so does anyone have a modified map that they can send to me for me too try

Thank you

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Posted 01 December 2015 - 08:36 PM

As a replacement for the mpi and spi does their ecu pick up the crank signal from the standard flywheel sensor?? If not then the new tiggerwheel needs to be set up correctly.
Mine was a carb conversion so needed the trigger wheel kit too. Not sure if my map would be any good without changing the settings for the crank trigger location.

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Posted 01 December 2015 - 09:07 PM

On spi it uses the standard crank sensor, i did actually ask if i could add a crank trigger kit for spi (then i could use any flywheel and clutch) but they told me its not possible due to spi wiring or something

Mine will start and idle if i lean a bit of the map, but way too rich too drive it bogs down and cuts off ,




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