How Hard to learn to programme engine management?? - Ford Forums - Mustang Forum, Ford Trucks, Ford Focus and Ford Cars

all4ford · 03-15-2004, 02:23

Hi I was just wondering if anyone knows how hard it is to learn how to programme engine managment computers such as motec???

all help appreciated

ebxr8240 · 03-15-2004, 04:31

From what I have seen with other ecu's it's relativly easy once you know format..Like ems when changing a/f ratio etc you have to delete existing but Haltech overides old settings, but can return to old settings if you want..

SVO XR6 · 03-17-2004, 01:13

It's not too hard if you know the program well and understand the efi system in your car. It just takes time, lots of it.

all4ford · 03-17-2004, 01:35

Thanks for your comments guys, you wouldn't happen to know where I could do a course or something to learn properly how to do it????

not ford · 03-17-2004, 01:40

It really comes down to your understanding of the fundementals, if you can't performance tune a carby car don't expect it to be easier because you are now using a laptop or handcontroller. What you will do is blow the engine up in no time, its amazing how many people can't hear detonation??

Also Motec is supposed to be hard to do well, as an example a large number of the V8 supercar teams employ the same 3rd party tuner to do their engines. SBR AFAIK does their own tuning but only because their guy used to work for Motec.

Microtech is very basic to tune but this crudness shows up as minimal load points, shit cold start, and average closed loop operation (stuff that doesn't affect rotary operation). But on a race car these work fine becaue WOT is virtually the same on all ecu's, you fly thru the load points very quickly and it comes down to the tuner.