I know everyone is tired of my indecisiveness...but FM or BEGi?
03-19-2007, 05:32 PM
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The Link would get rid of the AFM, play with timing, and trim fuel at the top end. It would definitely make more power, and also make the car drive nicer. It would also run your injection sequentially which will give nicer idle, better throttle response, and a little better economy.
What's uber cool, is that when you go from NA to turbo, you'd simply scroll to the base map selection menu, change the setting from NA to TURBO and hit the LOAD button, and you've got your base map, and you're off and driving.
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03-19-2007, 05:48 PM
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I thought you had a 1.6? Did you do a 1.8 swap and are still runing the 1.6 electronics?
The Link would get rid of the AFM, play with timing, and trim fuel at the top end. It would definitely make more power, and also make the car drive nicer. It would also run your injection sequentially which will give nicer idle, better throttle response, and a little better economy.
What's uber cool, is that when you go from NA to turbo, you'd simply scroll to the base map selection menu, change the setting from NA to TURBO and hit the LOAD button, and you've got your base map, and you're off and driving.
The Link would get rid of the AFM, play with timing, and trim fuel at the top end. It would definitely make more power, and also make the car drive nicer. It would also run your injection sequentially which will give nicer idle, better throttle response, and a little better economy.
What's uber cool, is that when you go from NA to turbo, you'd simply scroll to the base map selection menu, change the setting from NA to TURBO and hit the LOAD button, and you've got your base map, and you're off and driving.
I was planning on running the stock 1.6 electronics on the 99 motor when the swap goes down.
That's bad ***. I wish I could find a good deal on a used link. Does link use a wideband?
I'm stressing about this because I want to get it ordered now. I will requeste 2 weeks off in June to do the swap, turbo job, engine management install, tune, then run a miata event in dallas...and the car will sit again until "miatas at hallett."
If I'm just going to have a shitty, stock 1.6, what is the point of even going to the race track?
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03-19-2007, 05:56 PM
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That would save me alot of time, and I won't have to deal with a wiring mess, losing the AC, and won't have to make hall sensor / wheel.
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03-19-2007, 06:04 PM
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They come up from time to time. TurboTim just sold his, I wish I had purchased it, it would have saved me some money. FM has them sometimes, too. I think people trade them in for Hydras, but I know for a fact they don't have any used 1.6 Links right now.
I went with the Link because its installation was the easiest and support is the best. Even though it is not the most powerful ECU.
Of course the one I received was faulty, and I'm waiting on a new ECU board, so we'll see how it goes....
I went with the Link because its installation was the easiest and support is the best. Even though it is not the most powerful ECU.
Of course the one I received was faulty, and I'm waiting on a new ECU board, so we'll see how it goes....
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03-19-2007, 06:08 PM
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cool.
Sometimes I worry about dying out here, living out of a suit case. I really just want to get this car together, and take it to the track when I fly back home for a few days. Sometimes I don't know if I can go another day, living out of a suit case.
Sometimes I worry about dying out here, living out of a suit case. I really just want to get this car together, and take it to the track when I fly back home for a few days. Sometimes I don't know if I can go another day, living out of a suit case.
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03-19-2007, 06:09 PM
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If you do go with the Link it does work with any Wideband O2.
If you chose to go with a BEGi kit with the Link let Bell know as they can taylor make the intake plumbing to work with the MAP when you remove the AFM.
If you chose to go with a BEGi kit with the Link let Bell know as they can taylor make the intake plumbing to work with the MAP when you remove the AFM.
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03-19-2007, 06:15 PM
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I suggested selling the 1.8 so you'd have more funds avalible to turbo the 1.6. Whining about it will not make things magically fit with in your $5K budget.
Sell the 1.8 motor, skip the exhaust would probably free up nearly half the cost of a new ECU.
I personally don't think you need the 1.8 to go fast.
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03-19-2007, 07:01 PM
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It realy seems the jobs you do are wearing you thin man maybe you should put in for a transfer or figure out something where you can be hapier.
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03-19-2007, 07:04 PM
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As much as you get to drive the car though you can do the install and put 20-30K miles on it than over the winter or whatevder get the motor out and have someone rebuild the 1.6 for you for 2K dollars with forged internals etc. then you have a new strong 1.6 and you have spread the cost out.
It realy seems the jobs you do are wearing you thin man maybe you should put in for a transfer or figure out something where you can be hapier.
It realy seems the jobs you do are wearing you thin man maybe you should put in for a transfer or figure out something where you can be hapier.
I need a teet to suckle.
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