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mapping standard ecu



  Clio 172 Cup
hi guys

and gals

can you map the standard ecu for throttle boddies ?
if so is it reliable
and can you run carbs on standard ecu ?
 
  Clio 172 Cup
i dont see why this is so hard when its only injector pulses that are being changed theese cars aren't new they have been around for ages now
 
  172 cup
do it then lol. There is a new inlet manifold that is under development that uses the standard ecu that is said to give 95% of the power gain of ITB's
 
  Clio 172 Cup
do it then lol. There is a new inlet manifold that is under development that uses the standard ecu that is said to give 95% of the power gain of ITB's


I would if i could get my hands on the software to do it

I'm interested in this inlet do you haver any more info ?
 
  LY 182
its akward because the std ecu uses map pressure to calculate load where as on a port throttle setup you'd use throttle position

plus the fact all the newer cars use fbw
 
  Clio 172 Cup
its akward because the std ecu uses map pressure to calculate load where as on a port throttle setup you'd use throttle position

plus the fact all the newer cars use fbw


Thats ok you can mount the MAP sensor on the boddies as there is a vacuum port for the brake servo can be mounted there FBW well mount the new TPS on the boddies job done aint it
 
  Clio 172 Cup
Not tried yet, will be very soon. Just waiting for the throttle bodies!


come on Paul what time scale are we looking at im looking to do this probably this summer as soon as my brakes are on MOT and twax then Boddies hope fully
 
  LY 182
Thats ok you can mount the MAP sensor on the boddies as there is a vacuum port for the brake servo can be mounted there FBW well mount the new TPS on the boddies job done aint it
no as with a throttle bodie wide open you are looking straight in to the port theres no chamber there to produce any vacum
 
And part throttle?

With each cylinder running independant from eachother and the idle strategy based on a constant volume air bleed........generating a true and stable map value for low rpm/part throttle control is a hassle. No matter what people do, its never that good. A vacuum manifold from all 4 runners will effectively be bleeding air from the other 3.

It'll run, but it'll run like all those ITB cars that people import from japan on stock ecu's and fuel controllers.
 
  LY 182
thats what i was trying to get at....

plus i dont know how you'd go about getting a throttle position reading to the ecu even if you did use a cable throttle... you'd have to convert to a ph1 ecu and loom which sort of defeats the obect unless somebody can come up with something using a butchered fbw tb
 
If you worked really hard you could probably try and use the FBW motor setup to drive the ITB spindle.....but i dont even see the point of all the hard work for a car that will drive awkwardly in the end.

If the stock ecu has a target map value for idle and the itb's fluctuate above and below it by any large amount, the stock ecu will just keep closing the throttle to drop the mb value....stall central. We've seen it on stock ecu's with wild cams, same thing.
 
  Clio 172 Cup
And part throttle?

With each cylinder running independant from eachother and the idle strategy based on a constant volume air bleed........generating a true and stable map value for low rpm/part throttle control is a hassle. No matter what people do, its never that good. A vacuum manifold from all 4 runners will effectively be bleeding air from the other 3.

It'll run, but it'll run like all those ITB cars that people import from japan on stock ecu's and fuel controllers.


ok then rather than having it on all 4 bods can it not just be run off 1 then ? to stop the air bleed
 
  Clio 172 Cup
thats what i was trying to get at....

plus i dont know how you'd go about getting a throttle position reading to the ecu even if you did use a cable throttle... you'd have to convert to a ph1 ecu and loom which sort of defeats the obect unless somebody can come up with something using a butchered fbw tb


geting FBW to work is the easy part TPS to the FBW to send the signal back to the ECU.
 
geting FBW to work is the easy part TPS to the FBW to send the signal back to the ECU.

And for the hassle of generating an exact resistance curve to match.......?

Let me put it this way.....you'll put in 3 times the effort and have 80% of the result and maybe save a small amount of money.
 
  Clio 172 Cup
If you worked really hard you could probably try and use the FBW motor setup to drive the ITB spindle.....but i dont even see the point of all the hard work for a car that will drive awkwardly in the end.

If the stock ecu has a target map value for idle and the itb's fluctuate above and below it by any large amount, the stock ecu will just keep closing the throttle to drop the mb value....stall central. We've seen it on stock ecu's with wild cams, same thing.

still use cable throttle to drive the boddies but use the TPS to link back into the FBW throttle to give the ECU a reading of Throttle position
 
  Clio 172 Cup
its another 1300 cost and then there are the complications of the omex any way if i was doing a project like yours stevo i would defo pull out the old ECU and run something like the omex or emerald but its only boddies.

And i really dont like sensors having thier signals sent to 2 ecu's
 
You wouldnt split any sensor signals to run standalone.

And as much as it sounds like a simple solution, its not. The OEM ecu has several potentiometer tracts to monitor pedal position and the fbw throttle position. Simply feeding back a spindle driven potentiometer will leave the OEM ecu confused as to where the rest of the system is. And like I said, you are going to have to match the resistance curves.....unless paul or someone can completely reprogram the break points....in which case your going to be spending over £500 for his time to do something quite so bespoke since the fueling and ignition maps will look so different.

The stock ECU will also use MAP as the main load indicator, not TPS. And when you are running bodies on a speed density setup you end up with half of the map doing practically nothing fueling wise, then the top half ramping up like mental as the mass airflow changes abruptly with throttle opening. So no only are you wasting half the map, but your asking a LOT from the interpolation capabilities of the ecu. If you rescale the breakpoints to make more use of the map, then you'll be having large jumps between mb values in the lower corner of the map and partial throttle/idle will be quite rough. Speed density is only really any good when you have a plenum to average out and dampen the manifold absolute pressure.

Speed density/alpha N blending is another thing, but not on the stock ECU I wouldnt imagine. But then again I dont know too much about the inner detail workings of the stock ecu since I dont mess around with winols or anything.
 
  Clio 172 Cup
the resistance curves and sensors are a dodle to do

thats the easy part for me

i was still gonna use the map sensor on the boddies and yes initially it would be a bit of work on the mapping, but these cars have beeen about for over 10 years now what i am asking is not much for 10 years of development time.

as for the signals i dont want stand alone as theres the problem of the clocks and guages and such
 
Ok, if you can sort that part, then thats good.

But your still running a map sensor on an induction setup that has no stable manifold vacuum. Running off one cylinder isnt an option, and running off all 4 has its own problems.

Its like trying to block a vacuum cleaner with 1 finger.

And its not that 10 years of development and nobody has progressed.....nobody has bothered because you are asking for a solution to a problem which it was never intended to solve.

Again, it'll run.......but probably not very well.

How are you going to control idle strategy as it conflicts between cable actuation and the ecu tries to control it via the fbw throttle?
 
  LY 182
how would idle control work as the ecu will be constantly moving the throttle motor trying to make it idle smoothly (which it wont due to the map problem) and the ecu will see no rpm changes from its adjustments??

cant see it working tbh its probably more doable with a ph1
 

stevo172-RWD

ClioSport Club Member
  clio 172 rwd
its another 1300 cost and then there are the complications of the omex any way if i was doing a project like yours stevo i would defo pull out the old ECU and run something like the omex or emerald but its only boddies.

And i really dont like sensors having thier signals sent to 2 ecu's
im not using two.
just omex600 oh and im using racetechnology dash:)
 

stevo172-RWD

ClioSport Club Member
  clio 172 rwd
how would idle control work as the ecu will be constantly moving the throttle motor trying to make it idle smoothly (which it wont due to the map problem) and the ecu will see no rpm changes from its adjustments??

cant see it working tbh its probably more doable with a ph1
be easier with ph1 and alot cheaper.
 
  Clio 172 Cup
im not using two.
just omex600 oh and im using racetechnology dash:)

yes i know that was what i meant i want to keep some of the comforts of the original ecu ie the clocks rev/speed and so on, so for me i would have to run an omex and standard wich i dont really want to do im not as hard core as you i still want to be able to use it as a day to day car if i had to.

ps i do like the race tech display though
 

RSTuning

ClioSport Club Member
  R35 GTR
Well the 182 starts and runs on the stock ecu with bodies, this DOES NOT mean it's possible but thought i'd have a go as i have a plug and play ecu which is easy enough to swap between stock and aftermarket :)

With the map sensor connected thus reading atmospheric AKA WOT or near enough the car revs up very cleanly and sounds good too :) Totally stock CAL too ;)
 


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