TVR & Omex

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NBON

Original Poster:

119 posts

187 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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I currently run a T350 with an Omex ECU.
The mapping of the ECU is far from perfect and I'm looking to get it on a rolling road to sort out the niggles.

Have any of you any recommendations for dyno tuners with experience of OMEX and TVR.

I live in the Edinburgh area but am willing to travel if the service is worth it.

cheers
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griffdude

1,819 posts

247 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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Jools in Chesterfield is a bit of a hike but very highly recommended.

http://www.kitsandclassics.co.uk/engine-ecu/

phazed

21,844 posts

203 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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griffdude said:
Jools in Chesterfield is a bit of a hike but very highly recommended.

http://www.kitsandclassics.co.uk/engine-ecu/
What e said!

Can't recommend him enough.

Ant.

5,254 posts

280 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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phazed said:
What e said!

Can't recommend him enough.
Ditto, what they said,.....can you see the pattern?

carsy

3,018 posts

164 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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Yep, i`ll second that.

boardinscotland

1,219 posts

195 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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Right Neil after todays jaunt will that be a wee burn down to Chesterfield when I collect mine from HHC.

;-)

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ray von

2,913 posts

251 months

Tuesday 9th December 2014
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What about Nobles in Chesterfield if you're going down that way.

Gazzab

21,061 posts

281 months

Wednesday 10th December 2014
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I believe that Nobles are a jap car tuners and that they only used the RR for TVRs when Joolz borrowed it a few years ago? I would expect Joolz to beat them on price and outcome.

spitfire4v8

3,990 posts

180 months

Wednesday 10th December 2014
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Any particular reason why it's on an omex ?

ray von

2,913 posts

251 months

Wednesday 10th December 2014
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Gazzab said:
I believe that Nobles are a jap car tuners and that they only used the RR for TVRs when Joolz borrowed it a few years ago? I would expect Joolz to beat them on price and outcome.
Ah yes them Jap Nobles biggrin Just thought they were Omex suppliers and I thought that I'd read here before that Joolz wasn't too keen on them (Omex). That's not saying the quote came from him either.

NBON

Original Poster:

119 posts

187 months

Wednesday 10th December 2014
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Thanks all for the replies.

I've found a tuner local to me in Dalgety Bay, Fife called HQ garages.
I was round there this afternoon and was suitable impressed by their rolling road and attitude. They do a mix of cars including a lot of high HP Jap stuff and WRC rally cars. They've worked on TVR's aswell. Russell Paton the tuner has a lot of experience with a number of ECU's including Omex and MBE. After describing the issues he seems confident it can be sorted quickly. Only time will tell on that one. I'm willing to give them a go for an initial hour or two on the dyno. If things don't work out I'll be giving Joolz a call down in Chesterfield.

It's on an Omex as that's what's on the car. Installed by a previous owner. After the bigger injectors and idle control I'm not sure where the benefit is compared to the standard MBE.

I'll give some feedback for Scottish TVR owners once things progress.

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spitfire4v8

3,990 posts

180 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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Ah, was it done by RND by any chance ?

Walford

2,259 posts

165 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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NBON said:
It's on an Omex as that's what's on the car. Installed by a previous owner. After the bigger injectors and idle control I'm not sure where the benefit is compared to the standard MBE.



N
Knock detect, is the big one, can put timing in or out depending how good fuel is
not easy for after market ECU, as different engines have different harmonics at and just before pre ignition

add to that the noises from a speed 6 and your looking at a lot of mapping, unless you done a few before and have a good base to start from, hence your first one could take a week then after a few you could be down to a couple of hours


NBON

Original Poster:

119 posts

187 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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spitfire4v8 said:
Ah, was it done by RND by any chance ?
Racing green. Back in the mists of time. It was their first omex instalation.

NBON

Original Poster:

119 posts

187 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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Walford said:
Knock detect, is the big one, can put timing in or out depending how good fuel is
not easy for after market ECU, as different engines have different harmonics at and just before pre ignition

add to that the noises from a speed 6 and your looking at a lot of mapping, unless you done a few before and have a good base to start from, hence your first one could take a week then after a few you could be down to a couple of hours
Am not sure the omex installation racing green did had knock detection

NBON

Original Poster:

119 posts

187 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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Walford said:
Knock detect, is the big one, can put timing in or out depending how good fuel is
not easy for after market ECU, as different engines have different harmonics at and just before pre ignition

add to that the noises from a speed 6 and your looking at a lot of mapping, unless you done a few before and have a good base to start from, hence your first one could take a week then after a few you could be down to a couple of hours
Am not sure the omex installation racing green did had knock detection

NBON

Original Poster:

119 posts

187 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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spitfire4v8 said:
Ah, was it done by RND by any chance ?
Racing green. Back in the mists of time. It was their first omex instalation.

Richie C

637 posts

205 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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NBON said:
Am not sure the omex installation racing green did had knock detection
AFAIK the ECU supports it but it wasn't ever "plumbed in". It's not on my car anyway.

NBON

Original Poster:

119 posts

187 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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Richie C said:
AFAIK the ECU supports it but it wasn't ever "plumbed in". It's not on my car anyway.
No, it was never plumbed in. Along with a number of other functions that the ECU can control, such as sequential injection.
A bit of a half hearted attempt by RG when they introduced these I think.

Steve_T

6,356 posts

271 months

Thursday 11th December 2014
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If you want a review of your Omex installation, I'd try Mark Adams. He's worked with them for years, certainly a great many before RG made their offering.