Fitting Megajolt

[Craigorypeck]

Anyone fitted a megajolt set up to a 2.0 pinto?

Ive seen kits for around 340ish but sourcing myself will be cheaper.

As far as I'm aware all I need is-

Megajolt lite

Edis 4

Coilpack

Trigger wheel

Sensor

Laptop

 

How hard are these to fit?

If I get the donor parts incl loom that'll make wiring easier.

Then make a bracket for the sensor and fit the trigger wheel, what size wheel do I need for the pinto crank pulley?

Am I right that wherever the sensor is fitted the missing tooth is exactly 90 degrees clockwise from there...

Is removing the standard dissy and fitting a blanking plate all thats required..........or are there other gubbins getting geared from the dissy cog?

Lastly, TPS- is this worth having?

Sorry for so many Qs

C

[ban1216]

Sorry i cant help with the pinto but i have fitted one to a zetec and found it straightforward but the zetec doesnt need a trigger wheel cos it allready has a crank sensor

tps is in my opinion nicer than map it is just a bit neater and doesnt need vac tubes coming from each inlet tract then into a damper chamber then into the megajolt, i converted mine from map to tps

If you speak to triggerwheels they will supply everything you need for around about £200

[SmokeEm]

Anyone fitted a megajolt set up to a 2.0 pinto?

Ive seen kits for around 340ish but sourcing myself will be cheaper.

As far as I'm aware all I need is-

Megajolt lite

Edis 4

Coilpack

Trigger wheel

Sensor

Laptop

 

How hard are these to fit?

If I get the donor parts incl loom that'll make wiring easier.

Then make a bracket for the sensor and fit the trigger wheel, what size wheel do I need for the pinto crank pulley?

Am I right that wherever the sensor is fitted the missing tooth is exactly 90 degrees clockwise from there...

Is removing the standard dissy and fitting a blanking plate all thats required..........or are there other gubbins getting geared from the dissy cog?

Lastly, TPS- is this worth having?

Sorry for so many Qs

C

 

Supercharged Nat from here & the Laser page Forum has done it mate. PM him

[wild pete]

you cant just remove the dissy it drives the oil pump !

[Craigorypeck]

"If you speak to triggerwheels they will supply everything you need for around about £200"

 

Its coming in at £289+40 p&p, I think sourcing the parts meself would knock a 100 off that at least! Thanks ban1216, Thats a good shopping list tho!

 

Thanks SmokeEm, I'll pm him for some pointers.

 

 

[5hane]

fook paying £280 mate !!!

 

Magajolt lite v4 (assembled), with mounting brackets, with lead to your computer, AND hard revlimiter wired in. 5 day delivery fron the states.

 

£140

 

 

Edis, coilpack, leads, trigger sensor : nick from a scrappy

 

and then you need a trigger wheel, £20 off ebay (posted) or get a QED one (iirc its qed? ill find out if you want)

 

and you will need a TPS, as you dont want map

 

Easily done for under £200

[Craigorypeck]

you cant just remove the dissy it drives the oil pump !

 

A ha!! I new was something in there!!

 

So is there a replacement part to substitute? dont want to go mucking up my existing dissy

[Craigorypeck]

fook paying £280 mate !!!

 

Magajolt lite v4 (assembled), with mounting brackets, with lead to your computer, AND hard revlimiter wired in. 5 day delivery fron the states.

 

£140

 

 

Edis, coilpack, leads, trigger sensor : nick from a scrappy

 

and then you need a trigger wheel, £20 off ebay (posted) or get a QED one (iirc its qed? ill find out if you want)

 

and you will need a TPS, as you dont want map

 

Easily done for under £200

 

 

Thats great!!

Whats a QED trigger wheel?

Any advice on maps.... Can they be downloaded?

[5hane]

Whats a QED trigger wheel?

 

Bugger sorry mate, i was thinking xflows (as mine is a xflow )

 

dont think maps can be downloaded, but apparently its not hard to do

 

check out autosportlabs (the people who make MJ)

 

http://www.autosportlabs.net/Image:Mjlj_v4_map_view_300.jpg

[ban1216]

There are plenty of maps about on the web for pintos and very easy to upload onto the megajolt

Edis fours are becoming harder to find in the scrapyardsat the moment

I bought the full set up from triggerwheels with an edis 4 for £189 but i didnt need a trigger wheel

You can make your own trigger wheel if youwant to save a few quid

Coil packs are easy to come by at the scrappy though

[wild pete]

you cant just remove the dissy it drives the oil pump !

 

A ha!! I new was something in there!!

 

So is there a replacement part to substitute? dont want to go mucking up my existing dissy [/quote

 

 

you can just leave the dizzy there , i think you can get something to replace it im not sure

[Craigorypeck]

Whats a QED trigger wheel?

 

Bugger sorry mate, i was thinking xflows (as mine is a xflow )

 

dont think maps can be downloaded, but apparently its not hard to do

 

check out autosportlabs (the people who make MJ)

 

http://www.autosportlabs.net/Image:Mjlj_v4_map_view_300.jpg

 

Thats a fantastic link! Thanks

[Craigorypeck]

you cant just remove the dissy it drives the oil pump !

 

A ha!! I new was something in there!!

 

So is there a replacement part to substitute? dont want to go mucking up my existing dissy [/quote

 

 

you can just leave the dizzy there , i think you can get something to replace it im not sure

 

 

I was gonna sell my electronic ign as a complete setup, seen them go for silly money!! I could buy a scrap one and cut the top off and stick it in!!

[Beakster]

You can convert the dizzy shaft into a simple plug to keep the oil pump drive.

 

Or, I had one where the dizzy was all chopped off except for the base and the coil pack mounted on that. Kept the plug leads in their original place. The machining of the dizzy was done by Colin, aka Capri Turbo on the laser page.

 

Here it is sitting on an engine I built. I needed rid of the engine before I moved to canada so put it on ebay. Sold for 125 quid cost me 3 times that in parts not to mention time oh well.

 

[Craigorypeck]

Thats a good idea Beakster... I think there's an old points dissy lying around I can mod, if I can find it..

[Craigorypeck]

Can any ford throttle position sensor be fitted to dcoes to work with MJ, or does it have to be a certain one???

[jonnystannard]

Can any ford throttle position sensor be fitted to dcoes to work with MJ, or does it have to be a certain one???

 

Any will work you'll just need to make up the appropriate spindle for it. Usually its a 'D' shape half circle. Oh and check what way they turn as I found I couldn't use on I had because it turned the other way to the 40's.

 

I ended up using a luminition sensor on mine, and I later found Maplins sell one thats 10th of the price for the same sensor!! It just doesn't come with a plug.

[Craigorypeck]

I'll try Maplins then for the part, any idea of what I should be looking for or maybe a part number???

 

You could probably buy the entire MJ set up in Maplins for £10! if only there was a components list floating about!!?? LOL

[DoireMan]

Is removing the standard dissy and fitting a blanking plate all thats required..........or are there other gubbins getting geared from the dissy cog?

 

The dizzy drives the oil pump, so you want to cut the top off it, and still have the shaft in place, rather than remove the whole thing.

 

iirc, if you're running twin carbs, you'd be better with tps than map, because it's a bit more straight forward to compute.

 

Shouldn't need to spend too much on the parts, other than the MJ system, because any scrappies should have a lot of the stuff you need (although if you find a good scrappy in Derry, let me know...).

 

Maps can be downloaded. I know this site has them, which is one write up I found quite interesting when I was researching it - http://www.cate1.co.uk/megajolt/ Loads of results for pinto megajolt on google though.

 

capri_turbo (Colin) has quite a good write up on when he did this, if you PM him, he might be able to link you to it.

 

A lot of the stuff I wrote there has already been said, but it doesn't hurt to have two people telling you the same thing.

[Craigorypeck]

Got all the edis stuff on the bay for £25.. Debating on whether to buy the ready made MJ or the diy one..... Thanks for the pointers!

[5hane]

Got all the edis stuff on the bay for £25.. Debating on whether to buy the ready made MJ or the diy one..... Thanks for the pointers!

 

I personnaly bought the complete one with revlimiter fitted.

 

But I guess if your good at soldering/ do alot of electronics.. you could make good money out of building them (What im trying to gte my mate to do )

 

But for £140 posted, with all the bits you cant complain !

 

although iirc the kit is $80 ish? which is under £50

[Craigorypeck]

Got the car fired up today after putting in new cam.. well was a tooth out to start with but alls better now apart from a trial run with the edis system with no mega jolt connected, wouldn't start? I was using the +/- that were originally connected to the coil... I left in a hurry and didint check but is the coil power supply ballasted and wont power the edis unit? also the HT leads are a bit tight on the pinto plugs do these need modified?

Cheers

Plus any idea what the reading on a multimeter would be from a properly set up vr sensor?