Steves Megajolt Project..

[Gr4H4m]

Wont say much as its Steve's project but heres some vid's I took tonight so hot off the press:

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Heres the difference you get if you run megajolt...

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[@lex]

cool !!

if you jump from 0:08 seconds to 1:02 seconds you really hear the difference on the second vid.

very impressive lads, well done.

cheers

[Steve]

Cool.

I will write a full report soon. Telling you how the car is now running.

[@lex]

Cool.

I will write a full report soon. Telling you how the car is now running.

nice one.... will be interested to hear how it's going. no pun intended. :)

cheers

[FlightlessNinja]

At the risk of sounding thick... What is a megajolt?

[@lex]

At the risk of sounding thick... What is a megajolt?

I don’t know ether….. It looks like an electronic control unit to sort out your fuelling, tailoring it to your own car, using a computer program ? Not sure…… :confused: :)

cheers

[FlightlessNinja]

This topic has some good information on it although it looksa bit costly.

http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=51065

[Steve]

Graham has loads of info on megajolt

See the link.

http://www.miniaddicts.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3076

[Gr4H4m]

Its a simple ECU that controls the engines timing, and replaces the minis distributor. the fueling on a Megajolt is still via your carb. So its a 1/2 way house between a carb mini and an injection mini like an SPI or Alex's mpi.

The advantage is that you can tune the ignition timing dependant of the revs and engine load. Allowing much finer tuning that a distributor. You don't have to worry about a worn dizzy or the dreaded wet weather cutting out..

So both an advantage on a forced induction engine like mine or even Steve's Carb'd engine, as can be seen from the change in maps on the vid above.

nice kit.. will cost about £250-£300 + installation and mapping, you can buy it in stages as its a number of bits...

[FlightlessNinja]

Thats made it much clearer thanks.

As i'm looking to hopefully have a reliable mini for day to day use would you recommend getting this as an "essential" buy?

[Steve]

The big advantge is that you well not break down in the wet ( like a dizzy does ) and once set and tuned to your engine, your timing should stay in tune.

If you have the money, than I would say yes.

[@lex]

sounds like best of both worlds.

[Steve]

Here is a vid of the exhaust which is a maniflow.

As the revs get higher you can tell when the rev limiter kicks in at 6800 revs the limiter is set by the megajolt.

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[FlightlessNinja]

Sounds very nice.

[@lex]

:) :) :) :) :D :cool: