ECM And Ignition Module Availability/ replacement

[rush91]

I work for a company, that designs and produces printed circuit boards. After seeing that picture of the DIS module made me think. Could it be redesigned to modern specs? I know nothing about electronics, I'm just the inventory manager. But I honestly think it could made new. But just as someone said, it would be expensive......Maybe a group fund or something to pay for the design and production / testing? We do all of our design, engineering, production and testing in house. As far as I know we are one of the few places in the country that makes certain embedded, and printed boards.

Lol I'm not hocking where I work, but here is our website............

http://www.emacinc.com/

[-=Jeff=-]

Hi Jerry,

What Aftermarket systems are good for use with the LT5? I assume the Megasquirt will work with an external trigger wheel. I am curious of all the options currently

[A26B]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Hi Jerry,

What Aftermarket systems are good for use with the LT5? I assume the Megasquirt will work with an external trigger wheel. I am curious of all the options currently

Jeff,

Others here can answer "all the options currently" question better than I can. I think all aftermarket units will probably require a trigger wheel different than the reluctor wheel on the LT5 crank.

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by A26B

Jeff,

Others here can answer "all the options currently" question better than I can. I think all aftermarket units will probably require a trigger wheel different than the reluctor wheel on the LT5 crank.

Fair enough.. I knew it would require an external trigger wheel

[grahambehan]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Fair enough.. I knew it would require an external trigger wheel

Megasquirt does not require any external trigger, it will work with the 9x 1x stock LT5 configuration. There are other issues though.

GB

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by grahambehan

Megasquirt does not require any external trigger, it will work with the 9x 1x stock LT5 configuration. There are other issues though.

GB

Still using stock Ignition module? Or is it built in to the mega squirt ECM


What are the other issues?

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[grahambehan]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

Still using stock Ignition module? Or is it built in to the mega squirt ECM


What are the other issues?

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Still using stock ign module, sees it as a single HEI coil. Problems with serial data coms to vehicle dash CCM etc.

Graham.

[-=Jeff=-]

Ah thanks for clarification


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[-=Jeff=-]

So this still is a major concern.. Do we know how many Ignition Modules have failed? If mine fails, my car would become a big paper weight. If there are other avenues for ignition they need to be explored..

[spork2367]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

So this still is a major concern.. Do we know how many Ignition Modules have failed? If mine fails, my car would become a big paper weight. If there are other avenues for ignition they need to be explored..

I seriously doubt that anyone will lay down the money required to remake this item. Even if you could sell them for 1200 dollars, the going price of a NOS DIS module, you're going to sell maybe 10 when they first become available, then maybe 1 a year. That would never justify the cost to have it remade. You would lose tens of thousands of dollars on the project.

There will probably be a work around with other factory parts in the future, but not until there is zero availability of the original modules.