Electronic Engine in Repower?

[dlmartin]

Is there any practical way to use a non-mechanical, electronically controlled engine in a repower application? Has anyone tried to develop a generic programmable engine control module to change applications. How could you use some of these new common rail "surplus" engines available on eBay in any application other than what they were set up for?

 

[HoleshotHolset]

A lot of those surplus engines on eBay have ECM's - so all you have to do is provide fuel, coolant, 12-volts and a bit of wiring/connectors. I recently noticed that the one place I know you've seen on eBay has dropped their prices a bit.



OR - keep looking on eBay and you'll find a setup like I did. I bought the whole shooting match out of a wrecked FedEx truck: engine, ecm(s), transmission, wiring, fuse panels, steering column, shifter... you name it.



I should have a large pallet 'o goodies arriving on Friday.



Matt

 

[Msilbernagel]

Re: "s there any practical way to use a non-mechanical, electronically controlled engine in a repower application? Has anyone tried to develop a generic programmable engine control module to change applications. How could you use some of these new common rail "surplus" engines available on eBay in any application other than what they were set up for?"





You can check out my profile (msilbernagel) - it's a 1993 GMC Suburban with an 04. 5 engine and NV5600 6-speed. Boy is it fun to drive NOW!



The conversion was done by Ken & Dawna at autoworld - they're also a member of TDR so you can get more informaton from their profile.



They're pretty active in the conversions forum, so you won't have to look far to find them.



As for generic ECMs, not really. Closest I've heard of was a fellow who developed some expertise using the marine ECM and Cummin's programming tools. He managed to work around some things like the extra injection events, etc.



Ken & Dawna parter with another shop nearby that has the capability to program the ECMs - and he typically does the electrical (harness) wiring too.



So, to answer your last question, even if you picked up an engine without an ECM (on eBay or elsewhere), you could work with autoworld to get one and they'd be able to get it programmed for you as part of the conversion. I wouldn't just "go get one" because there are a lot of factors to consider (man/auto/CPL, etc).



They've done 200+ and counting conversions, so a lot of the pioneering work is long past. .



Mark

 

[JPepas]

check out www.megasquirt.info. it is an open sourced gasoline EFI implementation. Not directly applicable, but it would definitely be a good place to start from.