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hi guys

 

getting my 2l dropped into my escort nxt week, just need some advice about running it for a few days on the 1.6 ecu.

 

would i have to keep the 1600 maff until i get the ecu sorted, ? what else would i require to drive it home,

 

 

cheers

it will run on 1.6 ecu and maff but wont be as good as 2.0 ecu and maff should fit 2.0 bits as soon as possible to avoid any possibly engine damage :thumb:

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hi guys

 

getting my 2l dropped into my escort nxt week, just need some advice about running it for a few days on the 1.6 ecu.

 

would i have to keep the 1600 maff until i get the ecu sorted, ? what else would i require to drive it home,

 

 

cheers

it will run on 1.6 ecu and maff but wont be as good as 2.0 ecu and maff should fit 2.0 bits as soon as possible to avoid any possibly engine damage :thumb:

 

 

thanks for reply mate, great help

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hi guys

 

getting my 2l dropped into my escort nxt week, just need some advice about running it for a few days on the 1.6 ecu.

 

would i have to keep the 1600 maff until i get the ecu sorted, ? what else would i require to drive it home,

 

 

cheers

it will run on 1.6 ecu and maff but wont be as good as 2.0 ecu and maff should fit 2.0 bits as soon as possible to avoid any possibly engine damage :thumb:

 

 

thanks for reply mate, great help

 

Much to my annoyance my mate did this for a bit, he found running with the 1.6 MAF unplugged worked better, idled like a tw@ and run out of power at wierd points though, still better than in.

 

If I was you I wouldnt run it at all without the correct MAF and ECU.

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Another question guy's

 

Can i run the deep ecu with thr 1600 maff, box, and injectors until i switch over to the correct 2ltr gear. or should i continue running on the 1600 managment until i have the bits??

 

Ill be totally honest, i'd stop driving the car dude until you get all the correct bits. Be difficult to say whats worse to be fair, the MAF is such an important part.

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in fairness he shouldnt do any damage to the engine at all, the whole system will run thinking its a 1.6. the car will underfuel majorly at high rpm as the injectors and rest of the set up wont know that the engine needs more fuel as its bigger. so other than being massively underpowered it wont cause him any damage.

 

i had a friend who ran a fiesta si with a 2l in and it was fine for about 6 months (albeit underpowered as i said)

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in fairness he shouldnt do any damage to the engine at all, the whole system will run thinking its a 1.6. the car will underfuel majorly at high rpm as the injectors and rest of the set up wont know that the engine needs more fuel as its bigger. so other than being massively underpowered it wont cause him any damage.

 

i had a friend who ran a fiesta si with a 2l in and it was fine for about 6 months (albeit underpowered as i said)

 

Doesnt an engine that underfuels run much hotter though?

 

Anyway, if he must run the car the question remains the same, whats worse? I cant see the point swapping the ECU before the rest of the bits.

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in fairness he shouldnt do any damage to the engine at all, the whole system will run thinking its a 1.6. the car will underfuel majorly at high rpm as the injectors and rest of the set up wont know that the engine needs more fuel as its bigger. so other than being massively underpowered it wont cause him any damage.

 

i had a friend who ran a fiesta si with a 2l in and it was fine for about 6 months (albeit underpowered as i said)

 

Doesnt an engine that underfuels run much hotter though?

 

Anyway, if he must run the car the question remains the same, whats worse? I cant see the point swapping the ECU before the rest of the bits.

 

 

the engine will run hot if the mixture is out. but seein as hes using the 1.6 maf. ecu. and injectors. the mixture will be correct but at higher rpm the engine will be starved and act like its choked up.

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in fairness he shouldnt do any damage to the engine at all, the whole system will run thinking its a 1.6. the car will underfuel majorly at high rpm as the injectors and rest of the set up wont know that the engine needs more fuel as its bigger. so other than being massively underpowered it wont cause him any damage.

 

i had a friend who ran a fiesta si with a 2l in and it was fine for about 6 months (albeit underpowered as i said)

 

Doesnt an engine that underfuels run much hotter though?

 

Anyway, if he must run the car the question remains the same, whats worse? I cant see the point swapping the ECU before the rest of the bits.

 

 

the engine will run hot if the mixture is out. but seein as hes using the 1.6 maf. ecu. and injectors. the mixture will be correct but at higher rpm the engine will be starved and act like its choked up.

 

Whats worse for the chap though? 1600 management with 1600 gear on 2.0 or 2.0 management with 1600 gear with 2.0 engine? Same difference?

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in fairness he shouldnt do any damage to the engine at all, the whole system will run thinking its a 1.6. the car will underfuel majorly at high rpm as the injectors and rest of the set up wont know that the engine needs more fuel as its bigger. so other than being massively underpowered it wont cause him any damage.

 

i had a friend who ran a fiesta si with a 2l in and it was fine for about 6 months (albeit underpowered as i said)

 

Doesnt an engine that underfuels run much hotter though?

 

Anyway, if he must run the car the question remains the same, whats worse? I cant see the point swapping the ECU before the rest of the bits.

 

 

the engine will run hot if the mixture is out. but seein as hes using the 1.6 maf. ecu. and injectors. the mixture will be correct but at higher rpm the engine will be starved and act like its choked up.

 

Whats worse for the chap though? 1600 management with 1600 gear on 2.0 or 2.0 management with 1600 gear with 2.0 engine? Same difference?

 

 

fair one i suppose

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in fairness he shouldnt do any damage to the engine at all, the whole system will run thinking its a 1.6. the car will underfuel majorly at high rpm as the injectors and rest of the set up wont know that the engine needs more fuel as its bigger. so other than being massively underpowered it wont cause him any damage.

 

i had a friend who ran a fiesta si with a 2l in and it was fine for about 6 months (albeit underpowered as i said)

 

Doesnt an engine that underfuels run much hotter though?

 

Anyway, if he must run the car the question remains the same, whats worse? I cant see the point swapping the ECU before the rest of the bits.

 

 

the engine will run hot if the mixture is out. but seein as hes using the 1.6 maf. ecu. and injectors. the mixture will be correct but at higher rpm the engine will be starved and act like its choked up.

 

Whats worse for the chap though? 1600 management with 1600 gear on 2.0 or 2.0 management with 1600 gear with 2.0 engine? Same difference?

 

 

fair one i suppose

 

That kind of depends on how hard its driven and for how long before putting right gear on it I guess.. Unless its dumping a ton of fuel down it I cant see a problem if only short term..

But thats just my opinion

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hey guys, kind of a same question... but not really :) i swaped my 1.6 (external edis) with 2.0 zetec, changed the maf, injectors, TB and inlet manifold. So, its time to start it. I have ecu with DESK code, but i don`t wanna cut my wires, so is it ok to run it with ecu from xr3 1.8 zetec 130ps? Is there a difference in the management? i hope that with this ecu i wont change pins and cut wires...
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