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s wales

8th Jan, 2008 at 05:45:27pm

anyone ever converted an spi to a carb mini here? im going to take the old spi engine out, and replace with a turbo motor. what will i need to do to get rid of the ecu? many thanks

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Bermingum

8th Jan, 2008 at 06:17:22pm

Hi,
Pair of side cutters *wink*
The only thing you'll need to sort out are the temp gauge.
The temp gauge is fed from the ECU just hook the green/blue wire to the temp sender on the turbo engine, job done *wink*
I think that's right *surprised*
Are you using the SPi in tank pump?
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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8th Jan, 2008 at 06:21:03pm

Dizzy!

On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.

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s wales

8th Jan, 2008 at 06:27:29pm

yes, using the spi tank. thought that could be wired into the ignition?

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s wales

8th Jan, 2008 at 06:39:01pm

what about the dizzy v?

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Bermingum

8th Jan, 2008 at 06:45:08pm

Hi,
Yep you can do that, fit an inertia switch though :)
Dizzy will be wired up the same as on the Metro, you'll just need a 12V ignition feed to the coil :)
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Gavin :)

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Rob H

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8th Jan, 2008 at 06:50:43pm

The SPI doesn't have a dizzy as such, take off the rotor cap and you'll see what I mean (timing advance is via the ECU).

Go MJ, you know it makes sense.

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