help for a noob
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hi there recenly purchased a 1293 engine put in my ccar and hey presto but found out its got the wrong dizzy it has a dizzy with points in anybody else running with points so was wondering whats the best well simplest setup of igntion apart from standard

also ive been looking at some of your cars on here and a alot of them seem to be runnig ecu`s how hard is it to convert a standard metro turbo to running an ecu and what do they control apart from boost pressure

Ignition wise you can either upgrade to the electronic ignition as fitted to the A+ engines, go to an aftermarket electronic system to replace your points such as a Lumenition, or alternatively junk the dizzy altogether and fit a mappable ignition system, such as a MegaJolt. There is loads of info on the forum so have a read up to decide which is best for you.

A standard Metro turbo runs a very crude control module that modulates boost pressure alone. To call it an "ECU" is a bit of an overstatement.

An aftermarket ECU such as a MegaSquirt or an Emerald can control pretty much anything you may desire to control. As for how hard is it, depends how well you understand how it works. It can also be expensive.