Hi Martin, I am expecting the guy here within the hour with his lap top to get a start up map in the ECU. Exciting stuff! first time in almost 15 years that this thing will (should) burst into life! I did had the distributor removed and rebuilt. At the same time i had the advance weights locked up and i ground all but 1 pick up lug off. I have tested it on the bench and get a very nice looking signal for a cam position reference. I am still using the distruibutor to distribute the spark but have the computer triggering an ignitor making it fully sequential, but as you noted not overly nessacery. The new engine loom is in and very neat and compact compared to the old one! Will keep you updated. Cheers, Nick Nick wrote: >Martin - Sounds like a great kit you are offering > Not yet...... trying to get one built for Eurofest, but the crucial bit we were waiting on was the "if" the ECU could be adapted for odd- fire. It can and has been shown on a bench to successfully trigger the stock ignition amplifier. There is no real reason to bin the distributor, but the advance weights will need to be immobilised. We have enough spare distributors to do this on exchange though! Only one incarnation of the PRV did not use a distributor of some kind, and only then because it didn't fit in the engine bay. We've been tuning D engines for 3 years now and the biggest single gain before going to internals is re-mapping the ignition curve. >FYI I have the ECU activating off a 3 x 120 deg crank triggered hall >sensor. I had a custom front pulley made for this and modified the >distrubutor so that i only get a single cam trigger. > Our ECU interpolates the original distributor signal beautifully for both TDC and phase (because being odd-fire the pattern repeats every two revolutions). We're going batch fired because I don't really see the point of full sequential on an old engine like this but we're only triggering once per 2 revolutions. #2727's twin turbo is also progressing. A Renault 25 turbo flywheel has been machined to remove the peculiar "double tooth" pattern and now has a 66/3 pattern, again adapted for us in a special version of firmware. I picked up a 25 turbo bellhousing on ebay UK and that has now been built into a donor transmission (#2727 -was- an auto) and is looking all spangly ready to be mated to the engine which as of today is now internally finished and awaiting cleaning and a lick of paint. That's an even fire 2458cc Renaul 25 turbo engine built into a DeLorean block with R25 heads and the Island kit that came with the car. >The ECU (haltech) i am using is fully programmable to adapt to odd >fire meaning i can also trigger the injectors at the correct times >etc.. > The biggie is mapping the ignition. Especially with a supercharger you need that. >It was hard to believe the amount of wiring i cut out of the engine >bay by removing the K jetronic. > With a stock of new rists conectiors, expect a new loom to be made :- ) Martin To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/