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Myke 2463

posted on 12/8/09 at 11:32 AM Reply With Quote
Weber Alpha Gold Kits

Has anybody fitted and used one of these on a Zetec. dose it rearly run straight out of the box as it says on the tin.

Cheers Mike.

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philw

posted on 12/8/09 at 11:58 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Myke 2463
Has anybody fitted and used one of these on a Zetec. dose it rearly run straight out of the box as it says on the tin.

Cheers Mike.


Yes they will but, if you change cams, exhaust, etc then it will need a re-map while they are a very good product customer service is sh** and to get them re-mapped you have to go to an authorised dealer which is a pain, if money is an issue i would go bike TBs and megasquirt, if not Jenveys or similar and MBE, Omex management or similar





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HOL

posted on 12/8/09 at 12:05 PM Reply With Quote
I have one on my Tiger. It was laready fitted but i recentliy tidied and rewired the whole thing.

Basically, you have an ECU in the car that is pre mapped for a 2ltr Zetec. There are four wires to connect once you have located it:

Ignition
Earth,
Rev counter feed
shift light feed (optional).

You also have a separate loom that is pretty much ready sized to the Zetec dimensions. This includes all the plugs for:

Standard Zetec Coil,
Standard Zetec Flyheel sensor
Weber Alpha throttle position sensor*
Weber Alpha intake temp sensor*

Looking at the gold kit, it comes complete with 2ltr jetted Zetec carbs with thethrottle and air intake sensors already attached and in place.

So,
Fit the carbs,
Fit the ecu
Wire the ECU
Wire the sensors

and as long as you have wired the ignition and earth, and have fuel pressure. It should start and run without flatspots.

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posted on 12/8/09 at 02:38 PM Reply With Quote
Ive got this setup on my Hood. Its fine but need to get it checked/adjusted as 18mpg not really sustainable. :-(

Major downside is it must go to a weber alpha dealer which means a 400 mile roundtrip for me :-(





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MikeRJ

posted on 12/8/09 at 04:20 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by HOL
Looking at the gold kit, it comes complete with 2ltr jetted Zetec carbs with thethrottle and air intake sensors already attached and in place.



The "Gold" ECU is for fuel injected applications isn't it?

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zetec

posted on 12/8/09 at 05:29 PM Reply With Quote
get and a ECU you can map yourself. Emerald came with a zetec map which was fine but as said you wont be able to change the Alpha one yourself. Go Emerald if spending that sort of money and get all their backup for free. I think they charge £200 ish for a proper rolling road map for your car setup.





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rusty nuts

posted on 12/8/09 at 07:06 PM Reply With Quote
Second vote for an Emerald ECU although I think the cost of a full mapping session is nearer £300 but worth every penny.
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Myke 2463

posted on 12/8/09 at 09:32 PM Reply With Quote
Cheers Guys
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