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Hi guys new to this forum. I got a cortina that's getting a xr6t conversion. The question here is do I use standard ecu gear with xcal and how difficult would it be to integrate that into a cortina or do you go aftermarket haltech which apparently doesn't control vct ? And can you use all the factory sensors? Or the wolf v550 which apparently does do the vct ?? Can anyone shed some light on this topic

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  • Member For: 14y 2m 19d
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Hi mate, we are almost finished doing a Capri conversion at the moment, have gone aftermarket ECU, fitted VCT lockouts from Atomic and Cable throttle body from Plazmaman. Much easier way to go cos it eliminates Fly By Wire and Variable Cam Timing and it opens up a lot more after market ECU's and your not restricted to just the BIG dollar management systems.

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Sounds like it's going to be one fun ride dude:) Which ecu did you end Up going? Did you get to retain all the factory sensors? Cause you by an ecu ranging from 1700 -2500 then spend another mad amount on sensors

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We are using the ems 8860 ecu with a digital dash data logger and sensors that were supplied by ems as well. For the complete ECU setup and dash etc its been under 5K which I know is still a fair bit but when compared to some motec stuff its not so bad. ( the ecu and sensors was about 2k)

It is a full race car however so things like speedo etc arnt important to us.

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To be honest mate im not 100% sure but im pretty certain you can. Ill have a chat in the following days with the engine builder and see exactly whats going on. Cos basically We are getting all the info Boost, air/fuel, water temp, oil pressure, revs etc etc and I know we didnt buy that many sensors. So yeah ill keep you posted.

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