We kind of disected and beat the hell out of ECU's on this thread.
1974 Brain Box saves the day.
1974 Brain Box saves the day.
That's a great thread! Thanks for sharing! There went my afternoon.We kind of disected and beat the hell out of ECU's on this thread.
1974 Brain Box saves the day.
Wow I guess we need more people to report back on these units.No idea about the quality of the Mancini orange box...
Really depends upon the manufacturer, power transistor grade and supporting production process. But since we have been sourcing electronics from China for >25 years, really depends upon the factory and the buyer's audit/outgoing quality control and reliability testing. Just to give U guys some idea about ignition components from China, I have been quoted in small production lots Mopar ECUs 100 pcs $4.25 and Mopar RB electronic distributors 100 pcs $24.75...
Just my $0.02....
The problem is these old cars don't get enough use. At least mine doesn't. I wish I could use it more!Wow I guess we need more people to report back on these units.
Mancini web says they are now back in stock.FBO box
FBO would make a killing by painting their box orange and grafting on the heat sink with cutout for the rev limiter. Everyone loves the orange box except for the high failure rate.Still no rev limiter???
That was the appeal of the FBO box and the Rev-N-Nator units.
That's genius! I'd have to opine that the failure rate of HEI is much less than the orange ecu.I wonder if the new FBO boxes are still made like this? Have not had a bad one yet to take apart.
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Could be somewhat true... bit I'd also opine that the majority of those failures are directly traced back to all the home engineers that wired them wrong with wrong ballast usage.That's genius! I'd have to opine that the failure rate of HEI is much less than the orange ecu.
Re the module failure rate comparison rates, to accurately forecast the HEI vs MoparThat's genius! I'd have to opine that the failure rate of HEI is much less than the orange ecu.
Cool. Come up with that data and I will take a look.Re the module failure rate comparison rates, to accurately forecast the HEI vs Mopar
Orange box (or other the other variations), one would need to know the TOTAL NUMBER OF EACH and the total number of failures of each to compare. I would think that the total number of GM HEI modules produced far exceed the total number of Mopar modules but the (HEI modules) exceed the Mopar units. One would need to plot a normal bell shaped distribution curve to accurately predict life expectancy of each type of module or MTBF rate based on statistical analysis.......just my opinion
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Cool. Come up with that data and I will take a look.
But there are a ton more vehicles (no, I don't know exact figures) running on the factory GM HEI than on an aftermarket late 60's / early 70's Mopar. There just aren't a lot of our cars left on the road. I've read a bunch of stories about the newer orange box taking a dump.
So yes, I would trust a 70's/80's factory GM module over a replica of a 60's/70's Mopar ignition.
I was just speculating as to the number of failures of the orange ECU vs the HEI module. I have no data or access to the actual number produced. It would be interesting to see what the failure rate is from a specific vendor.Cool. Come up with that data and I will take a look.
But there are a ton more vehicles (no, I don't know exact figures) running on the factory GM HEI than on an aftermarket late 60's / early 70's Mopar. There just aren't a lot of our cars left on the road. I've read a bunch of stories about the newer orange box taking a dump.
So yes, I would trust a 70's/80's factory GM module over a replica of a 60's/70's Mopar ignition.