Hello everyone, and specially to John!
To give some details:
Bought the XDi new a few months ago for this engine. Came from Clewett, a kit for a twin spark 911, 3.2.
Spent 40 hours installing it in the frame of this car and tried to start the engine. No spark, just a solid Green light on the XDi including when cranking the engine. When I stopped trying to start it, the light goes solid red.
Had many many emails to Clewett who gave a lot of answers and suggestions, None worked.
The conclusion was the XDi had to go to Electromotive at my cost. I am in England.
The unit was tested by Electromotive and stated to be "trouble-free".
It was suggested I buy a Hall crank sensor for $149 plus shipping and customs duty.
I also have to pay to have the XDi returned to me.
This action will cost about $500 on top of the purchase cost of $2000.
Electromotive also wished me to have a nice day.....condescending in my mind.
I have still nothing to start this expensive twin plug head engine. I have started it carefully using a simple distributor and coil and it runs great.
The point of this thread on Pelican is to reach out to anyone with XDi experience who can shed light on this failure to work.
The Clewett system is very rare in the UK, I know to 3 only.
I have 2 options:
1
To pay again for parts that (might) work and to get the XDi I paid for back to me, about $500.
2
To tell Clewett and Electromotive to forget it, bite a bullet and replace the XDi with a UK motorsport ECU from DTA 1 hour drive from me, and interface the Clewett peripherals to the ecu.
Cost is £1200, about $1700
I await the response (if I get one) from Stephanie, General Manager of Electromotive I hope over the next few days.
This is a very short precis of the situation I assure you.
Here is the engine right now:
