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DISCUSSION => Engine management => Topic started by: tim_s on April 12, 2006, 02:03:27 PM

Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: tim_s on April 12, 2006, 02:03:27 PM: as above really? other than me that is!
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: Gunni on April 12, 2006, 06:00:13 PM: Awesome,, what gains did you get and how easy was it?

Later
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: asubimmer on April 12, 2006, 06:13:34 PM: we demand details :)

btw, if you don;t mind me asking, how much did all the MS cost?
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: Febi Guibo on April 12, 2006, 06:28:01 PM: hmmmmm... I smell.... a WRITEUP!
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: bmwman91 on April 13, 2006, 01:53:25 AM: I had one on the last car, then I totalled it while testing out my LC-1 WBO2. I have been busy working on the MAF conversion on this car, and the MS has some bugs I need to work out (crazy ground loops disrupting the RPM signal).
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: tim_s on April 13, 2006, 07:13:35 AM: i dunno what gains etc. as yet, its still quite early days for me. i've been running MS for fuel, but have been having limited success for spark. as far as the msns+e stuff that i've been doing of late, it runs for a while but i keep on blowing stuff on the coil driving circuit so i'm contemplating sending the unit off for testing unless i resolve the issues myself soon.. anyone else on here running MS with our standard coilpack?
i thought you didn't like MS gunni?
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: Gunni on April 13, 2006, 09:19:18 AM: I´m not a fan per say but I respect it none the less

but a standalone is a standalone and one cant beat the other when it comes down to performance,
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: tim_s on April 14, 2006, 04:41:41 PM: Quote from: Gunni
I´m not a fan per say but I respect it none the less

but a standalone is a standalone and one cant beat the other when it comes down to performance,

sure. well, i'll be interested in what it will do for me. i've just about finished it now, need a decent timing map and to fix the idle circuit, but fuel and sparks are working pretty well. needs mapping still though. why aren't you a fan of MS by the way gunni? for me, the jury's still out, I've seen both sides of the coin in terms of how powerful it is and how much of a pita it can be to get working right.
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: Gunni on April 15, 2006, 07:24:04 AM: well it´s not the features, it´s the issues some people have with them,
for instance the TIC system I would choose is a DIRECT install on the M42, so only wiring and on with the tuning,
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: M42boy on April 15, 2006, 09:13:01 PM: Quote from: tim_s
as above really? other than me that is!

Maybe a stupid question, but what the hell is a Megasquirt?? I've heard it mentioned often but can't figure out what everyone is talking about. :confused:
Title: any megasquirters on here?
Post by: tim_s on April 17, 2006, 05:55:22 PM: megasquirt is a diy standalone fuel and spark computer. its pretty powerful, can run MAP/MAF, alpha-n or hybrid alpha-n (like the ferrari f40!) and be configured to run just about any setup under the sun.
its not anywhere near as straightforward to install as units like gunni uses, but for me the benefits (features and cost) just about outweigh that downside. like i've said though, the jury's still out on it for me until i've been running the unit for a good while.

in brief pros are cost, features, cost, support community and wide range of open-source software, also very fast development etc. oh, and did i mention cost?

cons are potentially reliability (though most squirters will say thats crap!), difficult to setup and install - much more involved, has to be built, and requires a lot more knowledge from the installer. and there's a lot of configuration too.
hth
tim