Has anyone used the megasquirt
08-16-2006 | 01:43 PM
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I did. There is alot you have to learn. It's cheaper than other aftermarket ECUs because you have to do a lot of it for yourself.
Take me for example. I was the first person to MegaSquirt a 20B. I had to McGyver a bunch of stuff to make it work, and I did all this without an understanding of tuning EFI. I'm still lacking in that department and it's only running marginally. A 20B is supposed to be one of Mazda's smoothest running engines ever, as it was originally in a high end luxury sedan. Mine, with the MS, is rough running at the moment. It needs to be tuned and I've got a lot more to learn.
Aside from the above, the hardware part of the project wasn't all that difficult. It's pretty much straight forward, and the instructions are pretty good. As a whole, it's time consuming if you've never done anything like this before. I had soldered little projects before, but nothing this complicated. If you know how to solder and follow instructions, you will probably do all right.
Take me for example. I was the first person to MegaSquirt a 20B. I had to McGyver a bunch of stuff to make it work, and I did all this without an understanding of tuning EFI. I'm still lacking in that department and it's only running marginally. A 20B is supposed to be one of Mazda's smoothest running engines ever, as it was originally in a high end luxury sedan. Mine, with the MS, is rough running at the moment. It needs to be tuned and I've got a lot more to learn.
Aside from the above, the hardware part of the project wasn't all that difficult. It's pretty much straight forward, and the instructions are pretty good. As a whole, it's time consuming if you've never done anything like this before. I had soldered little projects before, but nothing this complicated. If you know how to solder and follow instructions, you will probably do all right.
08-19-2006 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff20B' post='833188' date='Aug 17 2006, 01:53 PM
Who me? Not at the moment. I've gotta pull the engine out and put it in something else. Then I can get back to tuning.
That was actually directed at pretty much everyone else.
08-23-2006 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mazdaspeed7' post='833418' date='Aug 19 2006, 10:43 PM
That was actually directed at pretty much everyone else.
Sure, does anyone have a base map for a 88 turbo II, that would make my life a lot easier once the tuning starts.
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