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General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: Brett on January 29, 2010, 08:23:59 PM

Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Brett on January 29, 2010, 08:23:59 PM
Has anyone on here had a play with the MegaSquirt ECU?  (Other than Bill S a few years back)

:wave
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Ada7 on January 29, 2010, 08:28:14 PM
Oh behave Brett. This is supposed to be a family forum. Megasquirt indeed!! :eek:

Adam
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Nik da Greek on January 29, 2010, 08:37:11 PM
Quote from: Ada7;668751Oh behave Brett. This is supposed to be a family forum. Megasquirt indeed!! :eek:

Adam


Megasquirt is actually a piggy back ECU thing isn\'t it? What you\'re thinking of should be "minisquirt" dude :rollin
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Ada7 on January 29, 2010, 08:38:39 PM
Thats not what she says. boom boom :rollin

Adam
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Nik da Greek on January 29, 2010, 08:39:43 PM
Quote from: Ada7;668755Thats not what she says. boom boom :rollin

Adam

Oh, stop :rollinYou\'re funny :D

http://www.megasquirt.info/
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: m1tch on January 29, 2010, 08:44:54 PM
Just get a Greddy e-manage ultimate, megasquirt doesn\'t have as many features as other ECUs, so they are usually cheaper and more generic.
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Brett on January 29, 2010, 09:05:47 PM
Quote from: Ada7;668755Thats not what she says. boom boom :rollin

Adam

(http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/print/basil-brush-laughing-200.jpg)

LMAO!

M1tch,  sometimes you don\'t need all the bells and whistles :Laugh
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: m1tch on January 29, 2010, 09:20:02 PM
Quote from: Brett;668775(http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/print/basil-brush-laughing-200.jpg)

LMAO!

M1tch,  sometimes you don\'t need all the bells and whistles :Laugh

Nah you don\'t need all the bells and whistles, but you don\'t want to be limited with it either! lol
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: grinder on January 30, 2010, 12:06:52 PM
what about a Wolf 3D ???
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Brett on January 30, 2010, 12:08:36 PM
Sounds more like a graphics card.... :p
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: grinder on January 30, 2010, 12:11:32 PM
ha ha ha yeah i suppose it does :D
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: ianelvar on January 30, 2010, 12:18:45 PM
Lol. I often do wonder what posessed them to call it that ;)

Anyway, yes, I\'ve installed it on quite a few cars. It works, it\'s cheap, it\'s full standalone and packed with features.
I\'m actually about to do an install in an S1 Elise this afternoon.
BUT, it\'s not for the faint hearted. You will need some technical skills to do a decent install, as it\'s not like the apexi that you can just plug and and let it settle down, and ity won\'t run the sequential twins. Rotary support is supposed to be pretty good, as one of the guys who develops the project is a rotary nut. I\'ve not tried it on a rotary myself though.
If you want to know anything I\'m happy to answer any questions. The MS rotary scene in the states is quite big, but there aren\'t many in the UK that I know of who\'ve given it a go..
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Brett on January 30, 2010, 12:44:21 PM
Thanks for the info Ian, I might drop you a PM so we can discuss?
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: ianelvar on January 30, 2010, 12:54:40 PM
Please do :)
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: Brett on January 30, 2010, 01:07:16 PM
Cool, when I get back to my pc (not the daft phone) I will drop you a line :)
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: ianelvar on January 30, 2010, 01:16:29 PM
No worries. A good place to start for anyone that\'s curious is the tuning software:

You can tell a lot about the features of any ECU and how it works by just browsing through the config menus. In this case, Tunerstudio:

http://www.efianalytics.com/TunerStudio/beta/

And there used to be a good MS on rotary write up on the yank forum, plus a whole section on MS related issues.
Title: Megasquirt - anyone tried it?
Post by: ianelvar on January 30, 2010, 01:45:19 PM
Write up for configuring for single turbo rotary. Very comprehensive:

http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/megasquirt/index.asp

He\'s using the Megasquirt 2 processor, and version 3 of the circuit board.