Megasquirt 3 pro computer aeromotive phantom 340 fuel pump system edelbrock super victor efi. You can fine tune the setting in the software, but if its a dramatic difference, check your grounds first. The megasquirt thread ive had a fair few people ask me questions about megasquirt ecu, so i thought id share some of my knowledge and experience. The principles are old, see this naca report from 1940. Megasquirt and coil on plug ign pelican parts forums. For a custom 361 wheel for a small block chevrolet, see. If you wanted to use individual coilpacks coilonplug like on the wrx, you would need to use a ford edis 8 cylinder system, as it is basically a 4 plug wastespark setup. Megasquirt support forum msextra coil on plug view topic. The megasquirtii sequencer allows the use of multiple coils in wasted spark or coilpercylinder setups. Coil on plug has several advantages over conventional distributor type systems. For fuel only control, you can trigger off an inductive coils negative. Which efi and coilonplug ignition with crank trigger.
Fab9 mx5 coil on plug conversion system plug and play. For example, megasquirtii code can run on the megasquirti board. An example is chevrolets ls1 coil near plug system. Though removing the distributor because that is partly the reason to go coil on plug would remove the needed sensors to know where the crank and the cam are. Thats the ecu, 8 wiring harness, which is connected on the ecu end, tuning cables, and the software, which does include the vealautotune. Megasquirt support forum msextra coil on plug setting. With this plug and play kit, will all the sensors like iat, tps, iac, respond correctly. Coil and plug wires off of junk fords an explorer has the edis unit where its easy to find. I am planning to use megasquirt, coil on plugs on my 3. Im just trying to get it up running with full sequential for fuel, and wasted coil on plug for now. Planning to use itb made in china coming soon in ebay for sale. Elite ecu plus an adaptor harness to connect to the oem wiring. On the driver side valve cover you can attach four a.
Once drilled, measure from each hole made for the spark plug holes. For example, if you want to convert your 9097 miata to use one msd coil for each plug. Megasquirt mustang plug and play gen 2 standalone ecu 86. This setup will convert your na coil pack and nb wasted spark setups to an individual coil on plug. This is a megasquirt 3 efi system with expansion board its an open source flexible efi computer. A coil on plug in this location would experience extreme temperatures and would also make the engine much wider.
Matt cramer at diy autotune 1966 dodge dart slant six running on megasquirt. Especially if you want to run a coil with a builtin ignitor, such as a gm ls pack. Coilonplug coils cop are typically used in overhead cam engines. Once done, lay the strip back down on the valve cover. You may already have such coils, or you may want to retrofit some to your application. Coil near plug coils are typically used in overhead valve engine applications in which the spark plugs are located close to the exhaust manifold. The microsquirt is the same as msii but in a small sealed case. When you have you engine running, you can plug in the pc, open megatune, and ask it to datalog for you, as you drive the pc will store a range of engine data time, rpm mat cls 02 or afr volts spark duty cycle of injectors basically a huge amount of data. Also, to test the board i first had to build a stimulator which was also a kit. Up to 4 cylinder sequential fuel and 6 cylinder coilonplug are supported, various race features and can communications. Elite 750 ecu plus an adaptor harness to connect to the oem wiring. Finally a complete drop in plug and play high quality custom megasquirt 1, 2 or 3 harness with fuse and relay box.
Since 2001 the megasquirt family of ecus has been making the benefits of mappable fuel injection and ignition systems accessible to everyone. Crank trigger or trigger wheel, and sometimes from the cam angle sensor as well in dual trigger. The generation 2 mspnp and all new mspnp pro reaches out to more of your favorite vehicles. The dli ignitor wouldnt be able to tell the difference between a twin coil pack or 2xcops, it would fire them just the same. Megasquirt support forum msextra wasted spark on e30. Hondata coil pack retrofit system install duration. Building a sequential ignition system z31 megasquirt build. With fewer connections and the elimination of the distributor rotor to cap air gap. Now i can control timing curves through megasquirt. Wasted spark conversion the easy way, ford edis to. Our edis kits for 4 and 8 cylinder engines are now available with a choice of coil packs. If youre in the us, the ls2 truck coils with the heat sink on the back are one of the hottest oem coil per plug coils out there. You could basically just replace each coil pack with a pair of cops and wire them in exactly as they were.
Are there enough advantages to the ms3 setup to warrant the upgrade. If you wanted to use individual coilpacks coil on plug like on the wrx, you would need to use a ford edis 8 cylinder system, as it is basically a 4 plug wastespark setup. Much of the tuning interface is very similar to the megasquirt3. Because the megasquirt ecu is an open source project just a bunch of guys on the internet getting together to build these things the ecu came as a kit.
When you stop driving the log is closed and you can go in and look at the data. Will the megasquirt work with my stock ignition system. This will tell the megasquirt to ignore our ignition table and hold a fixed advance. Megasquirt efi conversion for b bodies only classic. Variations include the original megasquirt, megasquirt ii msii and the latest microsquirt. Ms1extra is a firmware modification to the original bowling and grippo megasquirt. Hey guys, i need some help changing over from a distribuitor ignition system to a coil on plug distributorless ignition motor is a honda b16a vtec the reason i need to change is because of limited space to work in, i allready have sourced the appropriate coils off a honda cbr929rr motor. I was using an msd mechanical advance distributor and 6al before the upgrade. People pursuing fuelonly implementations of megasquirt engine management systems wont really need this article as well be focusing on how to trigger the megasquirt from the stock crank angle sensor, a. Configured to suit your individual needs the looms range from 2 to 16 injectors, coil per plug to distributor ignition and can contain everything necessary to run the entire injection system. The microsquirt module has three ignition input circuits, two which can be. Megasquirt pnp2 standalone ecu by add serious tuning potential to your 19861993 5. Elite 2000 ecu plus an adaptor harness to connect to the oem wiring.
Megasquirt pnp gen2 manual megasquirtpnp by diyautotune. With wasted spark or coilonplug installs, make sure that spark a operates the spark plug for. Corvair electronic fuel injection efi engine control. Megasquirt2 gives many options, but most will require diy customization by the end user or builder. Fords electronic distributorless ignition system edis is an ignition system that does not require a cam position signal. The 2nd generation coil packs differ from the earlier units in that they are slightly smaller and lighter and the ht leads connect to pin in tower connectors rather. If you have one of these, connect the ecu pin that goes to the coil negative to. This value is a static value that the megasquirt will use to command ignition timing. Note that megasquirt may refer to the hardware board, or to the software code. This controller is jampacked with features found on aftermarket engine controllers costing 10x as much, yet is easy to use and configure. This has a number of potential benefits for subaru conversions, especially when combined with our plans to make the ecus available with a harness, ready mapped for common engine configurations i. It allows all of the tuning and setup parameters to be modified and has a realtime ve table editor, which allow a vehicle passenger to tune the engine while driving.
Todays micro electronics and miniature sensors makes it possible. Up to 4 cylinder sequential fuel and 6 cylinder coilonplug are supported. Continue shopping electronic boost control ebc solenoid kit has been added to your cart. The difference in dwell time between the stock coil pack and 2xcops may be an area of concern however. Mark each spot on your strip and drill with the hole saw. Beginning with the mspnp2, we redesigned the core of the mspnp hardware, basing it off of the much faster megasquirtii processor which will give you all of the control youve been looking for.
Amongst the ecus that use these kits are megajolt light, megasquirtmicrosquirt and vems. It is designed to plug right into the factory harness where the factory ecu used to. Individual coil packs, customs plug wires and the trigger wheel are the next steps to getting your megasquirt z31 running. Megasquirt 1 2 3 plug and play harness for datsun z zx. The ms3 software includes many race type features, two stages of. This is the latest top of the range megasquirt ecu the megasquirt 3 ms3. Megasquirt support forum msextra support and discussion forum for megasquirt 1, 2, 3, microsquirtmodule, diypnp, mspnp2, ms3pro. Ive run custom crank triggers and cop on everything from a buick fireball 8 that we raced at bonneville, to single cylinder 5hp briggs engines.
W megasquirt 3 or the pnp w the ignitor add ons it can handle coil on plug. The tuning software has been designed to work with any of the. It can function with just a variable reluctor crank position sensor and a 361 tooth wheel 361 means 36 teeth minus one, and refers to 36 evenly spaced teeth, one of which has been removed. Designed with the diy tuner in mind to give your mustang all the options of a custom engine management system at a fraction of the cost. Keep in mind, using the ignition output from the ms will leave you without the ability to control an idle air solenoid, so you will need to set this with the throttle plate. There is even a standalone controller for using it on carbed applications. After all, this ability to tune the fuel and spark maps to match your engine is what a. Early link ecu compatibility issues customers have reported. Any tips on using megaquirt to drive coil on plugs ignition for porsche 911. Im on a megasquirt and went from non vvti to vvti used my same. Hi, i am trying to find more info about a coil on plug system for my 2jzgte vvti engine. We take out the hard part all you have to do is pass it through firewall, connect the plugs, and 3 wires 12 v battery, 12 v switched and ground.