megasquirt diy or not?

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:50 pm

has anyone fitted megasquirt to there cars before? what do you do and how hard is it? ive spoke to ant and cant decide weather to get him to fit it or buy a kit from him an do it myself.
all help greatly accepted thanks

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:53 pm

basil wrote:has anyone fitted megasquirt to there cars before? what do you do and how hard is it? ive spoke to ant and cant decide weather to get him to fit it or buy a kit from him an do it myself.
all help greatly accepted thanks

wat is a megasquirt?

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:54 pm

its a stand alone ecu system

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:08 pm

what does that mean lol?

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:14 pm

youll find all answers to this the tech section

noney
means it works independently from the motronic ecu
and does a better job by all accounts

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:16 pm

i need to lean more i think lol, cheers daz,

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:18 pm

i've been looking into this, it doesnt seem to be a easy DIY job at all unless u know engines and wiring looms and mapping software

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:22 pm

cliffybabe wrote:i've been looking into this, it doesnt seem to be a easy DIY job at all unless u know engines and wiring looms and mapping software

Ant will supply with a labelled loom,sensors required and a map to get you running.....in other words a run from the box kit.
there are megasquirt forums to support,and obviously Ant can advise.

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:23 pm

gcorky wrote:
cliffybabe wrote:i've been looking into this, it doesnt seem to be a easy DIY job at all unless u know engines and wiring looms and mapping software
Ant will supply with a labelled loom,sensors required and a map to get you running.....in other words a run from the box kit.
there are megasquirt forums to support,and obviously Ant can advise.

I never relised that, I have been listen to Stu, hmm im gonna give Ant a call tomorrow

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:41 pm

ant said to me he could provide me a diy kit has anyone had it? and is it as simple as cut and connect or am i hoping to high? im just thinking that as i done all the work so far on my car myself maybe i should have a stab at the megasquirt 2

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:54 pm

If you aren't an engine management expert yet, you will be soon! LOL.

Don't let me put you off though, the rewards are well worth the blood sweat and tears.

I'd go with a set up from Ant though as he has all the experience with E30's. All the info is out there if you want to search through pages of forum posts, but its a hell of a lot easier to understand when someone is explaining it to you!

Jai

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:57 pm

yeah i spoke to ant the other week hes really helpful and had loads of info for me which was great so il def be buying from him weather i go diy or getting him to do it. do you need a remap on a rolling road after youve fitted it? or can you set it up on the roads with a laptop?

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:03 pm

basil wrote:yeah i spoke to ant the other week hes really helpful and had loads of info for me which was great so il def be buying from him weather i go diy or getting him to do it. do you need a remap on a rolling road after youve fitted it? or can you set it up on the roads with a laptop?

im sure u can set it up whilst on the road ge a mate to drive whilst u map

Post Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:40 pm

can log /tune on road use a wideband such as innovate lm-1 ,which yes you guesssed it Ant supplied to me..

Ant=one stop f.i e30 shop...

Post Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:04 am

Give Ant your money dude, his prob done 100 of these (incl mine),,, drive in drive out service, no headaches or "oh im stuck" no matter how easy it is...

Post Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:20 pm

I went the DIY route and bought everything myself, i've got it all assembled but as I use the car everyday it's a very daunting prospect to delve into something like this for the first time

TBH if I did it all again I'd buy a complete kit off ant, at least it's got a basemap to start from and you'll have his support at the end of a phone should you have difficulty.

Cheers,

Iain T

Post Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:55 pm

ian dont you have a basemap to start off??! your nuts!!

Post Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:17 pm

I've been wondering the same thing. MS is the way forward.

I'd let Ant fit it. It doesn't take a long time if you know what you are doing. It could takes ages if you don't.
That way you can just learn how to tune and fault diagnose the car rather than all the installation procedure.

I'm assuming you've seen this link?
http://www.bimmerjim.com/MSpics.htm

Post Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:45 pm

Toby, ignore the Bimmerjim site, the guys info is useless and He ripped a fellow zoner off to the tune of Ã‚£560 for a Kit that never arrived.

As for MS, I now have a N/A demo car, will bring to Lakeside

Post Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:33 am

Ant wrote: As for MS, I now have a N/A demo car, will bring to Lakeside

Ant i wanna have a look

Post Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:26 pm

Well i'll recommend getting Ant involved to supply and install.

A year ago almost to the day Ant supplied and fitted MS to my car - details here:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 94&start=0

Well a year downstream - today - I have just come back from Ant's workshop and he has installed a new map from scratch for me after some "live" mapping - just put a new ported head on and some other minor changes which made a difference from previous set-up and idle + top end were screwed up.

Fuel and sparks are now standalone - although still have not fitted blower - will do it by end of May this year - as i am running out of excuses for being a lazy git

Getting Ant to do install made sense for me - as i have got a map which works fine and has saved me loads of hassle - you can still have a play but you got a good baseline based on your engine spec to work from and restore if you mess it all up!

Also support is first class - and he has answered numerous idiot enquiries and got my enthusiasm going again to fit the blower - only downer is when he cast his eye over some of my bodge stuff i have undertaken since he last had a look - which has shamed me to do some tidying up over the weekend.

Post Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:28 pm

For some reason your link doesn't work racecar (at least on my computer).

Post Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:11 pm

toby wrote:For some reason your link doesn't work racecar (at least on my computer).

fine for me

Post Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:18 pm

toby - if that does not work - try and do a search :
- author = racecar
- forum = Engine Swaps / Forced Induction
you'll get about 5 topics - it is under "first n/a megasquirt install" or something like that - started by ant

Post Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:21 pm

gcorky wrote:
toby wrote:For some reason your link doesn't work racecar (at least on my computer).
fine for me

vot is wrong viz my machine?

Post Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:23 pm

me and my mate installed it our selves, you do have to be pretty good with electrics and wiring diagrams, but we coulnt get it running so i ended bringing my car to ANT to finish it.

but to be honest bring it to ant hes quite reasonable on price and he does a pukka job.