Standalone ECU's - What have you got?!

[thestu]

Hey guys,

wanted to start a thread about standalone ECU's.

What car do you run it on? What things is it doing? Who tunes it?

KGO

Megasquirt - VR6 turbo
Runs everything, Fueling, Spark output to coil pack, Water meth injection, VVT, Boost control, Launch control, Flat shifting, Fan control and a couple of other outputs.

Stu

[asa572]

Did you tune it Stu?

[thestu]

Sure did! I've tuned 3 cars with ms3x now

[Notso Swift]

Megasquirts are fine if you are keeping the tune conservative
Probably the best thing to happen to the home tuning market in years

Autronic SMC
Beninca is the only place to go for them that you would trust
Their dyno reads low, so you get a lot of doof doofs who don't come back because they are "disappointed" with the result LOL

[nightphotographer]

I've got the Qpeng kit for my MK1 which I believe is MBE - not actually unboxed it yet...don't even want to think about wiring and tuning at this stage :/

[thestu]

Megasquirts are fine if you are keeping the tune conservative
Probably the best thing to happen to the home tuning market in years

Not sure what you mean with the "keeping the tune conservative" comment.

It does everything every other ECU does bar drive by wire.

[thestu]

I've got the Qpeng kit for my MK1 which I believe is MBE - not actually unboxed it yet...don't even want to think about wiring and tuning at this stage :/

Wiring is easyyyyyyyy. Be sure to post up if you need help!

[nightphotographer]

Wiring is easyyyyyyyy. Be sure to post up if you need help!

Cheers Stu. It's a while off yet, but no doubt I'll have lots of questions to ask!

[Notso Swift]

There is a world of difference between the premium ECU's and a megasquirt, (or a Haltec, EMS, Link et al)
It is not just about the features, but the precision of control. I could tune to 1 rpm and 1kpa and 0.1 degree, but more important is the interpolation and the speed of response, and the fact it actually hits the numbers that have been inputted.

My current build is with a MoTeC M1 series, it runs direct injection, only 2 aftermarkets in the world (MoTeC and Pectel/Cosworth) can do that right (Haltec will say they can but ask Camilleri in the 3MPS from the Proddie championship... BOOM) and swings BOTH cams independently of each other

[Notso Swift]

BTW the Megasquirt is a great product!
Please don't think I am saying it isn't, it is just at a different level, 99% there for 50% (or less) of the price and 200% of what most people need