

| Subject: | Re: Megasquirt....RE: Boxer electronics options? |
| From: | Ron Tipton |
| Date: | Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:29:09 -0500 |
say i had a syncro with an aba from a jetta with digifant2 and wanted to upgrade the engine management system. would this be something i could use? r On Feb 2, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Jim Akiba wrote: > For a teaser, on the engine management front, we've started initial > work on doing a modular engine management setup based on our existing > abilities to both tune and build new harnesses. The story goes > something like this, you buy the ECU, new custom modular harness, > handheld datalogger/reflasher for your existing boxer for $900-$1500. > You get modern engine management capability, datalogging, overheat > warnings, e85 capability, a 10-15% bump in output and gains in fuel > efficiency. You lose the distributor, old injectors and sensors and > replace them with modern versions that work with the EMS. Then if you > ever decide to do an engine conversion, you simply buy the engine > portion of the harness for the zetec for instance(which is the modular > part), and keep the ECU itself, the reflasher and main harness and > other bits you already own, reflash and go. Likewise, if you decide to > go subie, you'd simply pickup that version of the engine harness, > reflash and go. Modular, total control, and much more robust in terms > of electronics than aftermarket standalone units and nothing to learn > since we setup the tunes for you. Megasquirt is a great project, but > it still does not compare to factory equipment in terms of reliability > and robustness. So exploit the OEMS for what they are good for, and > tailor it to match what we need to do. > > Jim Akiba I remain, as always YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt, r
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