I just found this link in another post check it out:
http://www.bgsoflex.com/megasquirt.html

 

ttt

 

When I get rich and retire and have lots of time, I would definitely try it! It looks like a fun project.

Sonny

 

i wonder if it is worth trying

 

I suppose that depends on what your definition of "worth" is...

FWIW , , i'm running one right now on my other wise stock D16Z6, using all stock sensors i might add. My future plans call for a JY turbo setup, so i can run up to the ~11psi that the stock sensor will take. If (and when) i get to running more boost than that, i'll just switch back to the 2.5 bar sensor that the unit was originally speced for.

So, I don't know what you mean by "worth trying". My car runs well enough after about 2 hours total tuning that i'm driving it ~18 miles one way to work everyday.

Is it poised to displace motec? no. I doesn't even do ignition (yet). But it works well and it was cheap and i've had alot of fun doing it. So thats my definition of worth it....

David

 

how much did the parts cost you? i would like to just try it out but dont want to spend 100 bucks on parts. i have made circuit boards before and rather large projects from scratch but my sucess at making them work, is not so good.

 

Ha. I'm not very good at electronics at all, but I wouldn't mind getting all the parts together and trying out putting it togther in my spare time. What about the MegaJolt?

 

That's cool ****. If some of you hardware guys and software guys can get together to develop this stuff that would be awesome. I think these things should cost like $450 dollars and support shareware and community maps.

 

There is a group-buy on right now. You can get a complete kit for $110. That is a pretty big savings over buying your own parts individually as electronic parts have a pretty big volume dicount. It also includes the board which is practically mandatory. There are ways of etching your own board with a dry transfer and a printout of a PDF, but then you still have to drill holes and what not.

If you do decide participate the GB, be warned that it took up to 5 months for some people at the bottom of the list to get their's as sorting the parts and programming chips took a very long time (there were over 500 participants). It should go faster this time tho.

On ignition side, there is something in the pipes that is almost ready for a trial stage. I wouldn't expect it to be "finished" and read for GB until the end of the year at the soonest.

As far as them selling for $450, i'm not sure who you meant to sell them. The controller code is on the website. It has a quasi-open source aspect to it, although Bruce and Al retain the copyright. The board layout and design is copyrighted, so you would have to have their permission to have boards made up in mass quantity using their layout (several people have built one for themselves, thats not a problem i think). Also, the PC software code is also available for those who want to look at it. There is somebody working on a Palm version of it as well.

If you want to find out more, I would encourage you to join the Yahoo group and check out the archives.

David

 

man haveing a palm version of the soft ware would be so sweet. that is like have the power fc comander for way less.

 

MarsGodofWar

Can someone do an article of how to get this system to work on a Honda and how you would go about tuning this system. Also importantly, the ignition control is key.

Very cool ****.

 

yeah would like to know more about it too.