Subject	Why does nobody use the MegaSquirt on Zs?
Posted by	dogpile on December 01, 2009 at 2:58 PM
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In Reply To	Depending on your mods and what your goals are posted by Antonio(AZ->NYC) on December 01, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Message	Has pretty much all that the AEM has, much cheaper. I'd bet it'd be a bit easier to get up and running than the AEM (going by what I know a friend running the AEM on his Miata went through, and what lots of people I know with the MS went through - PnP or not). Serious question too.
Follow Ups	Concept Z ECU - laphamr 11:06:13 12/01/09 Re: Concept Z ECU - BigTDogg (MA) 12:07:42 12/01/09 Sums it up. (n/m) - SeedyROM 13:42:07 12/01/09 Just saw your new sig, me likey. (n/m) - Josher 13:44:56 12/01/09 Thanks! (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 16:19:04 12/01/09 Depending on your mods and what your goals are - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 12:22:21 12/01/09 An $1800 solution seems like overkill... - dpjax 13:22:40 12/01/09 + time and $$ to get it running and tuned (n/m) - TTFairladyZ 13:35:39 12/01/09 I have seen people take one out of the box, 15 minutes later - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 13:44:01 12/01/09 exception, not the norm (n/m) - zgene4 16:37:15 12/01/09 I have seen a guy throw a basketball from a football stadium - LJZTT 23:56:55 12/01/09 Thats one way to look at it, but the other is - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 13:42:37 12/01/09 Fair enough - Pilot.P (NZ) 18:31:28 12/01/09 Delete AFC...that is why we have an ECU - Ashman2k2 19:28:39 12/01/09 I think overkill would be telling him to go get a motec - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 13:50:15 12/01/09 have you personally used the boost and traction control? (n/m) - aliaZ 13:25:53 12/01/09 Boost control yes on my supra. It is what controls it. - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 13:40:01 12/01/09 Clarify on why the ECU question - laphamr 13:51:28 12/01/09 Why would you run those injectors on stock turbos? - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 13:55:49 12/01/09 upgrading fuel, then increasing airflow is the safest - Adam (NoVA) 14:07:44 12/01/09 15 pounds will not hurt anything on stock injectors. - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 14:09:23 12/01/09 Yet somehow he needs an AEM EMS? - Adam (NoVA) 14:12:51 12/01/09 I don't believe that when duty cycle is at 100% (n/m) - Ashman2k2 17:33:01 12/01/09 "Duty cycle"... "paralell offset"... - PennStateZ (VA) 17:36:03 12/01/09 I see what you did there ... (n/m) - Guapo 17:46:10 12/01/09 LOL (n/m) - Ashman2k2 18:05:28 12/01/09 Re: Why would you run those injectors on stock turbos? - laphamr 14:09:30 12/01/09 ding ding ding (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 14:13:52 12/01/09 So first you recommend getting a standalone ems for his, - HighPsi 14:31:22 12/01/09 ding ding ding (n/m) - ZEngineer 15:21:15 12/01/09 well played (n/m) - zgene4 17:22:46 12/01/09 A sensible, safe plan. Always nice to have plenty of fuel - Guapo 14:03:58 12/01/09 Re: A sensible, safe plan. Always nice to have plenty of fuel - laphamr 14:11:31 12/01/09 yup, Greg & Seb will set you up just right. (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 14:15:16 12/01/09 Re: yup, Greg & Seb will set you up just right. - laphamr 14:22:32 12/01/09 Good plan. The ECU does not control boost, but they - Guapo 14:30:02 12/01/09 Big 2nd (n/m) - HighPsi 14:34:00 12/01/09 Re: yup, Greg & Seb will set you up just right. - laphamr 14:29:32 12/01/09 Boost is not going to be ECU controlled. You will need to - MixManMash 15:20:48 12/01/09 You could always get Ash's new ECU ;-) (n/m) - Dream Z 15:22:12 12/01/09 he can order it and pay for it, I'm not so sure about the - ZEngineer 21:46:38 12/01/09 Let's not feed misinformation to a unknowing green N please (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 07:10:30 12/02/09 He could get one of our new ECUs - how is that - Ash's Z 10:13:20 12/02/09 at 18 pounds on pump my ignition system gets shut off - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 13:46:51 12/01/09 Why does nobody use the MegaSquirt on Zs? - dogpile 14:58:13 12/01/09 I've only heard of it in the S130 world... - ZLover4Life 15:51:38 12/01/09 The jist I get is, - ni[X]it 16:01:56 12/01/09 Sounds reasonable, but the new MS has built in boost control - dogpile 16:29:54 12/01/09 Never saw a good working application of it yet on a Z - jschrauwen 05:30:39 12/02/09
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