is this a good start to my megasquirt adventure?

[m4ff3w]

all from diyautotune.com except the gm air temp)

megasquirtII kit with black case and pcb 3.0 (pn:ms230-k_l)
megasquirt stimulator v2.2 (pn:msstim22-k)
a 10" adapter not hooked to anything (never used)
gm intake air temp sensor (never installed)
megasquirt tuning cable (db9 straight through: pn:tunecable6)
the megasquirt hotwheels sticker (red pn:d-mw-rou)

i also have a power source for the stimulator as they don't come with one when you buy them


Is MSII with pcb 3.0 a good setup for squirt and spark? I'd like to eventually run COP and EBC. I already have a WBO2 setup (Zeitronix)

The above will cost $250 (actually I'm going to trade an older P4 laptop for it)

[MrBill]

yes
I am about to order the EBC stuff for MS/2 extra, I am excited ++++++

[Boris740]

Any day is good day to venture into MS world.

[m4ff3w]

Do I need anything else for Spark?

[Lord Tentacle]

the VB921's suck....

a pair of 960 power stages with associated wiring would be the most reliable option

MS2 is interesting, it has FAR less pins to work with when doing extra stuff though
I would honestly go with MS1 on a V2.2 board with the *error daughter card

gives you everything including running COP on the 4 banger

now if you do wasted spark (not a dam reason not to) then your not so bad off with the extra programable LED port...

still i like MS1 more for balls to the wall stuff

MS2 is just nicer only because of the bigger tables and every tooth wheel decoder

[m4ff3w]

i already have the setup, so no going back for me.

Just needing to find out if there is anything i need to pick up while @ PnP tomorrow.

[Lord Tentacle]

960 powerstages from the intake squid with wiring

[m4ff3w]

No 960s down there :(

[Lord Tentacle]

if your willing to run wasted spark
you can just use 2 lh2.4 powerstages

you will need to get the dwell settings in MS just right though

[m4ff3w]

ok, so i'm getting ready to make the leap, but i'm already confused.

I got my MS from a guy who built it for his 6cyl e30. I'm not sure exactly how it is setup, but it is definitely different than the setups I've seen here such as with 4 x VB921

Along the top of the board on the heat sink, in the 10 spots it has (from left to right):
LM2937ET TIP125 TIP42C FQPF/30N06 OR053/D2912E TIP125 FQPF/30N06 OR053/D2912E VB921

I've sent him an email asking how it is configured, but just incase I don't get a reply, can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Lord Tentacle]

looks like he has it setup for plain jane distro output...
(1 spark out)

can you take a pic of the inside of the case just to be sure?

[m4ff3w]

My camera is broken, so no piccy.

It is setup for regular old distributor output.

What is the best way to go forward? Should I just use the single VB921 and be ok?

[m4ff3w]

I hope to get my PnP harness built this week and get MS running this weekend.