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General Category => Engine Management => Topic started by: carkrazed on July 19, 2009, 12:18:00 PM

Title: ECU for 1.8 BP
Post by: carkrazed on July 19, 2009, 12:18:00 PM
K bitches, I'm almost done fabbin shit for my build and i'm on the fence about what to run for engine management. Spread your knowledgabilities.

Motor is a 1.8 mazda Bp
Car is an escort gt

Build thread is here - I'll be updating that shit as i've got alot more done than is shown.
http://www.realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/index.php?topic=255.0 (http://www.realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/index.php?topic=255.0)

Title: Re: ECU for 1.8 BP
Post by: Joseph Davis on July 19, 2009, 09:15:30 PM
Megasquirt on a Miata (derivative) is a no brainer.

I'd put a Honda distributor on it because I have all that shit laying around and the Megasquirt would cost me money.  Do you?

FYI until Microtech cares to support a battery compensation table it is a failure.
Title: Re: ECU for 1.8 BP
Post by: Joseph Davis on July 19, 2009, 09:42:10 PM
I like MS on every Miata I tune. 

I dislike it on ever distributor 6+ cylinder car I tune.  I understand there's a lot more flavors out there and some stuff with correct dwell control now, so most of what I bitched about has been addressed *if you get the right setup*.  Since I ASSume you're going to be running a cam position sensor and coilpack in wasted spark mode, you can disregard me and just pick up any Miata-approved MS setup.
Title: Re: ECU for 1.8 BP
Post by: Joseph Davis on July 19, 2009, 09:50:43 PM
You should be fine since it's a 4 cylinder.  The older MS1 with the spark add ons had some shitty canned pull down coil dwell tables that just caused some 6-8 cylinder vehicles to misfire after a certain RPM, or not catch when cranking but drive great if you rolled them off.  I don't think those problems will apply to you, there's a lot more time to charge the coil on a distributored four cylinder engine. 
Title: Re: ECU for 1.8 BP
Post by: Joseph Davis on July 19, 2009, 10:00:19 PM
I can.  How far away are you from WNC?