New guy, new build

[chriswillrise]

Order has been placed. I will have a ms2 3.0 kit coming in a few days

[chriswillrise]

Don't forget to get it with the MS3 box for later...
Not in addition to, instead of the std box.

MS1 works but few folks here run it anymore.
It hasn't been updated in ages, as they used up all available memory space.
I have only played with it on the bench to test mainboards.

didnt see this before i made the order, ill send them an email and see if i can get the ms3 box

[Piledriver]

The same reason I said before, I like working and changing my cars up more than just driving them. If I leave the car alone ill get bored and sell it. This is the longest Ive owned the same bug out of 6 total. And Ive only had it a year and a half haha

And I have overtime money burning a hole in my pocket
And i am really interested in the EFI/tuning aspect of it and would like to learn

A megasquirt setup is awesome for ADHD Plenty to fiddle with.
You might was well start looking fro good deals on fuel pumps etc...

Don't forget to get a wideband O2 if you lack one now.
Makes jettting properly doable.
If you have injection, set up right the registered version of tuner studio can tune fuel all by itself most places.
14point7.com has units that are very reliable, and start at $35. (really)

You don't have to register or really need to for ignition only, unless you want a fancy dashboard to autoload.
You can still create dashes and manually load.

[chriswillrise]

I do already have an innovative o2 set up I run currently

And they said that it's already shipped and they didn't see the email about the ms3 box. But he said I can trade it in for a credit and get the ms3 box

[petew]

That's great. Do that!

[chriswillrise]

megasquirt will be here saturday :] time to get all my soldering stuff into my office

[chriswillrise]

is there any special modification you need to do when building the microsquirt for a bug or just follow the guide

[petew]

Follow the instructions. It's got everything you need to get it going.

[chriswillrise]

Follow the instructions. It's got everything you need to get it going.

sweet thanks, ive got all the resistors and diodes in so far

[Chip Birks]

Which manual are you following?

[chriswillrise]

Which manual are you following?

the hardware manual for ms2 v3 off msextra.com

this one here

[petew]

Yeah, that's the one you want. The megamanual is a bit out of date these days.

[Piledriver]

Yeah, that's the one you want. The megamanual will cause brain damage.

There, fixed that for you.

The Megamanual documents the hardware used entirely differently by completely non-related firmware.
Using it with MSExtra is like trying to use a London subway map to get around Detroit.
It will end badly.

[madmike]

[chriswillrise]

ok so i should probably post this is the mega squirt section but to keep it simple ill ask in my thread first. Im not sure if i put in Q16 or not on my board, the directions are confusing and tell my to look at a different step before installing and that step directs me to the ignition section of the manual. Q16 is a high current coil driver.