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How to MegaSquirt Your BMW E30 325i and Other M20/M30 Applications
MegaSquirt installation on BMW M20 and M30 engines, using the factory crank trigger MSPNP ALERT! Check out our out of the box plug & play solution for 87-92 BMW E30 325i, ready to plug into your factory harness! Typical installation takes around an hour. It’s ready to run this engine out of the box, with no…
Read MoreFord EDIS Megasquirt Conversion 289 302 351
January 2010 Justin Finney provided us with a writeup on use of a DIYAutoTune MegaSquirt EMS systems, trigger wheels and installation of a Ford EDIS ignition system on a 1966 Bronco. Ford EDIS Megasquirt Conversion 289 302 351 Why Do this Conversion Bigger spark (no spark lost from the rotor to cap) Precise timing (timing…
Read MoreUsing DIYAutoTune.com’s Nissan Optical Trigger Discs
Converting your Nissan distributor to a more MegaSquirt friendly design Many Nissans used a distributor or CAS with a set of four or six inner slits and 360 outer slits. Current MS3 firmware supports the SR20DET, RB series, and VG30DE/DETT trigger wheels, but MS1 and MS2 are only able to use this type of trigger…
Read MoreHow to MegaSquirt Your Mazda FC RX-7
If you haven’t already, please read the ‘disclaimer’ at the top of the parent page here. The mods for using MS2 and MS3 on an RX-7 are a bit more complicated than many, but we’ve been working with Ken Culver to put together a daughterboard that makes this installation a paint by numbers exercise. It…
Read MoreModifying a GM DIS ignition module for direct coil control
December 2009 Jeff Linfert from Atlantic Auto Works/Boles Motorsports in Melbourne, FL submitted a writeup on how to modify GM DIS coils packs to stop using the internal ignitors allowing you to fire the coils directly from your MegaSquirt ECU (via BIP373’s or possibly an external ignitor). He’s chosen to go this route because these…
Read MoreThe EFI Tuners Guide – Glossary of Terms
Updated August 2022 by Jerry Hoffmann EFI Tuners Guide – Glossary of Terms This is a living document that I’ll be updating as I continue to write future chapters of this EFI Tuning Guide. This Glossary aims to define and to help you understand all of the various terms and TLA’s (Three Letter Acronyms… lol)…
Read MoreDIYPNP V1.5
The DIYPNP board lets you build your own plug and play engine management systems. The core of the DIYPNP kit is a MicroSquirt module that plugs into an expansion ‘mainboard’ with on board circuits for many features, including direct coil control, boost control, knock control, and several general purpose inputs and outputs. You assemble this…
Read MoreUsing the DIYAutoTune.com QuadSpark Ignition Module With MegaSquirt
The QuadSpark can work with any MegaSquirt variants. Using it with the MSPNP lineup, MS3Pro ECUs, or DIYPNP are covered in their own product documentation. For the traditional MegaSquirt line, we recommend the V3.0 or V3.57 board for ignition control. The QuadSpark was designed to work with the MS3X’s logic level injector outputs. QuadSpark Wire Colors…
Read MoreUsing the DIYAutoTune.com QuadSpark Ignition Module
QuadSpark Four Channel Ignition Module using BIP373’s for up to 4cyl coil per plug, or up to 8cyl wasted spark applications. After looking at off the shelf distributorless ignition modules, we couldn’t find a good, affordable option. So, with some help from the MS3 development team, we’ve cooked up our own: The QuadSpark. This one…
Read MoreHow to MegaSquirt Your Water Cooled VW
If you haven’t already, please read the ‘disclaimer’ at the top of the parent page here. Applications: VW used quite a number of ignition systems on their water cooled engines. This article covers the Hall effect distributor with four teeth, used on most of the ’80s era inline 8V and 16V motors. Later VWs used…
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