classic scoob running on megasquirt
09 February 2009, 06:13 PM
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classic scoob running on megasquirt
anyone have a scoob on here running on megasquirt?
spotted these guys offering the conversion Subaru Impreza Plug'n'Play Engine Management
i would like to build a megasquirt as a fun project at some point would be interesting to hear some feedback on any scoobys running one
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duncan
spotted these guys offering the conversion Subaru Impreza Plug'n'Play Engine Management
i would like to build a megasquirt as a fun project at some point would be interesting to hear some feedback on any scoobys running one
cheers
duncan
09 February 2009, 06:38 PM
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Terrible value! I wouldnt enetertain it. Im a big MS enthusiast, but £650 for something that used to cost about £100 as a kit is taking the ****: especially when Andy Forrest or Simon Roe could supply and map an A'PEXi for a similar sort of price...
09 February 2009, 06:39 PM
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F*cking hell! Theyre charging more than ONE THOUSAND POUNDS ! Who in their right mind would waste £1,000 on a MegaSquirt when you can proabaly buy a SimTek for the same amount, mapped by a reputable Impreza specialist?
09 February 2009, 07:08 PM
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Prove to me that isn't good value.
Megasquirt has come on in the past few years, off the shelf assembled ECUs built on that technology are NOT £100, far from it. If you want a VEMs you're looking for £500 minimum, and if you had to pay someone to do a loom adaptor you would easily spend £650+vat.
If it actually works, and the maps are of good quality, then who is to say that the price isn't okay.
Megasquirt has come on in the past few years, off the shelf assembled ECUs built on that technology are NOT £100, far from it. If you want a VEMs you're looking for £500 minimum, and if you had to pay someone to do a loom adaptor you would easily spend £650+vat.
If it actually works, and the maps are of good quality, then who is to say that the price isn't okay.
09 February 2009, 07:21 PM
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From reading around the MS system was developed to read a 36-1 crank trigger which the scoob does not use.
but you could fit a new pulley with the correct amount of teeth and self build kits are around £230 for latest versions.
my point is this would quite likely not be the cheapest and hassle free way of doing a ecu upgrade but as a fun project to me is a far more interesting prospect than handing over ££ and getting back a newly mapped car with shiny ecu.
i have done lots of pcb work for a living so this really appeals to me its a shame about the crank trigger setup though otherwise it would be plug and play.
knowing the MS community i suspect as we speak someone is developing this further.
but you could fit a new pulley with the correct amount of teeth and self build kits are around £230 for latest versions.
my point is this would quite likely not be the cheapest and hassle free way of doing a ecu upgrade but as a fun project to me is a far more interesting prospect than handing over ££ and getting back a newly mapped car with shiny ecu.
i have done lots of pcb work for a living so this really appeals to me its a shame about the crank trigger setup though otherwise it would be plug and play.
knowing the MS community i suspect as we speak someone is developing this further.
09 February 2009, 08:37 PM
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Prove to me that isn't good value.
Megasquirt has come on in the past few years, off the shelf assembled ECUs built on that technology are NOT £100, far from it. If you want a VEMs you're looking for £500 minimum, and if you had to pay someone to do a loom adaptor you would easily spend £650+vat.
If it actually works, and the maps are of good quality, then who is to say that the price isn't okay.
Megasquirt has come on in the past few years, off the shelf assembled ECUs built on that technology are NOT £100, far from it. If you want a VEMs you're looking for £500 minimum, and if you had to pay someone to do a loom adaptor you would easily spend £650+vat.
If it actually works, and the maps are of good quality, then who is to say that the price isn't okay.
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