Project Lex

[Halon]

Just got finished talking to Jordan (the MS guy) over AIM and decided on a setup. I'll be ordering up all the parts myself. Once it all arrives and I'm ready to install, Jordan will then be helping me with instructions to wire this up to the car as he's done quite a few MS setups on SC300's, and is currently running MS3 on his SC300. It's hard to explain, but this will be used in parallel (tandem) with the stock ECU. Don't confuse that with being a piggyback however. What Jordan's method does is leaves the small basic things for the stock ECU to retain control of. Things such as A/C and other accessory functions, even some of the idle stuff will still be ECU controlled I believe. However all the engine vital controls such as fuel control, ignition timing, things such as no lift to shift and what not, that will all be fully controlled by the Megasquirt with no stock ECU interference. I honestly like this idea as it lets the stock ECU still maintain control of the basic stuff that its good at controlling, and leaves the Megasquirt in full control over everything else.

Here's a rundown of the parts I'll be looking at getting:

MS3 ECU w/ MS3X expansion fully assembled: $640 (could be had cheaper if you want to do the assembly yourself)
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/megasquirtiii-ems-system-with-ms3x-expansion-v357-assembled-p-435.html

4-bar MAP sensor upgrade: $65
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/mapdaddy-bar-map-sensor-with-barometric-correction-p-117.html

Megasquirt Wiring Pigtail $48
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/18-megasquirt-pigtail-harness-p-114.html

MS3x Expansion Board Wiring Pigtail: $55
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/18-megasquirt-pigtail-ms3x-harness-p-454.html
Then I'll be running the free tuning software application called Tuner Studio Lite. If I later decide to, I may upgrade to the registered version for $35 to unlock some of the advanced features like their "auto tune" feature and what not. Here's a little peak at what the software is like:
http://www.efianalytics.com/TunerStudio/
http://www.efianalytics.com/TunerStudio/images/LEDsm.png
http://www.efianalytics.com/TunerStudio/images/VeAnalyzeSm.png
http://www.efianalytics.com/TunerStudio/images/tuningAids.png

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

Sweet, once you get that megasquirt set up, lemme know. =) That's a helluva lot cheaper than an AEM.

[DoughtCom]

That's pretty badass B-Dog, would like to eventually run a megasquirt to replace my stupid Suby ECU.

[Halon]

Just ordered the Megasquirt from DIYAT. :) Almost decided to get the parts and build it myself to save $200, but just decided to spend the extra to have it assembled and tested by them to alleviate any chance of me screwing something up during assembly.

Also realised they sell 18" pigtails for a little cheaper than the 12' harnesses I originally linked. So that saved me about $40 also. Links have been updated in the prior post :D

After shipping and everything, right around $800 total. Could have done MS2 for about $350 less, but Jordan talked me into MS3 as it's supposed to be the shiggity big down! $800 for something equivalent to other $2000+ systems go for.

[scheides]

Swap in a 4G63?

[turbotalon1g]

^STFU noob! lol

[Halon]

Swap in a 4G63?

:)

[Halon]

Exhaust housing has been dropped off at Primo to get some high temp black coating done :) Thanks guys!

[Halon]

IC Piping and all the couplers showed up :)

Also, I fu(king give up on the metric M10 x 1.0 Tee's. Nobody sells them, and I'm not going to tromp through a foot of snow at the junkyard looking for these on some other cars. So I ordered two of these from Vatozone. So I will be using 3/16" brake line, and on the Tee end it will be standard 3/8-24 fittings, but on the other ends it will be the M10x1.0 fittings that go into the OEM components.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Dorman-AutoGrade-3-16-in-inverted-flare-brake-T-line/_/N-269v?counter=27&filterByKeyWord=brake+3%2F16&fromString=search&itemIdentifier=129552_0_0_&_requestid=1366137

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11092&stc=1&d=1291682129

[goodhart]

Chynaaaaa!!!!!!! lol