What the heck is a MegaSquirt?
The MegaSquirt line of Engine Management Systems are Do It Yourself (DIY) systems capable of full standalone engine management a a fraction of the cost of the what the ‘big dogs’ charge. They were designed with education and performance in mind, so that the do it yourselfer could learn the in’s and out’s of engine management and tuning, while learning a good bit about electronics in the process. What you end up with is an incredibly performing EMS that you built yourself for ultimate bragging rights when you leave your buddies behind as a speck in your rearview mirror. And you did this for a quarter to a tenth of the cost of a retail standalone ECU. Building and installing a MegaSquirt EMS will require that you do some homework. Some of the questions and answers below will help to guide you on where to start this and how to go about it. You will learn alot in the process and if you so choose you will come out of it with the knowledge to properly tune your car for the current configurat
The MegaSquirt line of Engine Management Systems are Do It Yourself (DIY) systems capable of full standalone engine management a a fraction of the cost of the what the ‘big dogs’ charge. They were designed with education and performance in mind, so that the do it yourselfer could learn the in’s and out’s of engine management and tuning, while learning a good bit about electronics in the process if you choose to build the unit yourself. What you end up with is an incredibly performing EMS that you built yourself for ultimate bragging rights when you leave your buddies behind as a speck in your rearview mirror. And you did this for a quarter to a tenth of the cost of a ‘big name’ retail standalone ECU. Building and installing a MegaSquirt EMS will require that you do some homework. Some of the questions and answers below will help to guide you on where to start this and how to go about it. You will learn a lot in the process and if you so choose you will come out of it with the knowledge
