deadken
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- Long Island, NY
Like most folks here, I have more than one Volvo and I'm fine with that. I have 6 at the moment, but that is including 1 parts car that is almost ready to go for scrap and 1 donor car that is completely unmolested at the moment.
I'm trying to keep my focus on my 1992 944T at the moment. I've decided that I want to install the R-134a AC, larger fuel tank, squirter block, and heated mirrors from the donor car into my 944T this summer / fall. I do have a 531 head at the machine shop and I'll likely go with a larger turbo installed at the same time. So, with quite a bit of 'hardware changes' planned, I've decided to install a linuxman51 MicroSquirt plug and play as soon as weather and time permit. My thinking is that a plug and play will allow me to learn the 'software' end of things and make the aftermarket ECU swap rather simple. I'm thinking that after all of the hardware changes take place, I might outgrow the MicroSquirt and be ready to move onto a MS3 setup at which time I should have already learned the software aspect end of it.
So, can I ask what other parts MicroSquirt users have needed get their cars up and running?
So far I have the MicroSquirt controller with the modified ECU and EZK boxes as well as a air intake temperature sensor (all included in the plug and play kit). I'm thinking that I will need to get:
1) a relay that will be switched from the fuel pump relay and power the MicroSquirt
2) a wideband O2 sensor to really aid in tuning the maps. Any suggestions on what brand to get / avoid would be helpful. I'm thinking of trying to find the old Innovate setup I bought to install on my '72 1800ES just to have something to install (which would mean digging around through the 1800 section of parts bins. So, yeah, I'm ready to buy another if it'll be better)
3) a 3 bar map sensor and pigtail. I'm thinking GM since it would already be very well documented, but I don't know what year and model to buy.
4) a Yoshifab TPS adapter and a 850 TPS and pigtail. I'm doubting the LH 2.4 throttle switch uses the same plug as the 850 TPS. Though, I'm thinking/hoping that the wiring shouldn't need any changes (3 wires for: a common, an idle signal, and a WOT signal should work for Ground, 5volt reference, and TPS signal)
5) some wiring to run from the ECU to the airbox to get the intake air temperature reading (or should that be mounted after the intercooler?)
6) a good set of crimpers, quality shrink wrap, a bunch of different colored wiring (gauge undetermined as of yet) and some assorted crimps (I already own a soldering iron and gun).
7) more time and money than I have considered
Can anyone here tell me how far off the mark I am? I would like to amass as many, if not all, of the parts needed before I even start this project in hopes of completing the install in a day. Right now, I'm thinking that I'll be running speed density fuel injection to start. I'm assuming that I'll leave the Mass Air Flow sensor in place for now so that I can switch over to MAF fuel injection if I run into problems or don't like speed density.
Thanks in advance for any help, insight, thoughts, or even comedic breaks that pertain to what I'm looking for!
TLDR: What 'extra' items do I need to install a plug and play MicroSquirt?
I'm trying to keep my focus on my 1992 944T at the moment. I've decided that I want to install the R-134a AC, larger fuel tank, squirter block, and heated mirrors from the donor car into my 944T this summer / fall. I do have a 531 head at the machine shop and I'll likely go with a larger turbo installed at the same time. So, with quite a bit of 'hardware changes' planned, I've decided to install a linuxman51 MicroSquirt plug and play as soon as weather and time permit. My thinking is that a plug and play will allow me to learn the 'software' end of things and make the aftermarket ECU swap rather simple. I'm thinking that after all of the hardware changes take place, I might outgrow the MicroSquirt and be ready to move onto a MS3 setup at which time I should have already learned the software aspect end of it.
So, can I ask what other parts MicroSquirt users have needed get their cars up and running?
So far I have the MicroSquirt controller with the modified ECU and EZK boxes as well as a air intake temperature sensor (all included in the plug and play kit). I'm thinking that I will need to get:
1) a relay that will be switched from the fuel pump relay and power the MicroSquirt
2) a wideband O2 sensor to really aid in tuning the maps. Any suggestions on what brand to get / avoid would be helpful. I'm thinking of trying to find the old Innovate setup I bought to install on my '72 1800ES just to have something to install (which would mean digging around through the 1800 section of parts bins. So, yeah, I'm ready to buy another if it'll be better)
3) a 3 bar map sensor and pigtail. I'm thinking GM since it would already be very well documented, but I don't know what year and model to buy.
4) a Yoshifab TPS adapter and a 850 TPS and pigtail. I'm doubting the LH 2.4 throttle switch uses the same plug as the 850 TPS. Though, I'm thinking/hoping that the wiring shouldn't need any changes (3 wires for: a common, an idle signal, and a WOT signal should work for Ground, 5volt reference, and TPS signal)
5) some wiring to run from the ECU to the airbox to get the intake air temperature reading (or should that be mounted after the intercooler?)
6) a good set of crimpers, quality shrink wrap, a bunch of different colored wiring (gauge undetermined as of yet) and some assorted crimps (I already own a soldering iron and gun).
7) more time and money than I have considered
Can anyone here tell me how far off the mark I am? I would like to amass as many, if not all, of the parts needed before I even start this project in hopes of completing the install in a day. Right now, I'm thinking that I'll be running speed density fuel injection to start. I'm assuming that I'll leave the Mass Air Flow sensor in place for now so that I can switch over to MAF fuel injection if I run into problems or don't like speed density.
Thanks in advance for any help, insight, thoughts, or even comedic breaks that pertain to what I'm looking for!
TLDR: What 'extra' items do I need to install a plug and play MicroSquirt?