What do I need to Megasquirt my Engine ?

There are an eye watering number of ways you could Megasquirt your engine, the choice is wide. The routes we have chosen from the outset, is a well proven, robust, reliable and simple solution.

Once you start looking into things, which you may have already started, it can be bewildering.

Read the section 'Which Kit do I Choose'which takes what is a potentially seriously complex subject (or can be made so) and boils it down to help you understand

Many Megasquirt V8 customers are Land Rover V8 peeps (but not all), many frequent the excellent www.lr4x4.com, where there is wealth of help and support in its own
'Megasquirt' Forum, pretty much Rover V8 Based too !.

Some of the members on Lr4x4 came to us, knowing NOTHING about the system, yet now advise others on specialist areas like 'Supercharging' a Megasquirted V8, or LPG Timing Maps etc, well worth signing up to,
and its free, and it can be very useful too, and 100% unbiased.

We offer full Solutions, you might be worrying that there are a lot of Land Rover / 4x4 / Competition pictures on the website - we have many customers who have all sorts of cars - From Classics, to Hod Rods,
to TVRs, and often just upgraded cars - like Alans MGB running full Megasquirt and he loves it - that reminds me to get some photos off him and put them in here !

The bottom Line is that Megasquirt isn't really that different to anything else out there - OMEX, DTA, Emerald, you name the brand and I will tell you what it does - and that is - they all do the same - they
control an EFI system, via Mappable 'Spark' & 'Fuelling' & some bells and whistles if you want

So, why Megasquirt - What makes it any different or special ?

A really good question, and the simple 2 x answers are 1st - you can Have a 'Complete Kit' delivered in a Box to install yourself...
Second, Megasquirt is an 'Open Source' Product, that simply means you are not 'Dealer Tied' for whatever you want, you get free Diagnostic software & you can do everything for yourself without constantly being charged !

So, There are some things you are going to need - Here is a Simple Guide'

• A Rover V8 engine in decent condition (Megasquirt will not sort out mechancial issues !).
• Each of the V8 Rover Engine variants have their own 'Tabs' on the Main Menu.
• A V8 Trigger Wheel - Ours are Engine Specific - these sort out the 'timing'.
• Twin Coil Packs, we supply New VAG High Output Units - 40,000v output, cheap, & reliable.
• A complete replacement wiring loom - We have made this over the years pretty much Plug n Play & they come with their own Fuse and Relay Module.
• A Fully Built & Fully Programmed ECU to Suit your engine variant as close as we can get it.
• if you have a late engine MOT wise - then a Lambda 4 wire heated 'Narrow Band' Lambda Sensor.
• A MAT (Manifold Air Temperature Sensor) - Ours are calibrated for MS ECUs, not requiring software changes or reprogramming!.
• A CTS (Coolant Temperature Sensor) - any Rover V8 Standard Unit up to late 'THOR' Units which are weird and odd - but we do those too !.
• A VR Sensor (Variable Resistance Sensor) - We supply New units & maybe one of our neat VR Sensor Brackets to mount it !.
• Various 'Megasquirt-V8' Brackets, to hold the 2 x Ford G1 Coils, the VR Sensor, MAT Sensor, PWM and Lambda Sensor units.
• Possibly new Spark Plug Leads Kit, or keep your leads & change the ends which we can supply.
• The Megasquirt 'Shunt Kit'. Used if when you start your engine it refuses to turn 'off' on the key !
• Communication Cable. Enabling you to Program & Modify the ECU . All our Built ECUs come fully programmed with 'Back Up' software
• Beer... and some patience... and maybe some more Beer