higgsy91

I'm buying a megasquirt 2 in a few weeks and i'm just curious if it's possible to have both water temperature and oil temperature available to view on the tunerstudio or megatune (whichever one is used) as i don't want to have an oil tempearture gauge sitting on the dashboard or on the a pillar.. trying to keep gauges to a minimum.

Thanks for any answers!

rhinopower

Yes depending on who is making you ecu

higgsy91

Will be picking one up from Phil Ringwood at ExtraEFI.co.uk

rhinopower

Yeah Phil can do it. I would be getting a boost monkeys Ecu tho.

higgsy91

I've heard good thing about these but they're primarily for a plug and play on OFAB systems. I'm going onto a Ford focus standard loom.
Would I need to ask for this as an additional extra, as I had a look at some pinouts for ms2 v3 and couldn't see any oil temp going in..

studabear

I would use boost monkeys they do a gen8 ecu which is megasquirt.

I had a very bad experience with extra efi.

Ecu was incorrectly wired and built, certain he charged me for boost control and it isn't in the ecu.

higgsy91

According to their website, that gen8 ecu is coming soon? Is it secretley available to buy?!

studabear

karlos had his hands on one the other day afaik.

higgsy91

I like the sound of that! Cheers, I'll give him a shout and see what the situation is

kingbx95

I have the gen8 build no 1 currently awaiting fitting!

It's a ms2 based ecu with pretty much every extra available and as such its able to do petty mucheverything youd be after.

.....but rob focuses heavily on build quality, and because of this the ecu appears to be extremely well made using excellent oem style connectors etc. so ms unreliability from poor build quality ( ms's only real drawback up until now) should not be an issue.

As an extra bonus he's a top guy to deal with extremely helpfull and very honest. After expressing interest in the gen8 back in August/September rob kept me informed all the away along and despite a few setbacks etc he couldn't have handled them in a more honest straight up way! Top man!

Sorry about the essay but just thought share my experiences with boost monkeys and robs excellent ecu to date so far.

Mk4 Rick

A focus ecu aye im glad I read this post.Just wondering if they would map a car or do they only sell the ecus

kingbx95

Yeh they do mapping and rolling road days
They also have others now who will.happily map there ecus too. As I know they are very busy themselves.

Karlos G

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They are not primarily OFAB plug and play mate, thats just one of the ECu's they produce.
As for the oil temp you'd just use one of the programmable analogue inputs.
He hasn't quite finished the retail documentation but yes they are available.

Indeed I do, I'll be doing a little write up with some pics as soon as the rest of the docs land in my inbox.

Mk4 Rick

Is it some thing that can be done in a day if I bought a ecu off them or would I need to leave the car with them

higgsy91

[QUOTE=Karlos G;6397315]They are not primarily OFAB plug and play mate, thats just one of the ECu's they produce.
As for the oil temp you'd just use one of the programmable analogue inputs.

He hasn't quite finished the retail documentation but yes they are available.



Great.. how much is a gen8? Would be looking to buy one early next month.

Rob

Karlos G

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I think the retail is £480 but I know Rob has made a few changes recently and I believe the price is one of them so you'll need to check with him to be sure.

higgsy91

Does this kit come with an open ended loom?

Karlos G

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Yes, you fit the plugs you need based on what sensors, inputs and outputs you need.

higgsy91

Good good, I'd be going onto the existing loom anyway. Does this come with the comms cable and tuning software?

Karlos G

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It does mate yes.