16v ECU/hardware swap or Megasquirt?

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

So, what'cha gonna do Mark????


From: "Mark F." <mk1mark@gmail.com>
To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:41 AM
Subject: 16v ECU/hardware swap or Megasquirt?


> Hey list,
> 
> I'm going to be swapping over most of Michael Abatzis' old 16v I
> hauled up here from New Orleans recently into my 82 (cirrus grey, w/
> snowflakes Neptuno!).  The donor car has a nice 1.8L 16v punched out
> to 2L, w/ TT race header, and a bunch of other goodies.  I've never
> owned a 16v in my 17 years of Scirocco ownership (!?), so I don't
> really have an opinion of the stock 16v setup.
> 
> My options are to use most of the stock 82 setup, swap over the
> complete 16v setup (w/ enrichment module), or Megasquirt (w/ coil pack
> ignition)...  I have not looked into how difficult the 16v fuel/spark
> swap would be, so if anyone has some insight into what to expect there
> that will help me as well.  As for Megasquirt, I've followed the
> development of it since quite early on and I know what to expect in
> terms of the hardware required and how to implement it.
> 
> I'm leaning towards Megasquirt, especially since my MS project got
> scrapped last year, but as this car is (and will be) my daily driver
> I'm not overly concerned with wringing every last hp out of it.
> Anyone care to talk me out of it?  :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark.
> 75
> 82
> 82 Caddy
> 91 Jetta Coupe
> 
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