Thanks Jeff! I had turned off the lights in the garage to see the laser and I did not even realize the purple color That's from a color changing Lightning sign my Wife bought me for my Birthday!I like that purple hue. Is that the new cosmetics?
Looking good Raymond!
What makes the R5 better than the MS3, or Holley Terminator?
I have a similar opinion of the holley stuff. I've tuned a few of the "throttle body" style efi conversions and they leave much to be desired. never touched anything above the terminator X, Maybe the higher end stuff is better. Haltech has always grabbed my attention as well and I really like there dash layout as well.I've never used Holley, but from what I've seen just messing with the software there's a lot of ways it does stuff that I dislike, it's like they cater to the lowest common denominator. I also feel you par for every single upgrade/add on. That's a personal thing though and I am sure I'm wrong. **However** Holley is head and shoulders above other aftermarket EFI for coverage and aftermarket support. Meaning if you're not gonna geek out and do everything yourself then you'll have no problem finding a good tuner and/or a shop to install it.
Megasquirt is awesome and I really cannot/should not complain, but I am ready for less DIY and a more polished ecosystem.
So far there's nothing I dislike about Haltech other than the price. I've spoken with their tech support and it's first class, I've messed around with their NSP software and it is really, really nice. The R5 is an EFI and PDM together plus it can be a trans controller so tons of functionality, but it comes at a price.
I doubt I will really swap any time soon, just venting more than anything
The only real complaint i have with the Holley on my truck would be the stupid china harness. there harnesses are pieces of crap. but otherwise i have not had a issue and its really nice.I have a similar opinion of the holley stuff. I've tuned a few of the "throttle body" style efi conversions and they leave much to be desired. never touched anything above the terminator X, Maybe the higher end stuff is better. Haltech has always grabbed my attention as well and I really like there dash layout as well.
This sent me down a rabbit hole, thanks. Also sounds like the signal is similar enough to work under some circumstances. I didn’t read about the jumper but I imagine it allows for faster sampling or better signal resolution. Or maybe is protection from the sensor signal. Let us know what you find.OK, was able to get a good cam signal last night. Was too late to start the truck, but I will be doing that in a few hours hopefully. This is really weird, and I need to explain some Megasquirt info. The Megasquirt MS3 can have an expansion card added making it an MS3X which is what I have. That expansion card is where the cam signal goes and it can accept either a VR sensor signal or a hall sensor signal, **but** in order to use a hall sensor you must place a jumper on the expansion board. Mine did not have the jumper which triggers a big WTF as the truck has run with both a VR sensor (that's initially what I had until it ate the drive gear) and a hall sensor which is the MSD cam sensor I have presently. I am completely stumped as to why it worked when I swapped over to the MSD.
My only theory is that when you run a crank trigger wheel with missing teeth the computer only needs the cam signal at startup to determine engine position and then it is not needed. So maybe it was getting enough of a signal to start, dunno.
This sent me down a rabbit hole, thanks. Also sounds like the signal is similar enough to work under some circumstances. I didn’t read about the jumper but I imagine it allows for faster sampling or better signal resolution. Or maybe is protection from the sensor signal. Let us know what you find.
In future highly recommend 60/2 bosch crank triggers. Anything under 20 tooth count for a V8 is just going to be imprecise.