This may be a stupid question, but i heard with megasquirt installed, with throw off engine codes and it wont pass the obd 2 inspections...and the safc doesnt... is this true?

 

MS shouldnt light cel's since there is no ecu to make them light up. safcii is useless on a turbo neon. all it will do is adjust idle because of the map sensor. you could "hack" it into the down stream o2 sensor, but then the o2 will throw a code because the safcii adjusts voltage and throws everything all to hell. MS replaces the ecu so it has no reason to light the dummy light or anything.

 

if u dont hook megasquirt up wiith the pcm then u have to find a nother way to run everything that it runs but u can hook it up with it im not sure about it throwing codes though im plaining on getting megasquirt once i get my motor done

 

kool, well im not gonna mess with it...ill go with the MS but ill take it to a shop to do it, cause when it comes to that, i dont know what the hell im doing lol but check this out.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MEGAS...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MEGAS...spagenameZWDVW



which one is better?

 

ms 1 is proven, ms2 is still, well think of it as beta form. alot of people are running the 1 and it is doing quite well. everyone knows it ect, 2 like i said is still in the beta if you can call it that. both are from the same company on ebay, and he is the manufacturer. this is not a piggy back unit, it replaces your ecu. it doesnt use the sensors on the motor, infact, i know it does not use the cam position sensor or the o2 sensors. being yours is a 96, i would choose the ms1.

 

so is it alot of work to install MS or is it plug n play? mine will be here next friday.

 

It's not plug and play.~I see alot of splicing in your future~

 

o i wasnt messing with it....i was just tryin to get a ballpark price on how much i think ill be paying for it to be installed

 

im puttin one in too replace my afc, im allittle new to them so i might get a tuner shop to do it, if i do ill let you know the price

 

yea a shop down here in NC told me $300-350 to install and tune it...good or bad price?

cause i really dont want to mess with that electrical stuff and risk jackin my car up.