Help deciding on management for m45 1994 1.8
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Help deciding on management for m45 1994 1.8
Okay, new to the fuel control world, never had a boosted gas vehicle before.
Specs will be as follows.
1994 1.8 stock motor with cold side m45 8-10 psi
Header, 330cc injectors.
Everything else is still undecided. I would like some ideas on what to run ecu, piggyback, etc. that will still get me through a CA smog check, all accessories functional, and basically plug in ready (not a wiring genius) Pretty tempted to just run a powercard but I hear a lot of negative about them. Any other thoughts, pros and cons of different systems????
Specs will be as follows.
1994 1.8 stock motor with cold side m45 8-10 psi
Header, 330cc injectors.
Everything else is still undecided. I would like some ideas on what to run ecu, piggyback, etc. that will still get me through a CA smog check, all accessories functional, and basically plug in ready (not a wiring genius) Pretty tempted to just run a powercard but I hear a lot of negative about them. Any other thoughts, pros and cons of different systems????
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Old info.
You can run the A/C no problem. The CEL is disabled since the ECU won't send to it, you could potentially light it up on a timer with a simple relay switch, but it lights up like normal on start IIRC so it's no matter if it never shows a code.
You can run the A/C no problem. The CEL is disabled since the ECU won't send to it, you could potentially light it up on a timer with a simple relay switch, but it lights up like normal on start IIRC so it's no matter if it never shows a code.
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Aircon is easy, and has been covered in some depth here: https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t20954/ Additionally, if you buy a Megasquirt PnP it natively supports A/C, and it would be easily integrated into a DIYPnP (which is preferable from an emissions standpoint, owing to the greater injector resolution)
The check engine light is not natively supported, however it would be relatively easy to fake. I honestly can't recall what its exact behavior is, I believe it's something to the effect of "Always on when engine not running, then on for 2 seconds after engine start" or something to that effect. Simulating this behavior would require a small amount of hackery- I'd start by wiring a relay driver output of the ECU to turn on whenever RPM > 500, and then use that output to drive a delay circuit which in turn drives the light. You could use circuit #2 in this illustration, but with the N.C. rather than N.O. contact on the relay closing the CEL circuit: http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/LM555PowerDelay.GIF
The check engine light is not natively supported, however it would be relatively easy to fake. I honestly can't recall what its exact behavior is, I believe it's something to the effect of "Always on when engine not running, then on for 2 seconds after engine start" or something to that effect. Simulating this behavior would require a small amount of hackery- I'd start by wiring a relay driver output of the ECU to turn on whenever RPM > 500, and then use that output to drive a delay circuit which in turn drives the light. You could use circuit #2 in this illustration, but with the N.C. rather than N.O. contact on the relay closing the CEL circuit: http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/LM555PowerDelay.GIF
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