The MegaSquirt Project has experienced explosive growth other the years, with hundreds of new MS installations occurring every week - a phenomenal success! MegaSquirt has been successfully used in all aspects of Internal Combustion engine applications including R&D, Industry, Race, and Research. The MS project has transformed itself from a simple R&D project into a full-featured mature engine control system. To reflect this the support structure has also changed to meet the needs of MegaSquirt Users.
Moving forward, the R&D forums for MegaSquirt project are in a read-only mode - no new forum posts are accepted.
However the forums will remain available for view, they still contain a wealth of information on how MegaSquirt works, how it is installed and used. Feel free to search the forums for information, facts, and overview.While the R&D forum traffic has slowed in recent years, this is not at all a reflection of Megasquirt users, which continue to grow year after year. What has changed is that the method of MegaSquirt support today has rapidly moved to Facebook, this is where the vast majority of interaction is happening now. For those not on Facebook the msextra forums is another place for product support. Finally, for product selection assistance, all of the MegaSquirt vendors are there to help you select a system, along with all of the required pieces to make it complete.
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I have done hours and hours of reading and I think I have my plan mostly figured out, but I thought I would run it by the experts. I am using a Yamaha TTR 225 bottom end, which I currently only have the stator and pulse generator for (as far as electrical goes). I just can't seem to figure out ignition/injector timing. It sounds like I can run the spark off of the pulse generator (which would cause the spark plug to fire twice per cycle correct? This is referred to as wasted spark?) but the injectors need a crank position sensor as well as a cam position sensor (or just a cam sensor?) to fire only on the intake stroke and to fire at the proper time? Hopefully that question makes sense.
Here is my shopping list so far:
-Mircrosquirt with 30 inch harness
-Innovate MTX-L 3895
-Throttle body from 250cc Japanese bike (haven't settled on a brand, but it seems like any of them should provide the throttle position and MAP)
-Delphi T-11 fuel pump
I know I still need a pressure regulator, air intake temp sensor and engine temp sensor (air cooled) so if there are any suggestions on particulars of those I would appreciate it.
Thanks so much for the help, I don't know why this aspect is so difficult for me.
Ok, so I think I may have got it figured out. I can run the ignition timing off of the pulse generator, and then install a trigger wheel on my camshaft to control the injection timing. Is this correct?
Unfortunately, now that I get looking at it, it seems to have one magnet about an inch and a half long-- so I'm assuming one pulse per revolution. Is there a chance I can simply fit two sensors to trigger off of the same wheel on the camshaft and just use one to trigger the spark and the other to time injecting?
My hope was to use Microsquirt to control both fuel and spark. Right now all I have is the stator and the pulse generator (which I am led to believe can provide a tach input for Microsquirt). My questions are as follows:
1.Can fuel be accurately controlled with only a camshaft trigger wheel?
2.Can spark be accurately controlled with only a camshaft trigger wheel?
3. If both of the above are a yes, than is it possible to simply fit two sensors to a single cam trigger wheel?