I got this Laptop...

advantiracing · Post by **advantiracing** » August 9th, 2005, 3:44 pm

I got this Laptop. It's runs windows 95 and its pretty old. A Tobisha Sattalite or somethin. The question is: can i buy a diagnostic or standalone engine managment system or anything ! for a compter like this, that could usefull to my 1.8K?

Post by **Custommx3** » August 9th, 2005, 4:13 pm

You can use a haltek or megasquirt or similar and monitor /modify it with the laptop. Thats what Im doing w/ my car PC.

advantiracing · Post by **advantiracing** » August 14th, 2005, 10:10 pm

hey thanks!

how hard is it to set sometuing like that up? Is it plug and play?

and what exactly do u tune? is it the timing?

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » August 14th, 2005, 10:59 pm

I think the older version of Megasquirt requires a minimum of Windows95.

ScooterBovine · Post by **ScooterBovine** » August 15th, 2005, 2:48 am

Does it warn me of "danger to manifold" before my passengerside floorboard flies off?

Grants · Post by **Grants** » August 15th, 2005, 3:42 am

ScooterBovine wrote:Does it warn me of "danger to manifold" before my passengerside floorboard flies off?

No - it only monitors the drivers side unless you get Windows Service Pack 762947538 Release XXIV.

I should also add the wiring should be installed here:

ScooterBovine · Post by **ScooterBovine** » August 15th, 2005, 5:13 am

I know I am looking under the hood, but I am not understanding what I am supposed to be seeing here...

ScooterBovine · Post by **ScooterBovine** » August 15th, 2005, 5:15 am

Wait a minute, that's in the hatch. Isn't that the jack crank thingy?

projectmx · Post by **projectmx** » August 15th, 2005, 2:19 pm

ScooterBovine wrote:Wait a minute, that's in the hatch. Isn't that the jack crank thingy?

no man that is a very sensitive valve if you touch it the grease from your fingers will destroy it and it is extremely sensitive to replace there was a whole thread about this

oh and advanta if you can find a stand alone that will work with 95 then great a small laptop is a great way to go cause you can use it to constantly monitor and even save data from the engine when tuning and just driving so you'll know what is going on with the engine

ScooterBovine · Post by **ScooterBovine** » August 16th, 2005, 3:29 pm

I was talking about the rod with the hook in the end, next to the washer fluid resevoir.

manowar821 · Post by **manowar821** » August 18th, 2005, 4:18 am

mazda78 wrote:
ScooterBovine wrote:Wait a minute, that's in the hatch. Isn't that the jack crank thingy?
no man that is a very sensitive valve if you touch it the grease from your fingers will destroy it and it is extremely sensitive to replace there was a whole thread about this

oh and advanta if you can find a stand alone that will work with 95 then great a small laptop is a great way to go cause you can use it to constantly monitor and even save data from the engine when tuning and just driving so you'll know what is going on with the engine

you're a jerk

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » August 23rd, 2005, 1:07 am

hehe i remeber that

I was acctauly scared at first..

tatsu · Post by **tatsu** » August 24th, 2005, 5:58 pm

The tuning software for the MAP-ECU will run on Windows 95.

It is a fully-programmable, "intercept" style fuel management system. You first run it in learning mode to learn the outputs of the stock VAF (Vane Air Flow) sensor vs. the readings from the MAP-ECU's internal MAP (Manifold Absolute Pressure) sensor. Once this initial mapping is done, you can remove the restrictive VAF entirely, and run off of the MAP sensor only. The MAP-ECU sends the appropriate signal to the factory ECU to tell it how much fuel to dispense.

Note that the MAP-ECU ONLY works on fuel delivery, nothing else. It does have some additional outputs that can control nitrous systems, among other things, but it really is a fuel-only system. The benefit is that it is relatively inexpensive ($650 US) and very easy to set up vs. a full standalone engine-management system.