nightfire - 1996 MX-3 GS

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » June 14th, 2009, 2:59 pm

wytbishop wrote:MS is capable of running your car without the ECU. You don't have to trick the ECU if it is no longer in control of the engine. Then you just have to worry about interfacing with your console.

What about things like dash gauges (ie. speed, tach, etc)? I think we still need the ECU present, even if it's not controlling fuel and spark. And if it's not, will strange things happen?

wytbishop · Post by **wytbishop** » June 14th, 2009, 3:29 pm

MS also creates a tach signal. I"m not sure how it interprets the speedo sensor...but I'm sure that it does.

93vtecklr · Post by **93vtecklr** » June 14th, 2009, 6:14 pm

Hey wyt, have you ever wired or tuned with MS?

wytbishop · Post by **wytbishop** » June 14th, 2009, 7:30 pm

No I just read a lot.

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » June 15th, 2009, 1:39 pm

Well if I could completely eliminate the stock ECU that would be great. I can't wait to get started.

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » June 17th, 2009, 9:25 am

nightfire wrote:Well if I could completely eliminate the stock ECU that would be great. I can't wait to get started.

You can, but you will sacrifice cruise & A/C as far as I know.

Mad Cow · Post by **Mad Cow** » June 17th, 2009, 9:45 am

Nd4SpdSe wrote:
nightfire wrote:Well if I could completely eliminate the stock ECU that would be great. I can't wait to get started.
You can, but you will sacrifice cruise & A/C as far as I know.

There is a way to run AC without the stock ECU, I read something about it on these forums. And honestly, how much do you use cruise control? I almost never use it because there's always some sort of traffic making me constantly change speeds.

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » June 17th, 2009, 11:17 am

Mad Cow wrote:
Nd4SpdSe wrote:
nightfire wrote:Well if I could completely eliminate the stock ECU that would be great. I can't wait to get started.
You can, but you will sacrifice cruise & A/C as far as I know.
There is a way to run AC without the stock ECU, I read something about it on these forums. And honestly, how much do you use cruise control? I almost never use it because there's always some sort of traffic making me constantly change speeds.

Nooooo! I cannot live without cruise control. I drive down from Montreal to Waterloo (about 700km) every few months, and without cruise control I am a ticket magnet. I'm usually traveling at night (so no traffic) and there are cops everywhere. Especially because of the recession.

So I just lock it in at 115, relax, and listen to tunes.

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » April 12th, 2010, 3:23 pm

As some might have noticed in my FS thread, I was --><-- this close to scrapping my baby. The body was in bad shape and I no longer have a place to work on it.

With a little coaxing from wytbishop, dan, ukrman... and finding a super cool guy who was willing to do the work for something I could justify, I decided to keep it! It's being worked on at this very moment. Can't wait to see how it comes out! Pics to follow.

wytbishop · Post by **wytbishop** » April 12th, 2010, 4:28 pm

I’m really happy that you’re keeping the car Gord. There just aren’t enough guys out there that really love their cars and especially these cars. The thought of someday having to part with my MX-3 makes me sick to my stomach. I can’t even imagine it.

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » April 12th, 2010, 5:08 pm

wytbishop wrote:I’m really happy that you’re keeping the car Gord. There just aren’t enough guys out there that really love their cars and especially these cars. The thought of someday having to part with my MX-3 makes me sick to my stomach. I can’t even imagine it.

Thanks man.

I guess this means sooner or later I'll have to tackle that bushing install.

.. and megasquirt... and turbo...

Daninski · Post by **Daninski** » April 12th, 2010, 9:09 pm

Gord? He never told me his name, thought it might be something like Mike or Jason or Derrick and of course living in Quebec Serge, Michel, Claude or of course Andre. Gord? What the Hell kind of a French name is Gord.

You have to come to the meet, I never met anyone from Quebec named Gord. Cheers Brother

Dan or Daniel or just plan old 'foot in my mouth' Danny.

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » April 13th, 2010, 3:04 am

Daninski wrote:Gord? He never told me his name, thought it might be something like Mike or Jason or Derrick and of course living in Quebec Serge, Michel, Claude or of course Andre. Gord? What the Hell kind of a French name is Gord. You have to come to the meet, I never met anyone from Quebec named Gord. Cheers Brother Dan or Daniel or just plan old 'foot in my mouth' Danny.

lol... dude I'm from Keswick just north of Toronto.

I only live in Montreal.

Daninski · Post by **Daninski** » April 13th, 2010, 6:33 pm

Keswick? Well that explains it. Half the guys in Keswick are named Gord aren't they. Gord, Gordie, Gordon. Favorite past time in Keswick is ' Find the hibernating animal and wake it'.

That and being glad you don't live in Montreal.

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » April 16th, 2010, 2:12 am

Alexandre (dude who's been bringing new life to my baby) is doing an incredible job. Can't believe how fast this guy works.

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