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My current setup is a 302 with GT-40 Iron heads, GT-40 tubular intake, E cam, roller rockers, very basic runs great now with the 93 Tbird ECU (P3M) and harness no tuning support for this that I am aware of. The options that seem workable costing very little is either Microsquirt or a newer EEC-V ECU/Quarterhorse with Explorer harness. My goal is the add a turbo in the future and I would not mind getting rid of the distributor and using EDIS, I already own that stuff. Many years ago I built a Megasquirt I and got it running although very poorly then damaged the ECU, can't remember how. I really like the idea of the Microsquirt and can used the bulk of the harness I built for MS years ago, but I don't want to spend weeks trying get it to run. Thoughts and opinions?
 

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Ms has come very far in the last 5years or so. I myself have a ms3pro powered 39e with cnp ect. I am familiar with edis and used to on a custom m112 blower setup with a microsquirt.
For the money you cannot beat the micro. Look around on facebook, deals pop up all the time.
There are easily a dozen or more guys on this site with ms powered projects.
 
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So your opinion is that the Micro is still an upgrade from a tunable EEC-V? I was very frustrated with it the first time but that was close to 15 years ago.
 

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So your opinion is that the Micro is still an upgrade from a tunable EEC-V? I was very frustrated with it the first time but that was close to 15 years ago.
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The engine in my avatar is running on a microsquirt.
I use a microsquirt for my transmission controller.
 
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The engine in my avatar is running on a microsquirt.
I use a microsquirt for my transmission controller.
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Did you have previous tuning experience before you worked with MS?
 

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Did you have previous tuning experience before you worked with MS?
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Not at all, I have done control work in my main occupation but nothing with automotive software. Now I tune cars all over from my living room
 
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