EFI Megasquirt vs. 034

[S Dewitt]

You have to remember that Javad makes money selling stuff, thus he is a
salesman. You should expect if you call a sales man you will get a sales
pitch. Javad has been very helpful with my questions even though I havn't
bought anything from him in quite awhile. His time (much like everyone
elses) is money.


Scott DeWitt
Advanced Automotion
817-939-6761
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody Forbes" <cody at 500tq.com>
To: "jesper moreau" <jesper5ktqm.audi at gmail.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: EFI Megasquirt vs. 034


> jesper moreau wrote:
> > I've seen a bit from several of you reguarding EFI'ing your cars. I am
> > quite interested in going EFI. I am also interested in keeping my car
> > somewhat reliable. I have visited 034 and megasquirts websites and see
> > there may be somewhat of a learning curv reguardless of the fact that
> > I'm rather mechanically inclined. I would love to chat to someone if
> > not several people reguarding going EFI and EFI as an application to
> > what mods I have already done!
>
>  I am an MS advocate. It's the greatest thing since the wheel. I run MS
with
> the dual table code (which was writen by a 5ktq owner, and member of the
> Quattro list!) on my '87 5ktq producing something in the area of
475-500hp.
>
> I know this isn't going to go over too well with a lot listers because
Javad
> is well respected arround here, but I am one to speak my mind so here goes
> (Jim don't hate me please, heh). When I was considering going EFI I asked
> arround just like you are, and one of the responces was from Javad, the
> owner of 034. He didn't want to give me information, he wanted to sell me
> things. That turned me off to Javad completely, and I have since tried to
> give him a few second chances. Every time I ask him a question the reply
> isn't "oh yeah that would work and you could do...", his reply is "well if
> you bought my special turbo...", which really pisses me off.
>
> The 034 system does work great for alot of people, Jim Green included. Jim
> has a 90q with an MC1 engine in it producing a ton of power (last I heard
> was close to ~475hp iirc). Jim I am sure will respond to your post, and
with
> great info. He has helped me through my project more then any other
person,
> and he always has a good understanding of what you are trying to
accomplish
> so listen to what he says very openly and you will be better for it.
>
> The only thing though about 034 working great for alot of people is that
> that number I think is somewhere near 50 cars, whereas MS is running on
> quite a few hundred cars these days. There are alot of worries about the
> reliability of MS, which by now should be stiffled. I have been running
the
> very same MS for over two years now (in two different cars), and I have
only
> had two problems, both were my fault. It's recomended to split the
injectors
> up between the two drivers if you are running low impedance injectors, and
I
> failed too heed the warning. I overloaded the driver circuit and cooked an
> FET, which in the end was a 5 minute fix. I now run high impedance
injectors
> with all 5 on one driver (for about a year now) with no issues. My second
> problem was I had left the cover off if the MS unit which is in my
glovebox,
> and without thinking I tossed a set of keys in the glovebox with it. I
took
> and turn and my engine shut off, which was when one key made its was onto
> the circuit board and shorted two components. After putting the keys in my
> pocket it started right back up with no side effects!
>
> My website http://www.5000tq.com should help you out a bit, though I
haven't
> updated it in a good while. If you have any questions/problems let me
know,
> I'd love to help with information instead of a sales pitch.
>
> -Cody Forbes
> http://www.5000tq.com
> '86 5ktq
> '87 5ktq - Fast.
>
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