apexi safc2 vs greddy e-manage vs megasquirt

[oldschoolricer]

so which would be better, user friendly and best bang for you buck for the bpt?

[therieldeal]

megasquirt

the install is a bit more involved, and the learning curve steeper... but the software is very user friendly once you learn it. and it is DEFINATELY the best bang for the buck imo.

[oldschoolricer]

what if i dont have a laptop to tune it my self or now how and i would have to take it to a dyno tune? im looking at 280-300 hp at the most

[therieldeal]

i bought my tuning laptop for $20

if you're going for that much power you should have it dyno tuned regardless of the system you choose to run

[oldschoolricer]

wow $20 for a tuning laptop thats good. yea i think im going to go with the megasquirt there a guy on here selling them already tuned and plug and play right? i guess it best to go that route

[Turpro]

wow $20 for a tuning laptop thats good. yea i think im going to go with the megasquirt there a guy on here selling them already tuned and plug and play right? i guess it best to go that route

Yea, Jacob russell builds them. I think he quoted me 750-800 for a plug and play setup. He'd be the 1 to ask though. I'd go ms over anything else. Safc is ok but doent have anywhere near the tuning capabilities as a standalone ms or e-manage.

[vabreaker20011]

i just ordered mine from him it cost me 700.00

[matt_fulghum]

damn... you could get a soldering iron for like 20 bucks and just build the whole thing for around 280 you know

[vabreaker20011]

Yea but you dont get the wiring harness mod to your stock one, the LC-1 Wideband, intake air temp sen. with weldable bung, Upgraded Map to run over 25 psi. plus preprogramed!!!!!!

[Lex]

Depends how much time you want to spend learning it yourself. I like to do it myself so that when things go wrong you know exactly where to look.

[oldschoolricer]

i just ordered mine from him it cost me 700.00

wow thats kinda alot for me i dont think its worth 700 for tuning on something that might not ever see 280hp that seems like a lot not that im nocking on the price or the seller i think its great whats he doing but for me its to much i think ill just go with safc2 or neo and wideband or better yet a greddy e-manage and wideband

[vabreaker20011]

but you got to think that is for a whole standalone ecu.

[Lex]

wow thats kinda alot for me i dont think its worth 700 for tuning on something that might not ever see 280hp that seems like a lot not that im nocking on the price or the seller i think its great whats he doing but for me its to much i think ill just go with safc2 or neo and wideband or better yet a greddy e-manage and wideband

This is why I said you are not ready for "high boost." In order to have a 1.8l BP making 280hp reliably you will have to pay a price that is probably more than $700.

To each his own but the SAFC is ONLY useful if you run a GTX ECU and bigger injectors (something like 460cc) and want to up the boost a little. Not worth it on a VJ20 turbo.

[vabreaker20011]

This is why I said you are not ready for "high boost." In order to have a 1.8l BP making 280hp reliably you will have to pay a price that is probably more than $700.

To each his own but the SAFC is ONLY useful if you run a GTX ECU and bigger injectors (something like 460cc) and want to up the boost a little. Not worth it on a VJ20 turbo.

---Yea What He Said---

[matt_fulghum]

The Spectre Performance '92 Ferrari F40 runs on a Megasquirt. It does Bonneville runs. I'm not kidding. It hit 226 mph. (Hell it's even mentioned on the wikipedia article for the F40)