megasquirt woes !

[Big Vern]

It really depends on what you want. If like me you were looking for an DIY tuneable engine management system that you can just plug in, get running and go drive the car, then Megasquirt is not the way to go. People see how cheap it appears to be and think they're getting an omex or emerald and its only cheap 'cos you have to build it. In fact its not as cheap to build as through solder components are now quite expensive relatively speaking.
Megasquirt is cheap because its 'prototype', 'educational', lacks the refinement of othe systems especially with regard to robustness and lacks the proving out that normally associates 'production' type systems.
Not only do you have to 'learn how to configure and build the megasquirt but you have to learn how to use it as well and how to 'map' your engine at t end of it.
In other words if the end result is to wind up with an engine management you can fit to a car and map then its an interesting learning experience, if you just want something to plug in and start mapping straight away then get something else, megasquirt I not for you.