MicroSquirt.com read only forum (Jan.15,2018)

Hello all, i'm currently in the research and plan stages regarding the engine management of my latest project and i am trying to get an idea for everything. I'm HIGHLY considering the MS2 to control my motor, however i haven't been able to find any answers regarding a couple of things.

First, the motor is going to be a nissan rb25det straight 6. the chassis is a 89 nissan 240sx coupe. basically my first question is if i were to use the ford edis system, would the ms2 be able to send a modified tach signal to the stock 240sx cluster since the engine is a 6 cyl and the cluster is made for a 4 cyl?

Also, i know that the ms2 is open source and highly customizable, is there any way to control boost using a cheap solenoid?

Another thing i wanted to find out about was how do most of you handle the ignition side of things regarding knock/detonation. is there a 3rd party knock sensor kinda like a wideband 02 sensor, or do you do things using a stock knock sensor? basically i would want the ms2 to pull back timing if experiencing knock.

Right now this is all i can thing of as its 3:10 am and im about researched out for the night. i appreciate all replys and hopefully i won't get flamed too bad, i know im a newbie and all but man is it hard to find a straight answer. Thanks in advance

At present there is no way for the MS2 to output a modified tach signal, although the code could be modified to do so.

James

I would like more info on modifying the code

Start with
http://www.megasquirt.info/ms2
and then choose Embedded code on the left hand pane. From there you can download the entire source code and there are links to compilers and development environments.

James

I think you can just build the tach driver circuit like is shown on the EDIS page, but only install it on 2 of the 3 coil packs. The only problem I can see with this is it will be somewhat of an uneven signal, but I would think it would still work depending on the damping in the factory tach circuit.