Started assembling my Mega Squirt II computer
 

I received my Mega Squirt II on Thursday and started soldering right away. I am at the point where I can test my power supply but I have to wait until the stimulator comes in the mail. I just ordered it. NOTE... If you order MS order the stimulator at the same time....
Here is a pic of my work area. Note the MS box in its nice black anodized form.
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Here is the Mega Squirt with the power supply assembled.
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Speedy:)

BTW this is for the LT1 V-8 project 948 which was in previous form, Legion's old "S". May she make him proud :)

Speedy:)

right on speedy....
i've been hearing alot about megasquirt amongst you guys....have no idea how it works....and on a V8? I will definitely be visiting the boards for updates....who knows, I might get educated enough to use megasquirt with a possible 968 conversion.....have fun bro.....:D

Enthuzed, I have also heard alot about it from some of the guys here. From what I understand it is a full electonic stand alone fuel injection management system. Thats all I could say...

Seemlingly a hard-core project speedracing944, not only are you doing the MS, but also a v8, all to the same car...

Are you using that soldering gun I see to the side to assemble the kit?!
You should not be using a soldering gun. Many of them use the tip as part of the circuit on the secondary transformer. This can apply dangerous voltages to the circuits you are soldering.
A small soldering iron is what I would reccomend, especially one with a fine tip for electronics work.

That said, megasquirt is cool :D

Nice Speedy...I'll soon have a car to chase you in...

I am going to purchase a smaller soldering gun. This big motha is hard to handle while doing this small work. I will be checking the power supply shortly to make sure everything turned out all right.

Speedy:)

We'll have to meet up and swap rides. ;)

Very nice. You will not be dissappointed.

Take your time during the assembly.

Smaller soldering gun?...
Just buy a fine tipped iron. Even a cheap-o 20W or 25W would be just fine, and only ~$10. With the hand-held pencil irons the heater is seperate from the tip, and there is very little risk of damaging components (Except by heat).

I used to do some work soldering IC's with computers and all.. and I remember being told the optimum wattage for soldering computer components was about 30W. Those larger 50-70W irons can cause damage to sensitive components. If the solder doesn't want to melt with a 30W iron, find some finer, lower melting point solder.

Here is the newest addition to the family. Is't it cute?

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Once the Stimulator comes inthe mail I will assemble it and test the power supply to make sure I wasn't careless with the heat. I will update when this happens. Thanks for the feedback everybody :)

ae1969 did you use the Ford EDIS ignition system as well? I will be using the EDIS 8 which is from the 1996 Ford Mustang Cobra. How do you like the ignition?

Speedy:)

EDIS is really easy to setup. You should have no problems.

My Mega Squirt Stimulator came in the mail yesturday (green circuit board on the right side). I soldered it together this morning which only took an hour. Boy is the new soldering iron much nicer to use. I then grabbed an old AC/DC 9V adapter I have had for 20 years (I knew there was going to be a reason to keep this thing around) BTW this just reinforced my packrat habit. Plugged in the Stim into the Mega Squirt computer, plugged in the AC/DC adapter and check voltage on the power supply. It is suppose to read 5V and my meter was showing 4.98V on all the pins I needed to check. YAH! So My power supply is functioning which is a relief because I was worried about the HUGE soldering iron I was using at the time.


Now it is time to solder up the serial communications. :)

Speedy:)http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1155827930.jpg