Hehe, my trackday BMW E36 V8 (and E30 before that) has actually been running on a megasquirt-3 for 5+ years already, currently trying to fit a turbo to get some 450-500hp, but got bored/lost motivation so figured I'd pick up an easier project first.MK_WF wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 4:55 pm Nice to see someone else approaching this.
Says someone who already Microsquirted a RD350 and owns a VTR1000 with a programmable Ignitech ignition.
If required you can get the necessary ignition settings here :
https://www.vtr1000.de/index.php?thread ... /&pageNo=1
I've seen your thread actually, I think my initial ignition map is actually based on that one and compared to a Ducati (the guy that put VTR carbs on it) and somebody that extracted a RC51 map, I was a bit surprised by the massive amount of advance motorcycles seem to use (the Lexus V8 in my BMW needs no more than some 27 degrees at full throttle for max power, which is well before the knock limit)
Actually I can't view any of the pictures on the german site as I'm not a member there, not sure if you can upload them somewhere else ?Conncerning the fuel pump I used an external Walbro on the RD, but always planned to modify the tank for an in-tank solution. It's no wizardry to weld that when you take some precautions.
In the VTR case it's even easier. You can use the VFR800 Tank, that has 22l and a built-in pump.
Here's an example from the German VTR forum :
https://www.vtr1000.de/index.php?thread ... post583764
Some 10 years ago somebody already tried a Megasquirt on his VTR. The according threads can be found here and I guess even if it's in German, the pics and keywords may help. If required I can translate.
Thread on the Megasquirt forum :
http://megasquirt.de/msforum/viewtopic. ... VTR#p38538
Thread on the VTR forum :
https://www.vtr1000.de/index.php?thread ... /&pageNo=1
He reported a +18hp on the dyno but the fuel consumption was about the same.
Unfortunately that guy is not active anymore in neither forum and doesn't respond to PM's.
But there was another guy from the German VTR forum who planned this and already collected the necessary parts. Just recently he said he'd go a different way and offered his parts to me - including a VFR tank.
Maybe you could contact him: https://www.vtr1000.de/core/index.php?u ... twinfreak/
No need to translate btw, I can read it just fine ;)
Mehh, trust me, I've learned over plenty of years with plenty of mistakes and carnage ;)nigelrb wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:40 pmLikewise from me.alanfjones1411 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:06 pm I can tinker,but that has gone completely over my head.Great project.Good luck with it.
Shows shows how big the gap is between basics and exceptionals! Very interesting.