Megasquirt in a 72 1.7L 914 ???, Need advice Options

[rotary914]

I'm new to this list........ So Hello

Well - the title says it all.
I will probably keep my 1.7L for at least another year and I want to replace the 33 year old F.I. with something new.
I'll probably get new injectors too.

Has anyone converted to a Megasquirt on a 1.7L??
Any significant improvements over a properly running stock F.I. system??
Any negatives??
Easy to tune (I have a LM-1 Wideband meter)??
Any particular megasquirt model??

Any recommendations??

thanks

Steve C
72 914
81 RX-7
99 Volvo S-80

[lapuwali]

I'd be happier about paying that price if he offered decent electrical connectors and a proper crimp tool. That hardware store stuff he has in that photo is junk. If you buy the CIS to EFI injector adapters from them ($120 for the set), and bought all the rest elsewhere, I'd guesstimate you could do the whole job for $800 or thereabouts. That includes a pre-assembled MS ECU ($250). Paying a 25-30% premium to save yourself some hassle seems fair. Paying 100% seems excessive.

I'd expect a top-end power increase simply from removing the CIS airflow meter. Much more power could be obtained by using better cams than CIS can handle, which an MS swap would allow.

As far as I know, this is the first complete kit to use MS. There's been some anguish in the MS community over commerical reselling of the product. I think it's only a matter of time before someone contracts with an overseas firm to assemble MS units at an industrial scale. Zero R&D costs would mean very low unit costs ($50 per in quantity, I'd venture). You'd then see a lot more similar kits offered for sale. I would not want to be in the aftermarket ECU business right now, except for the high-end guys like Motec. SDS, Perfect Power, Wolf, et al are very probably going to find business increasingly hard in the next couple of years.