Ever since picking up my '99 10AE almost 4 years ago, I've been planning ...
and replanning ... and replanning it's FI setup. I've got plenty of
excuses. In the intervening years I've lived in Illinois, Washington,
California, been working on the east coast and spent some time abroad. In
short, I move around too much to keep any tools, much less find time to work
on the car when we are in the same place. Two years ago I injured my
shoulder, so to add injury to insult I'm now physically incapable of turning
a wrench. That'll get better with time, but I'm sick of waiting. I want my
turbo now damnit.
Anyhow, I kept up with the planning and I eventually settled on an
inter-cooled Garrett T2554 or T2560, probably using hardware from BEGI (for
the EO #), and rolling my own engine management with a Megasquirt MS1 (in
parallel with stock ECU) & LC1 wideband. I acquired & physically installed
the wideband, I have the megasquirt built, and the wiring harness made for
the parallel install. I have an NA CAS on-hand, though I've since learned
there are some downsides to this. Perhaps a modified crank trigger would be
better. Now the MS2 is an option too.
After I started down that path, I moved to California. I'm going to have to
get my first emissions test here in the next few months which is throwing a
wrench in my plans. I'm also going to have someone install the hardware and
tune it for me.
This leaves me with some new questions.
1. I may stay here in CA for a while, therefore I'd like for the new
turbo to be CARB legal. I understand I can get a BEGI S1/2/3 with a CARB EO
#, whose papers list an unspecified "ignition retard device". The CARB
device as sold by BEGi has no ignition retard, only a fuel pump and FPR.
There are folks who added an MS or Xede for timing and passed. I'm going
to have to get tested before May if I do stay, so this is a factor in my
plans. Am I likely to get through on an MS1, or should I just register the
car now and get tested while nearly stock (which requires that I fix the
P0402)?
2. Given my new desire to have the system installed by someone with time
and tools, is my parts list still good? I like the idea of going
Megasquirt, as it will tie into some of my future project to build a
touch-screen navigation / stereo / digital gauge display into the dash. I
will go another route though if reputable installers don't know how to tune
a Megasquirt.
1. BEGI S2 or S3
2. Megasquirt MS1 installed in parallel (stock ECU handles a/c,
alternator, idle control, OBD-II reporting)
3. LC-1 wideband
- Dillon
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