What have you done to your MSP today?

got my mx3 together but wont start =( cant figure out if im getting spark or not, or fuel or not.. somtimes it sounds like it blubbers a bit. cleaned all the points on the distro, checked all the grounds.. maybe as the car has been sitting for some months i have a tank of bad gas?
the other thing might be the distributor is on backwards.. the mx3 guys claim it only goes in one way, but i call bulls*** as the blade in the rotor goes through and the slot on the cam is symetrical...ah well. it ran before i took it apart. all i changed the head gasket, valve stem seals, timing belt and plugs.. it SHOULD fricken run again.

must run.. cause i need to get my 26s off the road... every mile just adds more buildup to a grenaded transaxle.. then a $900 dif replacement will cost... a lot more..
 
...Really? Doing my weekly, random check of Craigslist for, you know, whatever and I run across a MegaSquirt-III for sale locally.................. Any reason I shouldn't buy it? Is it compatible? Or is the MSII what I need?
 
Preferio said:
...Really? Doing my weekly, random check of Craigslist for, you know, whatever and I run across a MegaSquirt-III for sale locally.................. Any reason I shouldn't buy it? Is it compatible? Or is the MSII what I need?
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I have an ms II extra. The MS III will have more capabilities you shouldn't have any issues with it. Is it setup for the msp already?
 
Gabi said:
I have an ms II extra. The MS III will have more capabilities you shouldn't have any issues with it. Is it setup for the msp already?
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Nope. It came out of an RX7.
 
Preferio said:
Nope. It came out of an RX7.
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Building your own MS is one of the best things you can do, it forces you to understand what you are doing and what every components purpose is. If you but one pre-built for another application you are still going to have to remove the mods that might have been done to work in that application and add the mods you need to run a FSDE engine. I Built the MSII for my miata, I never once soldered anything onto a circuit board before I tackled that project and I learned a great deal in doing so.
 
duffbuster243 said:
Building your own MS is one of the best things you can do, it forces you to understand what you are doing and what every components purpose is. If you but one pre-built for another application you are still going to have to remove the mods that might have been done to work in that application and add the mods you need to run a FSDE engine. I Built the MSII for my miata, I never once soldered anything onto a circuit board before I tackled that project and I learned a great deal in doing so.
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I know for a fact normally things of this matter can feel somewhat overwhelming specially when you're not familiar enough with the subject. I was blessed to find one pre assemble for the msp. Otherwise I would be running a microsquirt since my main concern was fuel and timing control.
 
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Unloading as much Protg/MSP parts at possible. I have a ton of extra OEM engine and transmission parts if anyone needs anything.

I took the 03.5 spoiler off last night. I love the look of the car without any spoiler, but those 6 holes kind of make it required.
 
Preferio said:
Unloading as much Protg/MSP parts at possible. I have a ton of extra OEM engine and transmission parts if anyone needs anything.

I took the 03.5 spoiler off last night. I love the look of the car without any spoiler, but those 6 holes kind of make it required.
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Would you happen to have a main bearing support plate? If so how much are you looking to get for it?
 
Gabi, are you looking for the MBSP with the oil return line or just any MBSP? If adding a AN fitting for the return line then you can get away with just a regular. If Preferio doesn't have one, I do have an extra NA MBSP.
 
Gabi said:
Would you happen to have a main bearing support plate? If so how much are you looking to get for it?
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Only have an NA one. Both of my MSP ones got destroyed.
 
JaLMP5 said:
Gabi, are you looking for the MBSP with the oil return line or just any MBSP? If adding a AN fitting for the return line then you can get away with just a regular. If Preferio doesn't have one, I do have an extra NA MBSP.
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I was hoping to get an msp one but if the price is right I could be tempted to get an na one lol.
 
Looks like Preferio can hook you up, and getting a -10 AN fitting welded into an NA one is easy and cheap if you know where to go.
 
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After a nice detail...

Suby lip coming in 3-4 weeks. What you guys think?
 
maybe a silly question, but has anyone tried bearings on their swaybars? seems silly to keep replacing silicon bushings when you could just be lubing bearings. i got under the back today and my bar is basically riding on nothing lol. a few mm play in all directions in the bushings. was gonna take it off entirely but the endlink bolts just too tight.

we use them in rc cars and i understand the loads are vastly different, but the swaybar shouldn't be carrying any significant load that the bearings couldn't handle.
 
Valk said:
maybe a silly question, but has anyone tried bearings on their swaybars? seems silly to keep replacing silicon bushings when you could just be lubing bearings. i got under the back today and my bar is basically riding on nothing lol. a few mm play in all directions in the bushings. was gonna take it off entirely but the endlink bolts just too tight.

we use them in rc cars and i understand the loads are vastly different, but the swaybar shouldn't be carrying any significant load that the bearings couldn't handle.
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The only thing that I could think of is a really rough ride. There isn't going to be much give with bearings. I bought the CR3 relocation bracket and Energy poly bushings. I'll be set for a while. However, the bushing now slaps the my lateral links going over bumps...seems like a design flaw to me.
 
How would you even get the bearings on? They'd be loud as all get out if you could even figure out how to get them on. There's a reason they don't do that standard on cars.
 
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