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Old 03-31-2008, 06:59 PM
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got the megasquirt running today guess what the culprit was

thats right, stock bmw harness.

lol.
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Old 03-31-2008, 08:13 PM
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good to know, maybe i'll skip the homemade pnp harness
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Old 03-31-2008, 09:22 PM
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good to know, maybe i'll skip the homemade pnp harness
GOOD MOVE!!

OEM looms from all makes and models always ---- up ms installs.

the grounding schemes are NOT compatible.

the headaches this causes... are endless.

glad you found it. may this thread be a lesson to others.
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Old 04-01-2008, 10:50 AM
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I just learned something
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So should one build a dedicated harness from megasquirt to all the components thereby bypassing the oem one completely
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Old 04-01-2008, 02:23 PM
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If you can, that would make ---- even easier. I just did it so that when I finish, I pop the hood and all people see is the stock ECU box plugged into the harness. Something goes wrong, I pull it, pop in the factory ECU and I'm on the road again. Convenience ftw.

Need to get my ------- LC1 working right, I've wired up these things in three cars and this one has been the most retarded. Refuses to calibrate, hope i didnt get a DOA sensor.
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Old 04-01-2008, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Dive_Miguel
So should one build a dedicated harness from megasquirt to all the components thereby bypassing the oem one completely
Yeah, but you can still ---- that up too. Grounding and power are VERY important :-)
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Old 04-02-2008, 02:07 AM
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i might still get one of those adapter boards that guy on bimmerforums is having made, if i understand right, i still need to gut a stock ecu for the connector but then its just solder the connector to the adapter board and plug MS in
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yea wish he had them back when I was getting it done. Whatever, more ---- learned.

cant get my ------- LC1 to work, gonna drive me bat ----.

cars runs ok on my basemap, but needs a wideband and some love.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...1#post12616052
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sell that POS LC-1. i had one of the first batches and it sucked hard. i have a AEM now and it kicks ***.
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