N\A turbo question?

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Originally Posted by blaen99

I'm curious - what's the hesitation in the rx7world for megasquirting?

The Megasquirt is both cheaper and a lot better than the Rtek. But everyone seems to recommend Rtek. Why is that?

Originally Posted by 85rx-7gsl-se

Rtek is easier to install?

There's a few reasons. One of which it is easier to install.

Major things to consider with an RTek (I'm talking about v2.1 and higher) is that first and foremost you don't *have* to do any tuning with it. You literally can plug it in and go with the base map already set specifically for your stock car. There are of course a few little extras already included with it which can be viewed on the website. The other benefit is relative to that; you don't have to mess around with other sensors or modifying or constructing a new harness. In the amount of time it takes for someone to build a megasquirt, hook up the harness, tune it, and get all the kinks out. The Rtek could already have made a road trip to DGRR and back again.

This is not to say that megasquirt it not a great product. It is. The number of features and ability of the unit is hard to beat for the price. The balancing factor is the time required and familiarization with both the hardware and software aspect to make it beneficial. There are a slew of other products that fill a niche in the market but are a gradient of prices and performance.

The way I look at it is:

RTek
Megasquirt
Haltech Sprint 500
Motech MR2
Medium Entry Stand alones (Haltech PS1k, Motec M400, etc)
Expert level Standalones (Haltech Pro--Not yet released, Motec M880, etc)
From Scratch ECU's