Great build!

If you need a MS, let me know I have once hanging around that I need to sell.

 

Mazdamike: thanks!

Dhark00: thanks man, what ms do you have?

ill try to explain it the best i can. basically how i start wiring is first find the wiring diagrams than your ecu manufacturer made. im going to be using the ms3 with the ms3x daughter board so my wiring diagrams are these:

Main Plug


MS3x Plug


heres a good link that explains megasquirt wiring, most standalones are very similar wiring wise.


then you have to figure out what sensors you are going to use and how to wire them. when using stock mazda sensors you can find all the wiring pinouts in the mazda wiring diagrams.

the stock sensors im using are:

CAS
FD TPS
T2 knock sensor (hopefully, i haven't looked to see if it will work with the ms3 yet)
FD IAC

aftermarket sensors:

GM 3bar map sensor
GM closed element coolant temp sensor
GM open element air temp sensor

after you figure out all your pinouts cut off all the connectors that you will need plug them into the engine and start running wires. if you have any other questions feel free to post in this thread.

 

im impressed with your project i hope to build one soon i jus got my first fc last october been driving it as a dd since i blew my dsms motor lol

 

Finally an update........

I got a T2 tranny a few weeks ago from leftcoastdrifter so thats taken care of for now.

I just received my megasquirt 3 kit last night, and started assembly on the main board. ill post pics tonight of my progress. with all luck ill get it finished up tonight or tomrrow night.

 

This is awesome nitro! I can't wait to hear this thing

 

Morning Matt, Got a S5 turbo over the weekend. It has a little shaft end play, so I'm going the rebuild it. Did you rebuild your turbo? If so where did you source the parts? Did you port the waste gate, your going 3" exhaust?

 

I didnt rebuild mine, its was in near new condition so i decided to rock it. I didnt port the wastegate because im not gunna be running it long enough to care about creep. im going to upgrade to a large t4 turbo pretty quick. and yes full 3" exhaust.

BUILD UPDATE:

Brought the car to shop, removed the old engine/tranny. My 13b turbo swap is about to start

going to order my clutch tomorrow. ive decided to get a spec stage 3 6 puck. with all luck it will come by friday so i can get the engine/tranny mounted this weekend.

Before


After


I did alot a measuring for my v-mount setup and have figured out what rad/ic setup im going with. i will be ordering materials for it early next week when i finalize my plans on mounting it.

 

Looking forward to seeing this thing up and running. I love the look of it so far.

James

 

Nice build and clean whip!

 

^^ Thanks guys!

finally got paid again so it was time to buy some parts. hopefully everything will be here before the weekend.

Parts ordered:
spec stage 3 clutch
Waterpump
Sparkplugs
slave cylinder
driveshaft front yoke
radiator & intercooler for the vmount
walbro fuel pump

i should have a really busy weekend ahead of me, by monday i should have some engine in the car photos.

 

man i can't wait to start ordering parts for both my FB's

 

Your new engine is beautiful

I know its a lot of work but if you were me I would completely cleaning the engine bay before you instal it.

Someday in the future our FBs will meet

 

Thank you very much im flattered coming from the owner of such a beautiful car.

i am going to clean the engine bay the best i can (its already much cleaner) cause i know if i dont the engine will look like ****.

if you dont have your car up and running by the time i get mine done, im gunna drive up there and help you til it does run good

 

Ive been making little bits of progress lately but nothing big yet. started cleaning the engine bay and pulling the engine bay wiring. would have test fit the engine but i needed 2 more pressure plate bolts, so that had to wait.

Heres the shop the owner of the company i work for lets me use and my daily driver.


Modified Engine mount


Mans real best friend


After some quick cleaning




heres my megasquirt 3 with ms3x that i built






all i have to do to put my engine in is finish my turbo oil drain and invent some way to hook up the mechanical omp to the fd throttle body. then she's goin in.

 

Gotta sub to this thread for sure! Keep it up dude! ***** looking ****!

 

Got a few things done yesterday. finished my oil drain line and got my clutch installed. i started to unloom my engine bay wiring and found that there are a few melted wires in there that someone ghetto taped up then re-loomed. so i have a lot of bullshit to fix now haha.

 

Ya Baby. Wish mine was that far along. Going to have to relearn how to drive your car soon.

 

you will be getting to this point soon enough. it will be interesting to drive, im really excited. especially if i convert to rack & pinion before its done.

 

Its worth it, enjoying my Respeed Rack and Pinion setup. Front end does make so binding noises sometimes.

 

Great thread, you're doing real nice work on that swap. I'll second your comment about the welder being mans best friend, they're handy as hell! I'm doing a MS3/MS3X on my T2 FB at some point this year (I built the ecu, just haven't had time to wire it into the car and tune etc) so I'll be interested to see how it works out for you.
Good luck!

 

i want to check out your car with it one of these days. i wont get the re-speed setup (costs too much) ill build my own once i find a rack that i like.


Thanks for the compliments! hopefully the ms3 will be as easy as i hope (prolly not) but we will see.

 

I need to come into PDX sometime next week, I'll stop by

 

yeah whenever, just shoot me a txt or something beforehand. hopefully ill have the engine in, but ive suffered a bit of laziness lately that im trying to overcome haha.

 

so it appears i seem to have got something done today.

 

Got a couple things accomplished today, made my trans mount, got the rubber boot installed around the shifter, hooked up my clutch slave and bled it. also put my upper intake on just to see how it looks. tomorrow im going to hopefully cut the new wiring harness hole, mount my ecu and run the harness's so i can start wiring.



note: camera is not centered






room on exhaust side