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I have been struggling with processor resets due to wiring issues with the ford. It appears that Ford used a single power wire to drive all of the 12v applications on the engine, and then grounded them all on a single ground wire. Megasquirt was NOT impressed. I picked up a spare engine harness from...

It finally runs! Of course, it is still fighting with me. First drive the truck ran great. Shut it off and tried to restart and nothing but a slow starter. Figured the battery was dead so I charged it for an hour and the truck fired right up. Drove to the parts store tonight for a battery and altern...

Engine Came out of the truck Feb 18 and was torn down in my driveway. Pictures explain themselves- this engine was supposed to only have 86k miles on it... http://webpages.uncc.edu/~rlfairey/turbo300/P1010033-600.jpg http://webpages.uncc.edu/~rlfairey/turbo300/P1010034-600.jpg http://webpages.uncc.e...

Parts came in to replace the head gasket on the truck. Got the truck torn down Friday night. Head gasket looked perfect coming out Head looked perfect Block deck looked perfect I figure whatever, it only had 4psi and the timing peaked at 28degrees before pulling 2 degrees per psi boost and all the s...

The purpose of this build is to produce a strong pulling truck, it either has a bed full of junk, or a car trailer behind it. The truck is an '89 with EFI and a M5OD. Not wanting to learn to program the factory ECU, I opted for a Megasquirt piggyback setup. The plan was to simply plug the MS into th...