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Hi, I do not know if this helps but when I needed new leads for my v8 spitfire I ended up making my own using the performance HT leads from this company https://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/ . I have had them on the car for about 3 years and have had no problems so far, the only real cost is havin...

The coils I am using are from a vw mk4 golf 2.0 gti ( also skoda Octavia ) and they do have the high current drivers built in and will work off a logic level input from a megasquirt ( these are also listed in the megasquirt hardware manual with the part no's for both the coils and connector leads ),...

Dave I don't know if it helps but I am running a ms3x sequential on my rover fitted in my spit and I am using vw golf coil packs ( x2 ) which are mounted on brackets on the heads. The coil packs are driven directly from the megasquirt, the packs are only about £30 each new on ebay or around £60 from...

Well here is some photos, better late than never :oops: . https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4338/37111535275_0a20e87a32_b.jpg P1000822a by karl stroud , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4412/36923070746_e92f84075f_b.jpg P1000827a by karl stroud , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4417/37...

It will be interesting if you can get the pump apart as I tried to take one of my old pumps apart myself a couple of weeks ago, I could not get it apart even by putting it in my hydraulic press and putting nearly 8 Tons of pressure on it, I did not go higher as the pump could shatter. If you cannot ...

You could try the guy I use to refurbish my starter motors and alternators, the firm is called PDM Electrical and he is located in Grays in Essex the phone no is 01375 390800. He has helped me several times and if you can get a part number he might be able to get the part for you. If I remember corr...

The sensor was a luminition optronic sensor which was running of the 5v ref ( as used by the tps ), I only remembered during changing the sensor that I had intermittent problems with the luminition unit before in a previous installation. I pulled all the wiring because I found one or two wiring mist...

I have managed sort the problem with the Megasquirt it turned out to be the cam position sensor being a sod, the sensor would work fine on a bench and would work fine when being tested on the car but would stop working every time you tried to start the car. So I have replaced the optical unit I was ...

Thanks for getting back to me with some idea's All the sensors have been checked and they seemed to be reading properly, I forgot to do an full log of an attempted start before I took all of the wiring system and Megasquirt out of the car :oops: the only thing I checked was the cranking and cam sign...

Hi I need a spot of advice with a problem that has occurred on my MS3 equipped car. Triumph Spitfire 3.5 Rover V8 MS3x sequential injection (Bosch 0280 155 715 injectors ) sequential ignition ( was wasted spark using Gems coil packs with Bosch ignition amp, now using Vag 4-way logic coil pack x2 ) m...

I don't know if its any help but what I did to make my cam position sensor was I used an old points distributor (though you could use an electronic distributor) and gutted the all the internals (advance mech, etc) and made a post fitted with a half moon disc that is fitted to the original distributo...

Hi I signed up a couple of days ago and thought I should say Hello to every body . The cars I currently own are a 1971 ford Mustang Mach1 ( Cleveland powered ) which is being restored at this time and I also own 1970 Triumph Spitfire which I fitted a rover v8 to a couple of years ago ( which I am cu...