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Mc Tool
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Hi From New Zealand

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Firstly, I couldn't care less about cricket or rugby :wink:
here's the history. I have been a Rover v8 fan since 1997, bought a mk2 escort , bought an early block 3.5 , did it up ( details if you want ) fitted it to the escort .....made exhausts, new X member / engine mounts , gearbox mount, fitted 5 speed w 57 Toyota gearbox , made clutch fork, then moved from Invercargill to Nelson in 2001 , dallied about till 2009 , rode my Ducati into the back of a car at 80mph ( spectacular X rays if ya want ) , sold the car kept the motor /box , mostly because I was to banged up to consider finishing the project but couldn't bare ( bear? ) to part with the motor. The I got a mk3 Capri and the notion of a light weight classic v8 , you know , big chrome air filter in the middle came nagging at me again . I did get the engine into crapi without chopping anything off it ,made another set of headers ( 3 sets now :roll: ) more engine mounts , nother gearbox mount and another sump and that's sorta where Im at now . The 5 speed is history as soon I have to get my right leg chopped off mid thigh which is going to leave me a bit short on feet to drive a manual so I have a ZF 4hp22 trans , a range rover bell housing ect. I have just bought a 3.9 fuel injection set up with a Meggasquirt ( NZ made programmable ECU for efi and ignition ) and there things have ground to a halt . I dunno much about the Rover efi set up and this set up didn't come with a wiring harness. I believe it should be as simple as removing the stock ecu ( which I don't have ) and plugging in the meggasquirt and off we go . The mega squirt comes with a base line setting for the Rv8 . At this stage Im looking for a good engine harness diagram so I can figure out which harness I need to buy. This thing doesn't use an air flow meter but does need the rest of the sensors . Soooooo any hints or advice will be greatly appreciated . I don't plan to get what I want and leave , I have some good skills and experience and sure am willing to help if I can. I started work as a mechanic in the RNZAF , left there in 1980 ( got kicked out :D ) did a motorcycle apprenticeship , , worked for Avery scales ,then did a home appliance apprenticeship , moved up that ladder to a regional service manager for a nation wide company ( F&P ) and then had the crash , actually rode over the brow of a humpty hill to find some old boy reversing back up the other side in my lane and slammed into him , havnt worked since and now injuries received at that time necessitate the leg choppy offy bit :( .I have built and repaired all my motors large and small, and some for friends ,am good at electrix but not so hot on electronics, dabbled in gunsmithing ( mostly buying sad fire arms and fixing them up and selling on ), keen fishing and hunting, much as I can.
Looking forward to participating
Regards
Hamish


I wish I was young again , Id be heaps smarter than the first time

DaveEFI
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Re: Hi From New Zealand

Post by DaveEFI »

Loads of RV8 with MegaSquirt. I have one. Which MegaSquirt version? I dunno if they do a plug and play version for your injection, so you many have to change the connector from loom to ECU. But starting out with a factory engine loom will save you time and money.
One things that is pretty essential with MegaSquirt is to fit a wideband O2 sensor. Makes tuning very much easier.

I could send you my CAD drawing of my wiring diagram for MS2 which would be a good starting point, which works with the free Draftsight, so you could modify it to what you need.
Dave
London SW
Rover SD1 VDP EFI
MegaSquirt2 V3
EDIS8
Tech Edge 2Y

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