Megasquirt 3 vs WAR chip - HP gains on a NA motor -

[rcfanatic]

ostrich 2.0 for tuning. you dont really need MS and at 185 for the ability to tune as much as you want with TunerPRO (great software) its a better option. But then you would also need to buy a MAF - but that should eb pretty cheap.

Is there somewhere that has E30 related support for ostrich? Couldn't find much on r3v

[MaksV]

ostrich 2.0 for tuning. you dont really need MS and at 185 for the ability to tune as much as you want with TunerPRO (great software) its a better option. But then you would also need to buy a MAF - but that should eb pretty cheap.

[whodwho]

You don't need MS3 and there is probably a premium as it just released, MS2 has most everything you would need and even MS1 will get the job done. MS will give you future upgradeability and ease of tuning for changes along the way.

[rcfanatic]

OK.. there has already been a thread written about MS v WAR and nando did a great job describing the general differences between them. However, it got hijacked and is about a year old.

My main issue in deciding which route to go is cost. MS3 I read in the other thread to be about $900 and the WAR chip is $350 plus I'll want to buy a wideband O2 with the WAR chip right? So that total cost will be more like $550 I'm guessing.

I have a NA higher compression M20 with headers and eventually will do intake.

In your opinion, in a NA motor, can you squeeze enough extra power out using MS3 to justify spending the extra $350, plus more time on your part to set it up?