SC Typhoon vs. Megasquirt, which to choose
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For my soon-to-start turbo project I'm going to ask SC (Specialist Components) to prepare a 998 A+ short engine and K100 head. The goal is a nice, fast road engine that gets good mileage.

For years I've been looking at Megasquirt to use as the EFI. SC sells an alternative, the SC Typhoon. The nice bloke at SC I talked to on the phone totally recommended there own EFI over Megasquirt. The SC system seems more modern, big plus is that the wires are prepared for the Mini block and K100 head. Higher price is a minus, although the difference may not be too big.

I can't to find any information on the internet about the SC set, except for one page by SC themselves and a few mentions from JohnK on TM.

Does anyone on the TM forum have any experience with the Typhoon set or dare to comment on which system could be better (for my needs and budget)?

JohnK, your comments would be very welcome as well!

http://projects.ferrenzo.nl/

i have no experience of typhoon, and am an absolute fan and user of megasquirt, however, given SC are preparing the engine, and they will prepare you a loom, with suitable connectors, wire gauges etc to suit the engine, will save you an awefull lot of hastle. provided you have free access to teh software required to tune it, it simply comes down to budget Vs convenience and i would think only you can answer that! bearing in mind building a megasquirt loom with the correct gauge wire, sensors and waterproof plugs isnt cheap either :)

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

I have an typhoon on my k1100 headed 1293. Not used it much yet but seems to be very user friendly and simple to install with their loom. I did it for the ease of installation rather than making my own loom and sorting everything for megasquirt. And simon at sc is the man when it comes to efi and really knows his stuff!

Thimo - I run SC - hence can't comment here really! There are quite a lot of mini users whom have them - with a bit of luck they'll pop up with comments, if you'd like a demo version of the software or more info Simon would be more than happy to help

JK

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

For what it's worth, I'm building with MegaSquirt, BUT, on a five port engine and with Jean's new siamese code.

If I was building an 8 port engine (any make) I would look elsewhere.

Apart from Jean's work and the additional boards he can supply, Megasquirt was never intended for sequential injection on any engine (apart maybe from a 2 cylinder lawn mower) and I personally believe performance engines should have sequential injection......

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

The fact that Megasquirt was not designed initially for sequential injection doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the sequential injection it can now do. However, it does mean that you need to do some modifications and additions to use it.

I don't know the Typhoon so can't say anything about it (good or bad). However, I do know Megasquirt and it's not for everyone. You have to be ready for the learning curve and to tinker with it (unless it's one of the setups specifically done for your engine by one of the MS builders). But if you're up for it, you'll have a much better understanding of the system and EFI in general once you have the system working.

Jean

http://www.jbperf.com/

Edited by Rod S on 15th Jul, 2009.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

If I were you I'd find whoever you plan to use to map your ECU/engine when completed, and see what system they recommend. A good mapper will be able to adapt to any system, but seeing as you are paying for their time, you are better off in my opinion giving them something they know inside out to work with.

sorry to hijak the thread, but i think its easier than clogging up the forum with a new one.

im having a similar issue when deciding on the typhoon over emerald, for example.

on the face of it, emerald looks cheaper, but the typhoon looks easier to install?

am i missing something quite major? or are they all much of a muchness, im happy to go with either for the mapping.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Thanks all for the replies. Ease of installation is a major factor for me, at the moment. Between 3 kids (twins @ 5 months), a running hobby, day job and starting my own company, I have little time left. So the choice is obvious, it'll be the SC Typhoon.

@Tom: At the moment I have no idea where to go for a RR session. Will have to find out, but don't have the time right now.

Also found out that if you search for "Cyclone", you'll find more information on TM. The Typhoon is the upgraded/updated version of the Cyclone.

@JohnK: Being owner of SC didn't stop you to reply on http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=209619 which was of good help to me. I know it probably is biased, but biased info can still help make a decision

http://projects.ferrenzo.nl/