90 Stock Foxbody Ignition Advice

[Tony Corley]

Megasquirt works great. You can also use the factory computer and piggyback it with an Anderson PMS or Ford EPEC, although If keeping the stock computer is your choice, I would use a Moates Quarterhorse Chip and tune it using Binary Editor. It also allows data logging. I'm using this system in my 94 Pure Stocker, along with an AEM Wideband.

[rick978]

how easy is binary editor to use . we to are running an 89 fox stock elim and have been on the fence on which system and software to purchase .i have very little if any tuning experience .are there downloadable tunes that can be easily adapted to start with ?? ive heard good and bad about binary and megasuirt . and what else do u need besides board ,software, wideband and laptop?

[Tony Corley]

That's all you need to get started. Binary Editor is not the most user friendly compared to some aftermarhet stand alones, but it will do anything you want it too, and there is a lot of internet support for it. My suggestion would be to READ READ READ everything you can on EECtuning.org. Lots of guys on that forum to help out if you have a question. Once you start figuring it out, it is a great program, and the good news is, with a stock eliminator there are not tons of adjustments that need to be made. I like Megasquirt also, but I would have to buy a separate trans controller for my AODE, or use a Manual Valve Body.

[Don Himes]

Tony, what if you have a Baumann shift control already? Would you recommend the Megasquirt unit?

[Tony Corley]

If you have a computer controlled trans and want to use Megasquirt, you have to use a Baumanator or something similar. As far as I know, and unless they have recently changed it, Megasquirt only supports engine functions. So trans has to have it's own separate unit, or a manual valve body. But the Megasquirt controller works great, especially for the price.