by QikStarlie » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:22 pm
imo link g4 software is far better than tunerstudio (megasquirt). easier and nicer to work with
the basic's of it are the same for most ecu's software. you have a rpm vs load map thrown in front of you, for both fuel and ignition. where you will spend most of the time tuning. from there they all go off on the own little tangent for all the setup stuff, trims, outputs/inputs etc.
so once you have the basics sorted, it isn't a huge deal to switch to a different ecu. matter of finding you way around the software. tuner studio kinda annoyed me as they have abbreviated alot of it. eg: you have things like "WUE". (warm up enrichment) with not alot of easy assessable help. all good once you know. but link or the likes would just straight out say "warm up enrichment" and have good help feature.
you right there is a heap of online help for megasquirt. but sifting through it and finding the answer you want, usually isn't as easy as it sounds.
ive done ms1, 2 & 3 but have gone back to link even though they cost more, just because i can wire it in, start it, tune it. all without drama.
ms can be good though, as sometimes you have no option but to learn how it all works. so you can make it work!
happy to give advice, if you need to know anything. just because i like to see people doing stuff themselves. rather than the too hard basket