I'm such a hypocrite...
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Funny how I ended up with an carb'd F150 with a C6. Even more ironic is I use it to tow my Volvo race car that I've been tuning with megasquirt for 5 years.
I run megasquirt on my race car (Volvo powered) and I've also built a turbo 5.0 ford in a Volvo running MS, I made my own EEC-IV-->MS harness adapter and I've done so much with megasquirt. So far I've megasquirted 3 of my own cars and helped with many other installations.
This is my old Volvo with a Ford 5.0 single turbo running on MS..
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If you ever decide to turbo the thing, I've got plenty of spark and ignition maps for you!
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From: Parkesburg PA
What did you end up using for your manafolds? Is that a pax side 5.0L reversed on the driver side? How about the PAX side? Where did you run the driver side to? down under and back up in front of the motor?
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I wanted to try one of those made in china turbo kits that people are always knocking as being useless.
I got a hotside pipe kit for $400, the driver side pipe didn't fit, my build was super low budget so I flipped a pass. side header upside down on the driver side to feed the cross-pipe. I used a legit borg-warner turbo and an OBX external wastegate.
This probably gives you the best perspective of what was going on with it.
I got a hotside pipe kit for $400, the driver side pipe didn't fit, my build was super low budget so I flipped a pass. side header upside down on the driver side to feed the cross-pipe. I used a legit borg-warner turbo and an OBX external wastegate.
This probably gives you the best perspective of what was going on with it.
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Gary, the alarm code is in a function and can be called from any readout, although the only one that uses it is the voltmeter currently. What I need to do now is read all the inputs in the main loop, alarm if needed and display the appropriate display based on what's been selected. It's going to default to a voltmeter, then a single button will cycle through displays.
I guess the next step would be a focus function to go to the display that's signaling the alarm, but I have to make sure it works right when there are multiple alarms. Probably cycle through the displays that are in alarm.
Bill, does the sender output a variable signal? I remember hearing something about that years ago and it was the sender, not the gauge. The sender was basically on/off and the gauge became a fancy idiot light. If that's the case it could be as simple as using the earlier sender, which I believe is what I was told years ago. We're talking almost 20 years ago so my memory could be a bit foggy...
I guess the next step would be a focus function to go to the display that's signaling the alarm, but I have to make sure it works right when there are multiple alarms. Probably cycle through the displays that are in alarm.
Bill, does the sender output a variable signal? I remember hearing something about that years ago and it was the sender, not the gauge. The sender was basically on/off and the gauge became a fancy idiot light. If that's the case it could be as simple as using the earlier sender, which I believe is what I was told years ago. We're talking almost 20 years ago so my memory could be a bit foggy...
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I thought it was 1987 but maybe I'm wrong. Can look on Rock's site and look at the resistance values of fuel tank senders for various years but I'm kinda lazy ATM.... 
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Bill, did a little searching, looks like you have an easy fix. Bypass the resistor and install a real sender vs the switch...
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Ford Oil Pressure Gauge Fix
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It is amazing that they weren't sued if they changed out the sender for a switch on someone's vehicle. I can't even imagine them not getting a huge fine for doing that - assuming it was w/o the owner's blessing.
And, I'm surprised the little 1/4 watt resistors didn't burn up to the point the color codes weren't readable. With my testing the resistors got really hot, and I had 72, 20, and 10 ohm ones. I would have thought continual use would have baked them.
And, I'm surprised the little 1/4 watt resistors didn't burn up to the point the color codes weren't readable. With my testing the resistors got really hot, and I had 72, 20, and 10 ohm ones. I would have thought continual use would have baked them.
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It's actually a factory GT package, looks like a Mach 1 though, it's not perfectly original because of the 393 stroker but it keeps an original look.
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