European cars suitable for Megasquirt convertion

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357supermagnum
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European cars suitable for Megasquirt convertion

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Mercedes S class came with airbags from 1981, and should then be a great candidate. I have not checked when they came with abs, but if it was before 1985 then it is also one plus. 280 SE is the ones they produced most of, they have M110 engines of 2.8 liters. M110.92x and .93x is carbureted engines, can be converted using throttle-body with built-idle air, removing of the mechanical fuel pump, the addition of a electric pump and pressure regulator and so on. M110.98x engines up to M110.983 have d-Jetronic, which is easy to convert into Megasquirt because it is nozzles, fuel pump, Throttle position sensor, coolant temperature sensor, intake air temp sensor and appropriate intake already exists. One can use a adapter to the 55-pin connector that Bosch uses, so the existing wiring and sensors can be used if this is not in bad shape or it is difficult to obtain electric schematics with color codes. M110.983 and upwards engines uses k-Jetronic. I do not know other European brands / models that have the airbag and any abs as it is possible to get registered as a veteran, or comes from exhaust standards that came in 1988.
If you have a a 85 mod can it have co up to 4.5% CO, while 86-88 / 89 is max 3.5%.
The additional margin will be good to have.
The "veteran class registration" here in Norway is very cheap, and so is the road tax.
The limit is that the car is at least 30 years old.

If there is other cars that are common in Europe that i have missed, that has Airbags and optionally ABS, and are suitable for a Megasquirt convertion,and are at least 30 years old.feel free to add them in this thread.
feelingsupersonic
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Re: European cars suitable for Megasquirt convertion

Post by feelingsupersonic »

I'm squirting my '83 Porsche 944 soon. It uses L-Jetronic, but my plan is to abandon all of that (use front mounted trigger wheel, COP conversion, MAP/IAT, etc).
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