As a fellow car enthusiast (on a budget) and IT guy, this is exactly what I want. I do a lot of tinkering with SBC's, mainly Raspberry Pi's, and your previous video pointed me in the direction of Speeduino and I'm already planning my build. Better yet, being Australian, it's local for me too!
I have been wanting to build a stand alone ecu for years now. I have experience with arduino and soldering. Thank you for making the videos. Information like this helps make it easier to get into a project like this.
AS someone who has been soldering his whole life and has built several megasquirts id like to pass on that once you finish soldering your board, use a paint brush cleaner to clean the rubbish and flux off the board, then rinse it with clean water and use a hair dryer to dry it out. Then use a good PCB laquer to seal it and prevent it from corroding, many people dont do these things and wonder why they ahve random shorts or faults that start to happen a few months down the track... Hope this helps.
@@Mike-ry4ti great point Mike, another point which to be fair the MS does have over my board is the MOSFETs are all supported. This is more of a v0.3 problem as there are many Speeduinos which are…
I'm overwhelmed by this whole thing but this is the only way for the car I have without spending more than I bought the car for so I'd appreciate all the help
This is the most well presented speeduino channel I’ve run across! I subscribed after your last video and I’ll probably get a speeduino because of you! Thank you for putting these videos together and I hope your having a good one.
Glad you enjoyed it. If you have got a Speedy then that’s mission complete for me! But stick around as there is plenty coming that will interest you !!
@@MakingforMotorsport Hello sir, I want to communicate with you about building a custom ECU for a hydrogen combustion engine. I will give you everything you want, but I want to communicate with you about the project
Amazing to see more love for the speeduino project. There are many variants of Speeduino Compatible ECU's also. Josh allowing this to be an open source project has empowered some of us to make our own. For me it started as refining the project for my own car. This gained traction and I now design and sell my own Speeduino Compatible variants.
Just had a look at your store, looks really good! Yeah, I think Josh is a modern day saint, the amount of hours he must’ve sunk into this he’d be well justified wanting to keep it closer to his chest! Yeah, people seem to love the idea and the best thing is the people who always wanted to do this but lacked the money or technical skills to do it themselves now can get tuning... I had to shout about it!
Thank you so much for introducing this ecu to me, I am working on boosting a 08 scion tc right now and this ecu has solved my issue with not wanting to spend 1k or more on another standalone and it makes this dream now possible for me. This was my first car and decided I wanted to keep and have the best time I could with it.
This is a complete game changer for engines like the 1ZZ, which had previously not been economically viable to tune, thanks to the exorbitant price of standalone ECU's, as you could just do a 2ZZ swap for the same money. But now good 2ZZ's are getting thin on the ground, and you can get 3 or 4 1ZZ's for the same price.. well, this just opens them up to all sorts of modifications. Hayabusa throttle bodies, and forced induction spring instantly to mind. Bloody marvelous :-)
Pinned comment!!! Absolutely, using bike ITBs and a Speeduino makes what was (and still is) a £2k project is now a £300 project. If I had to do things “properly” I couldn’t afford to do it at all!
You should try : 1 conformal coating 2. Solder the Arduino Mega directly to the main board 3. Design & 3dprint an enclosure for your hardware with gasket, proper mounting of the connectors on the enclosure even have your own logo on the case
I'm only the first four minutes into this, but I'm delighted to hear it's based off the old megasquirt project. I built a mega squirt, and a test thing for it and everything else and really wanted to use it but... This was early 2000s and it turned out that modifying my engine versus putting in that brand new LS1 motor was the same price, and I dropped that in instead, using the factory ECU and harness. So I never ran my mega squirt on anything but I've always wanted to add fuel injection to all kinds of small engines and I do a lot of Arduino projects so this is just awesome. Looking at this about the only thing I want to change is to get rid of the Arduino and just SMC solder on the processor and everything so it's just one board but... I get it is what it is. Definitely something cool and worth looking into
Thanks so much for doing this series! So far. I've not wanted to consider a standalone because of the combo of $$$ and having to learn to tune. Given your enthusiastic recommendation (and the low cost) I'm going to jump in
That’s great to hear. This video is a few years old but seems to have got traction in the last few days. I’ll probably continue it with another couple of videos talking about the tuning process and some other stuff…. Make sure you sub so you don’t miss out!
just sorted out getting my speeduino dropbear because of all these videos, currently getting reliability on my 1987 205gti with a big spec and swapping twin 45s to throttle bodies.
About the scariest thing about my build is definitely the wiring. I've never built a chassis harness or engine harness before. This is actually the ECU I got for my car about 6 months ago. I'm glad to see that someone else has done this. Makes it a tad less scary
I'm glad I found your channel I build a megasquirt years ago, and now I just try to build data loggers for automotive off and on when I can figure stuff out, it's really cool to see this stuff is even more popular now and I'm hoping to put one of these together I got a couple engines I could run this with
I've absolutely no use for this, but I'm now gonna have to get something to use this on. Really great, well put together video. I'm sure this channel will go far, new subs and views coming dude 👍
Holy Crap!!! Ever since I first got into MCU's, with the TI Launchpad, and subsequently Arduino and RPI, I always wondered if it was possible to make an ECU with them, Arduino seemed like the most fitting. I thought they would not be fast or reliable enough for it... This is the first time I've heard of it actually being built!
They work well for me! It’s a great solution. Also, from the comments 99% of people who have one are happy as Larry with it, the only moaners are people who don’t think it will work and think they know better! Get one, you won’t regret it! (Not a guarantee 😂)
Getting me liking the Speedy more and more , I used to built mini quads and their boards are tiny (12mm x 12mm) , soldering will be a pinch with this 👍 . Great vid too
Im excited for this. I talked to a friend a long time ago about using a raspberry pi, recycled dell optiplexes, and a 3d printed case to make cheap standalone APUs for cars and custom vehicles in general. We also talked about a scan tool that invades a ecu or tcu to monitor and download as much info from a stock unit that would be needed to allow a program to recreate it and upload it to your custom unit. This would allow for true freedom when doing cool builds. Allowing someone to cheaply swap a 6 speed auto into a car that originally came with a 5 speed auto. Has something like that popped up in the market yet? I know nissan was working on a diag tool that did something similar but i left the company that was working with them so im out of the loop now.
There are plenty of canBus sniffers so working out comms between modules and OBD2 let’s you pull parameters like load and spark advance so it’s easy to rebuild mapping tables… It’s a brave new world people!
Personally I think it’s great there are people out there willing to pour their heart and soul into these projects who then effectively “give it away”, it’s not quite like that but still amazing!
5:20 the clock crystal you are referring to is used by usb to ttl chip on board. Arduino mega chip crystal oscillator is located just very near the atmega chip surrounded by 2 little capacitor and very small in size. Bdw very nice project.
Yeah, there’s a few people have pointed that out, my ignorance I suppose, every days a school day! But the point still stands as these are trickier to connect and use as a Speeduino...
the crystal oscillator regulates the device's ATmega16 microcontroller-which performs USB-to-serial conversion when interfacing with a computer - the Micro-controller itself gets its frequency from a ceramic resonator.
Super video. Great series overall, really. I'm wanting to convert a carburated motorcycle to EFI soon. My biggest hang-up is the mapping process. Wiring, placement of sensors and ECU are issues that I can see popping up as well, but to me those are easy in comparison.
Thanks buddy, great to know it’s helping. I am just editing the final ITB video and without joking, the car started and ran fairly well with the standard base tune... it’ll be out in a few days but trust me, it’s not as complicated as you think..... 👍
All of the above. I’m an IT guy but I need to google what is still needed in a car where you upgrade to an aftermarket ECU but retain the stock cluster and heating controls etc. I’m basically planning to go ITB’s on my 1uz SC400.
Excellent video, very informative. A lot of food for thought. Currently working on a stroked Bmw M42 and want to fit throttle bodies so this is a revelation. Thanks!
awww man, I had an old E30 318iS and I loved the M42, the stroked version (2.1 with the diesel crank?) always gets my attention... that'd be a great engine....
Initially I was going to fit some throttle bodies from a zx6r to my 1982 kz1100. After some thinking and the accidental acquisition of a turbo, I’m leaning towards using a single throttle body, thinking the inlet size matched to the compressor size. I’m not 100% on the wiring or programming but I figure I’ll just take it 1 step at a time.
Awesome job. I just got my Speeduino set up to function on a bench display. I will be using it to show students how an ECU works and hopefully used on our test mule engine on a dynamometer. The actual display needs to be built next. Great inspiration this video.
This eventually will be our only option, since the EPA is making it illegal for companies to sell stand alone ECUs and piggyback ones, we will have to make our on, so the earlier you hop on this wagon, the better off you will be, thanks for sharing bro
Yeah I heard about the EPA vs RPM, i don’t get it, seems strange that the home of hot rods wants to stop a tiny minority modifying their cars… I don’t get it 🤷♂️🤯
I have enjoyed your video quite a lot, your presentation method is entertaining and the information you present is quite accurate for the most part! There's two things that aren't quite it. Early in the video you talked about the different mega2560 board versions and their clock crystals, these clock crystals are for the serial chip, not for the mega, the one with a 12mhz is a ch340g and can be used just fine. The mega with a 16mhz big crystal has an atmega16u2 as it's uart chip and is generally recommended because you can flash a custom firmware on it to make reset behavior more suitable for a car ecu. Both the ch340g and 16u2 equipped boards run at full 16mhz. On my Samurai project I've had issues with random resets caused by voltage spikes which was solved by removing a capacitor that was there to let the ch340 reset the mega. Another thing, you forgot to mention that people should load the speeduino base tune so that all the properties have some sort of a value to prevent any unexpected problems because someone left a cell at -255. Otherwise great work and I'm looking forward to seeing your next video!
Thanks! I am enjoying making them! Yeah, a few people have picked up on the Crystal comment, my ignorance but the advice is still the same, get a decent one. The basetune I’ll be picking up in the final ITB vids when I’m talking about tuning!
That cheap one is completely fine. That 12mHz osc is for the ch340g USB chip. The actual XTAL for the 2560 is pins 33 34 and uses a much smaller footprint osc.
@@MakingforMotorsport For the most part they are pretty much the same. PCB tech is pretty good now and affordable. They all usually use the same suppliers so the components inside are the same. There might be variations in the layout, but not big ones that will effect anything.
I have a Speeduino ECU that I will be putting in a Honda Civic ECU case for a auto trans. I will be using the OEM harness on my 97 Honda Civic Coupe manual with the plug for the trans control being used for my waste gate control solenoids and more.
I am an ' old school racer ' brought up with Hilborn constant flow fuel injection, and multiple side draft carb configurations. Now I have more time to fiddle around with a project car, an EMS is the way to go Power comes from the cylinder head ( of which I have modified a lot ) and ignition timing. I have collected all the parts for a hack on the GM Aussie VN ECU ( look up PCM hack ) but your EMS seems so simple. Can you program on the fly, and how many boxes in the ignition table ...ta
It is simple, honestly, I am not conning anyone, just need injectors that fit and an ignition amp that works for with either 12v or a crank pulley and you’re off! Power does come for the head but spark and squirt always help
As someone who uses linux and hates how every software is made for windows i really love speeduino. now i can tune without worrying about what happens with my data.
Great video !! cool to see a complete process of the build and testing of the speeduino. I did notice that you had cooling on the IGT - FET i bellive it's cald units in your old ecu and not the new one.
Cheers bud! I didn’t add the coolers as they aren’t part of the BOM so I didn’t buy ‘em and they were only on my 1st as a best practice. If (more like when!) this other Speedy goes in a car I will add them...
I have a couple of Motorhomes, both near the same YM, one is powered by a 350 and the other is as far as I can tell, a 427 industrial or truck version, both Chevy engines both are running Qjets at the moment. Ok so I have a 3rd BBC which I have dumped a $^*t load of money in and still have to dump more into it, it's a 540 which will be a race rig if I live long enough. Anyhow, for the 540 project, I dumped another load of funds into a MS3X with everything needed to run 2 stage fuel and 2 stage N20. COP, SFPI, dual knock sense, RTCC, 2 low impedence injector driver boards, a GPIO for controlling a 4L80E, there's absolutely NO room left in the case for anything else even if DIY made anything else that could be installed. So now I have to spend more for the full version, not a problem, I expected that. Then there is the MSQ file that must be developed, that's a problem for me at this time, I'm going to need some serious support for that. Again, anyhow, I knew a little ( very little and still very little) about Speeduino before starting the MS3X system and now I want to have a go at this to convert both or at least the BBC powered Motorhome first. IMOP I'm thinking this would be a good deal for either engine. Any opinions to offer from anyone?
Great vid encouarages me more to get the speeduino when the project car is to that stage and being able to run it o better potential than the stock ecu. This is great motivation to keep learning.
The key with the wiring is just get as much knowledge as possible on your current car, and the base tune isn’t that hard, there are several table generators and rules of thumb for advance, these will never be “right” but they can certainly get you running...
I think you know quite a bit about the port air module delivering fuel loads based on constants. That's why you weren't saturated with the incoming MAF temp. I would like to know more about how with the engine hood closed air temp provides a more accurate fuel flow. Cool fuel air is always the best input. I really like the viability of taking a scratch board and making the interface better than the 90's. I wanted to build my own ECU once I understood that changing chips on an older model board cost me a lot of time based on recorded data. I would rather adjust everything then and there aside from a non-it-drive me home burn rate. I'd want to commandeer a carb built in and branch it to multi-port and when no chugga chugga I know that a carb could bypass the gross negligence that I did on my own.
Super helpful finding your channel! I'm building a motorcycle and fuel injecting a currently carbureted engine. I've got a lot to learn, but I'm enjoying learning a new skill. Subbed! And thanks for sharing.
I am super interested in setting one of these up to run an Chevy 305 TPI engine in my 91 Camaro Trying to put together all the info before I dive in though. Great video, Thank you. I subbed last time.
Thanks for the sub and continuing to watch! You’re absolutely right doing all the research up front, I feel like I have been researching for these kinds of projects my entire life!😂
I have experience with megasquirt and megashift and a ton of arduino programming haha. I'm putting a 5.3 in a 1950 studebaker pickup right now to throw together as a shop truck and to tow my cars to tracks. Now I'm leaning towards speeduino just to try it...if I get addicted I'm blaming you. I see there's options to run 8 injector and 8 coils on a newer version of speeduino that uses the teensy 4.1 but can't find info on how to get any of it. Maybe I'm blind. Great video!
Yeah, blame me... I’m fine with that! 😂😂 You can upgrade to Teensy, and you’ll need to find a rarer board for that, but for a shop truck, a batch fired and wasted spark v8 would do the job just fine! I mean it’s only since the 90s that OEMs have gone beyond that, and that’s just for emissions.
@@MakingforMotorsport truuuuue. I just don't want to have to tune around that haha. I've done batch fire tuning on the early 90s corvettes and it was absolutely awful. Maybe it was the TPI intake manifold design that I hated, the rear 2 cylinders would always be way too rich so I ended up changing those injectors to a lower flow rate to compensate for that. Makes me cry on the inside thinking about that. I have a teensy 4.1 still in the bag I never opened to play with it.
@@moneyshot2239 this sounds like an argument for 2 x 4 throttle bodies rather than a plenum which is clearly not the job. I’d bet it’d run nice on ITBs........
Haha yea. This engine is going in completely stock for now because I have the original harness ECU and DBW throttle body. Seems like the processing power of the teensy would run circles around a GM ECU from 2006. Might just do the cam while the engine is out and try the speeduino if I can get my hands on the board for it. Hp Tuners credits to tune the stock ECU are more than half the price it costs to build a speeduino haha.
1:10 in I'd like to say you're welcome, and don't think we didn't notice you trying to be more natty for your larger audience. Naturally I went back and watched the rest of the videos and it's funny what a tiny bit of editing produces. Good on ya mate👍🏼 cheers from the states. P.s. Bruv, get a proper ale. Boddington's is my English preference (regardless of the Newcastle river Thames bridge I have tattooed on my back)
Tiny bit of editing? I feel like I spend my life in front of editing software!!! 😂😂😂 But apparently changing the shot every 10secs means people like it more! Cheers 👍
I never smoke kids. They make far too much noise when you try to light them. That said, I love this channel. It has a nice bit of Bad Obsession Motorsport to it, with less brackets.
😂 Thank you very much! To be mentioned in the same breath as those crazy geniuses is high praise! (I'm less into the brackets... but I definitely have more than one grinder!)
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Hello David, thank you for your videos, you have inspired me to modify my 1st generation Mitsubishi Pajero. Could you explain how to take the signal from a distributor and how to configure the software? Greetings from Medellin, Colombia
@@MakingforMotorsport all good mate.. Lol.. its a bit stupid around town, the engine is built for more but I'm limited buy the ecu. I'm using the rom raider software and have reached the limit of what it can safely do. I was going for a link but this is a welcome new option. Cheers
But my question is how do you connect all of the car wiring to it? Is all your connecting is the tps, crank cam pos, maf/map, o2, temps? Still there how are they connecting to the board, is there a separate board for adding extra headers for i/o? What if you wanted to use it for everyday driving so traction ctrl or 4wd or with other systems like programming in abs or different trannies? Can you program in stalls or gear press? How fast is the reaction and readouts? Is real time actually real time? How does it handle faulty components like if a cable on an o2 shorted on the block or something, is there protection on the board along with over current protection if you were to jump the battery..
One other thing I thought about is what is being said about the 12mHz crystal. I know from past experience ATmega chips have been over clocked to 20mHz for certain projects. If in this case 12 is a bit slow, and 16 works better, what would wrong with going to 20mHz.
My Main issue is this. Compatibility with my 1991 dodge stealth R/T Twin Turbo and the speeduino. This also includes upgrading the ignition system to coil on plug and running them in sequential ignition for spark only.
It’s a V6 isn’t it? You can use a wasted spark coil (plenty about for V6) or coil on plugs wired in pairs and then go wasted spark. It’s a very common setup and still used by OEMs a few years ago….
@@MakingforMotorsport Alright I'll take the red pill and see how far this rabbit hole goes. Talking about the different versions of the board which one would be the best one for a twin turbo V6, the v0.3 or the v0.4 board?
Layperson chiming in. Resistors mixed up. Elaborate with a text box the work around. U will have to use a multimeter to measure each resistor to determine value. I am assumingbthat is the solution to that mess.. anyway i now press play at 314. . I may come back🙂
I saw your last video. I have a 1992 Audi UrS4. It had the engine rebuilt and after 8 Grand! On a Aan OBD 1. And not done after 3 years. I had it towed to a quote top notch Audi specialist? Everything this guy said was 1000.00? All I wanted to know was if it had been rebuilt? He took me that it needed a new ECU, battery and it was showing low oil pressure? He said I don't have the tool to remove the oil pressure sensor?. After 2 grand to get it running. Oh if you really want to drive your car. You'll need a new oil pump? It stayed there for a few months. I tried to scrape another 1000. Bucks together. I couldn't. I finally got towed home. The front bumper is missing and the right side cat. And pipe to the exhaust. Now I'm done with these great mechanics. I'm just going to do all the work on my car's from now on. You make great videos that inspire! Thanks again
Thanks for the comment and sorry that you’ve had such a tough time with such a great car! A decent mechanic is worth its weight in gold but an Audi “specialist” unable to remove an oil pressure sensor? That doesn’t sound right. Hopefully you have better luck with it in the future!
Came across this great video, whilst trying to find information on adding a Speeduino to a Classic Mini Engine. Watch your previous video but did not realise you were a Mini enthusiast :-) Not many videos around on this, so thanks. I'm a complete beginner (first engine build) so will need to do lots of learning. Starting off with a non boosted engine running a HIF44, then once run in I'll be slapping on a Weber DCOE45, then once I have it sorted out probably switching to a Supercharger with the Weber. Wasted Spark ignition not EFI, thought I could do this with CPS and MAP only to start with?
You can run wasted spark on a 3D management with just Crank and Map using SpeedDensity mode, just ignore the fueling part. I did the same on my car for years. It’s only when you bring fuel in do you need the other sensors like Coolant, IAT, TPS etc… Best of luck! 👍
You got me good and proper - I was in the midst of rolling my eyes at the soldering Health and Safety warning. Good advice though, always good to stay hydrated in the workshop Thanks for the video, super informative and covered exactly the bit I was concerned about (uploading firmware and getting the base cal in)
I noticed you made your base tune out of thin air. It's always recommended to load one of the speeduino base tunes and then modify for your application & board.
I didn’t, I actually copied my existing tune but the aim was just to talk through each box and put in the settings from my running Speedy and getting the length of time it takes, but I ended up cutting it like I said. Love your Tbucket by the way - incredible build!
i suggest you make a video about controlling a vnt turbo with some sort of stepper actuator and an arduino, that would be really usefull for oldschool big power diesel builds overhere on cars that dont have vnt turbo or ecu....
Really enjoy your channel - would love to try speeduino but need drive by wire, seen a few people achieving this…but they tend to be evasive how it’s done! Any idea how this is being achieved? - and thanks to your ITB film I now own an Ender 3 - keep up the great work fella.
Cheers buddy! Drive by wire, well it's like you've seen my planned video list! My pedal movement is waaay too short with the ITBs... so do I mod the pedal, do a mechanical lever exchange OR full drive by wire with maps???? 🤔🤔🤔
As a fellow car enthusiast (on a budget) and IT guy, this is exactly what I want. I do a lot of tinkering with SBC's, mainly Raspberry Pi's, and your previous video pointed me in the direction of Speeduino and I'm already planning my build. Better yet, being Australian, it's local for me too!
For me, it’s a massive bonus that not only is it cheap but it’s also something to play with and potentially change to better suit my build...
I just received my Speeduino board, now I just need to order up the parts to populate it. Thanks for posting this one.
I ordered my parts from Digikey.... came within a couple of days, clearly labelled and the cheapest option 👍👍
A budget standalone ecu is the holy grail!
The future is NOW!
I have been wanting to build a stand alone ecu for years now. I have experience with arduino and soldering. Thank you for making the videos. Information like this helps make it easier to get into a project like this.
If you have experience with soldering projects you’ll fly through this! Best of luck 👍
AS someone who has been soldering his whole life and has built several megasquirts id like to pass on that once you finish soldering your board, use a paint brush cleaner to clean the rubbish and flux off the board, then rinse it with clean water and use a hair dryer to dry it out.
Then use a good PCB laquer to seal it and prevent it from corroding, many people dont do these things and wonder why they ahve random shorts or faults that start to happen a few months down the track...
Hope this helps.
@@Mike-ry4ti great point Mike, another point which to be fair the MS does have over my board is the MOSFETs are all supported. This is more of a v0.3 problem as there are many Speeduinos which are…
I'm overwhelmed by this whole thing but this is the only way for the car I have without spending more than I bought the car for so I'd appreciate all the help
Tuning on a budget can be the best way, as long as you are willing to learn you’ll be fine! 👍
This is the most well presented speeduino channel I’ve run across! I subscribed after your last video and I’ll probably get a speeduino because of you! Thank you for putting these videos together and I hope your having a good one.
Glad you enjoyed it. If you have got a Speedy then that’s mission complete for me! But stick around as there is plenty coming that will interest you !!
@@MakingforMotorsport Hello sir, I want to communicate with you about building a custom ECU for a hydrogen combustion engine. I will give you everything you want, but I want to communicate with you about the project
I'm one of those who subscribed with last video. Definitely a great concept for a channel and one that has already carved its own niche
Cheers buddy, glad your enjoying it and the niche seems to have hit the spot. Personally I can't wait to get abit more Motorsport on here! Its coming!
Amazing to see more love for the speeduino project. There are many variants of Speeduino Compatible ECU's also. Josh allowing this to be an open source project has empowered some of us to make our own. For me it started as refining the project for my own car. This gained traction and I now design and sell my own Speeduino Compatible variants.
Just had a look at your store, looks really good! Yeah, I think Josh is a modern day saint, the amount of hours he must’ve sunk into this he’d be well justified wanting to keep it closer to his chest!
Yeah, people seem to love the idea and the best thing is the people who always wanted to do this but lacked the money or technical skills to do it themselves now can get tuning... I had to shout about it!
Thank you so much for introducing this ecu to me, I am working on boosting a 08 scion tc right now and this ecu has solved my issue with not wanting to spend 1k or more on another standalone and it makes this dream now possible for me. This was my first car and decided I wanted to keep and have the best time I could with it.
What it’s all about! Power 🏎🏎🏎 to the people!
This is a complete game changer for engines like the 1ZZ, which had previously not been economically viable to tune, thanks to the exorbitant price of standalone ECU's, as you could just do a 2ZZ swap for the same money. But now good 2ZZ's are getting thin on the ground, and you can get 3 or 4 1ZZ's for the same price.. well, this just opens them up to all sorts of modifications. Hayabusa throttle bodies, and forced induction spring instantly to mind. Bloody marvelous :-)
Pinned comment!!! Absolutely, using bike ITBs and a Speeduino makes what was (and still is) a £2k project is now a £300 project. If I had to do things “properly” I couldn’t afford to do it at all!
The timing for this video could not have been better! Awesome job!
Cheers! glad you enjoyed it!
I've been waiting for someone to vouch for speeduino. This is the push i need. cheers!
Good man, do your homework (and RTFM!) and you won’t regret it! 👍
You should try : 1 conformal coating 2. Solder the Arduino Mega directly to the main board 3. Design & 3dprint an enclosure for your hardware with gasket, proper mounting of the connectors on the enclosure even have your own logo on the case
I'm only the first four minutes into this, but I'm delighted to hear it's based off the old megasquirt project.
I built a mega squirt, and a test thing for it and everything else and really wanted to use it but... This was early 2000s and it turned out that modifying my engine versus putting in that brand new LS1 motor was the same price, and I dropped that in instead, using the factory ECU and harness.
So I never ran my mega squirt on anything but I've always wanted to add fuel injection to all kinds of small engines and I do a lot of Arduino projects so this is just awesome.
Looking at this about the only thing I want to change is to get rid of the Arduino and just SMC solder on the processor and everything so it's just one board but... I get it is what it is. Definitely something cool and worth looking into
This is the best thing i have ever seen. will be building one for my turbo d16 project.
Thanks so much for doing this series! So far. I've not wanted to consider a standalone because of the combo of $$$ and having to learn to tune. Given your enthusiastic recommendation (and the low cost) I'm going to jump in
That’s great to hear. This video is a few years old but seems to have got traction in the last few days.
I’ll probably continue it with another couple of videos talking about the tuning process and some other stuff…. Make sure you sub so you don’t miss out!
This channel is definitely one of my favourites, cant wait for the next video to come out :)
I like it too! 😂. Next one is already started 👍
just sorted out getting my speeduino dropbear because of all these videos, currently getting reliability on my 1987 205gti with a big spec and swapping twin 45s to throttle bodies.
About the scariest thing about my build is definitely the wiring. I've never built a chassis harness or engine harness before. This is actually the ECU I got for my car about 6 months ago. I'm glad to see that someone else has done this. Makes it a tad less scary
chassis harness is simple. you should be able to re pin all of the factory harness to run on one of these things.
Just discovered this channel and definitely impressed by the amount of detail and ease of information.
I'm running a speeduino n02c board on my turbo mx5. Great ecu. Has all the features I need for a turbo road car.
I'm glad I found your channel I build a megasquirt years ago, and now I just try to build data loggers for automotive off and on when I can figure stuff out, it's really cool to see this stuff is even more popular now and I'm hoping to put one of these together I got a couple engines I could run this with
I've absolutely no use for this, but I'm now gonna have to get something to use this on.
Really great, well put together video.
I'm sure this channel will go far, new subs and views coming dude 👍
Cheers buddy! Good to know people are enjoying it!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE KNOWLEDGE. EXCITED TO START MY SPEEDUINO BUILD FOR MY 22RE!
Holy Crap!!! Ever since I first got into MCU's, with the TI Launchpad, and subsequently Arduino and RPI, I always wondered if it was possible to make an ECU with them, Arduino seemed like the most fitting. I thought they would not be fast or reliable enough for it... This is the first time I've heard of it actually being built!
They work well for me! It’s a great solution. Also, from the comments 99% of people who have one are happy as Larry with it, the only moaners are people who don’t think it will work and think they know better! Get one, you won’t regret it! (Not a guarantee 😂)
I mean it's way more powerful than the ecus in cars 20 years ago haha
Getting me liking the Speedy more and more , I used to built mini quads and their boards are tiny (12mm x 12mm) , soldering will be a pinch with this 👍 . Great vid too
It’s easy for me so you should fly! Enjoy! 👍
Just about to embark on a V6 speeduino build, thanks for the videos, perfect timing!
Glad it’s a help!
I ‘liked’ this video the moment you advised me to “stay hydrated”! 👏
It’s important health and safety information… I always worry about dehydration, easily on Friday and Saturdays! 👍
Fantastic content, please keep making videos as well presented and info dense as this 🙏 you’re a great value to the community and myself
watched your video, and i made my choice to go for speeduino. was thinking to build it this winter!
:D Watching this video in Sept 2022, and now at 25K subscribers. Really enjoy your stuff.
Very encouraging. I'm gonna tackle my K24 😃 soon!
Excellent… I have one of those big Hondas on my want list… torque talks!
Did you do it? I have a K24RBB in an '04 SI & need an ECU that can handle both cams. Did you find base settings somewhere or just work out your own?
Im excited for this. I talked to a friend a long time ago about using a raspberry pi, recycled dell optiplexes, and a 3d printed case to make cheap standalone APUs for cars and custom vehicles in general. We also talked about a scan tool that invades a ecu or tcu to monitor and download as much info from a stock unit that would be needed to allow a program to recreate it and upload it to your custom unit. This would allow for true freedom when doing cool builds. Allowing someone to cheaply swap a 6 speed auto into a car that originally came with a 5 speed auto. Has something like that popped up in the market yet? I know nissan was working on a diag tool that did something similar but i left the company that was working with them so im out of the loop now.
There are plenty of canBus sniffers so working out comms between modules and OBD2 let’s you pull parameters like load and spark advance so it’s easy to rebuild mapping tables…
It’s a brave new world people!
just came across this channel having been given a mk7 1.25cc fiesta from my mum and wanting to fettle with it...its fantastic, keep it up👍👍
Stay tuned, hopefully more in the works!
Great stuff, thanks! 👍
Currently my favourite new channel. Really enjoy the presentation style, all the info is there, good sense of humour. What's not to love?
This is a huge step for the open source community
Personally I think it’s great there are people out there willing to pour their heart and soul into these projects who then effectively “give it away”, it’s not quite like that but still amazing!
Looking forward to using some of these in the future with a Teensy 4.1 for various engines.
5:20 the clock crystal you are referring to is used by usb to ttl chip on board. Arduino mega chip crystal oscillator is located just very near the atmega chip surrounded by 2 little capacitor and very small in size. Bdw very nice project.
Yeah, there’s a few people have pointed that out, my ignorance I suppose, every days a school day! But the point still stands as these are trickier to connect and use as a Speeduino...
the crystal oscillator regulates the device's ATmega16 microcontroller-which performs USB-to-serial conversion when interfacing with a computer - the Micro-controller itself gets its frequency from a ceramic resonator.
Yeah… I got that wrong… 🤦♂️
Super video. Great series overall, really.
I'm wanting to convert a carburated motorcycle to EFI soon. My biggest hang-up is the mapping process. Wiring, placement of sensors and ECU are issues that I can see popping up as well, but to me those are easy in comparison.
Thanks buddy, great to know it’s helping. I am just editing the final ITB video and without joking, the car started and ran fairly well with the standard base tune... it’ll be out in a few days but trust me, it’s not as complicated as you think..... 👍
All of the above. I’m an IT guy but I need to google what is still needed in a car where you upgrade to an aftermarket ECU but retain the stock cluster and heating controls etc. I’m basically planning to go ITB’s on my 1uz SC400.
Excellent video, very informative. A lot of food for thought. Currently working on a stroked Bmw M42 and want to fit throttle bodies so this is a revelation. Thanks!
awww man, I had an old E30 318iS and I loved the M42, the stroked version (2.1 with the diesel crank?) always gets my attention... that'd be a great engine....
@@MakingforMotorsport Hopefully it won’t go BANG although I’ll be having a lot of fun if and when it does 😉😂
Didn't even know these existed..... nice work.👍
Initially I was going to fit some throttle bodies from a zx6r to my 1982 kz1100. After some thinking and the accidental acquisition of a turbo, I’m leaning towards using a single throttle body, thinking the inlet size matched to the compressor size. I’m not 100% on the wiring or programming but I figure I’ll just take it 1 step at a time.
Awesome job. I just got my Speeduino set up to function on a bench display. I will be using it to show students how an ECU works and hopefully used on our test mule engine on a dynamometer. The actual display needs to be built next. Great inspiration this video.
That sounds like a really fun setup... lucky students!
This eventually will be our only option, since the EPA is making it illegal for companies to sell stand alone ECUs and piggyback ones, we will have to make our on, so the earlier you hop on this wagon, the better off you will be, thanks for sharing bro
Yeah I heard about the EPA vs RPM, i don’t get it, seems strange that the home of hot rods wants to stop a tiny minority modifying their cars… I don’t get it 🤷♂️🤯
I have enjoyed your video quite a lot, your presentation method is entertaining and the information you present is quite accurate for the most part! There's two things that aren't quite it. Early in the video you talked about the different mega2560 board versions and their clock crystals, these clock crystals are for the serial chip, not for the mega, the one with a 12mhz is a ch340g and can be used just fine. The mega with a 16mhz big crystal has an atmega16u2 as it's uart chip and is generally recommended because you can flash a custom firmware on it to make reset behavior more suitable for a car ecu. Both the ch340g and 16u2 equipped boards run at full 16mhz. On my Samurai project I've had issues with random resets caused by voltage spikes which was solved by removing a capacitor that was there to let the ch340 reset the mega. Another thing, you forgot to mention that people should load the speeduino base tune so that all the properties have some sort of a value to prevent any unexpected problems because someone left a cell at -255. Otherwise great work and I'm looking forward to seeing your next video!
Thanks! I am enjoying making them! Yeah, a few people have picked up on the Crystal comment, my ignorance but the advice is still the same, get a decent one. The basetune I’ll be picking up in the final ITB vids when I’m talking about tuning!
That cheap one is completely fine. That 12mHz osc is for the ch340g USB chip. The actual XTAL for the 2560 is pins 33 34 and uses a much smaller footprint osc.
Yeah thanks, I realise that now 🤦♂️ but I do like the Elegoo ones… it might be totally wrong but they just “feel better.”
@@MakingforMotorsport For the most part they are pretty much the same. PCB tech is pretty good now and affordable. They all usually use the same suppliers so the components inside are the same. There might be variations in the layout, but not big ones that will effect anything.
keeping hydrated , love it also having a can watching this too. super interesting mate fair play top work.
Gotta stay hydrated!!! Safety first!
I have a Speeduino ECU that I will be putting in a Honda Civic ECU case for a auto trans. I will be using the OEM harness on my 97 Honda Civic Coupe manual with the plug for the trans control being used for my waste gate control solenoids and more.
Super excited to make use of this on one of my projects! I can't wait to see where this channel goes, especially keen to see how those itbs pan out
The ITBs are the next video... they are doing well so far! Glad you found it interesting... you’ve gotta get playing!
Good stuff, I've been looking at these to put on my Daihatsu hijet.
I am an ' old school racer ' brought up with Hilborn constant flow fuel injection, and multiple side draft carb configurations. Now I have more time to fiddle around with a project car, an EMS is the way to go
Power comes from the cylinder head ( of which I have modified a lot ) and ignition timing.
I have collected all the parts for a hack on the GM Aussie VN ECU ( look up PCM hack )
but your EMS seems so simple. Can you program on the fly, and how many boxes in the ignition table ...ta
It is simple, honestly, I am not conning anyone, just need injectors that fit and an ignition amp that works for with either 12v or a crank pulley and you’re off! Power does come for the head but spark and squirt always help
As someone who uses linux and hates how every software is made for windows i really love speeduino. now i can tune without worrying about what happens with my data.
Great video !! cool to see a complete process of the build and testing of the speeduino.
I did notice that you had cooling on the IGT - FET i bellive it's cald units in your old ecu and not the new one.
Cheers bud! I didn’t add the coolers as they aren’t part of the BOM so I didn’t buy ‘em and they were only on my 1st as a best practice. If (more like when!) this other Speedy goes in a car I will add them...
Well Thank you, That gave me enough confidence to build one for my cafe racer project cheers
There is no need to ask, already liked, subscribed and hit the bell icon.
Btw, I'm reading the manual.
Keep up those amazing videos!
👍👍👍
Definitely thinking about using this for my L28 Datsun build. Get the E back into it!
underrated channel
I have a couple of Motorhomes, both near the same YM, one is powered by a 350 and the other is as far as I can tell, a 427 industrial or truck version, both Chevy engines both are running Qjets at the moment. Ok so I have a 3rd BBC which I have dumped a $^*t load of money in and still have to dump more into it, it's a 540 which will be a race rig if I live long enough. Anyhow, for the 540 project, I dumped another load of funds into a MS3X with everything needed to run 2 stage fuel and 2 stage N20. COP, SFPI, dual knock sense, RTCC, 2 low impedence injector driver boards, a GPIO for controlling a 4L80E, there's absolutely NO room left in the case for anything else even if DIY made anything else that could be installed. So now I have to spend more for the full version, not a problem, I expected that. Then there is the MSQ file that must be developed, that's a problem for me at this time, I'm going to need some serious support for that. Again, anyhow, I knew a little ( very little and still very little) about Speeduino before starting the MS3X system and now I want to have a go at this to convert both or at least the BBC powered Motorhome first. IMOP I'm thinking this would be a good deal for either engine. Any opinions to offer from anyone?
Truly great content. Thank you!
Great vid encouarages me more to get the speeduino when the project car is to that stage and being able to run it o better potential than the stock ecu. This is great motivation to keep learning.
Cheers buddy! Always plenty to learn...
Thanks. I'm going to try this for my aw11 turbo project.
Nicely done, will definitely keep an eye on this for my future projects.
Oh it’s a great piece of kit, keep it mind!
Congrats. Very good video in every aspect! For me personaly the only things worries me is the wiring of ecu with engine harness and the base map!!!
The key with the wiring is just get as much knowledge as possible on your current car, and the base tune isn’t that hard, there are several table generators and rules of thumb for advance, these will never be “right” but they can certainly get you running...
I think you know quite a bit about the port air module delivering fuel loads based on constants. That's why you weren't saturated with the incoming MAF temp. I would like to know more about how with the engine hood closed air temp provides a more accurate fuel flow. Cool fuel air is always the best input. I really like the viability of taking a scratch board and making the interface better than the 90's. I wanted to build my own ECU once I understood that changing chips on an older model board cost me a lot of time based on recorded data. I would rather adjust everything then and there aside from a non-it-drive me home burn rate. I'd want to commandeer a carb built in and branch it to multi-port and when no chugga chugga I know that a carb could bypass the gross negligence that I did on my own.
Cheers bud! Always learning!
Love your videos mate! Just want to more of them 🙂
Super helpful finding your channel! I'm building a motorcycle and fuel injecting a currently carbureted engine. I've got a lot to learn, but I'm enjoying learning a new skill. Subbed! And thanks for sharing.
It’s always great cracking into something new… as long as you don’t need it to get to work in the morning 😂
ordered mine a week ago because of you
just takes a bit to ship to germany ^^
great video
Good man! I wish you viel gluck! 👍
@@MakingforMotorsport Thank you
I‘m assembling it right now :)
Love the video, the content, the algorithm, the everything.
Cheers bud! Glad you enjoyed it!
I am super interested in setting one of these up to run an Chevy 305 TPI engine in my 91 Camaro
Trying to put together all the info before I dive in though.
Great video, Thank you.
I subbed last time.
Thanks for the sub and continuing to watch! You’re absolutely right doing all the research up front, I feel like I have been researching for these kinds of projects my entire life!😂
@@MakingforMotorsport for sure, I have raced a variety of cars and theres so many nuances to each
Curious to see someone running a rotary on one of these.
Here’s someone..... ruclips.net/video/l_EIRGyNyfU/видео.html
I have experience with megasquirt and megashift and a ton of arduino programming haha. I'm putting a 5.3 in a 1950 studebaker pickup right now to throw together as a shop truck and to tow my cars to tracks. Now I'm leaning towards speeduino just to try it...if I get addicted I'm blaming you. I see there's options to run 8 injector and 8 coils on a newer version of speeduino that uses the teensy 4.1 but can't find info on how to get any of it. Maybe I'm blind. Great video!
Yeah, blame me... I’m fine with that! 😂😂
You can upgrade to Teensy, and you’ll need to find a rarer board for that, but for a shop truck, a batch fired and wasted spark v8 would do the job just fine! I mean it’s only since the 90s that OEMs have gone beyond that, and that’s just for emissions.
@@MakingforMotorsport truuuuue. I just don't want to have to tune around that haha. I've done batch fire tuning on the early 90s corvettes and it was absolutely awful. Maybe it was the TPI intake manifold design that I hated, the rear 2 cylinders would always be way too rich so I ended up changing those injectors to a lower flow rate to compensate for that. Makes me cry on the inside thinking about that. I have a teensy 4.1 still in the bag I never opened to play with it.
@@moneyshot2239 this sounds like an argument for 2 x 4 throttle bodies rather than a plenum which is clearly not the job. I’d bet it’d run nice on ITBs........
Haha yea. This engine is going in completely stock for now because I have the original harness ECU and DBW throttle body. Seems like the processing power of the teensy would run circles around a GM ECU from 2006. Might just do the cam while the engine is out and try the speeduino if I can get my hands on the board for it. Hp Tuners credits to tune the stock ECU are more than half the price it costs to build a speeduino haha.
8 Itb's would be fun until they need to be balanced 🤣
1:10 in I'd like to say you're welcome, and don't think we didn't notice you trying to be more natty for your larger audience. Naturally I went back and watched the rest of the videos and it's funny what a tiny bit of editing produces. Good on ya mate👍🏼 cheers from the states.
P.s. Bruv, get a proper ale. Boddington's is my English preference (regardless of the Newcastle river Thames bridge I have tattooed on my back)
Tiny bit of editing? I feel like I spend my life in front of editing software!!! 😂😂😂 But apparently changing the shot every 10secs means people like it more! Cheers 👍
I never smoke kids. They make far too much noise when you try to light them.
That said, I love this channel. It has a nice bit of Bad Obsession Motorsport to it, with less brackets.
😂 Thank you very much! To be mentioned in the same breath as those crazy geniuses is high praise! (I'm less into the brackets... but I definitely have more than one grinder!)
Hello David, thank you for your videos, you have inspired me to modify my 1st generation Mitsubishi Pajero. Could you explain how to take the signal from a distributor and how to configure the software? Greetings from Medellin, Colombia
Ok.. you have a new sub...
I have a 600hp 2l sti that I use for mostly track days and a bit of town.. I'm going to give it a go..
Cheers mate
Thanks for the sub, 600? I bet that shuffles along! I drove a 400hp sti blobeye... that was no slouch!
@@MakingforMotorsport all good mate..
Lol.. its a bit stupid around town, the engine is built for more but I'm limited buy the ecu. I'm using the rom raider software and have reached the limit of what it can safely do. I was going for a link but this is a welcome new option.
Cheers
Thanks for the video I just subbed. Always wanted to put my own ecu together.
But my question is how do you connect all of the car wiring to it? Is all your connecting is the tps, crank cam pos, maf/map, o2, temps? Still there how are they connecting to the board, is there a separate board for adding extra headers for i/o? What if you wanted to use it for everyday driving so traction ctrl or 4wd or with other systems like programming in abs or different trannies? Can you program in stalls or gear press? How fast is the reaction and readouts? Is real time actually real time? How does it handle faulty components like if a cable on an o2 shorted on the block or something, is there protection on the board along with over current protection if you were to jump the battery..
This is a standalone ECU. Engine Control Unit. It JUST runs your engine by itself.
One other thing I thought about is what is being said about the 12mHz crystal. I know from past experience ATmega chips have been over clocked to 20mHz for certain projects. If in this case 12 is a bit slow, and 16 works better, what would wrong with going to 20mHz.
Probably not at car temperatures!
Every time I watch a Speeduino video, I still think it's unfortunate that they missed the opportunity to call it "Carduino."
My Main issue is this. Compatibility with my 1991 dodge stealth R/T Twin Turbo and the speeduino. This also includes upgrading the ignition system to coil on plug and running them in sequential ignition for spark only.
It’s a V6 isn’t it? You can use a wasted spark coil (plenty about for V6) or coil on plugs wired in pairs and then go wasted spark. It’s a very common setup and still used by OEMs a few years ago….
@@MakingforMotorsport Alright I'll take the red pill and see how far this rabbit hole goes. Talking about the different versions of the board which one would be the best one for a twin turbo V6, the v0.3 or the v0.4 board?
I was aware of speedino but haven't seen many videos on it but it is definitely cool
Layperson chiming in. Resistors mixed up. Elaborate with a text box the work around. U will have to use a multimeter to measure each resistor to determine value. I am assumingbthat is the solution to that mess.. anyway i now press play at 314. . I may come back🙂
I saw your last video. I have a 1992 Audi UrS4. It had the engine rebuilt and after 8 Grand! On a Aan OBD 1. And not done after 3 years. I had it towed to a quote top notch Audi specialist? Everything this guy said was 1000.00? All I wanted to know was if it had been rebuilt? He took me that it needed a new ECU, battery and it was showing low oil pressure? He said I don't have the tool to remove the oil pressure sensor?. After 2 grand to get it running. Oh if you really want to drive your car. You'll need a new oil pump? It stayed there for a few months. I tried to scrape another 1000. Bucks together. I couldn't. I finally got towed home. The front bumper is missing and the right side cat. And pipe to the exhaust. Now I'm done with these great mechanics. I'm just going to do all the work on my car's from now on. You make great videos that inspire! Thanks again
Thanks for the comment and sorry that you’ve had such a tough time with such a great car! A decent mechanic is worth its weight in gold but an Audi “specialist” unable to remove an oil pressure sensor? That doesn’t sound right. Hopefully you have better luck with it in the future!
Came across this great video, whilst trying to find information on adding a Speeduino to a Classic Mini Engine. Watch your previous video but did not realise you were a Mini enthusiast :-) Not many videos around on this, so thanks. I'm a complete beginner (first engine build) so will need to do lots of learning. Starting off with a non boosted engine running a HIF44, then once run in I'll be slapping on a Weber DCOE45, then once I have it sorted out probably switching to a Supercharger with the Weber. Wasted Spark ignition not EFI, thought I could do this with CPS and MAP only to start with?
You can run wasted spark on a 3D management with just Crank and Map using SpeedDensity mode, just ignore the fueling part. I did the same on my car for years.
It’s only when you bring fuel in do you need the other sensors like Coolant, IAT, TPS etc…
Best of luck! 👍
You got me good and proper - I was in the midst of rolling my eyes at the soldering Health and Safety warning. Good advice though, always good to stay hydrated in the workshop
Thanks for the video, super informative and covered exactly the bit I was concerned about (uploading firmware and getting the base cal in)
Remember.... you must stay hydrated into the evening as well! 😂😂🍺🍺🍺
@@MakingforMotorsport and... READ THE MANUAL
As an owner of an older bike...
Building an igniter is my hope.
Please recommend an idea that I can do.. its carbureted.
Thanks for this, I've been thinking about getting one of these to build a turbo dirtbike for the LOLs haha.
Great idea!!! Everything needs a turbo! 👍
Don't rev too soon on a cold start. You need good oil pressure before you can safely rev it like that.
Otherwise, great video!
Could you please breakdown the process of creating a wiring loom for running itb’s with a speeduino?
I noticed you made your base tune out of thin air. It's always recommended to load one of the speeduino base tunes and then modify for your application & board.
I didn’t, I actually copied my existing tune but the aim was just to talk through each box and put in the settings from my running Speedy and getting the length of time it takes, but I ended up cutting it like I said.
Love your Tbucket by the way - incredible build!
Great vid, I hope to use this on my LS Volvo 240 swap
LS swap!!! Is there any car they don’t fit?? Best of luck with it! 👍
Excellent video 👍 well done
Cheers! Glad you’re enjoying it!
i suggest you make a video about controlling a vnt turbo with some sort of stepper actuator and an arduino, that would be really usefull for oldschool big power diesel builds overhere on cars that dont have vnt turbo or ecu....
I’d love to... all I need is an old skool diesel and a VNT turbo! 😬. But you’re right, it’d a be a useful standalone piece of kit...
Itb BRRRRRAAAP got you my sub...now i need some version of cf filament.
But thanks for the videos!
Thanks for the sub! BRRARRRP indeed!!!!
fantabulous, I will have a new project to do.
And the best bit about tuning a car is there is always something to play with!
Your channel is very good, do you have any pinout or tutorial to be able to control 6 injectors, for a Mercedes 300E, thank you
Really enjoy your channel - would love to try speeduino but need drive by wire, seen a few people achieving this…but they tend to be evasive how it’s done! Any idea how this is being achieved? - and thanks to your ITB film I now own an Ender 3 - keep up the great work fella.
Cheers buddy! Drive by wire, well it's like you've seen my planned video list! My pedal movement is waaay too short with the ITBs... so do I mod the pedal, do a mechanical lever exchange OR full drive by wire with maps???? 🤔🤔🤔
Speeduino does not and will not support DBW.
An external controller will be needed.