infamos Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Does Mega Squirt really make a difference in HP? I just bought a 1989 MPI Conquest in Palermo Gray and will be picking it up in a couple of weeks.It was either this one or another. The other was a Florida car, 1987 Atlantic Blue MPI, clean interior, Mega Squirt, large intercooler, clean aftermarket wheels and the paint was good. The 1989 is a Washington car, has an 83 Hood, non-shp wheels, a professional rebuilt racing motor from Top End performance, good interior except for the front seat bolsters, huge intercooler, rust free and the paint is good. The blue one was waaaayyyy too high in price ($7800). The 1989 was just right for a modded SQ ($4500). The only differences are the Mega Squirt, year of car, color and wheels. I was just wondering if I made the right choice. Edited March 25, 2012 by infamos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchi934 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) mega squirt is just engine management (the computer that runs the fuel/ timing on the engine). It enables the user to tune the car by adjusting the timing and fuel delivery (usually in our case to accomodate more boost). That being said mega squirt wont gain you any HP. Its the person who sets it up and tunes it. mega squirt (or other more expensive forms of engine management) is essential for running multiport fuel injection(MPI) because the stock computer wont run it. so i guess the point is. MPI makes the power difference by delivering more fuel to accomodate more boost.... mega squirt just runs the multiport injection Edited March 25, 2012 by Frenchi934 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamos Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 That's good to know. I didn't want to make things complicated, so I feel better already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchi934 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 most likely, if your car is MPI its running megasquirt and has already been tuned. (Unless someone spent big money on another engine management system) if it runs well than you got a good deal 7800 is wayyy more than id pay for a conquest. ill have my ls1 swap done for less than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamos Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 most likely, if your car is MPI its running megasquirt and has already been tuned. (Unless someone spent big money on another engine management system) if it runs well than you got a good deal 7800 is wayyy more than id pay for a conquest. ill have my ls1 swap done for less than that. I agree. Actually he was originally asking 8900 for the 87. I was told that the Quest I bought runs good and it will make it to Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoCam360 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I actually test drove the WA car about a month ago... Nice ride. Engine bay is clean and the 20g pulls pretty good. I got the impression that the seller hadn't taken the car to the dyno or done much tuning on it so I think you could squeeze out some pretty good numbers with a little tuning.... but it runs and drives just fine as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamos Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 MotorCam360. That is real assuring. I appreciate it. It's nice to hear this from a SQ member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 don't quote me on this but your "Top End Performance racing motor', is prob just a stock rebuild with some glitter or some s*** sprinkled on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamos Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 don't quote me on this but your "Top End Performance racing motor', is prob just a stock rebuild with some glitter or some s*** sprinkled on top.Here is the package details:Stage-3 Engine: $4300Full-Tilt street and drag race engine. For T3/T4 and NOS. Your choice of compression ratio and bore size. JE pistons, Total-Seals, race prepped rods, Race prepped crank, New head casting, Race Ported and polished, Steel Shim Head Gasket, Racing Camshaft and dual valve spring upgrades, ARP head studs and rod bolts, Lightened flywheel, Balance shaft eliminator. Balanced and blueprinted. All new timing components and high volume oil pump. Assembled valve cover to oil pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Here is the package details:Stage-3 Engine: $4300Full-Tilt street and drag race engine. For T3/T4 and NOS. Your choice of compression ratio and bore size. JE pistons, Total-Seals, race prepped rods, Race prepped crank, New head casting, Race Ported and polished, Steel Shim Head Gasket, Racing Camshaft and dual valve spring upgrades, ARP head studs and rod bolts, Lightened flywheel, Balance shaft eliminator. Balanced and blueprinted. All new timing components and high volume oil pump. Assembled valve cover to oil pan. oh look High Volume oil pump! trust me dood, someone got suckered hard on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_StarionTSI Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Lol who cares? Stop raining on his parade. He didn't pay for that package so it really doesn't matter. And there's a recommendation from another Sqc member. I say good score.$200 over what the mod costs. Not bad at all Edited March 25, 2012 by Mike_StarionTSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psu_Crash Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Sounds like you made the right choice and picked up a very nice Quest!Hope everything goes well with getting it home to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieJ Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Yes good pick up. I wish my car was already MPI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamos Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Thanks for the thumbs up.This time I thought I would try getting an SQ already modified. Hopefully this will save me time and money since I'm fairly new to the turbo world. I have a couple stock SQs and I thought how much money it would cost me to get to this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny_Jim Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Did you pick it up yet? If not, it'd be cool to meet up and bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidewaySStarion Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I know of a person who bought a stage 4 Tep motor with a knife edged crank and H-beam rods and when get got the motor the oil pan was dented in shipping and when he pulled the pan off of it to fix it he found a poorly rebuilt stock motor. He proceeded to call Tep and they accused him of swapping out of the parts for stock parts and because he removed the oil pan there was nothing they could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamos Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Did you pick it up yet? If not, it'd be cool to meet up and bsI haven't picked it up yet. I fly out on April 2 and arrive in the morning. I would love to meet up but I will have 1200 miles ahead of me, so I won't have time to visit. Possibly you can make it to the Nevada meet in 2013. I plan on making it. Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamos Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I know of a person who bought a stage 4 Tep motor with a knife edged crank and H-beam rods and when get got the motor the oil pan was dented in shipping and when he pulled the pan off of it to fix it he found a poorly rebuilt stock motor. He proceeded to call Tep and they accused him of swapping out of the parts for stock parts and because he removed the oil pan there was nothing they could do.Thanks for the info. The motor is no longer under warranty. When I drive it back I will have my speed shop take a look and it, do a compression test, dyno it to the maximum hp and detail the motor. This is at least a good starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshyBone Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 You got one too? I just picked up an MPI Starquest too. It has some mods done to it too but it needs some work done. I'm Getting mine on Friday so I'll be posting pictures. Good Luck with your ride man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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