Megasquirt? What's the Situation?

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Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Please elaborate on your experience w this. Do go on.

I could counter this with a question to you. What do you think you would gain with coil on plug? I'm not sure what elaboration you want.

The ignition is not a limiting factor on making power within the realm of what is considered standard modifications on an LT5. You are not limited by the ability to modify the ignition outputs.

These engines are not known for weak ignition, or a high rate of coil failure due to heat, or any issues you might alleviate by moving the coil closer to the plug or out in the open.

The megasquirt is capable of handling ignition timing changes for boosted applications.

The only real advantage would be the ability to adjust timing by cylinder, which isn't going to do much for LT5 people at the power levels we're looking at. You would have additional diagnostics ability by utilizing sequential fuel injection in conjunction with CoP, but that's a nice to have, not a necessity. You could possibly do some fine tuning to decrease emissions as well, but I don't think that's a big ask as a car in good condition passes current emissions standards.

I think there is a general misconception about what drove OEMs to CoP to begin with. Reliability, fuel efficiency and emissions. Not power.