I always say, Megasquirt should be considered a collage course. You can not get one installed and running without learning allot. For anyone whom does not want to learn, do not use this or any other injection system.

And if you think you learn allot, just think of the group of guys that have created the system. They started back in the mid 90s with a plans built system known as EFI 332. It was to be a full featured injection control that if you were an electronics engineer you had a 40% chance of success. Well it floundered and flopped. Bruce and Al chose not to fail so with a 1987 GM ECU in hand they reverse engineered it and made the original MS1 kits. Fuel only just as the GM system is. Soon enough some cheerful lad said he thought he could write some new code and control spark timing with it, well he did. Not to long after that we now have the incredibly flexible system that Frank is working with.
Today there are about two dozen guys doing the design, development and support systems, with many more doing product testing.

To compare MS to the commercially available stand alone systems, most systems have had their software locked down for years before you buy them on some makes. Others are restricted by hardware limits. What you buy is what you got.
With the Megasquirt, the software is fresh, the hardware can be altered as changes are needed. The system is one of the best forward looking electronic devices on the market.

So for all the trials and tribulations Frank is going through, he will know what he has and can in time keep moving forward as he chooses.