At the time only Megasquirt 2 was allowed for Stock Eliminator. Wertman's were running the 3 and wanted to borrow my NHRA approved AEM in case of a tear down. I declined. The biggest issue the team was having was melting down coil packs with both the Megasquirt and Bigstuff3.
The Wertman team purchased and personally picked up a block from me after tearing up 3 engines. Their first 6.1 blown engine was at Megasquirt's dyno session. Had nothing to do with Megasquirt tuning, just the way their oringinal engine was built. I was on the phone with Chris Wertman at the time and told him not to take the engine up to 8000 rpm. I told him to run back in and tell them to quit it, but it was too late. Their 2nd 6.1 was lost in the water box. Their 3rd engine, a 5.7 ate up a couple exhaust valves. Their 4th engine, a 5.7, runs like a champ. If I where a tuner I would expect an engine builder to make it live. If I where an engine builder I know that a tuner will take it to the edge. Since we build and tune our own EFI Hemi engines, life is good.
Love the AEM fully programable Mopar Performance piece. Tune the motor on the engine dyno, install that same box married to that engine and life is good. Can also figure out what converter and gears would work best. Wasted too much time and $$$ on chassis dyno's prior to tuning on the engine dyno.