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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 11:47 PM
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I am. Idle delay is at 500 and duty is at 3.9. I'm not sure what my target increase is at
Old Apr 4, 2017 | 11:58 PM
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Add more duty. And maybe a longer delay if needed.

Also if you are using megasquirt 3 then idle timing correction will make a huge difference. You set it up so when idle drops timing advances and you rev back up.

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Obviously I need to study up on how to tune idle!
Old Apr 5, 2017 | 04:59 AM
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Idle up delay is win when it comes to fans and a/c.
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 01:10 AM
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Went to get the car tuned today. Apparently at some point the bolts holding the wastegate to the turbo had rattled out. I wasn't able to make more than 14psi. After replacing the bolts we turned it up to 20psi. I made 341whp/277tq on conservative timing. The car is stupid fast! I beat an STI on my way home. We were rolling about 30, he hit his 2step, built boost and left. I reeled him in immediately and then put 7-8 car lengths on him instantly. BLEW HIS DOORS OFF!!!
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Old Apr 7, 2017 | 01:11 AM
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Nice dude. Saw the post on FB. Get some more spring in there

What actuator do you have on it?
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by psyber_0ptix
****, my idle up duty is like 7%

Im running on bandaids apparently
Mine is 8.6%. I have a single of the big-*** spal fans that FM used to sell (before the current kit). It's... big. Takes a lot of juice.

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Old Apr 7, 2017 | 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
Nice dude. Saw the post on FB. Get some more spring in there

What actuator do you have on it?
Didn't know it was posted on FB. Was that Nate?

running the BW med boost actuator. Going to purchase a high boost in the near future
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Yeah it was.

Check out the turbosmart dual port wastegate. I've got one and its a really nice piece. Swappable springs and everything.
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 02:06 AM
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I was looking at that. That may be the route I go. For now I'm happy with the power I'm making, but we all know that will change in about a month or 2.
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Nice. I can't wait to get mine running.
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 02:41 AM
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Hit me up if you're planning to go to any autox in the area soon. Hoping to have my car back up and running this week and it'd be fun to have some miata friends to do autox with.
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 03:18 AM
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Originally Posted by alienmiata1
Is that an RS coupe in hiding?
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 03:24 AM
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Good eye sir! My buddy has a STI swapped 2.5rs
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Originally Posted by alienmiata1
Good eye sir! My buddy has a STI swapped 2.5rs
Sounds like both of you have some awesome builds.

Looking forward to your dyno as well. Awesome build!

Edit: NVM. Just saw the results a few posts up lol. Holy moly.

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Old Apr 7, 2017 | 10:09 AM
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Sig update is needed.
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Awesome!

Where you able to figure out the fan stalling?
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Sig update is needed.
Updated. Thanks for the reminder
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by psyber_0ptix
Awesome!

Where you able to figure out the fan stalling?
I didn't have him mess with it too much. I have it so it is only dieing about 1 out of 4 times. I'm going to mess with it some more after work today. It is getting better though!
Old Apr 7, 2017 | 11:03 AM
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That dyno looks really good. It looks super clean. We need videos now.....



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