Originally Posted by MicaCeli
(Post 1033143)
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1374091088
Make sure the cam marks line up correctly like this. and if they line up that perfectly it tends to me it's not correct, as the intake cam in that case would be off at least 1 tooth. cliffs: the OP's timing is correct and shouldn't be touched. |
Originally Posted by Savington
(Post 1033539)
Injectors would have to be wrong too. Something in the ECU settings is 90* off.
Unless he's switched to sequential injection, the injectors just run off duty cycle and aren't timed to the engine. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1033642)
Unless he's switched to sequential injection, the injectors just run off duty cycle and aren't timed to the engine.
The injectors are absolutely timed to the engine, regardless of whether batch or sequential operation is in use. That said, the firing angle of the injectors is almost totally inconsequential. Outside of idle, you'd be hard-pressed to identify a 90° change in injector timing. Assuming the OP is using a Megasquirt (I don't remember that question being directly answered), I can pretty much guarantee that the coils are reversed. This is easy to do, especially on the NAs, because the build documentation that most everyone follows is reversed, which gets cancelled out by the fact that the default CAS settings which DIY specifies are ALSO reversed. Put the CAS back where it belongs, flip the plug wires between the two coils, and the engine will start. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1033251)
Hmmm . . . .
90° out. Hmmm . . . . Might we have the spark plug wires connected to the wrong coils? Hmmm . . . . |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1033701)
The injectors are absolutely timed to the engine, regardless of whether batch or sequential operation is in use.
Assuming the OP is using a Megasquirt (I don't remember that question being directly answered) I just want to make sure my understanding is correct. First, as you correctly pointed out, we don't know what OP's setup is. However, in one picture it looks like he has stock coils, so I assumed that he was running wasted spark and batch fire. My understanding of batch fire is that multiple injector are fired at the same time for a certain pulse-width duration under ECU control. The timing of the batch fire signal does not necessarily correspond to an intake valve being open (and, in fact, could only have this relationship for one injector of the batch). I'll certainly defer to your knowledge on this -- you've looked at MS signals on a scope, I haven't. Just trying to make sure I have a correct understanding. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1033712)
My understanding of batch fire is that multiple injector are fired at the same time for a certain pulse-width duration under ECU control. The timing of the batch fire signal does not necessarily correspond to an intake valve being open (and, in fact, could only have this relationship for one injector of the batch).
It would be incorrect, however, to posit that the injector firings are not timed to the engine. There is an absolute phase-relationship between the injector firings and the engine rotation. The timing is (somewhat) optimized to correlate with the intake cycles of the paired cylinders, albeit with one valve opening 180° after the other (as opposed to 360°, as would be the case is the injectors and coils were paired similarly.) This is the reason that the injectors are paired differently from the coils. It never made sense to me until I actually looked at the scope traces and overlaid the TDC positions, and then it clicked. The injectors are paired on cylinders which fire adjacent to one another. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1033715)
The injectors are paired on cylinders which fire adjacent to one another.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 1033580)
and if they line up that perfectly it tends to me it's not correct, as the intake cam in that case would be off at least 1 tooth.
cliffs: the OP's timing is correct and shouldn't be touched. M.net...what else can I say. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1033719)
So, a bastardized sequential approximation. Interesting.
Every two-channel inline 4 I've ever seen has been paired like the Miata, with 1/3 and 2/4. And yet the batch-injection mode on ALL Megasquirts (1, 2 and 3) fires each of the two injector banks a minimum of TWICE per engine cycle, and there's no way to work around this. As a result, it is completely impossible to correctly align the injection angle on a 1.6 Miata using a traditional MS. (1.8 owners can work around this by pairing their injector 1/4 and 1/2 to match the firing order.) With the MS3X/Pro, you can work around this by lying to the ECU and telling it to run 4 channel sequential, but connecting only to two of the injector lines. (I can't remember which two align correctly at the moment), and thus match the OEM config. Or you can re-wire the car for sequential. :) |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1034044)
As a result, it is completely impossible to correctly align the injection angle on a 1.6 Miata using a traditional MS.
The Miata wiring was the original source of the "MS2/Extra 2.x semi sequential settings" which is now called sequenced batch fire in MS3. This allows a repeatable sequence but allows "2 sq alt" It is called "Injector Sequence" on the Advanced menu. The "start" value will be set to 0 or 1. The "mask" allows a form of rudimentary injector timing. What it does is force the batch fire fuel to align on a particular cylinder for more repeatable results. |
It's still wrong (relative to OEM wiring on a vehicle originally built with two-channel injection on an inline 4) because 2 squirts per cycle.
That is the very heart of the problem. The 2 squirts thing is fine if you're downgrading a car originally wired for full-sequential (so long as you know to wire it "incorrectly" relative to OEM) and you also don't mind that you're doubling your injector dead-time and thus throwing away fuel resolution. |
full-sequential like a boss over here.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 1034052)
full-sequential like a boss over here.
I just find it odd that the owner of a '90-'93 Miata (or any car originally delivered with 2 channel injection) cannot properly phase their injectors on a Megasquirt which also has two injector channels, simply because the damned software cannot be made to understand the concept of ONE SQUIRT PER CYCLE. |
It sounds like the MS designers originally thought that the fuel injectors were wired together the same way as the wasted-spark coils. If that were the case, then two squirts per cycle could be aligned so one of the squirts was phased to the intake valve being opened on each cylinder. Alas, it's not the case. But what if you changed the fuel injector connectors around to align with the ignition system?
I look at it this way because dinosaur: 1. Better than a carburetor. 2. Better than throttle-body injection. 3. I like how my car runs, or at least I did before Joe illuminated me. Ignorance WAS bliss. Can I have a dinosaur smiley? |
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Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1034066)
It sounds like the MS designers originally thought that the fuel injectors were wired together the same way as the wasted-spark coils.
Everything which came after that, included wasted-spark ignition, was a hack added on afterwards.
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1034066)
Can I have a dinosaur smiley?
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I need to MS my Fury.
LOL at the dino. |
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1034157)
I need to MS my Fury.
Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1034157)
LOL at the dino.
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You get this thing working yet?
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Hey guys sorry I'll update in case anyone else has this problem, my problem was that the CAS was flipped 180 degrees.... on the back of the motor there is two holes for the CAS adjustment screw, but you only use one. Thank you guys for your help!
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wait, wut?!
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