Braineack

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Mine starts at 385 and goes fairly linearlly down to 100 at 235*f

Godless Commie

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Wouldn't that mean a whole lot more fuel?

I have 650s, btw.

Braineack

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So? Its in % of.

Reverant

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Unfortunately, that's not entirely true. Good luck starting with 650cc EV14s and 100 at the highest temp

Braineack

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well he aint having any luck now

Reverant

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Cranking twice to start it from completely cold means that may have to add/remove 10-15% fuel, not 300-400%.

Braineack

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This is america, go big or go home!

Reverant

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Even at $4 per gallon?

Braineack

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especially then! You gotta spend money frivilously like Greece in order to make yourself a super power.

Reverant

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By being forced to buy US, German and French planes, submarines and boats by using money we are given as stimulus, right?

Godless Commie

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Hello.. It's over TEN BUCKS a gallon over here..

Also, Dimitris, there is a "cranking episode" in the log I sent you, as well.
(At the very beginning.)

Reverant

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In that log, the engine starts (RPM > 900) in 0.8 seconds.

Godless Commie

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OK, I bumped the cranking PW by about %15-20 across the board, and it made a visible difference.

I will add another %10 and try it one more time. (Now that the engine is cold again)

Oh, I never see the MIL coming on. Isn't it supposed to?

Godless Commie

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Very cool progress!

Increasing fuel by another %10 made it better.

And, increasing cranking advance from 6 to 12 degrees made it perfect!

Godless Commie

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Here is the final version of my cranking table:
(with 12 degrees of cranking advance)

Reverant

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You don't want that much advance during cranking as you may kick back the starter.

Godless Commie

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Hmm. The car seems to love it, tho.
I'll try it a couple more times before I bump it down.

Reverant

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If you don't have a problem with starting, then leave it as is. However, my experience with 10* of cranking advance is that it randomly kicks the starter back. It depends on your actual cranking speed etc. For example it happens a lot more if your battery is not 100% up to the job.

Godless Commie

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I understand completely.
I have quite a bit of hands on experience on engines, especially ignition and engine management systems, and bumping the advance has always proved a better starting scheme for me.
What I don't understand is the negative prop I have received for reporting that increased pw indeed helped starting the engine, a couple posts ago...

Reverant

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What negative prop?

Btw, do you actually have a check engine light on your gauge cluster?