Priming Pulsewidth help MS2
I don't know much about MegaSquirts, but what little I know is enough to tell me that something is corrupted, or flat out wrong, or someone is ------- with you with that table. Brainy, did you troll a customer? :P
Last edited by blaen99; Jan 18, 2012 at 01:49 AM.
Obviously enough, the temperatures are wrong. Scale them from the coldest you are going to face in your area, up to 200*F. The pulsewidths are also off the chart. I would start with 20ms at the coldest, and drop down to 4ms at 200*F.
Can you check everything else in your map isnt like that, like the fuel and ignition settings,/tables?
Its possible when you converted the map from F to C, it didn't convert over?
Its possible when you converted the map from F to C, it didn't convert over?
Last edited by Braineack; Jan 18, 2012 at 09:02 AM.
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Old bump here.
But does the Prime PW setting vary depending on injector size or any other hardware variables? Rev you said start with 20ms at the coldest, i'm only at like 4.0 at the coldest. I'm trying to figure out if that's my coldstart issue. Though i have 750cc injectors, not sure if that would make a difference.
But does the Prime PW setting vary depending on injector size or any other hardware variables? Rev you said start with 20ms at the coldest, i'm only at like 4.0 at the coldest. I'm trying to figure out if that's my coldstart issue. Though i have 750cc injectors, not sure if that would make a difference.
cranking PW is based on/scaled to Req_fuel. I can't say for certain but I would guess this is as well. when i put in larger injectors, i didn't bother changing this and it worked well/the same.
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Okay, so by changing Priming PW it won't effect my coldstart issue. I was thinking i needed a bigger inital shot and by priming longer i could get that. I was also thinking the injectors would spray for *X ms* before cranking, they don't do this?
Basically i have to key over 2 or 3 times (crank then off crank then off ect) before it fires. It gets worse when it gets colder. I was just wondering what i should be looking at as far as numbers go, and what's my max, i've read 65ms but i'm nowhere near that.
Basically i have to key over 2 or 3 times (crank then off crank then off ect) before it fires. It gets worse when it gets colder. I was just wondering what i should be looking at as far as numbers go, and what's my max, i've read 65ms but i'm nowhere near that.
I guess it does:
why not just work on simply tuning your cranking table? that's a start.
The Priming Pulse is the amount of fuel added when the ignition is first switched on. It is to help the engine start a little quicker during cranking. I tend to leave this at zero when messing about with the install, etc, as flooding can soon occur if your switching the ignition on and off a lot. So this is best set after the engine is running.
why not just work on simply tuning your cranking table? that's a start.
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Why would i have to key over crank then turn the key to off then crank, priming the system over and over to get it to start when it's cold? I dunno. I guess i'll try both, i'm as i'm sure it's a combination.
turn off priming pulse completely.
lower you crank pulse table significantly and try to crank at that troubled temp. increase the pulse width until car starts.
congrats, youve tuned.
lower you crank pulse table significantly and try to crank at that troubled temp. increase the pulse width until car starts.
congrats, youve tuned.
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Learn yourself some cranking pulse though, that's kinda important.

The priming pulse gets fuel at the ready, otherwise if the car sits you can lose pressure at the rail. The priming pulse turns on the fuel pump with key on, so the lines get build pressure and apparentlyh you inject some fuel so when you do crank, everything's rarin' to go.
the cranking pulse is simply how much fuel is injected when youre cranking. couldn't be simipler than that.








