TPS problem 94 chassis
 

Hey guys so I have a 1994 Miata chassis with an NB engine. I am trying to calibrate the TPS with the 94-95 mspnpv2 and it is reading too high (1023).

I have an 99/00 skunk2 throttle body and I am using an NB tps (I believe the 94 TPS harness will not plug into the NB tps?)

I followed this reference and tested the harness if it is receiving the correct amount of voltage. The harness is receiving the right amount of voltage:

The 1994-1997 chassis did come with a 0-5v variable TPS. It is a standard 3-wire TPS with an additional fourth wire (red) which serves as a wide-open switch. Your standalone ECU will likely not use this fourth wire, so if you are changing the pigtail to a 99-05 style, simply heat-shrink over this unused wire. If you are using your 94-97 throttle body, there are no wiring changes necessary. If you are using the 99-05 sensor, wiring colors are listed below:

5v Reference:
94-05: Light Green/Red

Signal:
94-97: Red/Black
99-05: Green/Black

Ground:
94-97: Black/Blue
99-05: Black/Red

https://www.miataturbo.net/engine-pe...athread-80469/

Another question, I have 2 mspnpv2's. Can I simply use my 92 mspnpv2 on my 94 chassis? The 92 mspnp has my original map.

92 MSPNP won't work in the 94 without a patch harness, the pinouts are different.

If you let your car sit for a few hours, is the TPS immediately at 1023? I ask because a grounding issue would cause the TPS signal to go from 0 to 1023 slowly after you turn the key on. Let your car sit overnight and check the TPS signal immediately when you key the car to ON.

Hey Onyx, thank you for the reply! I'm not sure if it's a grounding issue. When I checked each pin on the tps harness plug, it read 12v, 5v, and 0 (ground).

The TPS showed 1023 at no throttle and at WOT throttle. I assumed it was the tps so I was tapping it to see if it made a difference.. it stayed the same.

The TPS was fine when I pulled it from the other 92 shell.

When I tried starting it, megasquirt was showing me that the rpms were not kicking either.

I forgot to mention, I used a speaker wire to jump the tps and car has no spark now...

your wiring created a 5v fault to ground.

this may help you (this is a 1.6L reference doc):

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1458836112

Thanks Brain, I will report back

Updaate:

I downloaded the new mS2/Extra 3.4.1 release Firmware from Megasquirt Downloads Firmware and Software - Megasquirt EFI

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I attached my MSQ file and a composite logger. fyi, I am not sure if I did the composite logger correctly, but I'll do it again if necessary.

second log. Cranking, then after a few cranks it would stop..

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