Car wont start when cold please help
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So yesterday when I got out of school my car did not start. I had to call my dad to bring the laptop and change the settings on the cranking stuff, I richened it up and it started. (I was using Braineck's settings).
So I kept the settings that worked but this morning it did not start and I had to walk 20mins to work when I was 10 degrees outside.
Can somebody give me something that works, I've mess with them but cant get it right...
My setup is
2554
MSPNP
460cc injectors.
I may just make the drive from Indianapolis to the DIY shop in GA this monday to dyno tune everything, but in the mean time I need to use the car.
So I kept the settings that worked but this morning it did not start and I had to walk 20mins to work when I was 10 degrees outside.
Can somebody give me something that works, I've mess with them but cant get it right...
My setup is
2554
MSPNP
460cc injectors.
I may just make the drive from Indianapolis to the DIY shop in GA this monday to dyno tune everything, but in the mean time I need to use the car.
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i think last time i posted any cranking PW values, my fuel rail was also leaking at the same time and i was having trouble in cold mornings under 50°
my latest and greatest values are:
-40 5.2
-20 5.0
0 4.7
20 3.5
40 3.1
60 3.0
80 3.0
100 3.0
130 2.8
160 2.8
they may or may not work perfectly for you. it's just one thing you'll have to experiment on your own, but start low. if you start backfiring, it's too high
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Today it was 33 degrees indicated on IAT.
I started with the following:
20F = 2.5
40F= 2.5 and raised the numbers slowly by .1 up to 3.5 when it started backfiring like gunshots but it wont start!!!!!!!! and I need to go to school tom.
I took the plugs out and they are black and covered with gas, what should I do, i think the engine may be flooded.
I started with the following:
20F = 2.5
40F= 2.5 and raised the numbers slowly by .1 up to 3.5 when it started backfiring like gunshots but it wont start!!!!!!!! and I need to go to school tom.
I took the plugs out and they are black and covered with gas, what should I do, i think the engine may be flooded.
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Well, I dried the cylinders with compressed air and cleaned the plugs with thinner. Before I put the back in I checked for spark and there's no spark going on any of them. I thought maybe my coils fried and put my spare set in and still no spark. Now it wont start even in the garage which is heated at 70 degrees. Wtf
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yeah they'll work. do you not even get spark from the wire to a ground point? lay the wire near the tow lift hook thing and crank, you should see it spark. I'd have no clue why they would have stopped working. is your ignitor hot to the touch?
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If you guys have any tips please let me know, I'm going to get it tune at DIY's shop on Monday but first I need to make my car get there.
Can somebody give me their MS file? for 460cc would be best
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Ok I found the problem, the igniter was not working, it burned!! this is really getting to my nerves, first the tachometer stopped working, now the igniter breaks. I put another igniter from my brother's miata on and it started, rich as hell though. I took the car outside the garage and left it in the cold. Started with low PW's (2.5) and went up to 6.0 but it wont ******* start, it probably burn the igniter again.
AND NO, I never uploaded firmware with the igniter connected.... this is bs
AND NO, I never uploaded firmware with the igniter connected.... this is bs
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