Coil Pack clicking on Crank? Video inside.
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I know I've been asking a lot of questions here and I am trying to learn as much as I can. Sorry for being a noob! I came into this project without anyone round to help me as I know no one that has actually done this.
Anyways the car seems to be running well now but it clicks on cranking. I have no idea why but googling seems to suggest a misconfiguration of my MS3x. Here is a video example of what exactly is going on, Im on mobile so hopefully you can view it, if not I'll fix it when Im home...
Miata Coil Clicking on Crank:
EDIT- Fixed link to desktop
Anyways the car seems to be running well now but it clicks on cranking. I have no idea why but googling seems to suggest a misconfiguration of my MS3x. Here is a video example of what exactly is going on, Im on mobile so hopefully you can view it, if not I'll fix it when Im home...
Miata Coil Clicking on Crank:
EDIT- Fixed link to desktop
Last edited by JesseTheNoob; 12-15-2014 at 12:34 AM.
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here is a link to my MSQ File - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5...bmc&authuser=0
and a picture of my Ignition settings... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5u...ew?usp=sharing
Last edited by JesseTheNoob; 12-15-2014 at 12:45 AM.
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Im in LA now cus I needed to borrow another car I didnt want to damage mine. I'll see if I can have my brother unplug the coils and try and tell me the result. However, I had him try a few times to crank while I felt around and looked and it definately sounded and felt like it was coming from the coil pack or back of the engine. Is there something else back there that could make that noise? And I did post my ignition settings...do they look alright? Thanks in advance for any help or observations..
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Well, good news I guess. My brother unplugged the coil and it still makes the hideous noise. Maybe its the starter solonoid, I did accidentally cause a short and good amount of sparking with the starter when I was taking off the intake manifold to replace the gasket.
I DO still have a question though, who here has needed to use the "Spark Harware Latency" option? When I got the MS3x(it was from another car) it was set to 21usec. Is that something other people here have felt they had a need to finaggle with? And how do you figure out and calculate that anyways? I posted my MSQ and ignition settings so I hope if I have any obvious mistakes someone will point them out and correct me.
I DO still have a question though, who here has needed to use the "Spark Harware Latency" option? When I got the MS3x(it was from another car) it was set to 21usec. Is that something other people here have felt they had a need to finaggle with? And how do you figure out and calculate that anyways? I posted my MSQ and ignition settings so I hope if I have any obvious mistakes someone will point them out and correct me.
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I understand what hardware latency is, I guess I just am unsure of how to measure it or tune it. Does my MSQ have any glaring errors anywhere that have caught your eye? I'm learning and dont wanna damage anything. I understand how it all works but theres a lot of random settings everywhere that I am unsure about and what some of the specifics for a 1.6 Miata would be.
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your lock the timing and rev the engine.
you tune the latency value to keep the timing locked in place. without it, you'll actually retard timing as you approach redline.
that value ensures that the timing you demand is always the timing that you end up with.
you tune the latency value to keep the timing locked in place. without it, you'll actually retard timing as you approach redline.
that value ensures that the timing you demand is always the timing that you end up with.
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