Few more questions now that my car is running on MS
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I plan on putting the turbo set-up together in July... So I'm sure I'm going to have a lot more questions when that time arrives. I think its drive-able and safe for now.... The only thing's that I'd like to make better soon are:
Start-up takes a few tries... Stalled out twice this morning
Idle is a little high after it's warmed up.. It's idleing around 1250
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Very nice.
You're 105 row really is useless though. We were jumping between the 100/90 row for WOT pulls. If you actually go slightly above 100, it'll interpulate anyways. Not that you need more resolution you MS2+ bastard, but just an FYI.
You're 105 row really is useless though. We were jumping between the 100/90 row for WOT pulls. If you actually go slightly above 100, it'll interpulate anyways. Not that you need more resolution you MS2+ bastard, but just an FYI.
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New table feels great after some auto-tuning.
Now I just need to tune my idle and warmup... It's currently sitting around around 1300rpms. Also it takes about 3 tries to get it started and stay running. Time to read up!
Now I just need to tune my idle and warmup... It's currently sitting around around 1300rpms. Also it takes about 3 tries to get it started and stay running. Time to read up!
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Ok I am trying to get my idle tuned.
Quotes are from Brain in another thread
Ok so using idle test mode, I found that it dosent change for me anything below 33%. 33% to 0%, my idle is at 1300. At 56%, my car idles around 950.. Which is where I would like it.
2. Once you learn these values, plug them into your PID closed loop idle control parameters. So Idle Open Duty %, Idle Valve closed Duty %, RPM with valve closed, and RPM with valve open.
So here is where I plugged my results in.. Did I do that part correctly? While you are looking... Do any of my other values in this screen seem off?
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3. Now I like to start tuning, first, make sure your RPM targets are flat across the board for now, try 1000RPM to start. Now, turn PID values all to zero. Turn on your headlights and a/c blip the throttle and upset the idle and it will probably lock at >2500RPM. you can turn them off now. Now, start increasing the I value. When you slowly add I, you'll notice the RPMs slowly come down towards your target. Do this until you're within ~50RPM of your target...you'll notice the Idle PWM% moves in large chunks so it can only get close enough. Next start increasing P, cycle things like the headlights and a/c, the P term is used to reach your target faster when something causes it to move from your target...you should end up with a term that's above, maybe even double, that of I. Reduce it if you start to oscillate. Lastly you can increase D term, It dampens the effect so you dont overshoot the target when P and I are driving it up to the RPM target. You shouldn't need much.
This is the quick and dirty method and should get you rolling smooth and stable within a few minutes. Make sure the rest of the parameters are tuned to your liking, such as the TPS trigger, dashpot, delays, PID lockup settings, etc.
What screen should I be doing all of this... I am definitely lost at this step. Looking through the entire idle section, I couldn't see where to change the RPM targets to set them to 1000.... Maybe i'm looking in the wrong place or not looking hard enough..
Quotes are from Brain in another thread
Once you make sure your fuel and spark tables are smooth and consistent in your idle zone. I like to do the following things:
1. Learn your min/max idle duty %. You can do this two ways, the first being using idle valve test mode and bumping the duty up and down until you no longer see a noticable change in engine speed. remember the values, for a 90-93 you'll see it around ~25-62%. Aslo make sure to remember the RPMs these duty values obtain. The second method is using the Warm-up only mode and doing the same thing, just make sure you are doing it in an area that your CLT temp is sitting at. You should have one of your dashboard gauges displaying the idle PWM% so you know exactly what the MS is outputting.
1. Learn your min/max idle duty %. You can do this two ways, the first being using idle valve test mode and bumping the duty up and down until you no longer see a noticable change in engine speed. remember the values, for a 90-93 you'll see it around ~25-62%. Aslo make sure to remember the RPMs these duty values obtain. The second method is using the Warm-up only mode and doing the same thing, just make sure you are doing it in an area that your CLT temp is sitting at. You should have one of your dashboard gauges displaying the idle PWM% so you know exactly what the MS is outputting.
2. Once you learn these values, plug them into your PID closed loop idle control parameters. So Idle Open Duty %, Idle Valve closed Duty %, RPM with valve closed, and RPM with valve open.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/megasquirt-18/110057-few-more-questions-now-my-car-running-ms-idlehelp_zpsbf72d842.png?dateline=1397831442)
3. Now I like to start tuning, first, make sure your RPM targets are flat across the board for now, try 1000RPM to start. Now, turn PID values all to zero. Turn on your headlights and a/c blip the throttle and upset the idle and it will probably lock at >2500RPM. you can turn them off now. Now, start increasing the I value. When you slowly add I, you'll notice the RPMs slowly come down towards your target. Do this until you're within ~50RPM of your target...you'll notice the Idle PWM% moves in large chunks so it can only get close enough. Next start increasing P, cycle things like the headlights and a/c, the P term is used to reach your target faster when something causes it to move from your target...you should end up with a term that's above, maybe even double, that of I. Reduce it if you start to oscillate. Lastly you can increase D term, It dampens the effect so you dont overshoot the target when P and I are driving it up to the RPM target. You shouldn't need much.
This is the quick and dirty method and should get you rolling smooth and stable within a few minutes. Make sure the rest of the parameters are tuned to your liking, such as the TPS trigger, dashpot, delays, PID lockup settings, etc.
What screen should I be doing all of this... I am definitely lost at this step. Looking through the entire idle section, I couldn't see where to change the RPM targets to set them to 1000.... Maybe i'm looking in the wrong place or not looking hard enough..
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i dont want you to lift to the white board (easy to fubar pins if not careful), but see what you can do for getting a shot under it. then the underside of the blue board.