I altered how long my IAC intake piping was to the main piping.
Now it idles around 14.7 to 15 AFR's at the same settings
same timing, rpms, etc

 

You don't really disable the valve. What happens is that in warmup mode, the DC of the valve stays steady. That's important for tuning.

Answer to 1: I just used the MSPNP default for valve frequency. Haven't really messed with it but I suppose it makes sense that closed DC would be related to frequency.

Answer to 2: I've set mine for 900RPM at idle and I don't stall. If you are stalling after a throttle blip, then adjusted dashpot settings (done last) should be able to catch it. Note that the dashpot is only available in closed loop mode.

 

Makes sense. With that alteration, you should probably retune your idle starting with VE.

 

After years of using and building MS, I think you have a bit more than only "a background in Art." LOL.

 

Im still no EE, but I'm learning. its really frustrating.

but i did come up with a clever idea to solve some heatsoaking issues using two AIT sensors...that gets implemented this weekend.

 

Degrees are overrated. AFAIK, they are simply one indicator of aptitude -- and often not the best indicator.

 

you're really good with this tutorials! thanks, man.

funny thing, i got the dashpot part to work and now the car doesn't stall at lights or in neutral! of course it could use finer tuning.. but for now the car doesn't stall while driving (different numbers than what i posted earlier in this thread).

as for closed-loop .. that's going to need more work.
current car actions after ignition include rev to 1400rpm, then drop, drop drop and try to recover and stall. (i can blip the throttle myself to keep it alive) this rev/drop/revive is tuned via the deadband range, upper/lower limits, and fast/slow recovery... correct? tuning those numbers should get me to the same idle i had in warm-up only mode? (i followed the other directions with setting my slow idle speed at 900, fast idle at 1400, and my minimum DC at 11.. from the warm-up only mode)

do i care about the "other time constraints"? right now my startup delay (x0.1) is 255. does this mean that MS will wait 25.5 before using these closed-loop settings?

as for this ... Tunerstudio shows these two settings as
Fast Recovery (x0.1sec) _______
Slow Recover (x0.1sec) _______
i understand that 10x0.1 will come out to be 10 corrections per second
but how is 150x0.1 1 correction per 1.5 seconds?

 

Yes, closed loop should achieve your target RPM. BTW, that target depends on your CLT. When you first start, it should be 1400 decreasing to 900 as you warmup. Remember that the closed loop is reactive.

In your case, a startup delay of 255 does mean that the MS will wait 25.5 seconds before starting the closed loop process of DC corrections. That seems excessive. Don't think you need more than 5 seconds for this (I'm using only 1 second).

Megatune time units are 0.01 seconds. In your case, Tunerstudio time units are 0.1 seconds, so a value of 1 = 10 times per second, a value of 10 = Once per second, a value of 150 = Once every 15 seconds, etc.

 

alrighty .. must remember to decrease startup delay drastically!

looks like i confused myself with fast/slow recovery rates .. i'll have to adjust those accordingly.

thanks for helping clarify it all

 

My car starts and will shoot to about 3.5-4k immediately and then usually stall on the first start.. Cant seem to get to the bottom of it.. Take a look at my msq and let me know if you see anything odd...

The tune and the starting log are posted.. This is a warm start too.

 

MS2 is different. but the rpm shoot up is due to the idle PWM cranking table.

 

Log doesn't seem to match to msq. Are you sure they are a matched set? Startup delay, DC values, ignition advance values, etc. don't match.

Some general comments:

1. Your TPS value is always 0, yet there are lots of TPS thresholds set in the msq. Have you done a TPS calibration? Do you have a TPS?
2. Plot your fuel pressure. Looks really strange. Something wrong with your fuel pump/filter/pressure regulator?
3. In your idle control, I would expect the Cranking DC to be a bit higher than Minimum DC. In fact, it should be near the warmup mode lower temp DC (assuming you had one setup that gave a satisfactory fast idle speed). This "cracks" the throttle a bit for start.
4. Your Lower Limit is nice and tight, but your Deadband is loose. You do realize that at a warm idle speed of 1050, the MS will not change DC at all between 900RPM and 1200RPM with that loose Deadband, right?
5. The RPM spike has to come from air. There are only three paths for air on a 1.6 (excluding the throttle and vacuum leaks). They are the idle screw, the control valve and the air valve. See http://www.miata.net/garage/isc.html. Perhaps your air valve is faulty?

 

These are both current. Just now tried to cold start the car and it stalled..

One more thing. Where does MT get its Fuel Pressure reading from? Does my car even have a sensor? Should my stock fuel pressure regulator be connected to vacuum?

 

is there a trick to warm start in closed-loop mode?

warm starting now has the same issues as i previously had with cold starting. ignition, RPM up to a good range, then RPM drops and the car can't keep alive and stalls.

in closed-loop mode, with a cold engine, i was able to adjust fast recovery to keep the car alive when the RPM drops after first ignition. it's not perfect, as it still revs and drops, revs and drops.. until the coolant warms up . .but it's not as bad as before. the rev and drop ranges from 850 to 1100. i thought i'd want it to be steady around 1400rpm until the engine warms up . .but that isn't happening.

i was able to adjust slow recovery at idle so the car sits nicely around 950rpms and only occasionally revs/drops (900-1000).

but with the car warm (coolant above my warm idle temp), the engine can't keep alive. if i adjust the fast/slow recovery to keep the engine alive during warm start, cold or idle settings are messed up and don't work properly.

sooo .. what's the trick?

if my cold idle is set to 1400rpm and warm idle is 900rpm .. should the engine hover around 1400rpm when warming up? if so .. i don't know how to do that.. ha.

 

Post MSQ.

 

Hornet - any ideas from looking at my last log and msq? the previous one might not have been matched.

 

Haven't had a chance yet. Your stock fuel pressure regulator does need to be connected to manifold pressure.

 

... Mmm but what if it is? Or was? Does it conflict?

 

It doesn't, and no.

Of course. The FPR is very important in fueling...it dials back the pressure at idle so it's easier to idle larger injectors. and it increases pressure in a 1:1 ratio in boost so you have more fueling capacity.

Without the FPR attached to vacuum/boost, you're running around 50psi of rail pressure at all times. This means you need to really dial back your VE table at idle, so far that you might be asking the injectors to cycle faster than the deadtimes allow. And in boost the fuel pressure will not increase, so as the boost increases, the fueling capacity of your injectors decrease in a 1:1 ratio.

 

I understand how a fuel pressure regulator functions. I have the Jackson FPR and then realized the stock regulator was still connected. Could this cause problems?