How do YOU start your 7?
 

So...just curious...do you start in neutral? In gear? Does your auto-choke even work? Are lucky to even get it started?

Myself: I start in gear so my auto-idle doesnt scream at 3500 RPM. But I have a rock solid idle so pretty boring. I know a few friends who are lucky to start at all lol

In netrual,clutch in,foot on brake. its how ive done it forever.

Turn the key.

The 86's didin't have a clutch switch, and I don't leave my car in gear anyways.

:D

umm push the clutch in, pull it out of gear, turn key, starts every time...

I start in neutral with the ebrake on and then let out of the clutch and idle. I also have a habit of using the fuel cut switch every time just in case. Now that I'm going to be premixing I'll probably have to break myself of that.

mine revs to the moon, with clutch in in gear on startup. idles perfect seconds later...

i was told that startin in gear stopped it from doing that, obv. not on my car lol.

Well some 7's have cold start issues, thats the reason for ppl usually starting the car in gear, some 7's don't. With me I start in neutral with out touching the gas pedal, unless my charge light is on... I need to get that checked again, haha.

put in neutral, press clutch, pray, hit gas when it catches (no AWS)

i walk to the front of the car. Grap the lever and start cranking really hard. Once i hear it chug, i run inside step on the gas =)

I pull the car out of gear, clutch out ebrake on and turn key.. fires everytime

Dave

I push it to the top of the hill, light fuse & get in & hang on!

I think the thread is somewhat relevant. RX-7's are notorious for being finicky and having issues starting.

i prayer to the rotary gods for one more good day and turn the key :)

I push it...Jump in..put in gear...and pop the clutch. All because I don't know what the hell is going on with this thing right now. Somebody please help me.

It's always out of gear and ebrake on. I turn teh key, it starts 90% of the time, sometimes, I have to do the flooded trick.

I do a countdown, just cause I like to pretend it's a rocket ship, then when it starts and I'm surrounded by smoke, it looks like I'm flying through the clouds.
And then other times I just clutch in, out of gear, hand brake set, glovebox open, wheel slightly cocked, seat back at a 35 degree angle, cross my fingers, and turn the key.

*********Does your auto-choke even work?****************8

There's no choke for starting the engine.

The ECU has a Start Map so to speak. It does NOT use the afm etc. It looks at cranking speed, waterthermo sensor output and a 12vdc Start signal on pin 3D of the ECU.

Different water temperatures mean different amounts of fuel delivered when starting.

I turn the key...

I get into the car. I Crank it. I get out of the car. I pull the egi inj fuse. I get back in the car I crank it. I get out of the car. I put the egi inj fuse back in. I get back in the car. I turn key and watch all the pretty smoke come out and how loud it is (open headers--just got the engine in and ready to run, i'll be doing this tonight). :D

pop hood, put terminals back on connector, get in (leaving the door open of course) crank, and crank, get out pull egi fuse, get back in crank some more, get out put fuse back in, get in (close door) put my ear plugs in, put clutch to floor ebrake on out of gear and watch idle at 1000000 rpms while surrounded by white smoke, take off like a bottle rocket :)

I always start it in gear, saves me the AWS warmup.

wow so many starting issues.. I have never had any

Dave

This:https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...hmentid=212561

Injects fuel at something like 36ms when cold and 17ms when hot. Memory there. Not exact figures.

I get in the car, push the clutch in, and turn the key. Always starts fine.

I sacrifice a virgin and pray to the gods of rotary....

99.9999999% of the time it's clutch in (out of gear) turn the key. Cranks up first time every time with two exceptions, both battery related.