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Old 09-01-18, 03:32 PM
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Help. Very weak spark elite 550 with haltech coils

what’s up guys. I installed an elite 550 on my fc with a s5 street ported motor haltech smart coils ht-020114 with Denso 800cc injectors. This is my tuner’s first time with the esp software and I’m not versed in haltechs or anything along the tuning lines . We’ve got all the sensors calibrated and everything ready to fire up now when we try to crank for spark I’m getting a very weak spark Its so weak that we see nothing on the timing light when cranking, so we hooked up noid lights and sure enough theres spark but on the leading it’s very very weak. The trailing seems to be fine. Igrounded the coils on rotor housing one and two, even changed out the battery Is this a software issue or a install issue. I’m sorry for the long post. But any help is appreciated. Thank you guys

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What's the dwell set at? Might not be giving it enough time to charge the coils.
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We set it at 4ms to see if we get a stronger spark. But only the trailing is showin a strong spark. The leading coils are still very weak. I have the grounds set up like this. Leading 1 trailing 1 combined and grounded on rotor housing 1, leading 2 trailing 2 grounded at rotor housing 2. Also in the esp software. When we set the ignition setup to a fc style crank it’s still showing a 60-2 setup. Is there any way to change this ? It’s grated out and not allOwing us to make any changes to the tooth setup
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I checked voltage at the coil,but not while cranking. Also I have the power for the coils wired up as per the haltech diagram, 12v is being shared with the injectors and ecu power would tis possibly be an issue ?
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Make sure your power source retains 12V while cranking the engine. If it has 12V in RUN but not in START also that’s gonna be a problem
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I wired in a fuse box so I took switched 12v from the two wire plug for the trailing coils (black/yellow) I’ll double check that wiring once again
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Charge your battery/get a new one.
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I had the battery charger on there for a while. Is there some setting where I can change the crank trigger from 60-2 to a fc tooth count. It’s just grayed out
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lets see its been a while. I think if its greyed out, you may not have "rotary" selected under engine type.
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I believe we did. But I’ll go back and take another look at it. thanks a lot for the reply. I’ll post results later
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After looking through the elite software, it looks like it only lets you change it if you choose a generic trigger type, but if you start out with a RX7 base map, its already set to 12 and 2.
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Originally Posted by vish86
what’s up guys. I installed an elite 550 on my fc with a s5 street ported motor haltech smart coils ht-020114 with Denso 800cc injectors. This is my tuner’s first time with the esp software and I’m not versed in haltechs or anything along the tuning lines . We’ve got all the sensors calibrated and everything ready to fire up now when we try to crank for spark I’m getting a very weak spark Its so weak that we see nothing on the timing light when cranking, so we hooked up noid lights and sure enough theres spark but on the leading it’s very very weak. The trailing seems to be fine. Igrounded the coils on rotor housing one and two, even changed out the battery Is this a software issue or a install issue. I’m sorry for the long post. But any help is appreciated. Thank you guys
Are you trying to run the coils in the oem wasted spark configuration or in direct fire? Most people running the "smart" coils opt for a direct fire setup but this isn't reflective of what comes in the haltech basemap settings as the car was originally configured for wasted spark and a change is required if you plan to run direct fire. It sounds like it may be a wiring issue combined with settings that are not reflective of the coil configuration if you are getting a constant 12V with the key in the start position on all coil pins.

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We have direct fire mode selected in the software. I’m thinking it’s more of a wiring/voltage issue. I wired the car up as per haltech’s diagram so I had my coils/injectors/ecu on one 30amp relay. I moved the injectors to another relay and I’m now getting spark on the coils. Now for some reason my injector pulse is very weak. We put noid lights on them and they were very dim,i had the battery charger on it.Today I’m going to change the battery out and maybe wire up another relay to just ecu power so everything is dedicated. Do these coils draw that much power? Or is it just a low voltage issue. I’ve double checked all my grounds btw.
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One thing you should check is injector impedance. I'm not sure if these newfangled Haltechs let you chose whether you're running high or low impedance, but I'm sure Skeese can tell you. Probably not your problem, but probably a good thing to check.
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They’re high impedance Denso injectors I was under the impression that the haltech can run high impedance injectors without a problem but I may be wrong . I’m changing the battery today and separating the ecu power from the ignition coils which shouldn’t be an issue in the first place . I’ll let you guys know what’s the results. I just wanna say thank you guys so much for your input on this.
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Originally Posted by vish86
They’re high impedance Denso injectors I was under the impression that the haltech can run high impedance injectors without a problem but I may be wrong . I’m changing the battery today and separating the ecu power from the ignition coils which shouldn’t be an issue in the first place . I’ll let you guys know what’s the results. I just wanna say thank you guys so much for your input on this.
The haltech can run the high impedance injectors but you need to go into the injection system tab and then the current settings for each stage and select "high" in the setup drop down for each.

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I’ll definitely check if he has that setting correct.
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Injector impedance setting defaults to high impedance. The wrong setting there won’t effect the spark output anyway. So that’s not the issue.

You mention not having the correct trigger mode selected. Why are you even trying to start it without ensuring the most basic setup isn’t correct? Post your map so we can see what you’re working with.
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Originally Posted by c. Ludwig
injector impedance setting defaults to high impedance. The wrong setting there won’t effect the spark output anyway. So that’s not the issue.

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now for some reason my injector pulse is very weak. We put noid lights on them and they were very dim,i had the battery charger on it.
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I’ve changed the battery to a good one. Double checked the grounds once again. The settings for the injectors are set to high. While cranking I’m getting 10.8v on the plug and still nothing. We selected the trigger type to FC even though we set it to fc style crank the settings on the page still says 60-2. I’ll try to get a map from him and post it up. Thank you
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Originally Posted by vish86
I’ve changed the battery to a good one. Double checked the grounds once again. The settings for the injectors are set to high. While cranking I’m getting 10.8v on the plug and still nothing. We selected the trigger type to FC even though we set it to fc style crank the settings on the page still says 60-2. I’ll try to get a map from him and post it up. Thank you
60-2 isnt going to work. Try starting it on the rx7 base map.

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I set it to a fc map and it’s tooth count went to 12-1
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I set it to a fc map and it’s tooth count went to 12-1

.You better wait for the professionals to chime in.

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Originally Posted by FührerTüner

Blah, blah
He originally complained of weak spark...

Upload the map or email it to me. chris@lms-efi.com
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I’m sorry guys I’m not well versed on the tuning side of things. I’m just trying to explain it as best as I could. But I’m pretty sure he said when he selected FC for trigger type the tooth count went to 12-1. Hey Chris I’ll get him so send me the map tomorrow and I’ll post it or send it to you. Again thank you guys so much for your help and time. I really appreciate it.


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