Megasquirt Why is she so hard to start
Why is she so hard to start
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S5 NA Rotors
S5 NA Irons large street port (large enough to brap when on stock ecu @ 700rpm)
S5 T2 Housings also ported
S5 T2 Injectors 550cc X 4
S5 T2 UIM and LIM ported to match 6 port irons
Large FMIC
MS2 3.57 with zeal daughter card OEM cas stabbed to mazda spec 5 deg leading
MS2 version 3.2.4
Asking my car to transition from cranking to running is like asking you to cut your arm off with a butter knife.
Every time I try to get her to start I can taste fuel possibly from not having cats.
When she does start she Idles and revs fine but getting the running isnt easy.
I would be ok with her starting on the third try but thats never the case, 5 times 7, 10 or none.
I have a data log and my msq. I will get another one log later in the day after the battery gets charged again as I almost had her start on the first try but none the less she didn't. The data log is from 4 attempts after the initial when I figured she just wasn't going to start and I should log it to see whats going wrong. I'm just gonna log every start from now on.
Thanks to anyone who looks, gonna take a nap and try again around 1pm or so.
S5 NA Rotors
S5 NA Irons large street port (large enough to brap when on stock ecu @ 700rpm)
S5 T2 Housings also ported
S5 T2 Injectors 550cc X 4
S5 T2 UIM and LIM ported to match 6 port irons
Large FMIC
MS2 3.57 with zeal daughter card OEM cas stabbed to mazda spec 5 deg leading
MS2 version 3.2.4
Asking my car to transition from cranking to running is like asking you to cut your arm off with a butter knife.
Every time I try to get her to start I can taste fuel possibly from not having cats.
When she does start she Idles and revs fine but getting the running isnt easy.
I would be ok with her starting on the third try but thats never the case, 5 times 7, 10 or none.
I have a data log and my msq. I will get another one log later in the day after the battery gets charged again as I almost had her start on the first try but none the less she didn't. The data log is from 4 attempts after the initial when I figured she just wasn't going to start and I should log it to see whats going wrong. I'm just gonna log every start from now on.
Thanks to anyone who looks, gonna take a nap and try again around 1pm or so.
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Too much fuel.
Turn off the afterstart enrichment for now.
Take about 20% out of the warmup encrichment.
Try a fixed cranking pulse of 10MS.
I'm just guessing based on you description because I can't seem to open any MSQ that people post here for some reason.
Turn off the afterstart enrichment for now.
Take about 20% out of the warmup encrichment.
Try a fixed cranking pulse of 10MS.
I'm just guessing based on you description because I can't seem to open any MSQ that people post here for some reason.
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