The MegaSquirt Project has experienced explosive growth other the years, with hundreds of new MS installations occurring every week - a phenomenal success! MegaSquirt has been successfully used in all aspects of Internal Combustion engine applications including R&D, Industry, Race, and Research. The MS project has transformed itself from a simple R&D project into a full-featured mature engine control system. To reflect this the support structure has also changed to meet the needs of MegaSquirt Users.
Moving forward, the R&D forums for MegaSquirt project are in a read-only mode - no new forum posts are accepted.
However the forums will remain available for view, they still contain a wealth of information on how MegaSquirt works, how it is installed and used. Feel free to search the forums for information, facts, and overview.While the R&D forum traffic has slowed in recent years, this is not at all a reflection of Megasquirt users, which continue to grow year after year. What has changed is that the method of MegaSquirt support today has rapidly moved to Facebook, this is where the vast majority of interaction is happening now. For those not on Facebook the msextra forums is another place for product support. Finally, for product selection assistance, all of the MegaSquirt vendors are there to help you select a system, along with all of the required pieces to make it complete.
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Drove my project for the first time today, as we got just enough snow last night to ride. After a very short ride I stopped to check plugs and it seems like I'm getting more fuel in one cylinder. I'm also getting a stumble which seems like misfire, I had trouble with the coil pack last winter so when I get time tonight I will make sure that is not why I'm getting different plug readings. Its a twin cylinder 2 stroke with 2 throttle body injectors.
If I am getting different fuel amounts is it possible to get my injectors cleaned? or can I adjust each injector separately? Or have I overlooked something?
Seems like my Coil pack lead to the MAG side spark plug was a little loose. Had a similar problem with it last year, so I'm thinking that is why the plugs were reading differently. Wont know until we get some more snow to test.
This weekend I FINALLY got to go and ride/test/tune. Things are starting to go in the right direction. However, I still have some problems indicated by my friend towing me home.....
My system seems to cut out at higher RPM. Anything over 8000 rpm and it bogs. I've got 2 low-Z 55lb/hr injectors on a 2 cylinder set for 2 squirts per revolution. Thinking maybe the injectors are having trouble with 16,000+ opening closing events per minute. How can I verify this?
I'm running the tach signal off the OEM flywheel which is 2 equal length teeth. So I'm not sure I can switch them to alternating. thoughts?
Two things to check from a data log: are you maintaining sync when you go over 8000 rpm ? This would be indicated by the rpm going to 0 and back to rpm every time you go near 8000 rpm. Also by the trgger+/- column starting to count up or down whenever you go over 8000 rpom.
Second thing: look at the injector duty cycle column - is the duty cycle going over 80-90% ? If so then I would worry if the injectors are large enough to handle the fuel.
I'm in the process of changing the Injectors to HIGH Z 51 lb/hr, my calculated req. injectors is 29 lb/hr. I had much to high an electrical load with the LOW Z 55 lb/hr injectors setup + all the accessories. I'm also going to a proper fuel rail setup, and other changes. I'm putting the whole vehicle on a electrical diet. I haven't even had enough driving time to data log anything in the higher rpms(very paranoid about burning pistons). But once I get the snowmobile back on the snow I'm going to data log and find out exactly whats happening.