benp Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) I recently bought a 280z with a 83 zx turbo swap. The car is running but not too well. It has a megasquirt 1 v2.2 ecu. I found the <a href="http://www.diyautotune.com/tech_articles/how_to_megasquirt_your_280zx_turbo.htm">How to MegaSquirt your 280zx Turbo</a> webpage. But the information is for version 3 not 2.2. From there I found <a href="http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/23244-megasquirtnspark-mssmsns-installation-guide/">MegaSquirt'nSpark MSS/MSnS installation guide</a> which is for version 2.2 . I've read through most of it and have a few questions. Looking at my board, XG1 & XG2 are jumped. Diode D8 has been removed and jumped. Which was covered in the installation guide. But X11 is jumped to one side of D17 (Injector LED), then a resistor jumps from there to R23. I've attached an image of my board below. Also X11 is jumped to X12 with solder. Im not sure if this was accidental or not. Also, the first relay on the relay board has been jumped. Is this the fast idle relay? The car has 460cc RX7 injectors and the orignal zx turbo distributor and trigger wheel. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Ben Edited December 17, 2012 by benp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhBilly Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Could you describe what "The car is running but not too well" means? Does it start easy or hard? Does it idle by itself or do you have to keep your foot on the gas? Is it missing on one or more cylinders? Does it run smooth at low rpm or high rpm or does it run rough all the time? Is the car drivable? As for the relay board, that is the fast idle relay and by the looks of it there's been a fire there. One of the nearby capacitors looks to be burned fairly bad. Does you car actually have a fast idle solenoid? X11 (pin 25 on the DB37) solder jumped to X12 (pin 27 on the DB37) is probably not a big deal unless you have something hooked up to either of those pins. Not sure about your other jumpers, my experience is with a V3.0 board. I would try to learn as much as you can from the previous owner, or whoever built and installed the MS box in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benp Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 The Car idles and runs fairly smooth after it has warmed up. It is running a little rich according to the wideband (LC-1). 11-12 afr at idle. I've been doing a lot of reading and still have a lot to learn. I am somewhat familiar with fuel and ignition tables. This is the motor that was on pinks. It has been through a couple of people and cars before this one. I am trying to decide if I should buy a newer version of megasquirt. If this megasquirt is wired up correct and working, I will probably keep it for now. When installing MSnS on v2.2 to control ignition, the fast idle terminal is hooked to the GM HEI module, and the relay needs to be jumped? I will check and see if anything on the relay board is hooked to X12 or X11. I cant find anything that says X11 needs to be jumped to D17 for the L28et. Thanks Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirkland1980 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The ms1 v2.2 will fire your coil but it will not advance or retard your timing. I ran the ms1 v2.2 at first but I blew a head gasket then broke a ring land. I'm now running a ms2 v3.0 and a ms2 v3.57 in two different 280zx L28 engines and the v3.0 is the better one in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Looks like the downloadable EXTRA code does spark mapping. Maybe that's the "EXTRA" part. http://www.msextra.com/doc/ms1extra/MS_Extra_Basic_Configuration_Manual.htm#desextra http://www.msextra.com/doc/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzedturbo Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yeah that looks like it was very hot at one time. wish i could help with the 2.2 but i run 3.0 but i may still have my stock tune saved for l28et with stock injectors as well as 450cc dsm injectors. I will check and if so i will help you out. I drove on it for like 9 months triggering off the distributor like you and get 25-28 mpg. Also being very conservative and timing and fuel. Maybe (xnke) will chime in on the wiring of your board, mine was the 3rd or 4th one he built. good luck man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhBilly Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Idling rich with big injectors is normal for MS1. MS1 has an injector pulsewidth resolution of .1ms, whereas MS2 can do .01ms. Without going into all the details, with your big injectors on MS1 you won't be able to fine tune the pulsewidth enough to get a nice and stable idle near a stoichiometric AFR. Yours is idling at 11-12 AFR which is about as good as you'll get. I am running MS1 V3.0 with 440cc injectors and my idle AFR is about where yours is, maybe a bit lower. You may be able to use the "hi res" code which you can read about here, but I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you have neighbors (or a wife... ask me how I know) complaining about all the exhaust smell as the car idles in the driveway. You may consider posting your .msq here so we can take a look at it. EDIT: I have not personally done this, but I have read of other people lowering the static fuel pressure (slightly) to make the injectors behave as if they were a bit smaller. However, the lower the rail pressure the less efficient your injectors will be at atomizing the fuel, so you can only go so far. Do you know what your static fuel rail pressure is? Most injectors I believe are typically set at about 42psi static pressure. Edited December 18, 2012 by OhBilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motomanmike Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 redzedturbo, i'm not trying to hijack this thread but what have you experienced between the 3.57 and the 3.0 that you like the 3.0 better other than being easier to mod or solder on? I own a 3.57 and am in the process of assembling a 3.0 i'm trying to compare the 2 myself? Might also give BenP an idea of what to purchase if he does decide to go with an MSII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirkland1980 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I was the one comparing 3.0 & 3.57. I don't like the 3.57 currently just because it just doesn't work well for me. I couldn't find info to set it up as info seems more abundant for the 3.0 and to this day ignition still doesn't follow the ignition map. It's just stuck at 30*. And it's the third megasquirt I've done so it should have been the easiest but was not the case. Also the box gets really hot and the engine starts cutting out after about a 20 mile drive. I've done everything to try to correct this. With my 3.0 that I assembled myself I can drive 80 miles to the dragstip, make 10 passes without much cooling time and drive 80 miles home and the car never misses a beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cramer Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I was the one comparing 3.0 & 3.57. I don't like the 3.57 currently just because it just doesn't work well for me. I couldn't find info to set it up as info seems more abundant for the 3.0 and to this day ignition still doesn't follow the ignition map. It's just stuck at 30*. And it's the third megasquirt I've done so it should have been the easiest but was not the case. Also the box gets really hot and the engine starts cutting out after about a 20 mile drive. I've done everything to try to correct this. With my 3.0 that I assembled myself I can drive 80 miles to the dragstip, make 10 passes without much cooling time and drive 80 miles home and the car never misses a beat. Could you post a copy of your tune file and a data log of the engine running? This would give me a bit more info about what's wrong on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirkland1980 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 How do I make a data log? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhBilly Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 How do I make a data log? With MS powered up and while connected to Tunerstudio or Megatune, hit ALT-L. This will bring up a "save as" dialog and you can make the filename whatever you want it to be (or leave it as is). When you hit ENTER, it will start datalogging. When you turn off the car, the file will automatically be saved. Then you can use Megalogviewer or Excel or whatever to view the datalog. The datalog is a simple file saved in a comma separated variable (CSV) type format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirkland1980 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 OK. I'll try that. How do I attach my msq file to this message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motomanmike Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 create a zip folder on your desktop, just right click the desktop and create zip folder. copy your datalog file into the zip folder and upload the zip folder here. It won't let you upload just the file itself has to be a zip folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motomanmike Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I was the one comparing 3.0 & 3.57. I don't like the 3.57 currently just because it just doesn't work well for me. I couldn't find info to set it up as info seems more abundant for the 3.0 and to this day ignition still doesn't follow the ignition map. It's just stuck at 30*. And it's the third megasquirt I've done so it should have been the easiest but was not the case. Also the box gets really hot and the engine starts cutting out after about a 20 mile drive. I've done everything to try to correct this. With my 3.0 that I assembled myself I can drive 80 miles to the dragstip, make 10 passes without much cooling time and drive 80 miles home and the car never misses a beat. Thanks for the info and sorry for the mix up with what user posted. I'll let you know if I notice the same thing once i get my 3.0 assembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirkland1980 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Try this amanda 2012-09-06_19.13.10.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cramer Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 That one has the MSQ in it fine, but no log. I'd need to see a log of the problem happening to see what's going wrong. Nothing in the tune really jumped out at me other than that the spark map is the default one for a small block Chevy, and that you'll need to make sure that the V3.57 is actually set up for D14 as spark output and not JS10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirkland1980 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) I will try to get the data log this weekend. The fuel map is also default except for the idle tune. This car doesn't have a wideband. I think the ign output is soldered to pin 7(?) on the 40 pin dip socket. Edited December 21, 2012 by skirkland1980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirkland1980 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 attached file 2012-12-22_14.52.45.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motomanmike Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) Seems to have a considerable amount of noise. Could be part of the problem. I saw one huge spike at about the 84 second mark it happened right after the battery voltage flickered to 13.5, a whole volt drop. Does the car act worse once its warmed up all the way? Also reading back through your posts you said your timing is stuck at 30 no matter what you do to the map. Have you checked your basic settings to make sure you don't have the fixed timing set in there as a static value? If you do, it won't matter what you change on the timing table. Edited December 26, 2012 by motomanmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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