The 15 Y/O Turbo M42 Build Thread (Now Holley EFI Terminator X Controlled)

[Schnitzer318is]

^ LOL im retarded. was trying to enter 114 total in first trigger angle box.
I can setup as displayed. That makes much more sense. Im going to try this tomorrow morning and ill report back with results.

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words :)

LOL... I'm anxious to try this. If the car weren't so damn loud I'd go out and do it right now. ;)

[wazzu70]

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words :)

[Dj Buttchug]

^ LOL im retarded. was trying to enter 114 total in first trigger angle box.
I can setup as displayed. That makes much more sense. Im going to try this tomorrow morning and ill report back with results.

[wazzu70]

Otis, the M42 does not have timing marks on the damper. It has a notch that lines up on the oil filter housing though to show TDC. I just set my timing light to 0 and lock timing in the software to verify.

I'm not sure why you can't enter a larger value for the #1 tooth. I have no idea why the primary trigger settings cannot be entered as-is....but its what we have to work with

Can you not set up your spark like this?


It's not really worth tuning anything else until your primary trigger is correct. Your engine can "run" with amazingly bad setup, it can just run much better with a proper set up!

[Dj Buttchug]

I'm going to give those cranking settings a shot tomorrow. Mine are the same as yours.

If our settings were that far off I'm surprised the car starts... shouldn't not be the case?

mine are also the same except for the slight trim angle change I made. Im wondering why I cant select a 114 value where the 60 is.

After doing some more reading in the mega manual, plus what wazzu said, this is where we need to be at...

[Dj Buttchug]

this is what my accel tables look like.


Id like to stick with changing one thing at a time if I can. G&T what would these changes you are suggesting do? My map table is faded out here so im assuming TPS is whats running.

Also m42 only has TDC mark but the above equation by wazzu is correct because our engines are running a 60-2 wheel.

[Good & Tight]

I calibrated my tps when I first jumped into this. Is it either or? Im confused as to which i am running on...

Also for some reason I cannot select a trigger angle valve of 114. It says the value is to high, even when I select +45



In order to fix my starting issues I started playing with the very bottom value trim angle (deg)

Originally it was set to zero. The value here of +2 made my starts much better.

Go to the tuning tab and open "Acceleration Wizard" you will see two graphs "MAP Based AE" and "TPS Based AE" right below the TPS graph input put 100 and the MAP Based AE graph will turn of and it will be 100% TPS.

Your cold accel enrichment is also in that window, try 130%.

For your timing to be accurate you should verify it with a timing light. Not sure if the M42 has timing marks....?

[Schnitzer318is]

I'm going to give those cranking settings a shot tomorrow. Mine are the same as yours.

If our settings were that far off I'm surprised the car starts... shouldn't not be the case?

Edit: Here are my current ignition and wheel settings.

[Dj Buttchug]

I calibrated my tps when I first jumped into this. Is it either or? Im confused as to which i am running on...

Also for some reason I cannot select a trigger angle valve of 114. It says the value is to high, even when I select +45



In order to fix my starting issues I started playing with the very bottom value trim angle (deg)

Originally it was set to zero. The value here of +2 made my starts much better.

[Good & Tight]

EXCELLENT!!!!


Yes
This adjustment would be for afterstart correct?

Accel enrichment is in the tuning tab at the far right.
Are you running on map or tps....? Also have you calibrated your throttle position? Go to tools and you will see calibrate tps.

[Dj Buttchug]

Here is some trigger info:

http://www.msextra.com/doc/ms2extra/MS2-Extra_Miss_Tooth.htm

This is exactly our trigger setups since they are Bosch managed 4cyl. Instead of 60 deg, you need to use 114 deg (entered as 69 deg +45 deg).

EXCELLENT!!!!

You should try tuning with TPS instead of MAP. In "accel enrichment" you can make the changes. Do you have the TPS wired in ...?

Yes
This adjustment would be for afterstart correct?

[Good & Tight]

negative my dude. map only

You should try tuning with TPS instead of MAP. In "accel enrichment" you can make the changes. Do you have the TPS wired in ...?

[wazzu70]

Here is some trigger info:

http://www.msextra.com/doc/ms2extra/MS2-Extra_Miss_Tooth.htm

Typical Vauxhall/Peugeot (and other Bosch) setup
60-2 setup is 6deg between teeth (360deg / 60 teeth = 6 deg)
Tooth number 20 lines up with sensor at TDC, so tooth 20 to 1 = 19 teeth
Therefore 19 teeth x 6deg = 114deg (Tooth #1 Angle)

This is exactly our trigger setups since they are Bosch managed 4cyl. Instead of 60 deg, you need to use 114 deg (entered as 69 deg +45 deg).

[Dj Buttchug]

Let me upload and post up again. I know my engine runs set a 60deg. Ive got some time to mess around with it some more.

wazzu, You are correct. In the settings in order to achieve this you will have to select +45 and then enter a new valve

[wazzu70]

Ryan, can you post up a screen shot of your improved spark settings?

Im looking at Josephs settings too.

Anyone out there have a VERIFIED trigger angle? I have verified the 20th tooth after the gap to be TDC. This would be 120deg yet Ryan and Joseph are running 60deg. Would the engine even run being 60deg off on the primary trigger setting?