Warm Up Enrichment Temperature

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CBDZ
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Warm Up Enrichment Temperature

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Hello Everybody. I am having a lot of fun tuning with Megasquirt. My tune and performance seems to be getting better every time I mess with it, and I am starting to understand what it all means.

I am running MS1-Extra, rev 029y4*****************

Tunerstudio MSv3.0.10

While looking over my latest data log, I noticed that I am in the Warm Up Enrichment mode, until my coolant temps reach 160* (F).

My typical cruising temp is about 130*.

I get good idle once the CLT temp reaches about 95*-100*

I have my Warm Up Enrichments settings so they are 100% at 80* and above. (No additional fuel added,right?)

Where do I change the WUE so that it turns off at about 80*

FYI, my temp sensor is up between cylinders 1&2 so it is reading the warmed air from these two cylinders.

Thanks in advance.
My Car Details:
Fiberglass Buggy on 1973 Chassis.
1904 cc
Megasquirt (MS1 with 3.57 board) Fuel Injection: German Intake Plenum, CB Performance End-Castings, Ford Escort Throttle Body with custom Adapter, MS controls Wasted Spark Coil Pack
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Re: Warm Up Enrichment Temperature

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If you go into the 'Start up' section of tuner studio and open up WUE you will have a graph showing the % enrichment values and temperatures. Adjust the values so that the % enrichment reaches 100% at the required temperature then tune the rest of the curve to suit (with the engine running).
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Re: Warm Up Enrichment Temperature

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Where is your sensor? 130F is very low, if head mounted.
(130C would be more like it)

If its measuring block temp is will warm up slowly ~as the oil does.
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Re: Warm Up Enrichment Temperature

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Piledriver,

The sensor is in the place of where the stock bellows would be, right under the 1 & 2 cylinders.

I have adjusted the percentage of enrichment to 100% where it has reached a decent temperature, but the light that indicates that i am still in wue stays on until 160
My Car Details:
Fiberglass Buggy on 1973 Chassis.
1904 cc
Megasquirt (MS1 with 3.57 board) Fuel Injection: German Intake Plenum, CB Performance End-Castings, Ford Escort Throttle Body with custom Adapter, MS controls Wasted Spark Coil Pack
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Re: Warm Up Enrichment Temperature

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CBDZ wrote:Piledriver,

The sensor is in the place of where the stock bellows would be, right under the 1 & 2 cylinders.

I have adjusted the percentage of enrichment to 100% where it has reached a decent temperature, but the light that indicates that i am still in wue stays on until 160
I have never played with MS1 for more than 5 minutes on the bench, so I can't help much on details with it.

Is the bottom tin etc all in place?
If you have J pipes, you have the blockoff bits so no fresh air finds the sensor?

Mine (open element GM) is simply ziptied to a pushrod tube under the head, but I have all the underneath tin.
It only "sees" hot air that flows around the ex ports/top of chamber on a T4,
It responds very fast, consistently and accurately vs. a TC in the same place, and tracks under plug TC very well, even though there is an offset depending on RPM/fan speed.

At idle its almost 1:1, at 75 MPH cruise CLT reads about 75F lower than under the plug.
Addendum to Newtons first law:
zero vehicles on jackstands, square gets a fresh 090 and 1911, cabby gets a blower.
EZ3.6 Vanagon after that.(mounted, needs everything finished) then Creamsicle.
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