REFLECTOR: engine tuning ... was Project Updates

[Brian Michalk]

Kurt,

I'm still trying to tune in my engine as well.  I've never tuned an 
engine with electronics so this is new to me.  I had been messing around 
with the flow table, jiggling a little here and there, and determined 
that my #4 injector was not flowing correctly.  I now have a new #4, and 
am going to tune again today.

I have half a mind to set the tables back to default and start over.  My 
plan is this:
1) Use average EGT (turbine inlet temperature) to find the peak and 
50ROP for at least two, hopefully three cells on the table.
2) Now go back to the data for individual EGT's and trim those values to 
get them to peak at the same time.  I have one bulk table, and six 
individual tables.  The per-cylinder tables can go from 40% to 160% 
range of what's in the bulk table.

Is there a better methodology I'm not aware of?

Once I am more comfortable with the operating fuel flows, I am going to 
mark out an area on the fuel table for running lean of peak.  Perhaps 
the area defined by RPM greater than 2500, and manifold pressure less 
than 27 inches.  I'll have to collect more data to see where this area 
should be.

My backup EFI still needs tweaking.  The good news is that the engine 
does run on my completely homebrew setup.  I'm trimming my spool for the 
barrel valve and will see how that works today.


NMFlyer1 at aol.com wrote:
...

>  
> I ran the engine again yesterday and all seems well. Now IM on to 
> cutting some exit ports in the cowl.
>  
> Keep us informed,
>  
> Kurt