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| Author: | Digger [ Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Incidental Megasquirt Update |
I was out in the garage tonight fiddling around with things and decided to pull a spark plug on the Bronco. Here are three plugs from different sets I've installed: - Plug on the right was the original that the PO installed and was run only on the carb. The carb was tuned as well as could be with the old cam. - Plug in the center was run with the carb and later switched to early EFI and different cam. The insulator was slightly cleaner. Honestly though, I was disappointed and started to doubt whether Megasquirt could accomplish my goals. - Plug on the left was just pulled tonight. It has been installed for several thousand miles. The insulator is still like-new clean. I'm not sure they will stay that way, but the ground electrode has a nice light tan coloring indicating good burn characteristics. Spark Plugs.jpg This was really encouraging since I have been banging my head against the side of the truck most days trying to get this system perfect. I don't have hard numbers yet, but mileage was a solid 10-11 mpg average with a carb and aggressive cam and now is an indicated 15-17 mpg average with EFI and a mild cam. Even if the real average ends up being 14-15mpg, that is still a 40% improvement along with other EFI benefits. |
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| Author: | Kinder [ Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Incidental Megasquirt Update |
Wow, that is an amazing improvement. |
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| Author: | Justin [ Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Incidental Megasquirt Update |
Agreed, wow. How much of that was the ability to finely tune it? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Digger [ Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Incidental Megasquirt Update |
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