Just wanted to start tracking my MS conversion on my teener. I had the car running to well last year so I needed a challenge goal is to have everything finished and start tuning by mid may when driving starts getting nice around here.
I also am keeping the sock FI until I get this all running for a quick swap back.
I am really excited about running fuel and spark with the MS extra code.
Just for those that were wondering the stock FI worked OK but it was not exactly optimal for my frakenstien engine i was having surges and the like and could never track down a vacuum leak in my spaghetti of old hoses. Right now I have a 1.7 block 1.8 bus pistons hydrolic cam and lifters. I have a great looking spare 1.7 block and a 2.0 crank so I am looking at building a 2056 or larger down the road depending on funds.
Conversion Planning
Ordered and assembled Megasquirt I with v3.0 board * completed*
Reflashed with megasquirt extra *Completed*
Read and reread MS manual and MS extra manual *completed*
Design and fabrication of new intake and plenum *in progress*
Ordered needed accessories, air sensor, Narrow O2 sensor *completed*
Wide band O2 *desired* (just need to sell some things first)
Wiring Harness *in progress*
MS mounting behind passenger seat
MS working fuel with Craine 700 optical ignition working spark *first test*
Future upgrades
MS Working single coil with locked distributer
Installation of 36-1 on crank to run coil pack
Now some progress
16guage steel construction
6x3x4" box
using the standard GM air temp sensor
Hundai Trottle body and Idle valve
I have about 4 sets of spair 914 fuel injection rails and intate assemblys so I am going to cut one slightly shorter and weld connecting tubes onto the plenum box and have the connecting hoses a little furter from the plenum
The runners are essentially 1" ID pipe so that made them easy to match
Box will have a bracket on the bottom that mounts the same as the OEM plenum.
I went with a new box as I was replacing all of the senors and wanted a clean engine bay. I may also look at forced induction in the future but right now and until im running good I am staying N/A.
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Keep it up! I'm looking to do a ms conversion on my type 4 beetle conversion.
did you use any formula to determine the size of the plenum?
Rich
Did you think of using a bolt on top plate for the manifold? That way you can swap out the throttle for something larger/smaller/something with progressive butterflys later and only have to fab up one new piece of metal.
You are going to want to radius the tubes in the plenum. Without that it will flow a lot less air.
Take a velocity stack and insert it from the inside of the plenum, with the bottom of the stack sticking out and the bell of the stack toward the inside of the plenum. That's pretty much what he meant.
I have seen plena (that's the plural of plenum, at least to me right now ) that actually have trumpet-like shapes sticking up from the walls of the plenum. It sounds like Blake was suggesting having the tops of the trumpet flush with the walls of the plenum, but you could go the other way too.
Lots of stuff to experiment with!
--DD
You'll have to pay for shipping from Australia, but this place has some awesome spun velocity stacks:
http://www.velocity-of-sound.com/
Ok, I get the picture
I will have to experiment with flaring the tubes into the plenum.
I believe I have some old velocity stacks from a set of IDF's laying around I could play with.
Also make sure that the walls are fairly stiff on the intake. I've had a couple that flexed quited a bit and it's really hard to tune a variable volume intake running on manifold pressure.
Ok Little more progress
Started welding box assembly together. I cut down a set of runners and templated my placement into the box.
Then welded the box together.
to make it flow a little better I "flared" the ends of the tubes inside the box to simulate velocity stacks.
I fited in on the top of the engine and It looks good.
Took out the seats started to rout my harness and placed the MS unit found rust under the seats
then got side tracked with removing cancer in my hell hole and under the drivers seat.
I have the hell hole cleanded up nicely now I just need to fab up some plates and weld them in.
Anyone have any threads explaining good techniques for welding in that tight area.
I am going to attack the problem from both above and below that area for reinforcment. Going to use 16 guage steel. first make a stiff card paper template then bend and place plate in place.
For the seat repair I am just going to cut out the rusted area grind back to clean mettal every where else and weld in the areas I cut out.
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I hope you tested it for leaks!!
Any updates?
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