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Old 11-10-2010, 08:55 AM   #30 (permalink)
saand
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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bugler - '91 Mazda 626
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ok, raw data attached,
Note: i am not sure the injector time to fuel conversion is accurate i haven't looked into this in detail

feel free to play with the info as you see fit, i mostly use it to see where i can find the best gains, i have not tried to analyze in great detail.
Also if your all interested in getting your own data logged from your gauges there might be some ways to do it most likely with the mpguino as its open source software.

Robert, regarding my tires i just have my stock standard tires, they are not low rolling resistance or anything like that however they are pumped up to 45 psi (pressure has likely gone down since they were pumped up)
the total distance covered is according to the log 5.77km which is fairly accurate, the speedo and the speed logged are only out by a few kph.

Regarding kill switch, i would love to put one in but i do not have an manual so i cant bump start and i dont want to ever get in the situation where my car wont restart, i have already lowered my idle as low as it can go because i get gains at traffic lights and while coasting but i would love to turn my engine off if i could.
enjoy matlab, i try to avoid matlab at all costs unless i am doing specialized engineering calcs or want 3d graphs

busypaws, regarding your test suggestion its a good idea however i am fairly sure that the efficiency increase is so low that it will be within the noise of normal day to day driving. From my attempts at testing improvements seems like anything below 1% change is very hard to accurately test. So this is why i did the theoretical calcs
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