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Originally Posted by chrisoverson
I'm not using anything except the fuel usage monitor I've made with an arduino. I want to fit a vacuum gauge but haven't yet, is that what I need?
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Your better way to gauge load will be with a vacuum gauge rather than throttle... use the search function of this site in the upper left hand corner and search for how to use a vacuum gauge for driving with load and P&G. There was a thread recently.
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Originally Posted by chrisoverson
After reading about my engine management system it appears the injectors are always live and the ECU pulses the injectors to earth to trigger them. Could I therefore have them on a switch inside the car that I can activate to connect the injectors directly to battery live so as to effectively disable them?
Then on a glide I could flick the switch to effectively stop any fuel from being injected but keep all electronics going, then turn the injectors back on again for the next pulse.
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This had been done. I have one too. Search for injector kill switch installs for your model here on ecomodder...
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Originally Posted by chrisoverson
Eventually I would work to automate this somehow, but would this work for the moment? Also should I be aiming to do 50-60 rather than 50-70mph? Thanks!  |
Closer to 55 mph is better for cruise, as long as it is safe, You might pulse to 65 and glide to 55. That's what I do, seeking to average 60mph (a mile a minute).
Good luck... you'll get it... I did (mostly).