On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 21:45 -0700, Rotary Engine wrote:

Hi Paul,
Early in the week you posted that you where going to check the flow of
the 5 injector. I was wondering if you could do me a favor and measure
the length of the series 3 injector from the 2 shoulder that they clamp
up against.
I have completed my test on several air duct shapes and will post them
when I get time to draw the final shape and write my conclusions of the
tests.
Regards Don

I assume you mean the 1993 and later RX7 injectors.

It is 43 mm overall and 18 mm from the shoulder to the end of
the metal barrel.

Paul Lamar

Paul,

I shipped your injector test-bench today.  Couple of notes on how to set
up & use:

-  The testbench has an adjustable frequency range with coarse & fine
adjustment knobs.

-  This hardware has a programmable frequency range, set by an
interhangeable capacitor (first pic.).  The one in there should get you
~600RPM to ~8500RPM.  I included an extra cap that enables ~1/10th of
the speed range.  You can experiment with similar values if you wish.
Just observe the polarity as shown on the top cover.

-  The PWM has a true 0-100% duty cycle with coarse and fine
adjustments.

-  There are three external test leads for an oscilloscope or digital
timer so you can monitor the injector current and the PWM signal. (last
pic).

-  The resistor in the second picture (top right of case) is used for
setting the peak/hold current.  I included extra resistors.

-  Peak current: Rs = (0.4V drop across Rs)/(peak injector current
desired)   For a 6 amp injector, select a 0.67ohm resistor (round to 0.7
for even value).

-  For saturation type injectors, there is no need to calculate the Rs.
Just leave it at 0.1 ohms or similar values and the driver circuit
should not transition to the hold current state.


This configuration is not a switched hold current circuit (safer RF
levels around other sensitive electronics), therefore the transistor can
get warm depending on the holding duty cycle.

A side benefit is that you can use the PWM output for other projects.
Just keep in mind you will need to use a transistor/optocoupler to
convert this 3.6V signal to other logic levels.  I will post a schematic
if others are interested in building their own.

Enjoy,
Marc Pedings

Got it Marc. NICE WORK! It's Robin birthday this weekend so I will try
to get some injector testing in next week before OSH.

Anybody have a blue RX8 injector they can spare? I have red and yellow
so far.

Paul Lamar