I'm in a bit of a dilemma and thought I would put this out here for the group to ponder.
First, this is a p-ported 3-rotor, running RWS EC-2 and psru. I'm running 460cc Mazda primary injectors and 60lb Deka IV secondary injectors. Primary injectors share a common fuel rail and are positioned close to the engine, between throttle plate and rotor face. Secondary injectors are located ahead of the throttle plates. As this is a p-port engine, it has three 1-bbl TB's, located very close to the engine. Engine will idle down to 800 - 900 rpm, but I normally idle it around 1500 - 1600 rpm.
The problem is this, the #1 rotor cuts out at low to mid-range RPM, evidenced by obvious reduced power, very low EGT's on rotor #1, change in exhaust tone, a dark residue in the #1 exhaust port and dark spark plugs on #1. Just today I was able to get it to run normally with balanced EGT's by adjusting Mode 4, but I had to go full CCW with the program knob to achieve this. (Mode 4 & 5 adjust similar to Mode 1) Now it runs well mid-range and the dropped #1 rotor is happily firing away. I still have some tuning to do, but after adjusting Mode 4, I can now move forward with that.
To date I have tried the following: 1. Performed a compression check - OK 2. Swapped primary injector with #3 - no change 3. Swapped coils with #3 - no change
4. Replaced spark plugs - no change, except initially it ran better until the plug fouled 5. Checked plug wires with ohm meter - checked good 6. Sent EC-2 to Tracy for latest s/w and checkout - no abnormalities found, latest s/w installed
7. Checked secondary injectors for leakage - none seen
Can anyone suggest a reason why the #1 primary injector runs extremely rich when set to the factory default setting? Is this something to be concerned with?
Thanks, Mark
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