I'm Automotive Engineering student from Finland.
I were developing four-cylinder BMW M10 2.0 '77 turbo engine as my engineering/diploma work, but I have changed my work to Honda D16Z6 SOHC-VTEC All-Motor project. Reasons for this are too high costs for a student, and I definately need a new (and ofcourse better and more powerful) engine to my daily driver Civic.
Pure AlphaN, WBO2 etc now working excellently! Engine runs damn smooth in ~any conditions, EGO correction works etc.
That AlphaN is very easy and straightforward to tune.
I also tried AlphaN blending first, but that doesn't work for NA engine with ITBs, it's only meant for smoothing idle with aggressive cams. config13 bit 2 has to be enabled via keyboard or config.txt to get AlphaN working! MegaTune doesn't have an option for changing it! I had some serious problems trying to get engine working without it first (and blending enabled in MT; It just doesn't work at all). This MegaTune/AlphaN config13 issue is fixed in newer versions.
Check my MembersPage/JanneMantyla/PictureGallery ! WARNING! lots of high-quality pictures on same page! Same pics can be found under link below, see vems and d16z6 folders, I think I'll remove this.
A couple of project photos etc can be found here; http://rushi.kapsi.fi/pics/
VEMS-Related stuff (configs etc) http://rushi.kapsi.fi/vems/
Videos etc http://rushi.kapsi.fi/video/
D16Z6 Engine construction
- Bore 75mm, stroke 90mm
- Honda PM7 high dome pistons, 12:1 compression ratio
- ARP head studs, rod- and pressure plate bolts
- Reshaped/undercut stock valves (30/26mm), head ported by me [see results here]. Not bad, should be enough for 200hp goal.
- [Crower Stage 3] cam, Crower valvesprings and Ti-retainers
- 42mm ITB setup. Honda CBR954RR throttlebodies and injectors (hi-z), my own designed/made aluminum manifold. Intake total lenght 230mm.
- My own design 4-1 anti-reversion header(lenght 660mm/26", merged collector), 2.5" exhaust.
- ACT XTSS clutch Xtreme pressure plate, performance organic disc
- ACT [XACT Prolite] 3,8kg / 8.4lbs flywheel
![[see results here]](http://personal.inet.fi/surf/rushi/z6flow.jpg){kind=link}
![[XACT Prolite]](http://personal.inet.fi/surf/rushi/flywheel1.jpg){kind=link}
D16Z6 sensors etc
- Original Denso IAT/CLT sensors (values equals Bosch)
- Original TPS and MAP. MAP seems to be 180kPa type (I've ~1kPa ofset) and is working perfectly.
- Maybe VAG 1.8t 20V active COPs. These are cheap, and suits fine to Honda head. Another alternative could be CBR600 F4i passive COPs. Bosch wastedspark is powerful, but not as sophisticated, and needs ignition wires as expensive as VAG COPs.
- Honeywell 1GT101DC Hall-sensor at crank. One trigger pulse/event.
- Propably some camtrigger. Needs a little bit more research with mounting, I want Hall sensor. ATM I'm driving with old D15 dizzy.
- VTEC relay output. I think I'll use one MiscOut for this. Honda PGM-FI uses rpm, tps/map and clt as a parameters for this function, seems that I can't get clt but who cares, just remember not to use VTEC (rev past 5krpm) with cold engine (stupid anyway). Will be applied very soon.
- Bosch LSU-4 WideBand sensor
- Blue 4x20 LCD
- EGT K-type thermocouple
Current firmware version; 1.0.38
Questions and answers
Q: I'm trying to drive VTEC-solenoid (it needs positive supply, and has R of 16ohms) from stepper driver IC, because it seems to be able to supply 1A. Somehow I'm not able to get it working; I use MiscOutput1 for it(S259 Q3 = stepper_A, right?). AFAIK when that is activated, output should go to +12V, but that doesn't seem to work.
- what do you mean by "does not work" ?
- Measure voltage
- measure current if possible
- try to activate with mdh.. command (disable the output during this experiment)
I ment that activating S259 Q3 didn't give ~Vbatt or anything else into it's output pin. I was correct, that IC needs to be enabled separately (S259 Q7).
Now it works perfect on VEMS-side, I use RPM actuation for enabling(Q7) and MiscOut1 for VTEC control. This works now just like it should, gives good drive to solenoid. I still have some problems retated to solenoid(mechanical) or oil pressure.
Q: Is there any better way to enable stepper ic, than waste rpm-actuation for it? From software, hardwiring +5V to IC would be easy too.
A: Yes there are. Because MiscOutput doesn't have CLT variable (and would be nice to have) I figured I could use waterpump drive for chip enable.
Now I've got VTEC working properly. I was considering that maybe stepper driver IC is inadequate, and made a stronger driver circuit with TIP127 PNP-Darlington transistor. I use P259 Q7 (drive_11) to active darlington (thru 330R base resistor), and also connected my CEL-light into same P259 pin to use it as a VTEC light. VTEC drive output goes to EC36 pin22 (yes, I don't have extra GND5 on it).
I still had weird behavior, and then I figured out that it works with TPS 99% and lower, but not at 100%. Then I tried to use pure RPM-actuation and it works perfect now! Later I get confirmed that this old firmware (1.0.38) has bug related to MiscOut function, and it's been fixed in around .45-.48 versions!
Actually, I think I leave it to RPM-actuation, it seems to work so well in practice. Stepper driver seems to be adequate to drive 16ohm VTEC solenoid, if there's no other use for it.