Great, we have a "post" button again!!

Edit: Yes, I still see that issue...

I'm seeing some strange glitches, e.g. after posting, all posts show as 'new', but overall everything works! Great work!

Do you still see that problem ?

At some point through this upgrade I changed the static part of the name for the cookies - I guess if you posted over that time the 'missing' cookie may have caused that.

I have in the meantime found the missing labels for the Post/Save buttons 


/L

Stopping the hobby because of age, a well maintained and slightly modified 1.6
In deperate need of a paintjob.
Ready to drive home wherever you liv

On marketplace Netherlands.

https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/auto-s/overige-auto-s/m2323441868-matra-talbot-murena-1-6-1981-rat-zwart-op-sommige-plaatsen

When I bought the car in 2007  they just fitted the Citroen version at the local dealer.
This carb was a bad choice because out of specs.
The car drove with dips in several rpm and I always had to drive it with choke on to get some drive-ability.
The original was gone else  so I bought a second hand CIC Talbot but was badly warned and CO and acceleration jet where damaged.
I drilled the CO on a another point (Like the Citroen one) carefully not to danage other tunneling.
I replaced the axels because of leaking using material from Lada Carbs.
The carb was also bend so the sec valve did no fit good to produce the vacuum, and it was out of line for the progression holes.
I made the foot of the carb flat and produced a valve for the second hole from a bigger valve (Lada) and made it fit in the sec so it closed in the right angle to make it work again.
In experiments I made the 127.5 jet also 135.
The car runned a bit rich but no more holes in acceleration and top speed was possible without problems.
It took a lot of time but it was also a learning curve.












I know for sure that the original carb is the best way to go for the car but getting the setup right took me lots of time.

Was the CX carb a Weber or a differently jetted Solex CIC? Carburettors can be really rewarding to work on and it sounds like the hours you invested paid off in the end! :-)

I also considered EFI at some point. The arduino project looks really interesting! The starting point for my project was however that I wanted to keep the original Bosch distributor (and my Weber DCOEs) but wanted to be able to verify the actual curve - and eventually tune it by exchanging springs and weights inside. For that I needed a device that would allow me to measure advance while the car is running on road or rolling road.

I'm seeing some strange glitches, e.g. after posting, all posts show as 'new', but overall everything works! Great work!

Sorry, I thought you meant the housings.... These are available https://www.simon-auto-shop.de/epages/Simon-Auto-Anlasser-Lichtmaschinen.sf/de_DE/?ObjectID=76689101
I have no idea if the built in reflectors can be changed, it looks like they could be removed but with the risk of damage to the rest of the part, the solution you've taken seems sound.

I have mislaid my drawings of the subwoofer I built, and I must also admit that I have not really tested it yet since I turned my attention to other jobs in my ongoing restoration of my car, but the basic idea I had was to make something that could be so flat and small that it could be stowed away somewhere. The issue with the standard speaker mounting on the Murena is that the panel is not air tight so the bass essentially shortcuts between the front and the back of the speaker. Modern cars have bass reflex ports built into the panels. I went for an enclosed box and tiny woofers that does not require much space behind them. It will surely be better. I think your door fitted speakers may also provide decent bass, actually.

Edit: Found the attached picture of the woofer during build. I think you can get the idea from this.

As I now finally have time, I have started the process of getting the forum software updated.

This is a long path, involving also having to move to a different server running a newer Operating System, but for now I have upgraded the forum here to the newest possible on this Operating System / server.

I have done the upgrade many times in my virtual environment, but as always - virtual is never *really* the same as the real world, so a few issues did crop up.  Currently it looks reasonably usable - at least until I get to move to the new server.

I have noticed a weird artefact at login where it sometimes issues errors about database updates, but if you reload the page, you get in (which you must have done to read this). Anyway, I am aware of that one.

Also, the post edit screen seems to have lost a lot of its editing features - this is somewhat worse, but I'd prefer to just get on getting the whole thing up to the latest available version, before diving into understanding and fixing this.

Once I feel my virtual environment can perform a good update to the new server and OS, I will get on and get that done too.

/Lennart

Before I sold my 2.2 I set up a Speeduino.
Its around 150 Euro to bulld one.
Th idea was to made the 2.2 injection because the car was drivenig like sh*t.
I made the kit and puted the Arduino on it and installed firmware.
This allows you to make the injection and all bells and whistles for a modern system.
I stopped the project because I got the CIC carburator good after working 150-200 hour on it.
The original carb is best for the Murena, and after years of driving with the CX carb I experienced the full potential of the car.

Now the car is sold I was thinking to use it for my 1.6, but I am selling that one to ending the hobby because of age.
However I think that system can adress al problems concerning fuel and ignition.
Its highly experimental and universal.
It usues freesoftware and evrything can be adhjusted by a laptop.

see....https://speeduino.com/home

So here's a bit more info about my device. The picture attached shows my #2 prototype board, the one I'm currently using on my car.

As can be seen, all components are leaded so it does not require any special tools to build. The LED 7-segment displays are fitted on the rear of the PCB. Essentially all components are modern deriviatives of 1980's era components.

The big black device in the middle is an 8052 microcontroller. This can be programmed through the connector seen on the left side. The lower part of the board contains the analogue circuits resposnible for detecting the signals from ingition and crank sensor. To the right of the microcontroller is a circuit that does some basic filtering of the signals before supplying them to the microcontroller for actual measurements and calculations. There is a voltage regulator on the board responsible for the 5V supply to the system and a separate one supplying the 9V supply which is used to generate a permanent magnetic field in the crank sensor coil. Since the crank sensor is unmagnetic, it needs a constant DC current flow to generate a small amount of magnetic flux. When a notch in the flywheel passes by, the flux is distorted and an additional current is generated, and this additonal current is detected in the analogue circuit. A fuse and protection diodes protect the device from voltage spikes and reverse polarity. The top part of the board (unpopulated) contains an isolated RS232 interface which I'm still working on.

As mentioned, the basic idea is to measure the time between the ignition and the crank sensor triggering, divide that by the time between crank or ignition signals (1/RPM effectively), and multiply by 180 to the the advance in degrees. There's also a factor of 28 degrees to subtract from that number due to the fact that the crank trigger is not at TDC on the flywheel.

There are two triggers per revolution of the flywheel since there are two notches in it. This corresponds to the four trigger points inside the distributor, which runs at cam speed, i.e. half the crank.

I'll give an update later explaining how I am driving the crank sensor and getting useful signals out of it.