What's your starting (MG1) amperage

Frank,

Soon I will be able to respond to such arcane inquiries as this!

storm petrol

 

I see blips of well over 50, but it's hard to tell because in my
case I'm seeing a certain amount of meter-needle inertia. That still
seems like a lot just to spin up a relatively friction-free ICE...
.
_H*

 

yup, see http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/imeter/ and some of
the other hacks I've written up for public consumption, which I
assumed you already knew all about. One reason I've been holding
back on the whole can-view thing, since I'm already able to see
most of the important running parameters in an amusingly retro way..
.
_H*

 

I can't speak for my Prius, but for an average car with a 4 cylinder the starting amps are usually 150-200 amps. My 1984 Ford F-150 with 302 V8 the starting load is usually 350 amps.

 

Retro is COOL

 

You must be tall to see over the add on dash!

 

Nope, actually -- there's almost 4 inches of height above the left
end of the dash panel before it starts to stick into my sightline.
Noticed that the first time I test-drove a prius, in fact, and my
first thought was "hmmm, that's where various hacks can sit"!
I'm not particularly tall, and I think most people would see quite
a bit of empty space there.
.
_H*

 

Frank,

Doesn't MG1 spin the ICE up to much higher RPMs than a conventional starter?
Like 1000+? It seems like that could account for an amp reading higher than you and hobbit would expect for an engine of this dispacement and valve timing.

What do you think?

storm petrol

 

My low was 69, most values 73,4,5 high 77amps.

 

Goodness... Yes you are right. The rest were around 150-170 F.