Would installing a greddy smic affect my tune?
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Would installing a greddy smic affect my tune?
I just got done installing my Greddy SMIC, so I took my car for a road test. I got the car up to operating temperature, then went to the high way. 3rd gear @ 35 mph and floored it.
Car started to speed up, boost lvl on PFC commander was .7-.8 kg/cm^2. Got up to about 60 mph, and my knock was really bad. At one point I heard the knock so I got off the gas.
Would a greddy smic cause me to need a new tune, or was my tune already bad and just now noticing it? I'm kind of worried to drive the car at the moment because I know knock is not a good thing.
Car started to speed up, boost lvl on PFC commander was .7-.8 kg/cm^2. Got up to about 60 mph, and my knock was really bad. At one point I heard the knock so I got off the gas.
Would a greddy smic cause me to need a new tune, or was my tune already bad and just now noticing it? I'm kind of worried to drive the car at the moment because I know knock is not a good thing.
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I don't have a datalogit it yet, but it's on my list. Maybe I shoulda got a datalogit before smic.
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Is this the base PFC calibration or was it previously tuned?
You said you physically heard it detonating. In that case I would NOT get on it to see the knock reading. You are only risking engine damage then. If you heard marbles in a can, a tink or thunk sound then the smart thing to do is to lay off it.
Since you don't have a wideband either you're limited at what you can do. You can throw fuel at it with the Commander but that's about it.
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Since you don't have a wideband either you're limited at what you can do. You can throw fuel at it with the Commander but that's about it.
See https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...23&postcount=4
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A bigger/better intercooler may affect your tune. Not because your AIT's are now cooler, but because it is more efficient and can flow more at the same boost level as you have opened up a restriction. It may be fine, it may be not, but don't just assume its perfectly fine.
In my experience with knocking, it has always sounded like one of those automated sprinklers on steroids. At least that's how I picture it when I hear it.
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Is this the base PFC calibration or was it previously tuned?
You said you physically heard it detonating. In that case I would NOT get on it to see the knock reading. You are only risking engine damage then. If you heard marbles in a can, a tink or thunk sound then the smart thing to do is to lay off it.
Since you don't have a wideband either you're limited at what you can do. You can throw fuel at it with the Commander but that's about it.
See https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...23&postcount=4
You said you physically heard it detonating. In that case I would NOT get on it to see the knock reading. You are only risking engine damage then. If you heard marbles in a can, a tink or thunk sound then the smart thing to do is to lay off it.
Since you don't have a wideband either you're limited at what you can do. You can throw fuel at it with the Commander but that's about it.
See https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...23&postcount=4
Looking at mine here are the settings you listed:
8000 100
7000 100
6000 100
5000 100
4000 100
3000 100
2000 100
1000 87.8
1.0V 100
1.5V 100
2.0V 100
2.5V 100
3.0V 100
3.5V 101.9
4.0V 102.3
4.5V 103.1
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I drove my FD to work this morning. After making the changes that arghx linked to, here are some #'s. I drove it as safely as I could (gradually increasing wot / rpms). I didn't hear any knocking this time but I also didn't redline it.
max rpm: 6092
max boost: .84 kg/cm^2 = (11.9 PSI) I never saw it go this high before, better intercooler perhaps?
max water temp: 89* C
max knock: 48 (How bad is that?)
max rpm: 6092
max boost: .84 kg/cm^2 = (11.9 PSI) I never saw it go this high before, better intercooler perhaps?
max water temp: 89* C
max knock: 48 (How bad is that?)
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^ That is not true at all. The knock sensor can't be used to know if your safe or not as its pretty useless most of the time. If your knock sensor isn't picking up noise, I'd say anything under 10 is safe but its not something you can just use to know if its safe or not.
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^ That is not true at all. The knock sensor can't be used to know if your safe or not as its pretty useless most of the time. If your knock sensor isn't picking up noise, I'd say anything under 10 is safe but its not something you can just use to know if its safe or not.
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Another twist...
Before putting in the greddy smic, I never saw my commander show boost higher than .7 kg/cm^2. I haven't made any changes to my boost settings yet on my commander:
So it seems that the greddy is just flowing better than the stock unit causing a little lean. So I'm going to try to turn downt the boost a little to see if that makes it a little safer.
Before putting in the greddy smic, I never saw my commander show boost higher than .7 kg/cm^2. I haven't made any changes to my boost settings yet on my commander:
So it seems that the greddy is just flowing better than the stock unit causing a little lean. So I'm going to try to turn downt the boost a little to see if that makes it a little safer.
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