Power FC Smoothed Base Map - COMMENTS PLEASE!
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Smoothed Base Map - COMMENTS PLEASE!
Got the datalogit working, I threw the data into Excel to smooth it a little. It's nice cause you can just move the points on the lines directly and Excel modifies the table for you. Makes smoothing very easy.
I'd like some input on my values though since this is my first bit of tuning.
It didn't seem to fix my surging/bucking that I experience under 3000rpms though. Light throttle driving is still a bit of a chore. It seems liek i fix it, then it just comes back. It seems to get worse with warmer weather, but then it got colder tonight and it didn't get any better. I'm really lost, I'm thinking it's ignition rather than fuel related at this point.
I'll be changing my plugs and checking out my ignition maps tomorrow.
Thanks for any help provided.
I'd like some input on my values though since this is my first bit of tuning.
It didn't seem to fix my surging/bucking that I experience under 3000rpms though. Light throttle driving is still a bit of a chore. It seems liek i fix it, then it just comes back. It seems to get worse with warmer weather, but then it got colder tonight and it didn't get any better. I'm really lost, I'm thinking it's ignition rather than fuel related at this point.
I'll be changing my plugs and checking out my ignition maps tomorrow.
Thanks for any help provided.
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just graph the data, then you can click directly on individual data points and move them up or down, this will change the corresponding cell automatically. Then when you're doen just copy and paste it back into FC Edit and "write all"
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I presumed you had a Datalogit, WBO2 and that you know better than to manipulate the Base Map with unconfirmed bogus values that "look pretty". "Pretty timing" may finish off your engine.
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Originally Posted by mark57
I presumed you had a Datalogit, WBO2 and that you know better than to manipulate the Base Map with unconfirmed bogus values that "look pretty". "Pretty timing" may finish off your engine.
I had it tuned by Dave @ KDR, so it was a safe tune, but we didn't get any time on the street. A couple values in the vacuum/low RPM range would go the wrong way and things like that, I just smoothed them out a little, which is recommended in the tuning articles/threads I've read. This was not done for LOOKS!
Also I was adding fuel to try and fix the surging/hesitation issue at low RPM/light throttle. The only thing I'd have to worry about destroying is spark plugs. Thanks for the bump though.
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It's near impossible to look at your base fuel table and make an assessment. Smoothing is a good deal after some afr tuning if you want to get everything as linear as possible, meaning you want your personal "ideal" values of afr across and up the map with minimal variation from cell to cell or run to run or when dropping or upping boost. The downer of this is that you need to recheck your afr as it will change after you make adjustments to the base map. I'm not sure it will do much for you in the low load non-idle areas and I doubt that Dave touched them. If you have some driveability issues at light load get some kind of afr meter on it and adjust the afr accordingly, you may have to mess with the accel enrichment if it's going lean on throttle tip-in.
Idle can be a different story. I discovered that making all the cells around my idle point have the same or near same fuel and timing really locked down my idle (along with a lot of other map changes and underhood deletions of course). Not sure if you would call this smoothing but it works well.
Idle can be a different story. I discovered that making all the cells around my idle point have the same or near same fuel and timing really locked down my idle (along with a lot of other map changes and underhood deletions of course). Not sure if you would call this smoothing but it works well.
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I was just trying to rule out the possibility of there being some glaring problem in my maps that I just couldn't see. Accel maps were enriched a little, and my idle is good.
I'll post more useful maps once I hook up a WBO2.
I'll post more useful maps once I hook up a WBO2.
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I've been playing with the acceleration enrichment values lately, and have smoothed out a lot of low RPM bucking. Most times it's an accel pump issue, not necessarily the map. If you have jerkiness when you suddenly give it throttle, time for the accel map.
Neat trick with Excel, though!
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Neat trick with Excel, though!
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Question with the accel map. Say you want more fuel right at tip in, you increase the left column. The right column is decay but this doesn't necessarily require an increase if the corresponding left column gets an increase does it?
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An Innovative LC-1 is all I would need right? Good deal on them here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Innov...QQcmdZViewItem
seems liek what I'd be looking for since I don't need a gauge and the controller is nicely built into the lines. Any problems with this setup on a datalogit? Accurate setup?
seems liek what I'd be looking for since I don't need a gauge and the controller is nicely built into the lines. Any problems with this setup on a datalogit? Accurate setup?
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anyone know if steve kan will tune to fix low rpm bucking and such nonsense that we all encounter with our FD's? From what i've read he does, but i wanted to know if anyone has some before/after experiences...
and keep us updated on how your smoothing goes, my damn car acts like a bucking bronco if its pissed at certain temps and such...pisses me off
edit: idle sux too most of the time
and keep us updated on how your smoothing goes, my damn car acts like a bucking bronco if its pissed at certain temps and such...pisses me off
edit: idle sux too most of the time
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Yeah Steve does primarily street tuning from what I've seen. Then if you want to add dyno tuning he'll do that too. I've heard people raving about the driveability increase and often increase in MPG after his tuning sessions.
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You don't need a gauge as you can use the 0-5 volt out on the LC-1 to input into the datalogit. I am using the LC-1 with the datalogit currently. After seeing the way the datalogit records the AFR in the map, I think that a guage should only be used to look for gross AFR problems.
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