Melted a piston - unsure why.
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do you know what part of town or brand that gas was?
ive been happy since i decided to only buy from shell.
my pickup has seen 14-20psi for years without tune mods and my timing is pretty aggressive, especially compared to what you have said you use here. i dont even start pulling timing until about 6psi.
i guess i could have driven through some bad gas as long as the pcm has compensated for it. it would be cool if GMs had the same sort of indicator that the evos have with the blinking cel on knock.
ive been happy since i decided to only buy from shell.
my pickup has seen 14-20psi for years without tune mods and my timing is pretty aggressive, especially compared to what you have said you use here. i dont even start pulling timing until about 6psi.
i guess i could have driven through some bad gas as long as the pcm has compensated for it. it would be cool if GMs had the same sort of indicator that the evos have with the blinking cel on knock.
I think it was a range of BP, 7-11, racetrac. I don't recall if shell was in there or not. The light is cool. Would be good to have a cheap and easy indicator without buying a scan gauge or something.
Too bad HP tuners did away with user configurable outputs, that'd be easy money. Maybe you could tie into the sensors themselves an do an arduino thing? Beyond my dedication level.
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You can select warnings on any of the things it displays and flashes if it goes over or under your setpoint. I have my aeroforce interceptor scangauge reading afr from my wideband and flashes if higher than 12.0 while full throttle
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Regarding the OEM approach to keeping OEM turbo applications together: I opened the scanner on my girlfriends 2013 Escape with the ecoboost 1.4 I believe is the displacement... I can see next to nothing parameter wise in the channels when scanning her car.
I wanted to see what the OEM tune is on that thing to confirm what we have talked about above regarding the AFR being in the 10s and the timing probably still being conservative. I'm guessing HPTuners just doesn't support that vehicle much which is why I can see hardly any parameters in the channel list when scanning it.
Anyone with HPtuners know how to make the scanner pick up more channels including the factory wideband on that thing?
I wanted to see what the OEM tune is on that thing to confirm what we have talked about above regarding the AFR being in the 10s and the timing probably still being conservative. I'm guessing HPTuners just doesn't support that vehicle much which is why I can see hardly any parameters in the channel list when scanning it.
Anyone with HPtuners know how to make the scanner pick up more channels including the factory wideband on that thing?
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Hmm.. IIRC didn't the Cadillac cars have a setup where they went in to heavy VDT mode to survive overheating,, they were advertising a while back that the car could go over 100 miles with no coolant .. It pulled fuel injection cycles out and skipped cylinders a lot to protect the motor..
Yeah that list of stupid things is LONG!!!!! They should be REQUIRED to work as a mechanic for at least 4 years before they can even design a lawn mower!
Regarding the OEM approach to keeping OEM turbo applications together: I opened the scanner on my girlfriends 2013 Escape with the ecoboost 1.4 I believe is the displacement... I can see next to nothing parameter wise in the channels when scanning her car.
I wanted to see what the OEM tune is on that thing to confirm what we have talked about above regarding the AFR being in the 10s and the timing probably still being conservative. I'm guessing HPTuners just doesn't support that vehicle much which is why I can see hardly any parameters in the channel list when scanning it.
Anyone with HPtuners know how to make the scanner pick up more channels including the factory wideband on that thing?
I wanted to see what the OEM tune is on that thing to confirm what we have talked about above regarding the AFR being in the 10s and the timing probably still being conservative. I'm guessing HPTuners just doesn't support that vehicle much which is why I can see hardly any parameters in the channel list when scanning it.
Anyone with HPtuners know how to make the scanner pick up more channels including the factory wideband on that thing?
I was working at a Ford dealer so I was using Ford's IDS and could see anything. You could go in the tune and see what it is commanding, but from what I've seen a Ford calibration is like trying to read Japanese vs Chevy being English
Edit- 13 ecoboost escape should be a 1.6L
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yes I believe the parameters are just not supported at this time, but have you tried the newest version? Supposedly they update something every day.
I was working at a Ford dealer so I was using Ford's IDS and could see anything. You could go in the tune and see what it is commanding, but from what I've seen a Ford calibration is like trying to read Japanese vs Chevy being English
Edit- 13 ecoboost escape should be a 1.6L
I was working at a Ford dealer so I was using Ford's IDS and could see anything. You could go in the tune and see what it is commanding, but from what I've seen a Ford calibration is like trying to read Japanese vs Chevy being English
Edit- 13 ecoboost escape should be a 1.6L
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I agree with this. I changed both fuel pumps a few months ago, and forgot to ground the 2nd pump. Went to stand in it, and it was a horrid feeling when it shut down, didn't hurt a thing though. I'm sure if it had any real timing (especially around max torque), things would have been different.
Some good reading here,except for that one guy. 
11 psi, pump 91, cheap intercooler, 15 degrees, AZ, sounds like it was on the edge.
To your E85 question, I've been researching and talking to my tuner buddy, and for my cammed SBE combo I plan to run max of 11 degrees on E85.
11 psi, pump 91, cheap intercooler, 15 degrees, AZ, sounds like it was on the edge.
To your E85 question, I've been researching and talking to my tuner buddy, and for my cammed SBE combo I plan to run max of 11 degrees on E85.