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Tuning A4....what first?
Tuning A4....what first? I'm tuning my friends 01 SS with the HPTuner we purchased. I have an M6 so I have no clue where to start. What we did so far is raise his idle because he has a true dual setup without cats. He has no other major upgrades.
We were thinking about raising his shift points and firming up the shifting if possible. (is it??).
Any other recommendations????
thanks a lot.
We were thinking about raising his shift points and firming up the shifting if possible. (is it??).
Any other recommendations????
thanks a lot.
I would firm up the shift times, remove tq management, and lean out the PE settings. Without any other mods, that's about all I can think of. The factory PE is almost rich enough for boost, and the torque management is a poor attempt to make a weak transmission hold up to decent power. There isn't much room to work with the spark advance, but you may be able to get an extra degree or two. Also, I would copy the high octane spark table over to the low table so you can tell what you are dealing with if you get any retard on driving logs. Just remember not too lean, and not to much timing. It is far easier to change a table on the computer than it is to rebuild an engine because you burnt a piston.
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If you're tuning an A4 then I suggest changing all the shift points and raising the rev limiter in each gear. If you do raise the limiter to 6200, make sure to raise the fuel cutoff to 6400.
Just do a search for shift speeds here in the PCM section and you'll come across a table at some point.
I just did mine Friday night...piece of cake and now the car feels like an entirely different animal. I love it!
Just do a search for shift speeds here in the PCM section and you'll come across a table at some point.
I just did mine Friday night...piece of cake and now the car feels like an entirely different animal. I love it!
What is the correct way to delete all torque management for the transmission only in Hptuners?
In hptuners there is Abuse mode enable (do I turn this off?)
There is also abuse mode RPM/TPS%/Speed, what to do with these?
There is a torque reduction VS. RPM (change anything?)
Finally, there is a Torque Reduction VS. Torque Vs. Shift (do i set all these to zero?)
I have searched and the answers are all over the place. I searched some bin files too and some people leave abuse mode enable then turn the below window (vs. RPM/TPS/Speed) all to zero.
Whats the right way?
In hptuners there is Abuse mode enable (do I turn this off?)
There is also abuse mode RPM/TPS%/Speed, what to do with these?
There is a torque reduction VS. RPM (change anything?)
Finally, there is a Torque Reduction VS. Torque Vs. Shift (do i set all these to zero?)
I have searched and the answers are all over the place. I searched some bin files too and some people leave abuse mode enable then turn the below window (vs. RPM/TPS/Speed) all to zero.
Whats the right way?
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I would copy the high octane spark table over to the low table
Bill
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It works exactly like MS Excel. Click on the upper left 'blank' cell...and it should highlight the entire graph. Now press copy. Now...go to the graph that you want to paste it in......click on the upper left 'blank' cell....and the entire graph is highlighted. Now press paste.
The low octane table has way less spark than the
high octane table. You would like to run more spark
as long as it doesn't hurt you.
But if it wasn't hurting you, most likely you'd never
see the low octane table.
The two are the same size so right-click, copy in the
upper left, empty cell between the X and Y axis legends
to select them all, and right-click, paste in the target
table will do the copy. You can also copy in/out of Excel
like this if you want to work outside the tool.
Straight copying the HO to LO is fine for debug / logging
(so you eliminate any spark movement from the knock
learn process) but I recommend eventually subtracting
4-5 degrees from the LO so that you have this available
for bad gas and bad weather.
If you are doing spark tuning logging then you should log
the knock learn factor so you don't get surprised by it.
As well as the usual KR, burst knock, Dynamic Cylinder Air
and RPM.
high octane table. You would like to run more spark
as long as it doesn't hurt you.
But if it wasn't hurting you, most likely you'd never
see the low octane table.
The two are the same size so right-click, copy in the
upper left, empty cell between the X and Y axis legends
to select them all, and right-click, paste in the target
table will do the copy. You can also copy in/out of Excel
like this if you want to work outside the tool.
Straight copying the HO to LO is fine for debug / logging
(so you eliminate any spark movement from the knock
learn process) but I recommend eventually subtracting
4-5 degrees from the LO so that you have this available
for bad gas and bad weather.
If you are doing spark tuning logging then you should log
the knock learn factor so you don't get surprised by it.
As well as the usual KR, burst knock, Dynamic Cylinder Air
and RPM.