What Tune Should I Go With
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Disable COT first. The tune VE and then MAF. Set your PE table to command whatever AFR you want. Once the VE and MAF are dialed in good your actual AFR will be damn close to the commanded AFR in the PE table.
How do you know you are rich since the LT install? Did you measure with a wideband?
How do you know you are rich since the LT install? Did you measure with a wideband?
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Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
i did turn the COTS off.. i did that back in June.. what is VE and PE?Sorry this is all new to me. most f-bodys run rich with LTs. plus you can smeel it too..
waht else do i need to know?
waht else do i need to know?
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I really want to know where everyone comes up with these silly stories about LT's making them run rich all the time and causing "low end loss". These are 2 ideas that I have not seen a bit of proof of. My guess is that it started a long time ago when someone did LT's and an ORY and smelled the no cat fuel smell and decided that it meant he was running rich, then posted it on the internet and it somehow caught on. Same goes for the "low end loss theory"
Anyway the VE table is one of the tables that tells the PCM how much air should be flowing at certain RPM's and manifold pressure. This one of the 2 tables that control fueling. The MAF table primarily controls fueling. You tune both of these tables to dial in fueling. Once you tune these tables so that you can keep your LTFT's around -2, then you are good to go pretty much.
You then adjust the Power Enrichment(PE) table to get to your desired WOT AFR. When you go WOT the PCM goes into PE mode and adds extra fuel, how much depends on what values you set in the PE table. The value is a multiplier of the normal amount of fuel set in the VE and MAF tables. Rememebr that the PCM will normally strive to stay at 14.7, so you multiply from there.
Example: If you want to command 13.0:1 AFR all across the RPM range you can calculate how much extra fuel you will need compared to 14.7. here is the formula I use. Stoich AFR/Desired AFR= PE table value. My PE table is set to give me 13.0 all across the board, so the values in PE are. 14.7/13.0=1.131. Now the PCM will add 1.137 of the normal fuel at WOT.
The key here is to have a well dialed in VE and MAF table because then it is extremely simple to change the PE table to try out different AFR's..
Do a good search around here for this tuning stuff and you will find plenty of information on how the PCM works as well as steps in tuning. The key here is to understand how the PCM works and how the sensors on the engine work with the PCM. Once you know the anatomy of the PCM and sensors, the actual tuning of the PCM will be easy. When I first started I was kinda clueless but once I read enough to understand how the PCM operated, the actual tuning part was simple.
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Originally Posted by ringram
Very sad, you can have tons of unburnt fuel and still run at 14.7 dude.
Raw fuel in the exhaust doesnt affect Wideband AFR reading.
Raw fuel in the exhaust doesnt affect Wideband AFR reading.
And if it is that much rich that there is raw unburnt fuel in there then the burnt portion of gas would be way rich also which would be picked up on a wideband.
Use some common sense here. When nice exhaust is installed it INCREASES airflow throught the engine. When airflow increases without a change to the airflow tables in the PCM, you run LEANER because the called for airflow is less then the actual airflow. The PCM has its own learning curve called LTFT's that will compensate for any lean or rich condition by adding or pulling some fuel. It constantly does this to keep AFR at 14.7.
What is sad is that you have no idea what the hell you are talking about here yet you seem to be a competent tuner by reading your website.. Good day to you.
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