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1. e Read above forum notes to understand usage model 69 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning UTEC Interface UTI Author navybluesubaru UTI Dashboard view UTI Map Editor Post process ee table files and automate the fuel map update alti i Fost igeien Gece Sais Farsa Can Hia Fost Dar AAR AFE Tagata i E a m CEL Coolant Mod Air Temp Spare Solenoid Swich Launch Cat Enock Comecon AF ALEL BA TEF V E KKK EK TE Sea E ee Difference W 17 1 LLT iL PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning 70 TurboXS UTEC Interface Rumor mill reports that TurboXS were working on a software GUI that has realtime UTEC tuning capabilities e We will just have to wait and see if it ever surfaces 71 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Spare Solenoid Usage 12v UTEC auxiliary solenoid supports 2 amps max Use a secondary solenoid to power higher ampere devices White Black Wire Override Switch Diode eliminates EMF switching spike Optional but recommended GND Black PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning I use the spare solenoid to control my TMIC water sprayer This is how I connected it all up I have the override switch mounted in the center
2. Timing Boost Parameters Choose the fueling mode The UTEC supports 3 modes of fueling e Classic MAF offset Don t use this mode e Fueling based on MAF offset Fools ECU to adding subtracting fuel at give load e Open Loop Fueling OLF Default mode e UTEC generated MAF based fueling Past crossover UTEC has 100 control of injector duty cycle based on MAF MAP RPM voltage e Speed Density Way cool e Fueling based on volumetric efficiency of engine past crossover UTEC has 100 control of injector duty cycle based on MAP RPM I would not use Classic fueling mode anymore Either pick open loop fueling or speed density mode 12 Fuel Tuning Information applicable to classic MAF modification in 3 1 and 4 1 mode Open Loop Fueling and Speed Density mode PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning MAP Load Point MLP The UTEC only uses TPS while below the programmed crossover except for the boost map which is TPS based e Greater than crossover and the map load is based on boost MAP In this example TPS crossover is set to 35 Past crossover the MLP can be viewed in UTEC logger 1 Remember MLP is based on actual boost pressure MAP PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning 14 PDX unin PDX U ni 19 Know your MAP based load points j S etti nos foun d in Load Min PSI Max PSI 8 Column D
3. 0 160000 0 This is a Delta Dash log from a quick run Notice the ST trim jumps around loads This is normal as the ECU is on closed loop fuel control and uses ST to make quick fuel adjustments If a ST pattern is spotted by the ECU it uses the more coarse LT trim value to apply a more permanent adjustment This is called fuel learning and the ECU is very good at it It s typical to see steps in the LT trim values Notice the ST spike that s the BOV venting producing a rich condition The ECU is back in closed loop fuel tuning mode and immediately tries to correct the condition thus the negative spike on the ST trim 22 Knock after shift fuel correction Add some fuel in these areas to minimize knock Knock after shift is usually down to after shift two things e 1 Lean conditions just after shift e 2 Large jump in timing just after shift e See knock after shift timing correction Adding fuel at 5000 RPM s in the lower boost range can minimize this effect Having timing values down in the lower columns also helps While we are on the subject of the 0 column I should also mention something that is being called shift knock Shift knock is knock that is detected between shifts This type of knock is down to a couple of conditions The first is the lean condition that happens as you shift the second is the timing that the ECU runs during the shift Both the lean condition and the high timing advance lead to knock Thes
4. Fuel Boost psi duty deg CL 6 1 3 1 104 00 7 5 320 00 00 tie i 7 5 320 00 gt 15 8 i 7 5 320 00 zpo TEL 00 14 4 7 5 320 00 00 6 a 7 5 320 00 00 00 00 i 3 00 5L Q 17 8 5 320 00 JUN UJ N WN Ww wW SS 0 b e wwEPerH wow gt Et 10 nie aK ay EK oy 7I ae a ux Log to correlate AFR RPM MAP Weer a gg Sg dg oe data back to UTEC load column T BE Re A A ference ar ws Tare Be ic Te ail i EEEE 662 TTR iS gt Adjust column to meet target AFR 74 44 II BE BB JEEEEEEEE t gt My AFR target was 11 5 1 cere ee Aa E Et ne Funny after all those slides this is the most important Here you can see a snippet from a UTEC log 1 I was not using the Tuna for this run so you cannot see the AFR data AFR data was in a separate log from my Tech Edge wideband To tune you should reference the rpm and the map load points The MLP s are highlighted in the above slide From the RPM and MLP work out which load cell to modify to either add or subtract fuel at that point I try are target 12 5 1 up to 2750 then come down to 11 5 1 up to 5000 and finally down to 11 1 at redline Remember to add fuel make the value more positive and to subtract fuel make the value more negative If you have water injection you should be able to run leaner at the top end 12 1 sweet While you are fuel tuning check the injector duty cycle If it s already at 100 and you are running too lean then y
5. cycle DA You are modifying the Mass Air Flow MAF voltage reading by a percentage The values that you type into the fuel map do NOT represent injector duty cycle they represent a MAF offset percentage This is the same in both fueling modes whether the ECU is controlling the background fuel map or 1f the UTEC is running in open loop fueling mode and is controlling the background map A more positive number represents more fuel a more negative number represents less fuel 76 Theory behind MAF based fuel modification Fools the ECU e A reduction in MAF voltage fools the ECU in thinking that less air 1s flowing into the engine thus less fuel is required e Injectors duty cycle is reduced e An increase in MAF voltage fools the ECU in thinking that more air is flowing into the engine thus more fuel is required e Injector duty cycle is increased This pretty much explains it all The value that you type into the fuel map is a percentage offset applied to the MAF signal before either the ECU or UTEC sees it Lets say that you have stock injectors and you want to add 1 fuel You would type a 1 in the map load zone This is saying that you are adding 1 of the MAF signal back on before the ECU or UTEC sees it Thus the ECU or UTEC increases the injector duty cycle to get them to spray more fuel It s not quiet this simple but this is a good enough explanation for us to work with T1 Why Tune the 0 is using classic f
6. feel with their cars 1s typically down to running too rich in an area Just a little extra fuel to help reduce knock conditions 35 Programmable Rev Limit Now UTEC controls fueling it can also control rev limit Way cool Warning Unless you have strengthened internals changing rev limit could cause serious engine PARAMETER RESET UTEC AFTER CHANGING RANGE ALUE Open Lo ae een on min 0 ON 1 8 or 1 c STi Default is St or Flo 300 to 1000 550 ev 1 tee x100 K JSE W HI TH CRUTIONII 50 to 90 65 low IMO Set if e TE S r d to BB 2 9 bearer puel Cut psi INO VES 1 loar ti to 72 for a block Closed to Open Loop Delay E 3 2 X n ty Chbead Laos Dalay with stock internals Final note on the programmable rev limit For those who want to run a little past the ECU set rev limit at 7200 you can with this new feature Don t get stupid with this setting The stock internals were not made to run at 9000 rpm so don t go their I like to shift at 7000 rpm and noticed that with the 200 rpm offset of the tachometer I would hit rev limit during a hard shift My solution was to up the rev limit to 7500 Very sweet shifts now with the launch control set at 6000 perfect for flat foot shifting 36 Fuel Tuning Speed Density Mode 37 Speed Density Parameter Setup In Speed Density SD mode the MAF sensor is only used BELOW crossover e After crossover fueling is calculated usi
7. needed If LT and ST show positive ADD fuel If LT and ST show negative REMOVE fuel e Reset ECU and Repeat e Do this until LT and ST read close to 0 Follow these simple notes to tune your 0 UTEC MLP 20 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Tuning the 0 column Simple Tuning Procedure 2 Go drive the car while logging LT and ST e Under load fuel conditions are different Again adjust 0 column to try and get LT and ST as close to 0 as possible e It s never going to be perfect but it should be close ED At Idle force ECU to be removing fuel Idle seems to run smoother PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Forcing the ECU to take the LT negative at idle does seem to give you a very stable idle but don t go too far The transition to your idle 0 setting leads to a rich spot as the ecu transitions into that load zone Too rich at this point and your car will stall 21 Delta Dash Log of 0 Tune Nice and stable LT Very stable idle ST not too bad Effect of free air BOV Ar Fuel Comection 1 ue Comection 1 2 7 8 Time 111471 ms Short Term 140000 0 Ag Fuel Leaming 1 Z 1 0 Long Term 140000 0 160000 0 Engine Speed RPM 3347 Time 111471ms 160000 0 200000 0 200 Throttle Opening Angle Throttle Opening Angle 25 5 Time 111471ms 20 0 10 0 002 140000
8. psi of boost spike You can tune to cope with that Just reduce the timing around that area The effect is quite nice you get that whoosh of extra power as the turbo comes on and that neck snap that lots of drivers like My wife hates it but she has neck troubles Of course in my car her neck is abused as I have race hard Teins front and rear sway bars and the Perrin PSRS which all leads to a rough road ride Sweet on the track just harsh on the road 48 seems to yield a nice quick boost build up not neck snapping but you don t get and over boost spikes 63 UTEC PID Boost Control Easy to setup Enable in Special Constants e 0 column Boost Target e 10 100 Starting duty cycle e Gain setting is used to control ramp e Load is TPS RPM based Boost Target 64 UTEC Parameters Split into Five sections e User e Knock e Special e Fueling e Temperature Compensation It s best to read the UTEC users manual to understand these They are fully explained in the manual Too many parameters to count now read the manual 65 Logging Log 1 seems to be the best for daily logging Boost TE PSI Actual MAF Volts Boost gt ka modified UTEC Load Column Op en Closed MAF Look at RPM Load loop setting Volts Column Fuel Got any modify Knock Injector UTEC AFR ECU Duty controlled A e Timing Cycle N AN VA mad Load knock Site Count AFR oo Ign e deg 0 lt r a rich rich rich
9. read the ECU fuel trims an ODBII scanner or other logging device such as delta dash can be used to capture the fuel trim values The ECU can only correct 25 fueling to compensate for injectors If you install STi injectors without engine management you will see that the ECU will max out both ST and LT trims at 25 The ECU is trying to remove loads of fuel to compensate for the larger injectors The UTEC 0 column is used to fool the ECU into thinking that less air is going into the engine thus the injectors do not need to be fired so much Getting the ST and LT trims under control will lead to a more stable idle and better overall fuel tune In 3 1 fueling mode getting the ST and LT trims under control is very important 18 Tuning the 099 column for NON stock injectors OLF SD Mode 0 column applies When using open loop fueling or SD to all RPM s below mode the UTEC automatically does TPS crossover 0 fueling compensation The value used is calculated from the difference between the Stock injector size and the UTEC injector size The larger the difference the more modification is done Follow the attached notes to work out how to really do it In SD mode the injector latency also effects the 0 Stock intake or normal sized aftermarket Say the UTEC stock injector size is set to 400 and the UTEC size 15 set to 500 This means the UTEC injector size is larger than stock thus the UTEC will remove fuel from th
10. s ta sa ee ee ee ee E The thing to remember here is that the reference temperature is the temperature at which you tune the car Work out what this is by looking at the intake temperature reported in the UTEC dashboard In SD mode you will have to add more fuel to the tune when the intake charge gets colder the colder the air the more fuel 1s needed As the air gets hotter and lighter then you have to remove fuel to meet your ARF goal The only time you should have to use the ignition compensation is where the intake charge is very hot In this case I suggest you remove 2 degrees of timing at the very hot intake temps Coolant corrections are very handy for cars that seem to have cold or hot start issues Modded stock injectors are a good example When the car is very cold the ECU tends to start the car very rich sometimes overly rich Coolant compensation can be used to lean out the map just while you are warming up the car Hey presto no more black soot on the back of the car 47 Interesting Log This is log pretty interesting and shows the power of Speed Density Mode e Can you see why 5610 19 12 ae FS SAS 5704 20 Be AS 2 ASS 7357 Jaz 1550 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hE EERE AAAAAAAAH aasa ensor 1s pegged e This is not an issue as it s only used below crossover e That s one smooth fuel curve 48 Time to talk about timing Timing Tuning Timing ninja fu 49 PDXTuning PDXT
11. CU is seeing the same boost levels to could in effect be controlling the timing at this point It s not as you have filled in these zones to reduce transitional knock conditions 55 Timing Values Mid to Top End gt Watch for knock in the mid rpm range gt Minimal advance here is good gt After 3750 or boost peak RPM ss start ramping timing up gt 22 26 degrees of advance should be safe at redline gt Smooth Transitions steps of 1 3 are best 4t Watch for KNOCK If you get knock back off the timing 1 2 3 degrees at LEAST Here are just some pointers on timing values in your maps I do not see many differences between timing maps of a stage 1 to a stage 4 car Yes there are some just 1f you are running pump gas the timing seems to be very close match between Stages Minimal timing is used as boost comes on If you have your boost controller set to have the boost hit hard then you will only be able to run very low timing numbers as it hits Some of this could be due to over boost At redline I run 24 degrees I used to run 26 but I think I was past minimum best timing as I did not gain anymore power Remember if you get knock and your AFR s on on target then back off timing 1 2 or 3 degrees You are no going to lose power 56 UTEC Boost Controller Setup Moving on nothing to see here 57 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Boost M
12. PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning The Quick Guide To Subaru Tuning with the UTEC Part Deux The Ginge s UTEC tuning experience As of 2007 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Picture is from Subiefest 1 where mick_the_ginge placed 2 in the time attack Not bad for a wagon Updates 09 07 2003 Initial Version 02 26 2004 Added information on 4 1 firmware release 03 14 2007 Update based on 5 8 firmware release e General Clean up e Includes tuning with the new Speed Density mode Agenda UTEC Overview UTEC and knock Map Tuning e Fuel 0 tuning and Open Loop Fueling e Fuel tuning with Speed Density mode e Timing Boost Parameters Logging Third party UTEC GUI Spare Solenoid Usage PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning The UTEC User Tunable Engine Computer Override control of gt Fueling gt Timing Grounding Plug f Serial Port gt Boost Map Selector Accessory Plug PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Expectations What you are going to learn V The basics required to tune with the UTEC What you are NOT going to learn e Real WRX STi tuning Caution This will be enough information to destroy your WRX READ THE UTEC USER MANUAL e This quic
13. XTuning PDXTuning Just a recap Under the TPS crossover point the 0 fueling values are used Over the crossover point the 10 100 load columns are used and the load reference swaps to MAP 30 PDXTuning Fuel Tuning Table More positive numbers represent more fuel e A value of 2 is more fuel than an value of e A value of 6 is less fuel than a value of 5 e Get the drift You are modifying the Mass Air Flow MAF voltage reading by a percentage Applies to both classic and open loop fueling modes PDXTuning The values that you type into the fuel map do NOT represent injector duty cycle they represent a MAF offset percentage This is the same in both fueling modes whether the ECU is controlling the background fuel map or if the UTEC is running in open loop fueling mode and is controlling the background map A more positive number represents more fuel a more negative number represents less fuel 31 Fuel Tuning 51PS crossover Fueling for Rapid Spool Up Always use a Wideband 02 sensor to tune your fuel values Over TPS crossover UTEC load swaps to MAP gt Keep Low RPM and Low Boost Fuel values on the leaner side gt This creates HOTTER EGT s which helps the turbo spool quicker gt Richen up fuel at mid RPM and mid boost Safer for your WRX if 2500 you don t have water injection gt My AFR target was 12 5 1 up until 2750 RPM Far too often I see threads about slow spool up on t
14. ap Tuning Boost Control 1s TPS RPM based 0 wo w o m a w a m m m 100 2750 uef cust ecust uef oef oef wef wef ef mag oa 3000 uef cust ecust euef uef oef wef wef ef mag oa 3250 wef Feng ecust cust ecust oef oef wef oef moz oal 3500 uef cust Feng uef Feng oef oef ef oef oef soal 3750 uef euef Feng uef Feng oef oef wef oef oef soal 4000 wef Feng ecust eef uef oef oef oef oef oef soal 4250 uef ecusy uef eousy Feng oef oef oef oef oef oal 4500 uef ecusy Feng cousy uef uef oef oef oef oef oal 4750 uef ecusy Feng cousy uef uef oef oef oef oef oal PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning The UTEC boost controller map is different to the fuel and timing maps as it is 100 RPM TPS based At any RPM TPS point the UTEC can be in control of the boost As people always ask this yes you can use an external boost controller with the UTEC As the fuel and timing maps are MAP based past the crossover the maps will run just fine I personally use the UTEC boost controller It s a little sensitive to external changes and there is a little black magic art in getting to do exactly what you want but when you do it works pretty well 58 Boost control modes summary Open Loop Mode e Can t think of a reason to use this mode Closed Loop Mode e Advantage Ramped Boost Different targets based on TPS RPM e Disadvantage Affected by temperature PID Mode e Advantage Rock sol
15. consol box Each time I use it I feel like James Bond turning on some gadget The solenoid delay off is a nice feature J2 The End 73 Backup Information Classic Fuel Tuning Classic Mode Fuel Tuning NOT Applicable to OPEN LOOP FUELING Mode More on fuel tuning 74 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Fuel Map Tuning 3 1 Default 0 column applies Past cross over point Throttle gt 60 to all RPM s below load is represented by Mass Absolute TPS cross over point Pressure MAP as defined in the 60 by default 500 d z2af ved seref szaf szaf eg szef eg eges 750 d 72af eg sg eg eg eg egeg ege 1000 d 722f eg sg eg eg eg egeg ege 1250 sg 7zg eg sad eg szaf eg eg eg eg s24 1500 ssa sg eg ed eg ed eg eg eg eg s24 1750 sg zsef z2f seref ed szef eg szef ed eg es 2000 sa 7af seg eg sa seg sey sref ve ve s75 2250 E E a7 af esaf eg sg sg eg eg sg ag 2500 EE ee ee ee ee eee PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Just a recap Under the TPS crossover point the 0 fueling values are used Over the crossover point the 10 100 load columns are used and the load reference swaps to MAP 75 Fuel Tuning More positive numbers represent more fuel s A value of 2 represents more fuel than an value of e A value of gt represents more fuel than a value of s You are NOT modifying injector duty
16. ding the front O2 sensor The delay was going into open loop mode where the ECU just has a fuel background map This delay caused the car to run really lean going onto boost Knock Anyway with the UTEC Open Loop Fueling this issues goes away as the UTEC is creating the background fuel map This is very cool as it s MAF based As soon as you go over the TPS crossover point which the default for OLF is 25 the UTEC is in control Hence the delay is not an issue as the ECU is now doing nothing 2 other features are the controllable rev limit and the injector scaling Injector scaling will help those with larger than stock injectors If you are using STi injectors don t use the scaling Lets face it there are many maps available for these injectors already Stick with the default scaling and use a standard map You can still use OLF without injector scaling Also don t expect to be able to install 740 s and just set the scaling It requires more work than that DO NOT USE INJECTOR SCALING WITH A CLASSIC STYLE MAP gt gt gt gt gt 25 What is Open Loop Fueling UTEC MAF BASED FUELING Full fuel control UTEC is 100 in control of fueling past crossover CONSITENT FUELING no more long term trim offset MAF base fueling e UTEC calculates injector duty cycle based on MAF RPM el UTEC is in full control of fueling DX Tuning PDXTuning Open loop fueling is just a name for the UTEC being in full control of the injec
17. e 0 The larger the difference the more fuel the UTEC will want to remove It s actually doing an automatic MAF modification for you If you have a reflashed ECU for your setup the stock size should match the UTEC size The UTEC size will be the actual size of your injectors I think in the future the UTEC will directly calculate the injector duty cycle even in the 0 rather than doing the modification as a MAF offset BigMAEF setups If you have a BigMAF then it s a little more complex to work out the values A bigMAF will flow more air so you cannot use the actual injector size as the UTEC injector size With a BigMAF it will always be smaller than what you have installed Remember the UTEC does not know you have a BigMAF and it will fuel based on a stock intake For example if you have an Sti with Perrin 816 injectors and a BigMaf then I find that setting the UTEC injector size to 650 gets you close Leave the stock size at 550 If you look at the fuel trims and they are either too positive or too negative change the stock injector size Have the stock size closer to the UTEC size will mean less fuel is removed Do this if the trims are positive More difference will force the UTEC to remove more fuel do this if the trims are negative 19 Tuning the 090 column Simple Tuning Procedure 1 Warm the car up Reset the ECU While in neutral e Rev car from idle to 5000 RPM while logging LT and ST e Adjust 0 to add remove fuel where
18. e 2 Stage 4 STi Green Red GT Turbo Stage 4 STi with aftermarket MAP For information on installing an aftermarket MAP sensor I suggest you search NASIOC as there are a couple of good threads on the subject I installed the TurboXS MAP sensor in pace of my stock sensor and the recalibrated my ECU to work with the new sensor Caution The ECU uses MAP for starting and the first 30 seconds If you do install an aftermarket MAP sensor in place of the stock one you will need to very carefully calibrate the stock ECU Get the calibration wrong and your car will not start The STI is especially sensitive to the MAP settings 16 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Caution When Fuel Tuning Stock 02 sensor is Narrow wideband but it s not recommended to tune against it under WOT e Do not use the WOT AFR reading to tune Even when UTEC log reads rich AFR maybe as high as 12 5 1 Far too lean without water injection Lean AFR s lead to high EGT s and possible engine damage Tune fuel using a real If in doubt go RICH wideband O2 sensor But not too rich as that will cause misfire PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning The stock WRX front O2 sensor is wideband but you must not tune against the AFR you read from it It s only wideband to enable the ECU is to run in closed loop fuel tuning mode This is where the ECU
19. e latency can be used to modify the lower load fueling Injector latency is the millisecond value added to the injector duty e Added to compensate for the injectors physical mechanical opening delay e Example e Fuel trims are very minus at idle and light throttle Increase the injector latency value a little adds fuel which should help with the lean condition It s a very small amount so should not offset the higher load fueling that much If fueling is way off use the standard approach injector scaling and 0 MAF modification 41 Sample Injector Latency values Base information from NASIOC thread e Additional real life tuning information added TOP FEED injectors Used In the WRX or JDM STI platform stock Blue injectors 728 420cc STI Pink injectors 728 550CC PE 650 s 1500 650cc lt PE 800 s 1600 850cc Helix 660 1180 660cc UR 785s 770 785CC A value a little smaller works a little better than the actual latency values specified UR 785 D type 540 785cCc Helix 820CC 1120 820cCc RC 650 960 650cc SIDE FEED injectors Stock US STI 1050 500ccC We use 1300 for SD 800 if using MAF and base map Nismo 720cc 880 720cCC PE850s 850 850CC 42 TPS Crossover All crossover parameters have to be true for UTEC to go into SD mode e TPS MAP RPM settings Open Loop TPS Threshold 6 to 100 Ove r bo ost ue C ut ps1 i to As M LF indicator on Spa
20. e two effects happen when the UTEC gives back control to the ECU Both knock conditions can be fixed by locking down fueling and timing in the 0 column To reduce the chance of shift knock add some extra fuel in the 0 column from around 5000 rpm and up Don t worry about the fuel trim values the ECU is in open loop mode at 5000 rpm so the extra fuel will not effect them This extra fuel reduces the lean condition thus reducing the risk of shift knock Watch out if you add too much fuel in this area you could end up with some meaty backfire due to un burnt fuel in the exhaust This will damage cats and could also be miss sensed as knock Also if you happen to do a low load run up to these high rpm s this extra fuel could cause misfires 23 More on fuel tuning Fuel Tuning OPEN LOOP FUELING Mode 24 Why Open Loop Fueling Eliminates the delay in transitioning from closed to open loop fuel control in the stock ECU e Big issue with the 2004 WRX ECU Enables Programmable Rev limit Enables injector scaling e Eases fuel tuning when larger than stock injectors are installed e Do not use scaling with a classic style fuel map The 1 reason the UTEC need to do full fuel control is due to the 2004 WRX closed to open loop transition delay Basically what was happening was that the ECU was programmed with a delay between closed loop fueling and open loop fueling In closed loop ECU fueling it tries to target 14 9 1 rea
21. efault Default SPECIAL 10 0 0 2 0 CONSTANTS menu 20 2 0 4 0 e Defined as 30 4 0 6 0 e Min PSI 0 default 40 6 0 8 0 e Max PSI 18 default 50 8 0 10 0 60 10 0 12 0 70 12 0 14 0 80 14 0 16 0 90 16 0 18 0 100 18 0 18 Modify Max PSI setting to your desired PSI Simple know you load points When logging you will see loads of data the most important of these are the rpm and Map Load Point MLP for short The MLP is based off the Manifold Absolute Pressure MAP The MLP is a range from 0 100 The above chart shows how the MLP corresponds to MAP if the UTEC defaults are used For most cars the defaults can be used The load point or load zone as it is sometimes called is very important data for tuning When analyzing UTEC log files look at the RPM values and the load point to work out which cell was in use In the logger files you will sometimes see that the MAP lags behind the MLP Trust the MLP it reflects what cell the UTEC is actually using at that time The logger MAP values are averaged to ease analysis Tune using the RPM and MLP The UTEC always uses absolute pressure even if the logger is set to gauge 15 Setting the MAX MAP MAX Mapping must be set BEFORE you continue to tune e Caution Stock MAP sensor only reads up to 23 3 psi e DO NOT SET MAX MAP Higher than this while using the stock MAP sensor Stage Setup Guidelines MAP MAX PSI Stock WRX Stage 2 18 Stage 4 WRX 20 Stock STi Stag
22. g PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Interestingly the UTEC will still flash the CEL when it s not in control of timing It s just a flashing of the CEL as the UTEC 1s not in control of timing no adjustments are made New Knock Settings Found Under Parameters gt Knock Constants Automated knock timing retard is NEW e This is the amount of timing that is automatically taken off the whole timing map after knock is detected e Automatic retard values are lost once the car is switched off Knock Count Threshold Knock Retard Step degrees Knock Maximum Retard degrees Knock Retard Duration crank cycles CEL Knock Threshold Knock Count OFF 0 Timing Maps Knock Retard Step degrees Timing Maps Knock Maximum Retard degrees Timing Maps Knock Window Time seconds New Knock Settings Continued Remember if you are getting knock over and over again TUNE your map Max Retard IMO 1s a little too big 5 if the UTEC has to take out that much timing you re in big trouble gt Set it at 3 Raise the window to 10 this is the time between auto corrections Knock Count Threshold Knock Retard Step degrees Knock Maximum Retard degrees Knock Retard Duration crank cycles CEL Knock Threshold Knock Count OFF 0 Timing Maps Knock Retard Step degrees Timing Maps Knock Maximum Retard degrees Timing Maps Knock Window Time seconds 10 Map Tuning Fuel
23. h the stock injector size if you have not re flashed your ECU 28 PDXTuning PDX Modified Stock Injector Flow Scaling Start with a low value hie e The injectors may flow 816cc but do they match your MAF readings e You maybe flowing more air BigMAF for example e Start with injector flow set at 740 guess and what I usually use e Increase this value while monitoring AFR curve with wideband O2 sensor e Fine tune AFR curve using a map overlay PDXTuning Just a reminder that you cannot just enter a flow value and expect everything to work as expected Modified stock injectors are a great thing for those who need more fuel but even with the UTEC injector scaling you are going to have to fine tune you fuel map PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Fuel Map Tuning Past cross over point Throttle gt 25 load is represented by Mass Absolute Pressure MAP as defined in the 0 column applies to all RPM s below TPS cross over point 0 0 4 500 d z2af ved seref szaf ed eg szef eg eges 750 d 72af veg sg eg eg eg ejgeg szef s24 1000 d 722f eg sg eg eg eg szaf szaf emg s24 1250 sg E 72e eraf szef eg eg szef eg eg s251 1500 ssa sg eg eg eg ed eg eg eg eg ed 1750 sg sg z2f seref ed ed eg eg ed eg es 2000 ssa 7af eg eg seg sg sag eg sag veg s75 2250 sag 7 af esaf eg szef sg eg ee sg ag PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PD
24. hat my car feels slow either 52 Knock after shift timing correction Use conservative timing values in upper 0 column to minimize the chance of knock after shift ECU runs huge timing advance after high RPM shift This can cause knock after shift conditions IRPH ass 214 Timae81755967 22 5 TimszB1 316000 0 518000 0 816000 0 318009 0 Earlier I mentioned that to cure shift knock you can add fuel in the upper 0 load columns If you have what you think is shift knock you should also hard code some of the timing values in the upper load zones as well If you look at what the ECU is doing between shifts you can see that sometimes it wants to run crazy timing values I have seen up to 41 degrees during a shift Ripe knock condition From 5250 on my stage4 I put in a timing value of between 18 and 20 degrees This seems to reduce the occurrence of shift knock Again the only draw back of this is if you run into these columns during your daily drive rather than during a shift If you do you will feel the car hesitate as the timing is locked down But who redlines their car with less that the crossover TPS 53 Too much advance Too much advance leads to KNOCK and engine destruction At redline too much advance means very high cylinder pressure BANG Dead WRX STi At a point more advance does not yield more power e At that point more advance just takes you closer to knock e Back timing off 1 2 3 p
25. he WRX turbo or after market turbo s with the UTEC With after market turbo s some of this is because the things are huge and do have a slow spool up Some of it is due to the car running really rich in the spool up zones The UTEC base maps are good but they can be a little rich This is great and conservative but can lead to slow turbo spool up as the EGT s don t get very hot If you have this issue you should use a wideband O2 sensor and see if you are running rich in the spool up area 10 5 1 maybe perfect at full boost but 12 5 1 AFR will create hotter EGT s and aid spool up Do not lean this area out too much as you will end up losing power 32 What the MAF offsets actually does easure Modified RPM MAP MAF TPS Site Count gn 1 Inj 1 Ign Fuel Boost MAF AFR 5042 21 9 4 4 100 90 00 17 0 68 1 17 2 In this example the actual measured MAF voltage 1s 4 4volts e The map applies a 4 8 modification resulting in a modified MAF voltage of 4 1 volts The Open Loop Fueling uses the modified MAF voltage value as the source of 1t s fuel lookup e The UTEC has a pre programmed background map that you cannot access 33 Fueling Part 2 Always use a Wideband 02 sensor to tune your fuel values AFR data is coming from Wideband Not shown Much easier with a TXS Tuna AFR data right in the log file Or use UTI See additional tuning tools at the end Load Knock Mod Mod MAP MAF TPS Site Count deg Inj l Ign
26. id boost once tuned e Disadvantage Boost target 15 RPM based only 59 Open Loop Closed Loop Boost Control Open Loop Default 60 70 e UTEC map sets boost Ki w a solenoid duty cycle a a IE den Y a Closed Loop e UTEC map defines target boost unit UTEC automatically changes solenoid duty cycle to hit boost target The UTEC boost controller can run in two modes open loop which is the default and closed loop Do not get these confused with the fueling options In open loop boost control mode the values in the map represent a Boost Control Solenoid BCS duty cycle In a nut shell the higher the values the higher the boost The more BCS duty cycle that is used the more air that is vented out stopping the turbo waste gate from opening The more vented air the more boost The less vented air the waste gate gets pushed open and reduces the boost In closed loop mode the values no longer represent a duty cycle they represent a target boost values These values are unit less meaning that a value of say 200 does not represent 10 psi while a value of 250 represents 11 psi They are just units so you will have to figure out what units to use to work on your car As this is a closed loop system the UTEC will automatically fire the BCS to hit the target boost unit value 60 Open loop control I just stuck with the TurboXS map until closed loop was introduced e Used bleed valve to set max boost value omy ie Mane
27. in acceptable ranges so I stuck with my original map STI Injectors and larger The reason that you do not change the Injector flow scaling value is that the map you are running was designed to compensate for stock ECU fueling with larger injectors installed If you change the flow scale are run a map that has negative values you are going to run super lean 27 Changing Injector Flow Scaling Requires 4 1 or above firmware e To enable e Enter the OLF menu option e Modify Injector Flow Supports 300 to 1000 flow rate PARAMETER RESET UTEC AFTER CHANGING RONGE Open Loop Fuelling OFF O ON 1 d or 1 1 Injector Flow cc per min 300 to 1000 990 Stock Injector Flow cc per min 300 t 550 Actual Size of Rev Limiter x100 USE WITH CAUTION 50 to 98 65 A Teacest Gel tat tess injectors installed UvVeErDOOS uoei LL psi N0 YES 1 A ar A to 6 lcan to loved Laor Dela a MiP threshold hysteresis psi Uto 2 Size the ECU thinks RPH threshold rpm Si n E the injectors are If you have a larger than stock intake you will have to be very careful with the value you enter Too large and your car is going to run lean even with the map zero Start low and work up Don t touc
28. ing PDXTuning PDXTuning 45 PDXTuning o o o o o o 0 5 4 4 A 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 A 1 1 4 1 14 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 4 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDX Tuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Example SD Fuel Map PDXTuning With injector size and latency set correctly the fuel map typically has to remove lots of fuel at the lower load points and RPM to achieve 14 1 Higher loads and RPM requires less modification from the UTEC s base fueling map to achieve 11 1 Tune map in same way as any other fuel mode PDXTuning PDXTuning 46 SD Mode and Temperature Speed Density is affected by temperature e Typically only intake temp fueling compensation is needed Coolant correction should be used if you have cold hot start problems PARAMETER RESET UTEC AFTER CHANGING Coolant Fuel Correction Coolant Fuel Correction 60C Coolant Fuel Correction Coolant Fuel Correction Coolant Ign Correction Coolant Ign Correction Coolant Ign Correction Coolant Ign Correction 120C Intake Temp Fuel Correction Intake lemp Fuel Correction Intake Temp Fuel Correction Intake Temp Fuel Correction Intake Temp Ign Correction Intake Temp Ign Correction Intake Temp Ign Correction Intake Temp Ign Correction Add fuel when it s colder than tune temp Remove fuel when it s hotter than tune temp h fh fab fk ft fa ft pt Pb PP EA AAAI SO eoeoqocooqoooegee h 2 ay nE kae
29. k guide does not replace it PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Just in case you did not read the last bullet on the previous page PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning UTEC Overview How does the UTEC enable more Horse Power e It doesn t BOOST POWER TIMING POWER FUEL POWER the UTEC just enables you to correctly tune for boost and aftermarket part laniton Timi 1000 00 200000 300000 400000 500000 6000 00 Engine Speed All EM s enable you to modify fuel timing boost some do it better than others High flow exhausts yielding better VE boost and correct timing enables your EJ block to generate more power The EM enables you to correctly setup the fueling and timing to match your new parts PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning UTEC and Knock e UTEC only corrects knock when it is in control of timing e TPS gt Crossover Or when Speed Density Crossover has K Saar Pathe been met spontaneous combustion a of the end gas e Timing retarded by default 2 remaining fuel air degrees for 100 crank cycles mixture in the chamber 8 This occurs after the e Continues to retard timing soak until knock is no longer detected e Default setting are very sensitive 6 e Which is a good thing unless you have a noisy built block PDXTunin
30. monitors the front O2 sensor and try s to keep the AFR s at as close to 14 9 1 AFR as possible The ECU is only in this mode under certain easy driving conditions and the sensor works great within those regions Outside of these regions the wideband is ignored by the ECU and it runs on open loop mode Using delta dash I can see that the sensor pegs at about 11 5 1 the UTEC logs read rich under about 12 5 1 I do not trust the stock sensor and highly recommend an aftermarket wideband O2 setup Loads of good ones around like the TurboXS Tuna and the LM1 s I have a TurboXS Tuna I must admit I like the Tuna as the wideband value is displayed right in with the UTEC logs Anyway buy or borrow a wideband to enable you to tune your fuel correctly 17 Tuning the 0 column for NON stock injectors 0 column applies If you have larger than stock injectors to all RPM s below you should tune your 0 column TPS crossover using an OBDII Scanner Effects ECU s Long Term and Short Term trim values e Typical Stage4 map yields LT values from 20 to 20 e Fine to be within 7 to 7 I think that 7 to 0 is better This is not required if you re still using the stock injectors Add remove a percentage of MAF to get the trims in line If you are running larger than stock injectors you will have to tune your 0 fuel column Your goal is to get the ECU s short and long term fuel trim values as close to 0 as possible The UTEC cannot
31. ng a based volumetric efficiency table e Load points are RPM MAP based after crossover e Base table can be offset using values in fuel table e MAF sensor is still required even in SD mode To Enable SD mode e OLF 1 on e Fuel Mode SD mode on MAF mode off e Sorry I did not bother to capture a screen shot of the Fuel Mode on Don t forget to set the engine CC 2L or 2 5L e 2000 2500 38 PARAME TE t rey L 0 S Speed Density Setup Continued Set UTEC injector size to ACTUAL size of injectors e Examples e WRX with modified stock blues Set Injector flow to 800 e STi with modified stock injectors Set injector flow to 800 e If stock sized intake then set stock injectors to the size the ECU think are installed R RESET UTEC AFTER CHANGING RANGE pen Loop fuelling OFF O ON 1 0 or 1 x low cc per min 300 to 1000 550 Actual injector size njector Flow i lt tock Injector Flow cc per min 308 to 1000 39 SD and the BigMAF Remember the MAF sensor is still used below UTEC crossover Still set the Injector size to the ACTUAL size of the injector SD fueling is calculated from this value Monitor the fuel trims as previously discussed and change the stock setting to bring the trims in line e Between 650 700 has worked 40 Injector Latency The use of the correct injector latency for given injectors in critical in getting the car to idle smoothly and th
32. ns open and the boost gain set to 48 Then I slowly work out what units produce what boost If I can t hit my target I open the ABC a little more and start again Another thing to do is to ramp up the units in the load zones Don t just put you max target in the 50 100 columns unless you like full boost at low TPS values If you are at 60 TPS you only want 60 of the full boost If you want full boost you should be at WOT so ramp up the units Doing this you will also find that you can control you car better in the corners The last thing you want is to be in a corner push the throttle down a little at get 19psi of power Unless of course you are at the track and I have a camera and am standing in a safe place Then your car sliding off the track backwards always looks good on film 62 Closed Loop Boost Gain e Lower Boost Gain Values e Quicker Boost Ramp up e Bigger boost spike Boost Gain related Spike e 45 can yield 1 psi spike Target Max Boost e Higher Boost Gain Values e Slower Boost Ramp up e Smaller boost spikes e 50 yields 0 psi spike Caution Boost Gain effects MAX boost value I use 48 The boost gain controls how fast the boost comes on Higher numbers represent a slower and more controller gain Lower values represent faster gain and can aid spool up The issue with the boost gain constant is that it also generates a boost spike and can also effect you target max boost value A gain of 45 can yield up to 2
33. oints to create a safe map e Dyno Proven g0 90 100 54 35 H s 5 As have said before too much timing advance can mean death to your engine I know people who learnt this the hard way More boost and fuel is going to give you the big jumps in power keep timing conservative If you are running pump gas definitely keep timing conservative One other note to make If you think your car cannot hold very much timing it maybe due to your spark plugs Incorrectly gapped plugs will screw your timing up so always make sure you have good plugs and they have been gapped correctly I use the NGK Iridium plugs BKR7EIX 11 gapped to 0 028 good would be between 0 026 and 0 028 I have had no issues with these plugs and this gapping They don t come gapped at this value so make sure you gap them 54 Timing Low Down gt Retarding ignition would increase EGT s thus help spool up X Negatives Loss of power because of reduced timing v BETTER Advance timing at the low RPM s v More advance means more power 1750 Ecu ae aa eal EPR ERR EE Ee x Tunin Your car can also hold a stack of timing in the lower load zones Having timing advance down here produces that low down power that the WRX can sometime lack This is a hard area to tune as you run through the lower load zones very fast under WOT conditions I tuned my lower load zones by looking at what the ECU wanted to run in those areas Remember at the lower load zones the E
34. om ECU to UTEC and back Needed for cars with BigMAF e Resolution Move timing values into those area e LEAVE lower RPM 0 under ECU control Smooth transitions in timing minimizes the chance of knock Try to limit steps in timing to less than 3 degrees Some of the issues that are seen with the base maps are that there is no timing values in the lower load zones What happens is that as control is passed from the ECU to the UTEC the timing values can be vastly different More than 4 degrees and you can feel it This jerk sometimes also gets detected as knock The solution is to put timing values into the lower load zones Another issue that comes up with timing is what I like to call transitional knock This is either the above scenario or when the UTEC is in control and timing jumps up or down more that 2 degrees at a time In the lower load zones having jumps of 4 8 degrees in timing are fine but under WOT boost conditions you should avoid this Keep the timing steps to 1 2 degrees at a time This limits the chances to transitional knock I have no idea why the car does this it just does Smooth transitions up and down are key to a good feeling car What I like about my car is that the power is always coming on and it feels very smooth When I go to WOT the boost builds up in a controlled fashion and with smooth transitions in AFR and timing the car feels smooth I have no hesitations or neck snapping jerks No one has ever said t
35. orraco vale Enough said I never messed with open loop boost control 61 Closed Loop Control Don t forget to enable closed loop boost control in special constants e Start with low numbers and work up e Bleed valve effects max boost set at open 2 3 turns and forget e Boost Gain value effects max boost l Ramp up the boost this e 45 50 seems to work best will make part throttle e Effects boost ramp as well control feel smooth sso PSS ae ey we 3500 Fov ewf ecus ecus ecus ecus ao oef oef oaf 220 2 3750 eue eef we covet Ev ecu ef 240 24 260 2802 woa m Don t forget to turn on closed loop boost control Caution don t forget to turn it on If you use the closed loop boost values with open loop tuned on you will get 100 BCS all the time Huge boost I did this once by mistake I had loaded a new version of the UTEC firmware modified all the other parameters but missed boost control for some reason Crap my little VF30 hit 25 psi at 3800 rpm I did not think a VF30 could do 25 psi Lucky I was running 103 race gas at the time as 1f I had got knock I would have definitely blown my engine Don t forget to turn closed loop boost control on The other two black magic variables in the UTEC closed loop boost system are the bleed valve ABC and the constant called boost gain Adjusting both will effect the target values that the unit produce I use the set and forget method I have my ABC three tur
36. ou will have to turn the boost down at that point Once the injectors hit 100 you cannot add anymore fuel Notice that you do not enter all of the load zones You kind of go into ranges of them This is typical as unless you have access to a load set dyno it s hard to tune all load zones For ranges above a zone that are not entered I always go richer and for ranges below a zone that are not entered I always go leaner Not much either way Daily driving I enter these other load zones and always check that I m running more on the rich side than the lean side 34 PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Knock correction and Fuel Tuning Add fuel to correct knock conditions e WRX typical problem areas e Around 4000 RPM peak boost e Around 5500 5750 RPM knock happy area 750 EEEEEEEKEEEKE Too 000 EE ee much fuel E E E E e e EE will lead to Ek EEEE EG EG EG EG E misfire PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning The WRX has a couple of points that seem to be more prone to knock than others around 4000 and 5500 rpm s This I am sure is down to engine design The knock issues can be reduced by adding a little extra fuel in these areas You can see these area s in the timing map as well Just look at the lower timing values at these points Do not add too much fuel just a tad The hesitation that some people
37. re Sol NO B YES 1 A or 1 Closed to Open Loop Delay A to 5 Tne L Eog Leaving TPS at 25 means cruise AFR is typically under ECU closed loop control which is good for fuel efficiency TPS is fine at 25 unless you really want to tune the 10 20 MLP for a smooth crossover Setting it to 0 means that as soon as the other parameters are met the UTEC enables SD mode fueling If set at O tuning of the 10 20 MLP is very important Tune them to 14 7 14 5 1 AFR 43 MAP RPM Crossover MAP crossover is split between two values e To calculate the actual MAP crossover point e Take the MAP threshold then add the MAP hysteresis value to it e Example MAP Threshold 9 psi MAP Hysteresis 2 psi Crossover happens at 7psi As long as all other crossover parameters are true ei Fuel Cut lear ate u 2 Default settings work pretty tor on Spare Sol NO YES s 1 A or 1 A H Default RPM setting is fine 44 PDXTuning Tune lower load points at as many rpm points as possible PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Speed Density Fuel Tuning Spend time tuning the low end of the fuel map This will make for a smooth ECU to UTEC transition Volumetric Efficiency VE With 0 in the map this would read 100 Lean and mean we UNMINININNN NNN Tule BWW NNN FOUANUMAOW PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTun
38. rich rich rich rich rich 5 0 G an P w as a UP W LAD LAD Lad Lad Lad HOO 0 ot dh un IRJA Rol w He aM E DO DO O O 1 i n on N an n on J LA LAD LD LAD LAJ LAJ LAJ PP TA II I T I OOOO Oooo TU LA LAT LAJ LAJ LAJ a LA Pong Won on u Again the real UTEC manual is the best place for information on the loggers 66 Log Debugging Always look at the values that lead up to the knock event Boost Timing Fuel Too much UTEC running too much timing Too Lean Boost advance The ECU did not want to run that much timing rich 42 e i iP rich a rich Bi rich p rich 22 g rich 11 0 O 413 rich 11 3 413 0 9 7 310 When debugging a log file try and look at the events that lead up to the knock event that Iam sure you are trying tune out Things to look for would be the amount of timing you are running and the AFR values If you don t have a wideband and in the UTEC logger the AFR reads anything other than rich under full boost you are running too lean Add some fuel and if your injectors are at 100 lower your boost 67 UTEC GUI s Third Party Tuning Tools 68 UTEC Interface UTI Author navybluesubaru UTI is by far the best thirty party UTEC interface on the market e UTI is Free Donations accepted and recommended e UTI when used with a wideband 02 will help you fuel tune e Automated logging alarms and a great dashboard GUI http www dezignduo com UTI phpBB2
39. tors Previously the UTEC fueling was an offset of the ECU fueling The issues with this was if the ECU changed it fueling the UTEC fueling got screwed up This could happen if the long term trim value changed over time With OLF the UTEC when in control creates the background map to replace everything that the ECU 1s doing in respect to fuel To do this the UTEC reads the MAF signal to calculate the injector duty cycle Very cool and it takes the UTEC one step closer to being a standalone ECU 26 Turning on Open Loop Fueling Requires 4 1 or above firmware e To enable e Enter the Open Loop Fueling menu option e Turn on Open Loop Fueling Change to be On by default in 4 2c and above New base maps from TurboXS are tuned for OLF PARAMETERS PARAHETER RAN Open Loop Fuelling OFF 0 ON 1 8 or 1 Injector Flow cc per min 300 to 1000 Rev Limiter x100 30 to 80 Enabling OLF is easy GO into the OLF menu option of the 4 1 or above firmware and turn OLF to 1 Even if you have STi injectors DO NOT MODIFY THE INJECTOR FLOW DO NOT MODIFY THE INJECTOR FLOW scaling DO NOT MODIFY THE INJECTOR FLOW DO NOT MODIFY THE INJECTOR FLOW With OLF enabled I suggest you re check your AFR s with a wideband The OLF background fuel map is close to what the ECU does but not exactly what it does I noticed that I actually ran leaner at lower load zones and much richer at the top end But the differences were with
40. ueling mode Long Term Trim value used in CU Open Loop CECU open loop not UTEC fuel control e Long term value will effect your gt 63 TPS fuel values e If Long Term is not stable your gt 63 TPS AFR will never be stable e Maybe too rich or maybe too LEAN short erm always goes to 0 over 63 TPS Ignore this if you have enabled OPEN LOOP FUELING with the UTEC With 3 1 UTEC fuel control the fueling is based off the ECU fueling While ST trim always goes to 0 when the ECU goes into open loop mode the LT trim values is passed across and used as a offset values If your LT value is not stable and changes from time to time it will effect your overall fuel tune Solution Tune the 0 column Even if you use the UTEC open loop fueling a stable ST and LT leads to a more stable idle and better operation under the UTEC crossover point 78 79
41. uning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Timing Map Tuning Past cross over point Throttle load 1s represented by Mass Absolute Pressure MAP as defined in the 0 column applies to all RPM s below TPS cross over point 0 30 2 50 60 1000 ewe oaf oef vef oef oef vef oef oef vef vi 1250 ewa oaf oef vef oef oef vef oef oef vef oi 1750 wg sg e sg sg ef sg sg oef oef o 2000 eg seg a a sg sg a ef d oef oa 2250 ew ag sg sg sg sg sg sg oef oef sad PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning PDXTuning Again a reminder The 0 column is used when you are blow the TPS crossover Once over this point the 10 100 load columns are used and the reference is swapped to MAP 50 Timing Advance Retard gt Retard Timing Less degrees before TDC gt Number of Degrees before top dead center gt Advance Timing More degrees before TDC Top Dead Center TDC Some basics Top Dead Center is the upper most point the piston can ever reach Timing is measured from this point Advancing the timing is when you set the spark to happen before TDC as the piston is on it s way up This is measured in degrees Retarding the timing is a phrase used to explain reducing the number of degrees before TDC that the spark happens 5I Timing Adjustment Issue Default maps don t have timing down in the 10 60 columns Can cause knock when control passes fr

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