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bryantaylor 06-22-2008 05:40 PM

How do YOU tune?
 
and i dont want to hear "take it to the tuner"

i have had a friend drive the car before while i was in the pass seat with the laptop and that seems to work decent. but its hard to find someone you trust enough to drive it at the same time that you have time to tune it.

so my question is how is everyone else tunning thier cars? i just upgraded to high res, and just threw in the MSPNP fuel map with my req fuel, and it needs tuned BAD, rich everywhere. just want to hear how others are doing it to get another perspective.

paul 06-22-2008 05:48 PM

you drive & log for 10-15 mins varying the load and rpm combinations to cover the whole fuel map.
run log through VE analyzer in MLV.
accept new msq.

repeat.

bryantaylor 06-22-2008 06:01 PM

i have never used the VE analyzer. looking into it now, thats some cool stuff. much easier that just looking through the logs and trying to tweek the map like i was doing.

91NApeewee 06-22-2008 06:07 PM

MLV is awesome, I always use it

bryantaylor 06-22-2008 07:10 PM

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the only thing i have to say about VE analyzer is

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Dark Wanderer 06-22-2008 07:13 PM

When you talk about load, you make reference to what?

cjernigan 06-22-2008 07:29 PM

Engine load, 30 kpa is a low load situation 100 kpa is WOT when NA. He means put the engine under varying loads relative to RPM to hit as many cells as possible in the VE table. Then let MLV work it's magic.

kotomile 06-22-2008 07:33 PM


Originally Posted by bryantaylor (Post 274520)
How do YOU tune?

a kotomile at a time.

Toddcod 06-22-2008 08:00 PM


Originally Posted by kotomile (Post 274563)
a kotomile at a time.

:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

Toddcod 06-22-2008 08:12 PM


Originally Posted by bryantaylor (Post 274529)
i have never used the VE analyzer. looking into it now, thats some cool stuff. much easier that just looking through the logs and trying to tweek the map like i was doing.

I couldn't get my MLV to open. I guess I'm going to have to reinstall it.
I started from an idle touching the pedal and advancing to my brother driving me down the street chasing the green dot on Real time. It took 2 hrs to get a tune so I could drive it to work safely. As soon as you would let out of acceleration it would lean out. I'm lucky to have a Q & W still on the keyboard. LOL

AlexO35 06-22-2008 08:59 PM

Autotune is much simpler than MLV. You don't have to reload the MSQ all the time just drive the car and it tunes on the fly. Doesn't get any easier.
--Alex

Braineack 06-22-2008 09:50 PM


Originally Posted by AlexO35 (Post 274600)
Autotune is much simpler than MLV. You don't have to reload the MSQ all the time just drive the car and it tunes on the fly. Doesn't get any easier.
--Alex


however it doesnt work nearly as well.


it's easy for me to drive to work and record a log. run it through MLV and flash it at lunch. It's usually good to go after a few sessions, when you get to the point where EGO is almost always 100% I turn MLV to hard, then very hard. I can also tell it to ignore anything under 35 kPa and 1800RPM.

Driving with autotune is a good starting off point to get you in a spot to start using MLV.

AlexO35 06-22-2008 10:13 PM

That's true. I have used MLV to adjust specific parts of a map, and I'll be using it to adjust throttle transitions and off idle conditions. For general tuning (cruise, part and full throttle) though, I like autotune.
--Alex

cjernigan 06-22-2008 10:20 PM

MLV kicks autotunes ass at all tuning end of story. Autotune is incredibly incompetent and slow. MLV gets everything balls on for me, like Scott said, close enough that EGO hardly has to do anything.

Autotune is far too slow for anything but cruise. Using it for any kind of acceleration is pretty much pointless.

ZX-Tex 06-22-2008 10:25 PM


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 274616)
however it doesnt work nearly as well.


it's easy for me to drive to work and record a log. run it through MLV and flash it at lunch. It's usually good to go after a few sessions, when you get to the point where EGO is almost always 100% I turn MLV to hard, then very hard.

Ditto. I do the same thing. Log the drive to work, run it through MLV, increase from normal, to hard, to very hard for subesquent tuning logs. Alt-L baby.

paul 06-23-2008 08:01 AM


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 274616)
I can also tell it to ignore anything under 35 kPa and 1800RPM.


good tip. i forgot to mention that. I like to set my idle manually and don't let VEA modify after.

as someone said above, ALT-L Enter to start a log, then just ALT-L Esc to end it.

levnubhin 06-23-2008 09:08 AM


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 274616)
however it doesnt work nearly as well.


it's easy for me to drive to work and record a log. run it through MLV and flash it at lunch. It's usually good to go after a few sessions, when you get to the point where EGO is almost always 100% I turn MLV to hard, then very hard. I can also tell it to ignore anything under 35 kPa and 1800RPM.

Driving with autotune is a good starting off point to get you in a spot to start using MLV.

How do you do that?

I do the same thing all these guys said and it works great. Its easy to figure out and work with.
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Saml01 06-23-2008 09:33 AM

^ press on advanced settings in the VE analyzer and you can set bounds.

hustler 06-23-2008 10:51 AM

ve analyzer is your daddy. I prefer using that interface to tune tables.

kotomile 06-23-2008 10:55 AM


Originally Posted by paul (Post 274731)
ALT-L Esc to end it.

d'oh, I'd been using ALT-F, L, O to end them..


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