I,m in australia and tuneboy says they are close to being ready,will there software give me the flexibility of tuning ecueditor provides?I,m ready to try this as i have a spare 04 ecu on hand.For the tuning is any style of dyno better than the other for tuning the vacuum maps?The one i had in mind is a dj250i
i always tune the bike with dynomode on as it gives a flat gear compensation for dynoing. If you have gear compensation on then its possible that the bike is leaning out on lower gears.
Ah wayne - yes, after giving him some source code and other info he promised to send me tuneboy for testing - never heard him since. That information highway has been one way street so far. Having used tuneboy with one Triumph I dont really need that anymore - way too complex for dynoing a bike, unless the next version has some major improvements. But thats just my personal opinion and i am also biased as i write the free ecueditor software myself. For australia it may be better as you guys can just call him... ?
For standard tps maps (>10% tps) we just do normal dyno runs for each tps setting, with any dyno that has afr logging can be used for that. The stepped load could be also used, but it heats up the engine/exhaust piping giving some problems. With one turbo we even got the exhaust piping to burst to flames because the bike was set so rich before we tuned it.
For the vacuum map tuning we tune each rpm area with various load settings and just use the on line map display to see which area to tune. I.e. We set rpms to 3000 and then vary the load from dyno during the run to get various vacuum map points. Then move to 4000rpm and repeat the excersise. so the dyno must be able to hold a set rpm against all <10% throttle positions. I dont know how well dj250i supports that - would be interesting to know.
Btw the gear calculation for e.g. 17/40, 16/40, 18/40 is now implemented to the ecueditor. Will post it for downloading as soon as i am back to sivilization. that also replaces the dynomode setting by allowing "dynomode" gearing that has appr 25mph constant ram air compensation gearing. I guess that for turbos we should implement a different gearing too as instead of ram air we are running boost after certain rpms... Or alternatively let it to dynomode to have a flat ram air compensation.
Are there other std gearings I should add ?
EDIT - here is the screen I meant in the previous text. The nitrous solenoid control is activated for 7000-10500RPM range, the fuel pressure is set to 62psi (135=35%), the fuel consumption setting is se to 120(1.2x normal consumption) and gearing is 18/40 modifying the ram air compensation maps accordingly. The acceleration enrichment is left to stock. Also no RPM range extension is used. Also IAT sensor setting is left to stock.