okay so heres my last two posts from the tbi forums i figured id post here too since its diy prom specific and i havent gotten an answer on this one there yet...im just wanting to start messing w/ a stock bin for my car before i get a programmer so im not so dumbfounded and w/ out a car when the time comes....if someone could please direct me to a proven .xdf and .bin for my prom id be much appreciative. right now im using tunner pro till i get the cash for the programmer and tunner cat. thanx.


https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hlight=1228746

see this is the link to the post w/ the xdf file on moates but it just opens as a web page and now i got the program and a .bin all i need is the xdf to start fooling around

k i think i figured out how to dl as a .xdf i had to use wellget a dl manager but when i load that and open the bin and click somethin like egr it just comes up w/ a box that has a place to click "set" then a save and cancel button??? i understand if these dumb questions r pissin u guys off but i just wanna start to try and tackle some stuff other wise i will be so dumbfounded when i comes time to actually burn one ill have no car for along time and it will be soooo frustrating.

 

. . .and open the bin and click somethin like egr it just comes up w/ a box that has a place to click "set" then a save and cancel button???

If you can do a screen shot and post a small image it would be helpful. It sounds like you opened a MALF flags bit for enabling/disabling the EGR diagnostics reporting. If this is the case then setting the bit enables EGR malfunctions to set a code and the SES light. If the box is unchecked then EGR malfunctions will not be reported.

Try opening the Main SA table. That should make a little more sense. There wil be a MAP axis (load) and an RPM axis. At each intersect will be a SA value. That SA value will be the base SA for the engine at that load and speed.

RBob.

 

k ill have to find a program for a screen shot i had one but deleted it ill do that tonight when i get home cause im at work at the moment but everything else u said was still very confusing cause as i said that was the first day i had messed w/ any of it and the very first time i actually dl and opened the program. but ill look at it tonight again when i get home. but to post a pic dont i have to have a site hosting it first any idea of a site to host it cause ive never messed w/ posting a pic on here before.

 

okay here is the screen shot i was talkin about for when i load that .xdf and a supposedly stock bin to learn to play w/....this is what happens when i click egr under flags

 

now i know how to upload images and i have a screen shot trial so let me know if u need any more to look at to see if i got the right thing. thanx guys like i said im just starting and am just tryin to fool around w/ bins b4 i get a programmer so i wont be so in over my head when the time comes everyone has to start somewhere

 

Pic shows 'EGR type.' Typically this isn't something that is changed. On the other side of the coin, I don't know what defines an 'EGR type.' A quick (about 30seconds) look at the code, it may be controlling the ECM output being high or low to activate the EGR soleniod.

HTH's,

RBob.

 

oh okay i was just trying to start w/ the easy stuff like egr and smog disable and changing the fan on and off temp and things like that...what should i be messin w/ then?

 

so i just need to change the egr on off temps then? so that it never comes on...i also heard somewhere on the forums that if u set it too high it may cause problems w/ somethin i cant exactly remember the context w/ all the articles ive been reading on this but does this ring a bell to anyone?

 

im finding like eight diff. constants dealing w/ egr temp, iac, speed, and map (all on/off settings) do i need to change all these when i really get started (right now just practicing dont have a tuner) to disable my egr all this is looking a lil confusing since i dont even know what the map does or how it opperates in the prom sorry for the questions that r obvious to many of you but im just affraid that you guys will think my questions too basic or dumb if i do get the programmer and i will be stuck w/ it not knowin the sligtlest thing about tunning even though ive read many stickies and faqs. cause most r specific to tpi and i have the tbi ecm and prom thanks and sorry again for askin the basics.