lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
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lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
Ok i just burned a new chip and this time i lowered all the numbers in my lower VE tables. Car runs much smoother at low rpm ,better on gas,better part throttle torque below like 2krpms, BUT i left everything above 3k rpms all the same as stock AUJP. NOW, i thought everything would be fine when driving over 3k rpms and WOT, but this isnt the case. This change to my lower VE Table seems to have effected the entire rpm range? WTF? I mean it runs very lean below 3k rpms which is what i suspected,but why is the entire operating range effected too?
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Re: lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
The main 3D VE table lookups are done by MAP and RPM. A VE cell at 1000 RPM will have no effect on a cell at 4000 RPM. The only time cells can impact eachother is when theyre adjacent, as the ECM interpolates between cells to provide a smooth output.
With that said, it would help to know what exactly it was that you altered. Also, how do you know its lean? Do you have a wideband?
With that said, it would help to know what exactly it was that you altered. Also, how do you know its lean? Do you have a wideband?
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Re: lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
The main 3D VE table lookups are done by MAP and RPM. A VE cell at 1000 RPM will have no effect on a cell at 4000 RPM. The only time cells can impact eachother is when theyre adjacent, as the ECM interpolates between cells to provide a smooth output.
With that said, it would help to know what exactly it was that you altered. Also, how do you know its lean? Do you have a wideband?
With that said, it would help to know what exactly it was that you altered. Also, how do you know its lean? Do you have a wideband?
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Re: lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
If you dont have a WB O2, then theres really nothing you can gleen from the stock O2s and closed loop fueling at WOT. Theyre for part throttle only. The only way to tell if your truely lean is to use a wideband O2 and controller.
You can use the BLMs to tune part-throttle but thats about it.
You can use the BLMs to tune part-throttle but thats about it.
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Re: lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
"Is there a formula to get my Blms close to 128 all the time?"
post #6
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/diy-...ttle-fuel.html
post #6
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/diy-...ttle-fuel.html
Re: lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
1.You had mentioned in post 4 you had lowered your fuel pressure at one time.
2.In your first post you had adjusted lower VE and got them right but it affected upper VE.
Is your BPC/BPW set correctly to fuel pressure, injector size and engine displacement?
The reason I ask is someone had mentioned adjusting their entire VE table by changing BPC/BPW and I knew it was wrong but have never tried, I always get BPC/BPW factored correctly to handle engine approx HP then tune VE. If I run out of fuel at WOT high RPM and have more then 95 VE I increase fuel pressure and re calculate BPC/BPW
So I tested their theory of adjusting BPC/BPW for an overall fueling change and the results were horrible! I increased BPC/BPW and lower VE went pig rich and upper VE went lean! You would expect both to do the same, but it is not the case. This was on a properly tuned engine with no changes to VE tables. Changin BPW/BPC back to proper setting and BLM numbers were back to 126 to 130 range across the RPM vs MAP table.
I don't know what is done to your engine but the first thing that needs to be set correctly before tuning any VE is BPC/BPW.
HTH!
2.In your first post you had adjusted lower VE and got them right but it affected upper VE.
Is your BPC/BPW set correctly to fuel pressure, injector size and engine displacement?
The reason I ask is someone had mentioned adjusting their entire VE table by changing BPC/BPW and I knew it was wrong but have never tried, I always get BPC/BPW factored correctly to handle engine approx HP then tune VE. If I run out of fuel at WOT high RPM and have more then 95 VE I increase fuel pressure and re calculate BPC/BPW
So I tested their theory of adjusting BPC/BPW for an overall fueling change and the results were horrible! I increased BPC/BPW and lower VE went pig rich and upper VE went lean! You would expect both to do the same, but it is not the case. This was on a properly tuned engine with no changes to VE tables. Changin BPW/BPC back to proper setting and BLM numbers were back to 126 to 130 range across the RPM vs MAP table.
I don't know what is done to your engine but the first thing that needs to be set correctly before tuning any VE is BPC/BPW.
HTH!
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Re: lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
1.You had mentioned in post 4 you had lowered your fuel pressure at one time.
2.In your first post you had adjusted lower VE and got them right but it affected upper VE.
Is your BPC/BPW set correctly to fuel pressure, injector size and engine displacement?
The reason I ask is someone had mentioned adjusting their entire VE table by changing BPC/BPW and I knew it was wrong but have never tried, I always get BPC/BPW factored correctly to handle engine approx HP then tune VE. If I run out of fuel at WOT high RPM and have more then 95 VE I increase fuel pressure and re calculate BPC/BPW
So I tested their theory of adjusting BPC/BPW for an overall fueling change and the results were horrible! I increased BPC/BPW and lower VE went pig rich and upper VE went lean! You would expect both to do the same, but it is not the case. This was on a properly tuned engine with no changes to VE tables. Changin BPW/BPC back to proper setting and BLM numbers were back to 126 to 130 range across the RPM vs MAP table.
I don't know what is done to your engine but the first thing that needs to be set correctly before tuning any VE is BPC/BPW.
HTH!
2.In your first post you had adjusted lower VE and got them right but it affected upper VE.
Is your BPC/BPW set correctly to fuel pressure, injector size and engine displacement?
The reason I ask is someone had mentioned adjusting their entire VE table by changing BPC/BPW and I knew it was wrong but have never tried, I always get BPC/BPW factored correctly to handle engine approx HP then tune VE. If I run out of fuel at WOT high RPM and have more then 95 VE I increase fuel pressure and re calculate BPC/BPW
So I tested their theory of adjusting BPC/BPW for an overall fueling change and the results were horrible! I increased BPC/BPW and lower VE went pig rich and upper VE went lean! You would expect both to do the same, but it is not the case. This was on a properly tuned engine with no changes to VE tables. Changin BPW/BPC back to proper setting and BLM numbers were back to 126 to 130 range across the RPM vs MAP table.
I don't know what is done to your engine but the first thing that needs to be set correctly before tuning any VE is BPC/BPW.
HTH!

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Re: lower VE's effect upper rpm too?
1.You had mentioned in post 4 you had lowered your fuel pressure at one time.
2.In your first post you had adjusted lower VE and got them right but it affected upper VE.
Is your BPC/BPW set correctly to fuel pressure, injector size and engine displacement?
The reason I ask is someone had mentioned adjusting their entire VE table by changing BPC/BPW and I knew it was wrong but have never tried, I always get BPC/BPW factored correctly to handle engine approx HP then tune VE. If I run out of fuel at WOT high RPM and have more then 95 VE I increase fuel pressure and re calculate BPC/BPW
So I tested their theory of adjusting BPC/BPW for an overall fueling change and the results were horrible! I increased BPC/BPW and lower VE went pig rich and upper VE went lean! You would expect both to do the same, but it is not the case. This was on a properly tuned engine with no changes to VE tables. Changin BPW/BPC back to proper setting and BLM numbers were back to 126 to 130 range across the RPM vs MAP table.
I don't know what is done to your engine but the first thing that needs to be set correctly before tuning any VE is BPC/BPW.
HTH!
2.In your first post you had adjusted lower VE and got them right but it affected upper VE.
Is your BPC/BPW set correctly to fuel pressure, injector size and engine displacement?
The reason I ask is someone had mentioned adjusting their entire VE table by changing BPC/BPW and I knew it was wrong but have never tried, I always get BPC/BPW factored correctly to handle engine approx HP then tune VE. If I run out of fuel at WOT high RPM and have more then 95 VE I increase fuel pressure and re calculate BPC/BPW
So I tested their theory of adjusting BPC/BPW for an overall fueling change and the results were horrible! I increased BPC/BPW and lower VE went pig rich and upper VE went lean! You would expect both to do the same, but it is not the case. This was on a properly tuned engine with no changes to VE tables. Changin BPW/BPC back to proper setting and BLM numbers were back to 126 to 130 range across the RPM vs MAP table.
I don't know what is done to your engine but the first thing that needs to be set correctly before tuning any VE is BPC/BPW.
HTH!

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