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Ignition/Tuner/ECM/Fuel InjectionNeed advice on ignition issues? Questions about a tuner? Have questions about a EFI calibration or Fuel Injection? Tips on Engine Diagnostics, how to get codes, and what they mean. Find your answers here.
Feel free to send your latest calibration to jamie@fuelmotousa.com and i will take a look, should not take much to get it squared away. Be sure to include a full explanation of all of your modifications and exactly what it is doing. Note the 17.9 AF you are seeing is the reported value during decel fuel cutoff when the injectors are shut off
Thanks Jamie- I will email you a copy of it. that is part of what is bugging me because the hidden code change made by Roy is supposed to prevent the injectors from shutting off on decel. his change did make a difference though- before it used to report solid 17.9 at all decel rpms but now it is only reporting that around the problem 2800 rpm area.
Dog, did you post a big log somewhere so people can take a look and see what you bike is doing? Is this a rideability issue. Of some bikes, you can really feel the injectors turning on and off.
Andy- Not yet, the only logs I have right now are short AT-TT runs checking decel behavior. probably not overly helpful. I know the injectors are staying on to some degree because my shift pop is completely gone after getting back the adjusted code tune file from Roy. But, from what I (sort of) understand the 'decel cut' operation (which is hidden from us in the code) can be turned off or left on for certain rpm ranges. I should have time this next week to do some regular riding and gen some decent logs. Overall the tune is running very well, the several M-80's are mostly unsettling to little ol ladies standing on the corner. don;t want to give anyone a premature heart attack ya know? lol
I found one very interesting bit of info provided by T-max on tuning the decel region- (attached)
it mainly discusses how to tune decel VE when the 'decel cut' feature is disabled and injectors are left enabled for decel. Now I know they use a replacement ecm but thinking- is this principal going to be the same for me as well if I have injectors enabled for decel? I've never run a wide band AT session on 30kpa or below. I see how it could make sense for injectors enabled on decel. anyway just another obsure area of tuning for discussion.
Dog What are you tuning the bike with and what are you looking at the data with?
When I was tuning the Sporty, I ended up with REALLY BIG VE numbers in the 2500 to 5500 range and 0 throttle. Keep in mind that I am an ex racer and pulling big downshifts is just in normal riding. My bike is really quiet in a downshift. AFR is right at 14 if I recall.
Andy
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Dog What are you tuning the bike with and what are you looking at the data with?
When I was tuning the Sporty, I ended up with REALLY BIG VE numbers in the 3000 range and 0 throttle. Keep in mind that I am an ex racer and pulling big downshifts is just in normal riding. My bike is really quiet in a downshift. AFR is right at 14 if I recall.
Andy
I'm right there with ya on that- ex racer, i use downshift and decel/ engine braking heavily. Using Target Tune w/ wide band O2. I'm only looking at the data in excel. I've attached a couple of my tuning run logs- you can at least see where I purposely ride the decel down from mid 3k, AFRs are fluctuating in the 13-14 range, and around the problem 2800 area the AFRs get up to 15/16/17. Decel is perfect above and below the trouble 2800 area. the trouble only starts when engine ET is 200f and above and hitting the 2800 area, roughly 10 mins into a ride. colder engine = no backfire issue.
what's interesting is I have adjusted decel VE richer by a fair margin as well as lambda table in that trouble decel area and it does not make a lick of difference in the logged WBO2 data- the AFRs in that trouble area are always showing highly lean. hence my suspicion that injectors are shutting of at that rpm range for some reason but staying active in other rpm areas.
I do like the concept of leaving injectors enabled on for decel though- it got rid of my shift pop right away. to me it would seem bad to shut off injectors at decel for a motorcycle. last I heard from DJ their engineers were working on a way to give us a setting in the tune file to keep them on or leave the default of shut off.
BTW my VE numbers in the trouble area (3000-2500, 0TP) are presently about 118/119. lambda in that area, 20kpa is 0.823, timing in that area is 42- but i also tried 45 and down to 33. no difference.
Dog Add AFR, AFF and CLI to the logs and I think can help you dial this thing right in.
If the bike you are tuning is the one in the pic, getting all of the pop out may be a bit of a challenge.
Andy
yeh sorry I pulled CLI and AFF out because my VEs are done dialing in- I exclude 30kpa and below from auto tuning. I'll throw those back in on next runs. I do have Set Lambda, WBO2 F/R AFR and WBO2 F/R Lambda in there though.
I'm not concerned with pops and crackling on decel- always going to have some and it's fine. but the three or four loud cherry bombs are unique and only presented after using the TT add on. before the TT and just running with normal NB sensors and PV tune, i had no cherry bombs of that type- just the typical pops and crackles of short open pipes.
It appears to be a little lean in the mid range, compared to how I set up most tunes. I go about 14.2 or so up to about 60 KPA, fading up to about 13 above about 85 KPA. These AFR numbers are a little +/- as the calibration of a Wide Band can be a little off. Your sweet spot may be a little different.
Did you get this from FuelMotoUSA?
Last edited by whittlebeast; Mar 10, 2016 at 09:50 AM.
Dog, thanks for info on the fuel cut off. I don't have a pop, but have the "jake brake" effect when backing off the throttle for corners when riding the twisties. It doesn't seem to matter what the rpm were, it seemed more throttle position related. What I did was in the throttle blade control (alt) I lowered the 5% column 1750-2500 from 5 to 4 which helped. i was looking at the copy of the factory tune this morning, that setting was at 3, so I'll try that out to see of it helps any more. My thoughts are that if the throttle blade moves less in lower throttle conditions it the might smooth out the transitions. It may also help with the pop, just a thought. When the bike was stock, I don't remember having that drop off/cut off being this abrupt.
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