Correcting an E85 Tune
Hey old man, time for you to take another couple hundred mile trip to socal again:
2010 Evo X MR Touring
MSRP $41,735
Socal Evo X $36,999
EXCEPT WHITE AND BLACK
http://www.socalevo.net/index.php?op...&topic=95726.0
2010 Evo X MR Touring
MSRP $41,735
Socal Evo X $36,999
EXCEPT WHITE AND BLACK
http://www.socalevo.net/index.php?op...&topic=95726.0

I will be running E85 on my RA Sportback with SST btw.

- bryan
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Here is a log from earlier today. I think I have pretty much eradicated the last remnants of lean spool.
EDIT: The boost was at 20psi. It spools up at approx 2,800 rpm. Stays reasonably flat to redline.
I'm open to comments and suggestions.
EDIT: The boost was at 20psi. It spools up at approx 2,800 rpm. Stays reasonably flat to redline.
I'm open to comments and suggestions.
Code:
RPM TimAdv InjDuty W/Band Knock MAPafr 1Bite 1,688 21 6.8 15.0 0 13.6 102.0 1,719 22 7.5 14.4 0 13.5 102.0 1,750 21 7.6 14.1 0 13.3 104.4 1,781 21 8.1 13.7 0 13.3 108.0 1,844 21 8.7 13.1 0 13.2 110.4 1,875 21 9.4 12.6 0 13.1 112.8 1,938 21 9.5 12.4 0 13.0 116.4 1,969 23 10.2 12.1 0 12.9 118.8 2,000 21 10.4 12.1 0 12.8 121.2 2,031 20 11.0 12.1 0 12.8 122.4 2,094 19 11.6 12.0 0 12.7 126.0 2,125 19 11.8 12.0 0 12.6 128.4 2,156 17 12.4 11.9 0 12.5 132.0 2,188 16 13.3 11.8 0 12.5 134.4 2,219 16 13.4 11.8 0 12.5 139.2 2,281 14 14.1 11.9 0 12.5 141.6 2,313 13 14.8 11.9 0 12.5 146.4 2,344 11 16.2 11.8 0 12.4 152.4 2,406 9 17.7 12.0 0 12.3 157.2 2,438 8 18.4 12.0 0 12.1 163.2 2,500 7 20.0 12.0 0 11.8 171.6 2,531 6 21.1 11.7 0 11.7 180.0 2,594 5 22.7 11.7 0 11.5 190.8 2,625 4 24.9 11.4 0 11.5 202.8 2,688 2 26.7 11.5 0 11.5 214.8 2,750 1 29.7 11.5 0 11.3 228.0 2,813 - 32.4 11.6 0 11.2 243.6 2,875 - 36.0 11.6 0 11.2 258.0 2,969 1 38.8 11.8 0 11.2 259.2 3,063 1 40.1 11.9 0 11.1 259.2 3,125 2 40.6 11.7 0 11.1 259.2 3,281 2 41.7 12.3 1 11.1 255.6 3,406 3 43.3 12.3 0 11.1 258.0 3,438 3 44.1 12.4 0 11.1 256.8 3,563 3 44.8 12.3 0 11.1 260.4 3,625 4 47.2 12.3 0 11.2 264.0 3,719 4 48.0 12.1 0 11.2 266.4 3,813 4 49.2 11.9 0 11.3 268.8 3,906 5 50.4 11.9 0 11.3 268.8 3,969 5 51.2 11.8 0 11.3 268.8 4,063 5 52.8 11.6 0 11.3 270.0 4,156 5 53.6 11.6 0 11.3 271.2 4,313 5 56.0 11.7 0 11.3 272.4 4,469 6 58.0 11.7 0 11.3 273.6 4,594 6 59.6 11.7 0 11.3 277.2 4,750 6 62.2 11.7 0 11.3 279.6 4,875 7 63.8 11.8 0 11.4 284.4 4,969 6 64.4 11.7 0 11.3 289.2 5,125 7 66.0 11.6 0 11.4 290.4 5,250 8 68.3 11.8 0 11.4 292.8 5,313 8 69.9 11.8 0 11.4 291.6 5,406 9 70.8 11.8 0 11.5 291.6 5,500 9 70.8 11.8 0 11.5 291.6 5,531 9 71.6 11.8 0 11.5 290.4 5,656 10 71.6 11.8 0 11.5 288.0 5,719 10 72.8 12.0 0 11.5 286.8 5,844 10 72.7 12.0 0 11.5 284.4 5,906 11 72.6 11.9 0 11.7 280.8 6,000 11 73.3 12.0 0 11.6 278.4 6,094 11 73.5 12.0 0 11.6 274.8 6,188 11 74.3 12.1 0 11.6 272.4 6,250 12 74.1 11.9 0 11.6 268.8 6,344 12 73.8 11.9 0 11.6 266.4 6,438 12 74.5 12.0 0 11.7 264.0 6,500 13 73.8 11.9 0 11.7 260.4 6,594 13 74.6 11.9 0 11.7 258.0 6,656 13 74.2 11.9 0 11.7 255.6 6,719 13 75.2 11.8 0 11.7 250.8 6,875 14 74.8 12.0 0 11.7 248.4 6,938 14 74.3 11.8 0 11.8 246.0 7,000 14 73.5 11.8 0 11.8 243.6 7,094 14 74.2 12.0 0 11.8 241.2 7,156 15 73.6 11.8 0 11.8 238.8 7,219 15 74.2 11.9 0 11.8 237.6
Last edited by Jim in Tucson; Apr 20, 2010 at 06:08 AM.
fuel maps ussually tend up ending up something like this. this is a stock evo 8 turbo 9.8 on 100 pump that did about 360whp evom at 20psi i did with lean spool enabled.

lean spool on/off dont make a difference from what ive seen. some prefer it some dont. its off on my personal evo, but its easy to do on other peoples cars with it enabled.
but you see what is happening, the map is becoming leaned out at the spoolup area and then its being blocked down the line to control the a/f.. and it will always look flat on a v7 big map. of course every fuel map is going to differ per car tho, so you cant just copy someones fuel map.... you could blow your car up that way.
E85 isnt safe to tune mbt off a dyno because you can pass it without knock. so id recommend renting a dyno to tune your timing on e85 safely.
edit: title of the map says 27psi and timing2 because we were playing with higher boost, lol but the car was just not having it. we ended up staying at 20psi.
Im so used to big turbos, i figured 27 was nothing, then i realized how tiny a evo8 turbo is, and the guy was still on stock front mount so surely he was heatsoaking
it.

lean spool on/off dont make a difference from what ive seen. some prefer it some dont. its off on my personal evo, but its easy to do on other peoples cars with it enabled.
but you see what is happening, the map is becoming leaned out at the spoolup area and then its being blocked down the line to control the a/f.. and it will always look flat on a v7 big map. of course every fuel map is going to differ per car tho, so you cant just copy someones fuel map.... you could blow your car up that way.
E85 isnt safe to tune mbt off a dyno because you can pass it without knock. so id recommend renting a dyno to tune your timing on e85 safely.
edit: title of the map says 27psi and timing2 because we were playing with higher boost, lol but the car was just not having it. we ended up staying at 20psi.
Im so used to big turbos, i figured 27 was nothing, then i realized how tiny a evo8 turbo is, and the guy was still on stock front mount so surely he was heatsoaking
it.
Last edited by tscompusa2; Apr 18, 2010 at 07:55 AM.
Here is a log from earlier today. I think I have pretty much eradicated the last remnants of lean spool.
I'm open to comments and suggestions.

I'm open to comments and suggestions.
Code:
RPM TimAdv InjDuty W/B Knock AFR 1Bite 1,688 21 6.8 15.0 0 13.6 102.0 1,719 22 7.5 14.4 0 13.5 102.0 1,750 21 7.6 14.1 0 13.3 104.4 1,781 21 8.1 13.7 0 13.3 108.0 1,844 21 8.7 13.1 0 13.2 110.4 1,875 21 9.4 12.6 0 13.1 112.8 1,938 21 9.5 12.4 0 13.0 116.4 1,969 23 10.2 12.1 0 12.9 118.8 2,000 21 10.4 12.1 0 12.8 121.2 2,031 20 11.0 12.1 0 12.8 122.4 2,094 19 11.6 12.0 0 12.7 126.0 2,125 19 11.8 12.0 0 12.6 128.4 2,156 17 12.4 11.9 0 12.5 132.0 2,188 16 13.3 11.8 0 12.5 134.4 2,219 16 13.4 11.8 0 12.5 139.2 2,281 14 14.1 11.9 0 12.5 141.6 2,313 13 14.8 11.9 0 12.5 146.4 2,344 11 16.2 11.8 0 12.4 152.4 2,406 9 17.7 12.0 0 12.3 157.2 2,438 8 18.4 12.0 0 12.1 163.2 2,500 7 20.0 12.0 0 11.8 171.6 2,531 6 21.1 11.7 0 11.7 180.0 2,594 5 22.7 11.7 0 11.5 190.8 2,625 4 24.9 11.4 0 11.5 202.8 2,688 2 26.7 11.5 0 11.5 214.8 2,750 1 29.7 11.5 0 11.3 228.0 2,813 - 32.4 11.6 0 11.2 243.6 2,875 - 36.0 11.6 0 11.2 258.0 2,969 1 38.8 11.8 0 11.2 259.2 3,063 1 40.1 11.9 0 11.1 259.2 3,125 2 40.6 11.7 0 11.1 259.2 3,281 2 41.7 12.3 1 11.1 255.6 3,406 3 43.3 12.3 0 11.1 258.0 3,438 3 44.1 12.4 0 11.1 256.8 3,563 3 44.8 12.3 0 11.1 260.4 3,625 4 47.2 12.3 0 11.2 264.0 3,719 4 48.0 12.1 0 11.2 266.4 3,813 4 49.2 11.9 0 11.3 268.8 3,906 5 50.4 11.9 0 11.3 268.8 3,969 5 51.2 11.8 0 11.3 268.8 4,063 5 52.8 11.6 0 11.3 270.0 4,156 5 53.6 11.6 0 11.3 271.2 4,313 5 56.0 11.7 0 11.3 272.4 4,469 6 58.0 11.7 0 11.3 273.6 4,594 6 59.6 11.7 0 11.3 277.2 4,750 6 62.2 11.7 0 11.3 279.6 4,875 7 63.8 11.8 0 11.4 284.4 4,969 6 64.4 11.7 0 11.3 289.2 5,125 7 66.0 11.6 0 11.4 290.4 5,250 8 68.3 11.8 0 11.4 292.8 5,313 8 69.9 11.8 0 11.4 291.6 5,406 9 70.8 11.8 0 11.5 291.6 5,500 9 70.8 11.8 0 11.5 291.6 5,531 9 71.6 11.8 0 11.5 290.4 5,656 10 71.6 11.8 0 11.5 288.0 5,719 10 72.8 12.0 0 11.5 286.8 5,844 10 72.7 12.0 0 11.5 284.4 5,906 11 72.6 11.9 0 11.7 280.8 6,000 11 73.3 12.0 0 11.6 278.4 6,094 11 73.5 12.0 0 11.6 274.8 6,188 11 74.3 12.1 0 11.6 272.4 6,250 12 74.1 11.9 0 11.6 268.8 6,344 12 73.8 11.9 0 11.6 266.4 6,438 12 74.5 12.0 0 11.7 264.0 6,500 13 73.8 11.9 0 11.7 260.4 6,594 13 74.6 11.9 0 11.7 258.0 6,656 13 74.2 11.9 0 11.7 255.6 6,719 13 75.2 11.8 0 11.7 250.8 6,875 14 74.8 12.0 0 11.7 248.4 6,938 14 74.3 11.8 0 11.8 246.0 7,000 14 73.5 11.8 0 11.8 243.6 7,094 14 74.2 12.0 0 11.8 241.2 7,156 15 73.6 11.8 0 11.8 238.8 7,219 15 74.2 11.9 0 11.8 237.6

your spoolup needs lots of work or you have a boost leak.
on my fp black and 2.3 i see peak load by 3800rpm on a much bigger turbo
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^^^^^^^^^
The boost was at 20psi. It spools up at approx 2,800 rpm. Stays reasonably flat to redline. I'm pretty sure there is no boost leak.
The boost was at 20psi. It spools up at approx 2,800 rpm. Stays reasonably flat to redline. I'm pretty sure there is no boost leak.
Last edited by Jim in Tucson; Apr 18, 2010 at 06:25 AM.
its not starting to spool until 2800? if you try saying you hit full boost at 2800 its not possible.... especially not with a evo 9 turbo, a 14b cant even achieve that. set your a/f to 12.8 during spool for fastest spool on e85.. also either your logger is laggy or you have a older version of evoscan or something, but you should see on your log a peak LOAD number right after the turbo is fully spooled, and in your case should be about 3500 territory.
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its not starting to spool until 2800? if you try saying you hit full boost at 2800 its not possible.... especially not with a evo 9 turbo, a 14b cant even achieve that. set your a/f to 12.8 during spool for fastest spool on e85.. also either your logger is laggy or you have a older version of evoscan or something, but you should see on your log a peak LOAD number right after the turbo is fully spooled, and in your case should be about 3500 territory.
Boost is actually set at 19psi. It creeps to about 21psi and back to 19psi at redline. I just call it 20 'cause I'm too lazy to type all the above.
Yes, as near as I can eye-ball it, I'm hitting 19psi at approx. 2,800 RPM. This is by eye-ball of boost gauge and in-car tach, so margin for error is prolly 5% at least. If I don't have my glasses on, margin for error is +10%.

I may need to lean out spool up, I'm not sure. I come from a turbo background, but not DSM. I had never heard of lean spool up till I got on Evom. I had always been taught to enrich the spool up. I have searched for dyno data on these boards showing that lean spool does in fact improve spool, but I've not found it. If it really is fact, it should not be that difficult to find the documentation.
if you have rich afr with e85 at spoolup the car will feel like a 1.8L trying to spool a t67 lol. it will make a air noise and not do ****.
tune your spool for 12.8. if you have an aftermarket map sensor u can log with, stop your lean spool tuning at approx 10-12psi.
lots of timing and lean afr will give max spool. - the timing thing changes based on what tuner you speak to, but i believe in more timing myself.
and 11.8 a/f throughout the rest is safe
the only reason i suggest you have a boost leak is because there is no max load in your log at all near the peak tq area of that turbo which is typically about 4000 id say. its way higher like 5000+ which is odd.
either that or you may be logging to many things in evoscan and slowing it down.
tune your spool for 12.8. if you have an aftermarket map sensor u can log with, stop your lean spool tuning at approx 10-12psi.
lots of timing and lean afr will give max spool. - the timing thing changes based on what tuner you speak to, but i believe in more timing myself.
and 11.8 a/f throughout the rest is safe
the only reason i suggest you have a boost leak is because there is no max load in your log at all near the peak tq area of that turbo which is typically about 4000 id say. its way higher like 5000+ which is odd.
either that or you may be logging to many things in evoscan and slowing it down.
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Speaking of odd, I have never seen a fuel map like the one you posted above. I think I understand what it is supposed to accomplish, with the extreme lean spool and then a sudden 21% increase in fuel from 3,000 to 3,250. Does that much change between adjacent cells feel smooth at WOT?
its a fuel map not a timing map. its not going to change how smooth the car runs, but no you wont feel it. that map gives the vehicle solid a/f from spool to redline. that is all that matters with the fuel map. this particular car only sees up to 230~ load
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To further the lean spool correction, I'm enleaning the spool up area of the fuel map. To point me in the right direction I inserted a target column in the log along with plus and minus variance columns to help me zero in on the subject. It is showing me where to pull fuel by flagging anything greater than 5% variance.
Do these AFR targets look good? Bad? Just OK? Suggestions?
Do these AFR targets look good? Bad? Just OK? Suggestions?
Code:
RPM W/Band Target MAP+ MAP- MAPafr 1Bite 1,688 15.0 13.6 102.0 1,719 14.4 13.5 102.0 1,750 14.1 13.3 104.4 1,781 13.7 13.3 108.0 1,844 13.1 13.0 13.2 110.4 1,875 12.6 13.0 13.1 112.8 1,938 12.4 13.0 13.0 116.4 1,969 12.1 13.0 7% 12.9 118.8 2,000 12.1 13.0 7% 12.8 121.2 2,031 12.1 13.0 7% 12.8 122.4 2,094 12.0 13.0 8% 12.7 126.0 2,125 12.0 13.0 8% 12.6 128.4 2,156 11.9 13.0 9% 12.5 132.0 2,188 11.8 13.0 10% 12.5 134.4 2,219 11.8 13.0 10% 12.5 139.2 2,281 11.9 13.0 9% 12.5 141.6 2,313 11.9 13.0 9% 12.5 146.4 2,344 11.8 13.0 10% 12.4 152.4 2,406 12.0 13.0 8% 12.3 157.2 2,438 12.0 13.0 8% 12.1 163.2 2,500 12.0 12.5 11.8 171.6 2,531 11.7 12.5 7% 11.7 180.0 2,594 11.7 12.5 7% 11.5 190.8 2,625 11.4 12.5 10% 11.5 202.8 2,688 11.5 12.5 9% 11.5 214.8 2,750 11.5 12.5 9% 11.3 228.0 2,813 11.6 12.5 8% 11.2 243.6 2,875 11.6 12.5 8% 11.2 258.0 2,969 11.8 12.5 6% 11.2 259.2 3,063 11.9 12.5 5% 11.1 259.2 3,125 11.7 12.5 7% 11.1 259.2 3,281 12.3 12.5 11.1 255.6 3,406 12.3 12.5 11.1 258.0 3,438 12.4 12.5 11.1 256.8 3,563 12.3 12.0 11.1 260.4 3,625 12.3 12.0 11.2 264.0 3,719 12.1 12.0 11.2 266.4 3,813 11.9 12.0 11.3 268.8 3,906 11.9 12.0 11.3 268.8 3,969 11.8 12.0 11.3 268.8 4,063 11.6 12.0 11.3 270.0 4,156 11.6 12.0 11.3 271.2 4,313 11.7 12.0 11.3 272.4 4,469 11.7 12.0 11.3 273.6 4,594 11.7 12.0 11.3 277.2 4,750 11.7 12.0 11.3 279.6 4,875 11.8 12.0 11.4 284.4 4,969 11.7 12.0 11.3 289.2 5,125 11.6 12.0 11.4 290.4 5,250 11.8 12.0 11.4 292.8 5,313 11.8 12.0 11.4 291.6 5,406 11.8 12.0 11.5 291.6 5,500 11.8 12.0 11.5 291.6 5,531 11.8 12.0 11.5 290.4 5,656 11.8 12.0 11.5 288.0 5,719 12.0 12.0 11.5 286.8 5,844 12.0 12.0 11.5 284.4 5,906 11.9 12.0 11.7 280.8 6,000 12.0 12.0 11.6 278.4 6,094 12.0 12.0 11.6 274.8 6,188 12.1 12.0 11.6 272.4 6,250 11.9 12.0 11.6 268.8 6,344 11.9 12.0 11.6 266.4 6,438 12.0 12.0 11.7 264.0 6,500 11.9 12.0 11.7 260.4 6,594 11.9 12.0 11.7 258.0 6,656 11.9 12.0 11.7 255.6 6,719 11.8 12.0 11.7 250.8 6,875 12.0 12.0 11.7 248.4 6,938 11.8 12.0 11.8 246.0 7,000 11.8 12.0 11.8 243.6 7,094 12.0 12.0 11.8 241.2 7,156 11.8 12.0 11.8 238.8 7,219 11.9 12.0 11.8 237.6
Last edited by Jim in Tucson; Apr 20, 2010 at 06:04 AM.
overall target a/f 11.8-12 is good for e85 . just lean the spoolup for 12.8 and you should be good to go with the fuel map. the timing map is another story. you can blow your motor with e85 by passing mbt without even knocking so be careful.
Jim,
Only thing I wanted to say is that from 3kto6k on your log you are low 11's AFR . as other have stated target 11.8 to 12.2 measured. Even going from 11.5 to 12 removed some 1-3 counts of knock I was having way back when.
Mr. fred has documented this as well FWIW.
PS I would make small changes incrementally so you can see the affects the changes have and not get any more overwhelmed in the process
Only thing I wanted to say is that from 3kto6k on your log you are low 11's AFR . as other have stated target 11.8 to 12.2 measured. Even going from 11.5 to 12 removed some 1-3 counts of knock I was having way back when.
Mr. fred has documented this as well FWIW.
PS I would make small changes incrementally so you can see the affects the changes have and not get any more overwhelmed in the process

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My log was perhaps confusing.
W/Band = the actual AFR measured by WideBand
MAPafr = the number in the cell in the fuel map
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