how-to: control closed loop AFR with your wideband O2 system
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With Evoscan I am logging request ID = 19 and Eval = x which should give me the raw voltage of the flow sensor. However it is giving me reading of 28 when the voltage is .45 and then a reading of 130 when the voltage steps up with flow of meth.
Any suggestions?
Just thought about this some more, is it on a 0-255 scale and not simply voltage output. I.E 5 volts = 255, because then the data makes more sense.
With Evoscan I am logging request ID = 19 and Eval = x which should give me the raw voltage of the flow sensor. However it is giving me reading of 28 when the voltage is .45 and then a reading of 130 when the voltage steps up with flow of meth.
Any suggestions?
Just thought about this some more, is it on a 0-255 scale and not simply voltage output. I.E 5 volts = 255, because then the data makes more sense.
130/255*5 = 2.55 V. Is that what the meth system is supposed to be outputting?
Yea those values makes sense now. I got a working formula in Evoscan and datalogged during driving and I am now able to log the flow of meth. Its pretty nice to be able to see how much meth if flowing in CC's along with all other logged data.
Some things I notice:
-I'll probably lean out some of the slightly higher load cells more also. At ~1lb of boost I'm going ~13.2 with light accelleration. On E85 that could probably get leaned out more.
-Sometimes I will get a hunt where it goes rich and hunts its way back (within a few seconds) to the desired AFR. I was going to ask how the patch works with trims and if, by putting lean cells in cruise, I'm likely to be just pulling a bunch of fuel with LTFT Mid or if there is something smarter going on here. If that is the case I will probably lean out everything under the closed loop portion quite a bit more. I'll need to do some logging on this also when I get a chance.
-It seems the AFR on the wideband "swings" alot more with the patch (by 1 or two LEDs on my UEGO), but I'm not sure if thats just my perception or if it is actually happening. I also notice (but probably prefer) that it seems to swing further toward the rich side of things as it is oscillating, even if the final average AFR is spot-on.
Not sure why paint is compressing that so much, sorry! ...I don't have PS on the tuning computer.
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I'll write more later, but just wanted to mention that you may find that the car bucks/jerks at bit at 13-14:1 AFR at moderate loads (120-200). At least that's what I found out when my AFRs started going lean (probably due to a clogged fuel filter) this past month. I would be curious to know if you find the same.
I'll write more later, but just wanted to mention that you may find that the car bucks/jerks at bit at 13-14:1 AFR at moderate loads (120-200). At least that's what I found out when my AFRs started going lean (probably due to a clogged fuel filter) this past month. I would be curious to know if you find the same.
Did you wind up just replacing the pump filter or the secondary filter (on the passenger side) also? I noticed how little time it took for razorlab to clog his and I've been pushing the E85 for about 7k miles now (35k total on the car). I was curious of their condition but hadn't noticed any lean areas yet at WOT (though I'm running 100%+ dc at redline). I figured I would just check next summer if a double pumper winds up in my tank
Mr. Fred, how difficult would you patch be to implement into other ROMS? I'd love to add this to customer ROMs of mine to be used for economy tuning as well and to my personal ROM (94170015).
I would be more than willing to do the work just curious to know how about going how to do that.
I would be more than willing to do the work just curious to know how about going how to do that.
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Mr. Fred, how difficult would you patch be to implement into other ROMS? I'd love to add this to customer ROMs of mine to be used for economy tuning as well and to my personal ROM (94170015).
I would be more than willing to do the work just curious to know how about going how to do that.
I would be more than willing to do the work just curious to know how about going how to do that.
How much of a swing do you guys see when cruising at part throttle....Currently I have my map set for 16.4 in the cruise areas (e85) and It goes from 15.4 to 17ish and cycles back and forth. I have logged the stock sensor and I don't remember there being a large swing like that....even at idle it cycles almost a full point back and forth. Maybe this is normal and im just stoopid - but I never noticed it logging the stock sensor.
I have a zeitronix wideband
I have a zeitronix wideband
Yea that is what I thought would be normal.....mines seems to be quite excessive. What are the ML / BL settings you are using? doubt if that would have anything to do with it though.
My analog vs. serial are very close when logging.
Could a grounding issue cause it I wonder? I have it grounded where I had my LC-1 grounded and when I used the patch with the ole LC-1 it cycled similar to yours...
My analog vs. serial are very close when logging.
Could a grounding issue cause it I wonder? I have it grounded where I had my LC-1 grounded and when I used the patch with the ole LC-1 it cycled similar to yours...
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I was going to ask how the patch works with trims and if, by putting lean cells in cruise, I'm likely to be just pulling a bunch of fuel with LTFT Mid or if there is something smarter going on here. If that is the case I will probably lean out everything under the closed loop portion quite a bit more.
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I was going to ask how the patch works with trims and if, by putting lean cells in cruise, I'm likely to be just pulling a bunch of fuel with LTFT Mid or if there is something smarter going on here. If that is the case I will probably lean out everything under the closed loop portion quite a bit more.
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Did you wind up just replacing the pump filter or the secondary filter (on the passenger side) also? I noticed how little time it took for razorlab to clog his and I've been pushing the E85 for about 7k miles now (35k total on the car). I was curious of their condition but hadn't noticed any lean areas yet at WOT (though I'm running 100%+ dc at redline). I figured I would just check next summer if a double pumper winds up in my tank
Did you wind up just replacing the pump filter or the secondary filter (on the passenger side) also? I noticed how little time it took for razorlab to clog his and I've been pushing the E85 for about 7k miles now (35k total on the car). I was curious of their condition but hadn't noticed any lean areas yet at WOT (though I'm running 100%+ dc at redline). I figured I would just check next summer if a double pumper winds up in my tank

How much of a swing do you guys see when cruising at part throttle....Currently I have my map set for 16.4 in the cruise areas (e85) and It goes from 15.4 to 17ish and cycles back and forth. I have logged the stock sensor and I don't remember there being a large swing like that....even at idle it cycles almost a full point back and forth. Maybe this is normal and im just stoopid - but I never noticed it logging the stock sensor.
I have a zeitronix wideband
I have a zeitronix wideband
I have mine before the cat as well, its at 12 o clock right where the firewall is (near tc drain plug). It just seems it swings much more than my old lc-1 did using the patch, and the same bung location. Guess it could just be the zietronix unit itself...
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My guess is that its more the location. The closer you can get it to the exhaust port, the less time delay for an exhaust pulse to reach the sensor.
My sensor is after my test pipe, so pretty far back. I think I may try and weld a bung in the middle of the DP right after the oil pan. Just to help with quicker response.
I notice that when I log the AFR the events seem to be delayd by about 2 lines from all other logged items.
I notice that when I log the AFR the events seem to be delayd by about 2 lines from all other logged items.


