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  • suspencefulS
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    suspenceful
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    #396

    Hell yeah! I got caught up on the same thing with my Miata at some point.

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    • YoungCRY
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      Wow that's interesting. But hey who reads manuals right?

      Chris Young
      BMWCCA #458972
      1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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        My hero

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        • GunMetalGreyG
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          I got to drive my own car for the first time in 2 years, feels good bro. 
          It's amazing what a difference the correct firing order makes....
          Tuning started, and I have it okay up to about 5900rpm. 
          No video, but it does move pretty good at 6psi...

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          • GunMetalGreyG
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            #400

            Added more timing, and more power came with it!

            I hope I am not destroying my clutch lol , breaking it in easy is not an option!

            Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2

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              So from yesterdays conversation.

              There are two places where intake temps can cause a lean condition which may affect your idle. It probably isnt the reason your idle is hunting but its something to be aware of

              matcorrectionbobi.jpg?t=1293264325

              ^^This one mostly depends on the type of temp. sensor you have, or you can use it to manipulate the signal to make things work how you want them to while disregarding its actual purpose (a last resort on some builds where heatsoaked sensors are unavoidable)

              ScreenHunter02+Oct.+13+19.01.jpg

              ^^ This theoretically should stay at 100%, I have mine set to 70 and it works quite nicely. If i drove my car all 4 seasons then I would want it set to 100 but my intake temperature range only varies between 60 to 100 during the year (rather than -15 to 100)

              I believe low-Z injectors are supposed to provide better idle characteristics when using large injectors. Id try refining the idle portion of the VE table a little more.

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              • GunMetalGreyG
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                I will look into the MAT correction, when it revs up on idle it cuts fuel and hits a 22.4 AFR and then drops back down and does it again. 
                I am running High-Z injectors now, and boy are they big.... I know the VE Table is all relevant to Req Fuel but my Req Fuel is 3.3 and my idle values in the VE table are around 30, I think I have enough overhead for more power...
                I am trying to get it on the road as much as possible to get the tuning knocked out to hopefully make it to a meet! 

                Side note, my stealthy-ness didn't work. The car is loud, the turbo is amazingly loud, and so is the BOV. Went past Jason's (forum browser, Dinan M5) house yesterday and let it spool up a bit, he mentioned that I could have left my intercooler black because "I'm not fooling anybody". Oh well. Always room for a muffler if I feel the need.

                Snap: What IAT sensor are you using?

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                  haha! way to blow your cover. 

                  Like most, I am using the GM open element "fast response" IAT

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                  • GunMetalGreyG
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                    As am I, I shall try the ~70% trick

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                      Where is your sensor located? 

                      I had mine in the position of the factory AFM and heat soaked pretty bad, I have it just behind the driver fog light now and its very stable/predictable/accurate/whatever

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                      • GunMetalGreyG
                        GunMetalGreyG
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                        #406

                        aircorrectionzps22558a21.jpg

                        This is the table that I have, I do not have any options for scaling. Suggestions?
                        IMG20140716170834686zps1844b3b1.jpg

                        The IAT sensor looks like it it part of the power steering fluid cap in this picture, its about 4 inches from the TB

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                          Thats a damn good looking engine bay

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                            I would strongly suggest relocating the IAT sensor. 
                            How you would use that table for Ideal Gas Law correction is, with a properly tuned VE table, you will log data under normal conditions and expect to see the fuel adders (gair/ gego etc) stay at or very near 100% Then while driving in a different temperature, log again (low speed, in town, hot day type driving) , if your mixture is lean  because gair is something other than 100% and all other fuel adders are at or near 100% then you would reduce the effect of the ideal gas law in the fueling equation  (drag the blue node down at the corresponding MAT) if it is for some reason richer than it should be you would drag the node up. 

                            If there is a default setting that came with the firmware I would probably leave it at that and worry more about the IAT sensor location, but if you think the sensor is in a decent location then plug away at logging until the fuel adders  until gego is at 100%.   

                            if gair is at 100% then that means the ideal gas law consideration is being ignored completely, you should only have gair at 100% near ~75F (standard temperature and pressure from chemistry class)    gair can be ___% at a different temperature, and as long as gego is 100% then you are setup right and in good hands.

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                            • EarlE
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                              ^ o_0

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                              • GunMetalGreyG
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                                That is all good and dandy and easy enough to mess around with but obviously my base issue is heat soak. So that being said I may investigate getting the IAT sensor into the plastic manifold (less thermal conductivity) and then create a small heat shield for the sensor. I will play with some MS settings for now to attempt to "put a band aid" on the problem.

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                                  If you run VEAL you can just set a custom filter  such as  "mat>90" so that it rejects any data collected with an intake temp over 90 degrees.

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                                  • GunMetalGreyG
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                                    That would be a good idea. 
                                    I need to figure something out because when the IAT heatsoaks I get a nasty idle surge. That or it is caused by something else, but it won't surge idle on startup, only after driving.

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                                    • GunMetalGreyG
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                                      Did some driving yesterday, leaned out my AFR's a bit and suddenly it is super smooth. Still trying to figure out timing, and what it wants. Got rid of most of the idle surge!

                                      Session had to be cut short after I saw the oil temp gauge, 260 degrees is not okay.

                                      Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2

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                                      • GunMetalGreyG
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                                        Took the E30 to the shop yesterday, its nice to be able to drive it through the city, but it was not without headache. I need an oil cooler pronto!
                                        Few shots from the infamous Mr. Spence
                                        153881997323058ab9bb7b.jpgBen's Turbo E30 by Jake Spence Photo, on Flickr

                                        1520217419020ed31c6d6b.jpgBen's Turbo E30 by Jake Spence Photo, on Flickr

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                                        • suspencefulS
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                                          #415

                                          Cool pics ;)

                                          It was nice to see the car and new shop.

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