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tunertech 08-15-2012 10:03 PM

+1

1 bar or 2 bar sensor? Is the flag set?

KO Engine off MAP SB about 98 to 99 KPA


Originally Posted by Griswald (Post 3755140)
35kpa at idle? What is it with just the key on and what is the elevation/altitude where you are?


Trash 08-15-2012 10:07 PM


Originally Posted by Griswald (Post 3755140)
35kpa at idle? What is it with just the key on and what is the elevation/altitude where you are?

+2

For reference at roughly 700' MSL I'm running right around 50-52 kPa. At Lake Powell 3660' MSL I was running closer to 45 kPa at idle.

35 kPa seems a little extreme.

yellowjacket 08-15-2012 10:27 PM


Originally Posted by Trash (Post 3755132)
That is some good info to start with. The first thing that comes to mind is your MTX-L needs to be recalibrated. Follow the instructions and make sure you pull the wide-band sensor OUT of the exhaust and free air calibrate the sensor. Don't get lazy and calibrate it installed as it can skew the calibration.

I'm running about 2.39 BPW on a 377 at 700 rpm with a 13.5ish AFR on a warm motor. Your 2.5 value should not be giving you an 11.0 AFR at idle on a big block. My initial suspicion is your wide band is out of calibration giving you bogus numbers. The fact that you make a small change and it leans out and dies leads me to believe your 11.0 AFR at idle may actually be 14.7 or higher. Mine starts idle rough and want to die when it gets above 15.0, and usually quits when it hits the 17.0 range.

I'll crunch through some of the numbers and have a back up plan if the MTX is indeed functioning properly. My other concern is the value difference between 4 cells in the idle region.

Calibration could be off but I do know and adhere to the calibration process. I accidentally disconnected the MTX-L under power two days ago so I recalibrated by pulling sensor out of manifold and recalibrating. O2 sensor was covered in soot (supporting rich reading), don't know if that will screw up reading or not.

BTW I smell partially burned gas at idle

yellowjacket 08-15-2012 11:12 PM


Originally Posted by Griswald (Post 3755140)
35kpa at idle? What is it with just the key on and what is the elevation/altitude where you are?

On the boat now, key on MAP (2atm MAP sensor) shows 98.6kpa

Elevation is Chicago area about 500ft

yellowjacket 08-15-2012 11:14 PM


Originally Posted by tunertech (Post 3755158)
+1

1 bar or 2 bar sensor? Is the flag set?

KO Engine off MAP SB about 98 to 99 KPA

New 2 bar MAP sensor. Flag is set. KO Engine off MAP is 98.6kpa

Trash 08-16-2012 12:50 AM

How lean does the MTX-L go when it dies?

I have the same wide-band system and I don't believe the soot will be a factor. I've had mine as rich as 10.8 at idle on baseline tuning and the wide band didn't give me one problem, motor wasn't happy but it did sound like a top fuel motor:)

Let's assume then the wide band system is calibrated correctly. I can't see how a 2.5 bpw will give you an 11.0 reading. We need to figure out this issue before things move forward.

The 35 kPa seems off to me. That's heavy vacuum from my experience. I would think it should be closer to 50ish.

Correct .xdf file in TunerPro?

Looking at your table values you have plenty of fidelity left to make small BPW changes and thus AFR changes. I have to drive a 42lb injector from 2.2 all the way to 4.0+ to get the AFR from 13.7 or so down to 10.8, therefore your min change should not go from 11.0 to lean stall. Does your IAC surge a lot?

Griswald 08-16-2012 01:05 AM

I would think 50kpa is a bit off, too. I run a decent cam in my motor, same elevation (650ftamsl) and I'm in the 70s at idle. Could there be a vacuum leak somewhere?

Trash 08-16-2012 05:20 PM


Originally Posted by Griswald (Post 3755237)
I would think 50kpa is a bit off, too. I run a decent cam in my motor, same elevation (650ftamsl) and I'm in the 70s at idle. Could there be a vacuum leak somewhere?

I'm not sure of the variance in idle MAP between motors but I'm right at 50-52 kPa. Perhaps we should verify which MAP reading we're talking about, MAP, 1st ATM Map or 2nd ATM Map.

It just seems odd that a 2.5ish BPW is giving an 11:1 AFR on a 454. Regardless, don't you feel he has plenty of fidelity left on the BPW/MAP table to get the idle AFR dialed in? I think he does but something else is amiss.

Griswald 08-16-2012 07:19 PM

I do, and as mentioned above, there may need to be some adjustments made to the surrounding cells.

Yellowjacket - would you be willing to email your bin file? I'd like to have a look at it for grins.

tunertech 08-16-2012 07:52 PM

table resolution
 
A little data to move your discovery

BPW - RPM vs MAP

0 - 15

This is a stock 454 Mag on the MEFI2

RUN FUEL vs MAP and RPM

RPM MAP
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
5200 3.66 3.54 4.94 6.04 7.87 8.73 10.62 10.19
4800 3.66 3.54 4.70 6.41 7.69 8.91 9.70 11.47
4400 3.60 3.91 5.00 6.53 7.81 9.16 10.19 11.72
4000 3.54 4.21 5.37 6.59 8.00 9.22 10.68 12.21
3600 3.48 4.39 5.62 6.71 8.18 9.52 10.62 12.82
3200 3.42 4.70 5.92 6.90 8.12 9.40 10.50 12.39
2800 3.36 4.52 5.80 7.08 8.24 9.28 10.31 12.02
2400 3.30 4.03 5.13 6.41 7.45 8.73 10.01 11.41
2000 3.23 4.27 5.49 6.59 7.63 8.73 9.95 11.11
1600 3.17 4.09 5.31 6.16 7.32 8.48 9.70 11.11
1200 3.11 4.09 5.25 6.29 7.51 8.61 9.64 11.23
1000 2.99 3.85 4.94 6.10 7.20 8.18 9.40 10.99
800 2.81 3.72 4.82 5.86 6.90 8.00 9.28 10.74
600 2.56 3.54 4.33 5.37 6.23 7.63 8.79 10.50


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