Xcal3?

***88Racing*** · #1 Tue, May 26th, 2009, 05:44 PM

Are there any possiblities when using xcal3 canned tunes and a cai of running lean? From 97-03? 04-08?

Lars

***Jackpine*** · #2 Tue, May 26th, 2009, 06:03 PM

Lars, I know your question is really directed at Bill, but don't you think that any tune written for a stock setup is going to have problems when faced with a non-stock intake? There's no way a canned tune programmer can recognize the presence of a "different" MAF sensor environment.

- Jack

***88Racing*** · #3 Tue, May 26th, 2009, 06:22 PM

Jack that kinda is what I am getting at with this question. That canned tunes no matter who the mfg is cannot account for a cai. Right?

Lars

***Jackpine*** · #4 Tue, May 26th, 2009, 07:39 PM

I honestly can't see how they could, Lars - but, of course, there's only one real expert here, and it's not me. :o

- Jack

***Power Hungry*** · #5 Tue, May 26th, 2009, 10:19 PM

Correct, gentlemen. Canned is canned, no matter how you slice 'em.

***88Racing*** · #6 Tue, May 26th, 2009, 11:17 PM

The only reason I proposed this question is the problems sml175 on f150online was having. Then I asked if he had a cai, the answer was no? Now here's the next one, can a canned tune be to lean? Or be to conservative? Or is there more info that is not forth coming?

Lars

***88Racing*** · #7 Wed, May 27th, 2009, 10:03 AM

Like Paul Harvey used to say "and now the rest of the story".

Turns out sml175's problem began at the stock program level added a tuner to make it better???

The stock program was the culprit not the hand held. Kinda felt like Jack and Bill for awhile not getting all the info up front is kinda frustrating.

Lars

***Jackpine*** · #8 Wed, May 27th, 2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 88Racing

Like Paul Harvey used to say "and now the rest of the story".

Turns out sml175's problem began at the stock program level added a tuner to make it better???

The stock program was the culprit not the hand held. Kinda felt like Jack and Bill for awhile not getting all the info up front is kinda frustrating.

Lars

It IS frustrating when you're blundering around in the dark, isn't it?

But, all this discussion has brought up a question that has been in the back of my mind for a while. I guess this is to the Mad Doctor too.

If a lean problem is seen in "open loop", i.e., WOT (in most cases), would increasing the WOT fuel have any beneficial effect? I guess what I'm asking here is does an increase in WOT fuel uniformly lower the A/F ratio across the open loop table? Or, does it just somehow make more fuel (if needed) potentially available, maybe at or near max rpm?

***Power Hungry*** · #9 Fri, May 29th, 2009, 01:51 AM

Open loop doesn't always have to occur at WOT. There are functions that control open loop based on a number of different factors, most particularly load.

The WOT multiplier controls how far the fuel adjustment can go in order to achieve desired AFR for peak torque. This is more of a limiter in the sense that it won't allow any fuel adjustment beyond a certain point. Outside of that, the main fuel tables are what offer final adjustment of open loop fuel while the MAF sensor provides the air mass values to the PCM so the PCM can have a base to maintain the target AFR of 14.64:1 in closed loop. Short and long term fuel trims take care of everything else.

***Jackpine*** · #10 Fri, May 29th, 2009, 09:22 AM

I knew Open Loop didn't mean just WOT, but I guess I WAS confusing the two when I talked about WOT fuel, wasn't I? Sorry bout that!

Isn't there a limit of some sort on the possible adjustment available in the Closed Loop fuel trims? In other words, if things are badly out of adjustment, it may not be possible to achieve the desired A/F ratio? I seem to remember reading this somewhere.

- Jack