Driving my car as a daily I am getting real bad fuel consumption.I mean REAL bad..
Ok, Getz chicky still tries me every day and I have to at least beat her on my way home so sometimes its a trailing throttle building up gentle boost to just just pull ahead without all the drama. I enjoy her, full of spunk, giving it horns every time we meet..so, yes. I do gee it a couple of times here and there.
BUT, I have also not been happy with all sorts of things regarding response and engine pickup.
Driving her back from Paarl I was impressed with the mapping as in how smooth it was all over and she actually was not bad driving .
Now, when I come across a map like this I have a look, save it for emergency fcukups and then start playing. I have been playing a lot but something still was not right in the response area.. Pick up was also lacking..Last night I leave for home and connect the laptop., basically throw caution to the wind and start setting "my" preferred timing and fueling map. Timing for response and pickup-especially into boost between full throttle n/a and about 0.5 Bar..previously this was set at 19 degrees , I had picked it up to 22 deg conservatively but last night kept it at n/a levels. ie: 37 deg sloping down to 25 deg at 1.2 bar .
Faaark ! To say I really enjoyed my dive into work this morning is a gross under statement...!
The pick up even in first gear is spectacular. The pickup at highway speeds is phenomenal by comparison to the previous setup which I thought was pretty good.
Ok, it was a drive to work of about 25 Kays only , it may be a damp squid later on after a few drives but I dont think sooooo....
On the down side I also leaned things out at the bottom end for cruising. This resulted in a serious popping of the exhaust on over run..with lurid flames from the exhaust as I was driving through Edenvale town and noticing the yellow glow in the shop windows ! Lekker for showing off and swinging your dick but not good for numerous reasons. Went back to the extreme vac area on the map and found my rich running region ! 2.2 ms on 650 cc injectors on overun will give you vlamme by the dozen !
Funny thing is the Lambda sensor was NOT telling me this ! Strange, makes me wary of the sensor so I will replace it today with a new one. For shits and giggles I will also fit my Innovate setup to do comparative monitoring..
I have already been asked by some RB owners for the maps I have done. I will make these available to the forum as soon as I have finished (haha!!) with the maps and am happy with the results.
No expectations given or expected , just my little effort in making my car better for ME..but you are welcome to try and criticize, constructively and perhaps with a cumulative input we can nail this all down..for std. engines at least...
