Roland@pcmtec

Long shot but you might be able to make it run in batch fire mode and hack up the speed density table multipliers to get the load values reasonable. If I was retired and single I would try random stuff like this for fun. Actually a very good idea. They also have PWM from the VCT you might be able to repurpose. Probably not the cheapest way to do this if you value your time though but I suspect you could definitely make it work, might need to play with firing order and crank trigger settings thought. edit: Last mad idea is you can control power with the following quite dramatically using the following: Spark timing, lambda and throttle. Make a multi tune, see how low you can get the power with a funky looking throttle curve, then start adding fuel and pulling timing to get the desired power levels. I've seen Palm Beach Dyno drop a 900hp twin turbo 5.0 running an external boost controller down to about 550hp doing this, granted they also had VCT to play with but its an option.

Not possible unfortunately. The drivers do not exist on the board.

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Custom Machine Works will do a mail order tune for you. It is their secret sauce though, I don't think they will be willing to share as it took them a long time to figure it out. Another method is to buy a CANBarra module.

Find your pcm strategy in the strategy browser, then load the tcm file that matches it in. If the tcm is from an FG and the pcm is from a BF or vice versa you will need to contact Whiteford, Custom Machine Works or BPR to get the TCM os reprogrammed.

www.pcmtec.com/workshops You can't just change settings like this blindly without mechanically inspecting the car first. The boost cut might be the only thing stopping a rod from playing peek a boo

Post a video! There are only a few thing a that make me grin like a kid at Christmas, rolling antilag, and discovering chatgpt can 10x my programming ability, it is like the best assistant ever. Happy Sunday!

Datalog cam angle error. If it's more than a few degrees that is your culprit. Also excessively low spark timing at idle suggests an air leak. Check the simple stuff out first m also obviously do a DTC scan with Forscan. I haven't had a chance to check your logs so apologies if you have already tried this. If all of this is good then check your oil pressure. Low oil pressure to the head will cause the VCT to fail to control to setpoint. Heavy valve springs will exasperate this issue. If it is better when cold or with a thicker oil this leads credence to this theory. Also make sure your cams haven't skipped a tooth, this will make the VCT have you work harder. I'm not a mechanic so take everything I say with a grain of salt.

Fg it is possible. BA BF it makes the car drivability awful. There are already some threads on this if you do a search.

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Whenever the ve of the engine is affected both need adjusting. Eg a turbo change, cam or exhaust.

Something else you could try is massively leaning/richening it during shifts almost to the misfire limit. This coupled with spark retard may give you what you are after. Eg try 1.2 or 0.6 lambda.

It's not even remotely possible. External controller is the only way.

The software is only part of the puzzle. You need the calibration files, bootloaders and templates that basically tell it how and what to do. The software on its own is not usually very useful as its designed in a generic manner for many applications.

Its done via Kline and requires special software which is not publicly available.

I believe Daryl actually had a BF tcm not an FG and was mislead. You need to get the TCM converted by someone like Whiteford. It's not possible using our software afaik.

Yes absolutely. You will run out of injector if the car is stock though.

The cruise control logic is fairly complex. There may be an auto up shift if throttle or load goes to zero. Can you log shift map, throttle, load, vehicle speed, rpm and oss on high priority when this happens? I'm sure there will be some development settings for this. Edit: These won't fix your problem but might point you in the area you need to go looking to fix the issue

Thanks a lot for this bill. Will get it sorted this week.

A few tuners have tried and all agree that it never really works. One with a big power zf (600kw) used a multitune and did it in one tune only for the drags. It worked OK at full throttle, but part throttle sucked.

The resolution doesn't have anything to do with it. It will still interpolate the timing and peg at the 1.2 load. At half throttle or low boost it will be less punchy than it could be if the tuning was optimised for the part load. Its possible you had knock control kicking in previously in the midrange and it wasnt adding the timing back until later than it could have. That could explain why less timing at 1.0 load means you can get more at full boost (what turbo and load do you have) Have you done a map trace of knock vs load on the previous map and the current one?

Make sure you do not turn off over boost or tmap protection as well. This will save your engine.

I don't think the system gain of an internal gate is similar enough to an external for it to work. I'm not sure how configurable the black box is, maybe if it lets you tune all the PID gains it would work.

That is good news!

The decimal places in the bottom left of the Log section. Have a read of the datalogger manual for more information under the help menu.