Hi all,

Can someone explain how I can tune a turbo after installation?

I hear a lot of talk about taking the car to a dyno and tuning it, and I was wondering how it is done. I think after reading a lot of threads that the most important thing to tune is the A/F ratio and timing.

Thanks,
Az

 

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Use the search feature. Try to search under a/f ratios, and timing control.

These are the two major issues in any FI tuning. There are several ways to address these issues including piggyback systems, ecu flashes, injectors and aux fuel pumps. Judging by your wish list, you have read alot. Add to the list a J&S Timing Control and a Tecnosquare ECU reflash and you are in business!

 

Thanks,

I'm doing more reading, but the thing is that we don't have dynos here and my best shoot would be to learn how to it myself and then have the tools to do it.

As I read I have noticed that the most important issue is the A/R and timing as you have mentioned and I trying to lean how to tune the ECU.

Az

 

If you plan on tuning it your self you will need to buy a piggyback of somesort that controls timing and a/f and then use a wideband for the a/f ratio of 11.8 to 12 for FI apllications and for timing make sure you take out up to at least 8 degrees at redline (depending on type of fuel, climate and amout of boost your planning to run). Its not an easy task and becareful a bad tune can cost you an engine.

 

p.s you won't be able to run 1 with 15 on you wish list. the compression will be to high

 

I know, 1 and 15 will not work, but if you use a 8.5:1 pistons and use those heads it should pull it up to around 9.5:1 which is OK, however, I did not see any advantage reading about the heads till now.

On the other hand, do you recomend any piggyback or ECU?

Thanks for the info

PS: I read a lot about A/R and I think I do understand the works, however, the timimg I need to do more reading. Do you have any link I can go to? to learn how it works and why we should do it and so on.

 

The GReddy e-manage is a nice piggyback unit. It has support for timing retard and fuel control. And if you have the greddy e-01 boost controller you can tune the emanage with it. It's a great combo. If your going with a blower a boost controller is of no use to you, so you could use the greddy support software to tune the emanage with a laptop.

I have not used the emanage yet, It's coming with my TT kit. The e-01 is installed and seems to be a killer unit. I won't really know untill I install the e-manage becuase the e-01 gets a lot of it's data from the emanage unit. At least thats how I am setting it up. The emanage and e-01 can work independant of eash other just fine, but they work well togeather.

 

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Thanks,

Az

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