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VF Tuner 3UR Support - Development Tools

Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by OVTune, Apr 25, 2019.

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  1. Nov 11, 2020 at 8:02 AM
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    Ok, thanks! No rush, just making sure.
     
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    2020 Tundra will be supported next week (beta)
     
  3. Nov 11, 2020 at 11:03 AM
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    If we have purchased the tune what has to be done to add the vF Tuner?
     
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    What is this scheduling thing? Scheduling for what? What happens on the schedule day? Data logs, confirmation the tune and the features all work? Just curious. Never heard of this before. Thanks.
     
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    it's only for folks who still need attention done to their tunes. Yes we setup a day where we go back and forth, files, logs, files and logs until completed. Takes about 2-3 hours
     
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  6. Nov 12, 2020 at 6:15 AM
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    There are parameters to scan that check for knock and pre knock... its actually kind of complicated with Toyota compared to say, GM... but there ARE things we can scan and watch for changes. (Knock Learn and Knock Correct for example).
    On my SC Tundra the factory knock settings are doing a pretty decent job on managing knock/ping as long as I am keeping the fuel good.

    For fuel/AFR.. I assume you are supercharged. We want to try and stay at the ECM's most lean "readable" number...0.81 Lambda. That's the equivalent of 11.9 AFR which is actually more lean than we want, but the ecm wont read any richer than that on the stock wideband. 10:1= 0.81... 11:1= 0.81.... 11.9:1= 0.81... 12.05:1= 0.82.... and on up. So stay at 0.81 and you are at least 11.9:1

    If you have an aftermarket wideband (HIGHLY recommended), I would suggest to shoot for between 11:1 and 11.5:1. Some aftermarket tuners have said as rich as 10:1.

    Tundras have very tight clearance on the ring lands and if they get too hot we have major problems when they swell. So even though a lot of vehicles are happy at 12.5:1... we need to stay a little "wetter" to keep those cool and where they belong.
     
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    what’s the “shoot for” on factory sensor and wide band for non sc? Wish I was in the sc club but nope!
     
  8. Nov 12, 2020 at 12:47 PM
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    Gotcha. Sorry man. I just assumed. Ive actually never tuned a normal aspirated vehicle. Ever since I started it was always a SC so I cant say for certain... probably in the 12.5:1 area though.

    Keep in mind thats just a GUESS with absolutely NO actual experience on it! ;)
     
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    Matt...I have been trying to reach out of you with replies in regards to the Nov. 7 meeting...you mentioned in this thread you have experienced messages, etc. going to the spam folder...could this be a case in my case? It's been over 3 days since reply so just checking in...
     
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    For personal reference with my wideband, on both the TRD and OV tunes I can see as rich as 9.8:1 at full throttle. At low elevation (like <2000ft) I can get pinging on pump gas, though according to my boost gauge I can potentially see over 10psi at that elevation. That's good to know that running that rich is actually beneficial to some extent.
     
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    *** nevermind I think I found you
     
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    I emailed you on zen desk for an appointment. 0CD33. Thanks.
     
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    How loud/noticeable is ping? With radio on or windows open could you still hear it. Do you need to be listening for it or is it blatantly clear!
     
  14. Nov 13, 2020 at 8:58 PM
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    I've experienced ping in two vehicles, the tundra and a jet ski I built. Same sound for both. It's almost like sand rattling around. I wouldn't say it's loud, but it's loud enough to hear over the engine when you're getting on it. I don't remember music being on, or at least not overly loud. I think if you can hear the blower whine, you'll hear the pinging sound. It's not like a definitive "oh that's ping" sound when you first hear it, you'd kind of think pinging would be a clear cut banging sound or something, but really each of those little tings like a grain of sand hitting something (like if you've sand blasted before) is a cylinder pinging and of course that's happening thousands of times a minute so it's this jumble of little tinging noises. Loud? No. Noticeable noise that shouldn't be there? Yes. Easiest way to tell is music off and floor it through one or two gears (with some speed so you don't get tire squealing) and see if the engine sounds normal.
     
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    On a separate note maybe someone can clarify this, knock (pinging) happens when the ecu can't retard the timing any further correct? The ecu is always trying to run as advanced as possible and will retard to prevent knock, but I assume it eventually can't retard any further (like 0deg or something) and when the engine starts knocking and the ecu can't further correct it is when it starts pinging/knocking. People always say the ecu will retard to prevent knock, but obviously that doesn't always work.
     
  16. Nov 14, 2020 at 6:19 AM
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    FWIW... some of you guys with boost related detonation may want to consider a progressive meth injection system.
    I used kits from www.alkycontrol.com years ago in my boosted Vette and 2 different Buick Grand Nationals.
    I was running 12psi in the Vette and 28psi in the GN's... all on 93 octane + meth.
     
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    You're kind of correct... At least in the ballpark.

    Ping/Knock is the fuel igniting earlier than it is supposed to. This happens when we have heat, pressure, and volitile fuel.

    We can reduce that by reducing heat (intercoolers, water injection), reducing pressure (less advance, less boost), or making the fuel less volitile (higher octane, methanol injection).

    As far as the ecm.... Different manufacturers manage it differently.

    GM has spark advance (+) to add and knock retard (-) to take away when it thinks there's detonation or soon-to-be detonation.

    Toyota has a very complex formula to calculate the current spark.. it's literally like 5 things that it scans and calculated... But, included in there IS a form of timing pulling when it hears or predicts ping/knock.

    And yes, if you've taken out all you can.. And still having ping/knock... that's not good at all.

    That being said, we want to tune the engine to NOT NEED to pull it at all.

    Typically if you're pulling timing to reduce knock, then you're likely leaving some power on the table.

    Example: Instead of tuning for 20 degrees, getting knock, and ecm pulling 4.. (16 net).... we'd be better off tuning for 17 or 18 and getting no knock/reduction at all.

    Every truck is different obviously... Those numbers are just an example.

    Best thing we can do is scan and retune to find that happy place on each vehicle.
     
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    So when I go to low elevation and can get knock. I'm running whatever the highest available octane is (91/93) which is what the tune is setup for, and I have the intercooler in the blower obviously to try and reduce temperature, so when it starts to knock the only options left is less advance and/or less boost. So I assume once I hear it pinging that all the advance has been pulled at that point, so doesn't that mean regardless of how the tune is setup that it would be knocking under those conditions? I guess that's really my question, if you can hear it knocking then the ecm has done all it can to try and stop it but the octane/boost/intake temperature is exceeding the limits that the ecm has control over right? For example if I had a tune for 85 octane but was running 93 octane, wouldn't it still end up knocking with the same setup since it would pull the advance to 0 in both cases?

    And by extension of that, why are there different tunes for different octane levels? Shouldn't the ecm be trying to run as much advance as possible and once it senses knock it pulls back a bit? Isn't it always trying to ride the line of being on the edge of knock? So why tune for different octane if the ecm can adjust for it?

    This isn't some big issue for me, I just don't give it all the boosty bois the handful of times I drive to a low elevation state, I'm just curious about the technicalities and I also just fired up a freshly built supercharged LS in my buggy so will be tuning for all this shit in the near future. Thanks for the explanations!
     
  19. Nov 17, 2020 at 8:42 PM
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    A follow on question, which got me thinking from the other supercharging thread you just posted in firemandan, is why do you need to tune for the injectors? Shouldn't the ecu just self adjust for it? It's shooting for whatever afr, and if it has huge injectors then shouldn't it just decrease the amount of time they're open and if you have small injectors it needs to keep them open longer? It seems like a lot (or a couple main) variables would be automatically accounted for just by the ecu trying to shoot for certain parameters (like not knocking, shooting for a target afr, etc.). Is the ecu not capable of figuring that stuff out so it needs to be tuned and told the specifics? Or is it's band of self tuning just really narrow or some other reason?
     
  20. Nov 18, 2020 at 6:44 AM
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    The way the ECU works is when it is not knocking, the ECU will learn "up" the advance and can increase ignition (based on the KCS/ KCLV), then when it knocks it will reduce. So the ECUs ignition strategy is to always find the point of knock and reduce from, which makes ignition as efficient as it can be.

    When tuning, you want to keep the ignition a few degrees short of where actual knock will occur. This leaves the ECU it's room to use it's strategy, but also leaves enough room for the ECU to correct back. If you tune ot the ragged edge of knock, then the ECU can't use it's strategy effective and you'll always be on the knock limit.

    So getting some knock on occasion is completely normal.
    Getting consistent knock, in the same RPM range, same load, which can be easily repeated (say you knock at 4000 RPM every time you floor it) then that's a problem.






    The ECU can only adjust so far. Combine LFT and SFT is the maximum it can trim.
    But the ECU cannot adequately trim out low PW on huge injectors, on top of that it is always using the "Math" for the stock injectors, and will continually be wrong, will run rich, try to correct, and try to correct. it will put it in an endless loop of the entire mathematical formula for calculating fuel wrong, and the ECU is really not THAT good at learning and trimming it.
     
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    89663-0CAA43 is now supported in vF Tuner For testing, once all good we start releasing all ECUs

    0CK70 for the Tundra 4.6L is also available
     
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    Looks like Matt got most of your questions but I'll add my 2 cents too.

    On the octane and 85 vs 93 tune question, (and building on what we already talked about with knock)
    A 93 tune would basically be calling for more total advance than an 85 tune. The higher octane would be able to hopefully allow the extra spark, and therefore extra power... Because of the better octane.

    As far as the injectors, that theory IS correct.. in regular driving mode (closed loop).
    That's exactly why some people throw in, say, 550 injectors and are ok at cruise... The injectors give way more fuel, the 02 sensors say "pull fuel"... You get -25 fuel trim corrections.. everything's kinda still ok...
    BUT... When you go wide open, the vehicle enters "open loop" mode where it does not use the O2 sensors anymore.
    It uses a few other calculations and charts based on expected fuel need... And this is why you want to have the injectors that match those calculations, as Matt said.

    In theory, you'll be getting more fuel then it thinks.. So that's better than less. But you really don't want to just be guessing. Kinda like taking an axe into surgery, instead of a scalpel.
     
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    Hey guys/gals.

    We are expecting to have the rest of the Tundra ECUs finished up for release in vF Tuner at the end of this month.
    At the same time when released, we will be releasing our tune packs again (which come with open / editable / customizable / tunes from us).

    Direct shift and gearlock on certain ecus are TBD, but will be free in vF tuner of course.
    If you bought our flash kit, you can upgrade to vF Tuner for free.

    We will be scheduling more 1 on 1s again monday

    thank you everyone.
     
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    17 ECUs (17 calibration IDs, not 2017 ECUs specifically) to be released in vF Tuner Monday for beta support.


    We are happy to announce worlds first, beta support for Tundra 4.7L coming at the same time.
     
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    I assume the tundra tune packs will be similar to the Tacoma tune packs?

    Are the alternator controls added into vF yet for the newer tundras?
     
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    Yep, same style. Premade tunes that are open and editable.

    Unfortunately it doesn't look like the ECU controls the alternator in the Tundra like it does in the tacoma.
     
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    Very pleased with my latest tune, shifting is spot on. Did not have alot of time to try out the S mode and gear lock but they seemed to work great and looking forward to using the VF tuner. It would be great to do a 1 on 1 with you but i wont be home due to personnel shortages till after X- mass. Would also like to know if you or anyone would have a suggestion for larger injectors (if needed) and a good AFR / boost meter for my 2016 flex.
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    Great to hear and stay safe during this time, with the virus and political atmosphere.

    Bigger injectors are definitely NOT recommended unless you are supercharged and running out of fuel. Stock Injectors are more than capable for any / all Bolt on mods
     
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