Lean AFRs on transition, Accel increase table !?
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:05 pm
I run E85 (ethanol) since 2007 on Z32, and now, with the background I have, I'm looking for the perfection
I run my timing maps at the limit of knock (E85 takes it without any trouble) but I would like to solve an issue I have more or less since the beginning.
I run quite lean values when cruising (typically AFR 16-17) to save fuel, not a problem with E85 too or about driveability, and AFR 11.5-12 on full boost.
Now, if I floor suddenly the throttle, TP increases quickly and I have too much lean values in this transition meaning the ECU is vuluntarily retarding timing and it keeps doing so till the full boost is reached (ECU is conservative, if light knock is detected in TP mid-range, timing is retarded during all the acceleration even if no more knock ...)
On the other hand, if I go "through" the TP range when accelerating (so more smoothly), at the same point, the AFR values are not lean.
So this is just a problem of very quick transition and typically the role of the famous "Acceleration increase volume" table.
I don't know where this table is on Z32 (I know it on CA18DET) and how this could help my problem of transitional values.
I run my timing maps at the limit of knock (E85 takes it without any trouble) but I would like to solve an issue I have more or less since the beginning.
I run quite lean values when cruising (typically AFR 16-17) to save fuel, not a problem with E85 too or about driveability, and AFR 11.5-12 on full boost.
Now, if I floor suddenly the throttle, TP increases quickly and I have too much lean values in this transition meaning the ECU is vuluntarily retarding timing and it keeps doing so till the full boost is reached (ECU is conservative, if light knock is detected in TP mid-range, timing is retarded during all the acceleration even if no more knock ...)
On the other hand, if I go "through" the TP range when accelerating (so more smoothly), at the same point, the AFR values are not lean.
So this is just a problem of very quick transition and typically the role of the famous "Acceleration increase volume" table.
I don't know where this table is on Z32 (I know it on CA18DET) and how this could help my problem of transitional values.