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    Having trouble with VE tuning.

    I have been trying to dial in my VE table but I cannot fix the lean condition above 3200rpm. I'm running SD. Not sure what I am missing. I live in Florida and today was cooler so the rest of the table is a little rich. Thanks

    2000 5.7 stock return-less fuel system with new pump (61psi)
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    0.566"/0.568" Valve Lift
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    Here ya go! Give this a try. On the next datalog, add TPS as well.

    11.(SD) run11 KW MOD.hpt

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    Quote Originally Posted by NBMY2KTA View Post
    I have been trying to dial in my VE table but I cannot fix the lean condition above 3200rpm. I'm running SD. Not sure what I am missing. I live in Florida and today was cooler so the rest of the table is a little rich. Thanks

    2000 5.7 stock return-less fuel system with new pump (61psi)
    50# 12613412 Injectors
    K&N Cold Air Intake
    Comp Cams 222/224 Duration at .050". 112 Degree Lobe Separation Angle
    0.566"/0.568" Valve Lift
    243 heads
    M6, 3:73 gears
    I would go back in to close loop or a blending of of open loop and closed loop. Olsd is horrible on staying in a steady state vs closed loop. I live in Florida as well and played around it and even asked on here but there is definitely something not being said about olsd and how to keep it in a steady state with the iat temp swings. I tried every but it would not stay steady. If you figure out the missing piece please post it.

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    Forcing open loop while tuning with a wideband is totally normal and does not mean he's intending to leave it that way.

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    Also... speed density has nothing to do with open or closed loop.

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    He stated running SD so I assumed he was staying that way. My mistake just trying to save him headache if he staying in SD.

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    Speed density closed loop is also a thing. Works just fine. Failing (or removing) the MAF has zero, zip, nada to do with open or closed loop.

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    Correct, I can see how not clarifying can confuse people so to clarify I thought they meant they running and staying in olsd. That’s all.
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    Thank you for the file. I will try it tomorrow. And yes I am just tuning the VE Table in SD and will go back to CL after I tune the MAF next. And will add TPS% in next Log.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NBMY2KTA View Post
    Thank you for the file. I will try it tomorrow. And yes I am just tuning the VE Table in SD and will go back to CL after I tune the MAF next. And will add TPS% in next Log.
    You mean 'tuning the VE Table in OL'. Because you have a wideband, and if it were in closed loop it would screw up what the wideband reports. Wideband tuning, whether it is in speed density for tuning VE, or MAF-only for tuning the MAF, has to be done while in open loop. When you are 'done' (if there ever is such a thing...) you can put it back into closed loop, and then use speed density with closed loop, or MAF-only closed loop, or even back to the stock blended in closed loop. Or any of those three in open loop!

    If you were tuning without a wideband and using trims instead, it would have to be in closed loop. And you can fail the MAF and tune VE in closed loop using trims, or do MAF-only closed loop to tune the MAF.

    Sorry if that was just a one-time typo, but like above, people keep repeating this thing that is wrong that they heard from someone else who was also wrong and it just keeps spreading like a zombie plague. Loop status and SD/MAF are unrelated, other than they are all things related to EFI.

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    Yes that is what I meant. Still new to tuning and the correct terminology.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NBMY2KTA View Post
    I have been trying to dial in my VE table but I cannot fix the lean condition above 3200rpm. I'm running SD. Not sure what I am missing. I live in Florida and today was cooler so 2000 5.7
    what vehicle is this in?
    M6, is that the transmission?
    Your set up is very similiar to a vehicle im working on, but, its in a 1500 silverado with 4l60

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    It is in a 2000 Trans-Am with a manual 6-speed (M6) but using a 2002 OS in a 411 pcm

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    Here is my Log using kevin87turbot updated file. It looks a little better but still having very lean cells above 3200rpm. I am holding it in gear until I reach almost 5k @ 34% tps. Not sure if this is the correct way to do this. I know when logging I shouldn't make drastic changes in throttle position. Thanks for the help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NBMY2KTA View Post
    Here is my Log using kevin87turbot updated file. It looks a little better but still having very lean cells above 3200rpm. I am holding it in gear until I reach almost 5k @ 34% tps. Not sure if this is the correct way to do this. I know when logging I shouldn't make drastic changes in throttle position. Thanks for the help.
    That looks much better. Since you're at part throttle, and very little load, it's not a very critical part of the VE table. At this point, you can do a WOT run and get a datalog.
    Last edited by kevin87turbot; 02-21-2023 at 09:24 PM.