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Thread: 1.4T Cruze tuning

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    1.4T Cruze tuning

    Hey guys. Getting into tuning and trying to learn. already tuned my Grand prix GXP, and , made some small changes on my CTSV. Those worked great! now my buddy wants to do a crackle tune on his 2014 Cruze 1.4T. its stock other then muffler delete, Ive done some tuning on it, improved spark and fueling up top, it drives and pulls much better now, but im new to the whole crackle/pop tuning. I got it to crackle a little under decel and on shifts, and so on. But not as much as he would like. I did this by turning off DFCO and CFCO. also went in the minimum timing and on decel lowered the minimum to -15. Any help would be appreciated. I can post up a tune file if needed. looking to accomplish something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceKyDhlBYgU

    was also wondering if theres any way to setup a spark RPM limiter enabled with the clutch?

    Thanks in advance

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    Unless you like blowing your motor, stay away from crackles on these. There's a story out there about someone that was "crackle tuned" by one of the Cruze tuners and he went through 5 motors...

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    You should not attempt those kinds of tunes on any car with a catalytic converter.
    The user in the video was running a catless downpipe.

    Even then, I still would advise against using it for the long haul, as it could eventually damage the exhaust valves and turbocharger.
    Honestly, the noise gets pretty annoying after a while. Most people who run those crackle/pop tunes do it for a car meet or something and then switch back to their normal tune.

    I am not aware of any ignition-cut style limiters on this platform.

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    the way to do ignition(spark) cut is under dfco tab go to control method predicted set disable immediate set to pleasable scroll down til u see cmd tq delta go to neutral play with those numbers til ur satisfied

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch View Post
    You should not attempt those kinds of tunes on any car with a catalytic converter.
    The user in the video was running a catless downpipe.

    Even then, I still would advise against using it for the long haul, as it could eventually damage the exhaust valves and turbocharger.
    Honestly, the noise gets pretty annoying after a while. Most people who run those crackle/pop tunes do it for a car meet or something and then switch back to their normal tune.

    I am not aware of any ignition-cut style limiters on this platform.
    Could you please pop me an email on [email protected], or send me yours, busy with a big turbo Opel Astra J 1.6T Delco E83, perhaps you can help me with a strange issue?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Levi422 View Post
    the way to do ignition(spark) cut is under dfco tab go to control method predicted set disable immediate set to pleasable scroll down til u see cmd tq delta go to neutral play with those numbers til ur satisfied
    So is this all you need to adjust to get crackles on decel in the 1.4? And what way to you adjust the value in this neutral map? Sorry to bring up an old thread but I couldn't find anything with the search function on this topic besides this for this motor.


    Thanks!

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    Not basically this doesn?t work like that. There are other tables involved, which make it impossible to just change deactivate the DFCO. I didn?t have the time yet, to do a further research on that.
    There are more tables, which are not available in HP Tuners, which influence the pops and bangs.