Smoothness is always key in my book. I did not add any 3D pics for this write-up, but you can see by the look of the tables that everything is extremely smooth. I had to wipe my computer clean, so these are from random tunes, and thrown together, and keep in mind, these were not for a stock k04.
DAL Table
Don't mind the idle section, as this was an adjustment for a completely separate reason. You will see how everything is linear and smooth. This IS NOT the only way to tune this table. Higher numbers in sections can mean more for performance, and lower numbers can mean more for gas mileage. This is of course coupled with different tables to get the overall effect that you want. Also keep in mind, if you want to go with gas mileage, I would log your car with your normal day to day drives, and see what your rpm's and load percent are, and then adjust your DAL's accordingly lower in those areas. In fact, it would most likely dip towards the center of the table (well sort of center), in the 2500-3000rpm, and 50-70% load range. Of course this is truly pendent on your driving style, and what your day to day driving is like. Keep in mind that having numbers too far off can cause responsive issues, or other issues. Because most people want tunes with power, and most are picky on getting the most gas mileage out of the vehicle, I don't have a full set of DAL tables for gas mileage anymore (since I had to wipe the hard drive). Performance could be done up similar to the way I show in the picture, but gas mileage you would want a lot different, including gas mileage with performance being a lot different as well. I almost forgot... The DAL table I used was for a larger then k04 turbo, which is why you see 240 in the last column. I do not run that with the stock turbo.
MALT Table
This table is used to determine what air load it will use. In all honesty, even with the k04, but definitely with larger, later spooling turbo's, I would not really be concerned with this table. I have used 100% in the whole table, and I have used stock, along with other variables in it. If you can manipulate the other tables well enough, then I would not even be concerned with this one. I'm sure some will disagree with this, and if you are one of them, post your reasons up, and we can gladly discuss it, just keep it nice.
Wastegate Duty Cycle
I posted a couple of different setups I have used. As you can see, one of the tables has 0 in the first column, which is similar to stock, and one does not, which is described in my idle thread. You can also see how smooth it is. What will probably throw you off is the 100's in the low rpm high load area, and then where you see it drift off. This is not needed, but because every car, and every setup is different, this was just an easier way to make sure that when you are WOT, you can have boost come in full and as quick as possible, without any delay. You can lower this without any concern, and still achieve the same results, but the issue is you can end up lowering it too much in the wrong spots and not be as responsive as you could be.
Driving Style
One of the biggest factors in tuning is, how a person drives. Do they floor it everywhere? Do they granny drive? Do they shift at 2500rpm, or do they shift at 4000rpm? One persons tune being nice and smooth, may not be a super smooth tune for someone else. Anyone can make a tune drive smooth, but to make a tune perfect in every way, and make it meet exactly how a person wants it to be is a completely different story. Most people are ok without going into that much detail, and that is ok. If you want to be picky on your car though, I would highly recommend switching things up a little bit in spots.
Pressure RPM Factor
Almost forgot this table. You will notice I raised this up to 6 in every cell. This is because this table can limit boost. You multiply the number by the barometric pressure, and that is what boost is limited to. If baro was 100kpa, and a cell said 2, then boost would be limited to 200kpa. If you put 6 in the cell, and baro was 100kpa, then the boost would be limited to 600kpa. Now we are not shooting for 600kpa, but at least we know we will not be limited by this table. Of course if you don't want boost to every go over a certain amount, then you can see how this table would come in handy.
I did this write-up quick, so please ask questions on this, or please mention if I missed anything (tables or descriptions), and definitely let me know if I gave out any misinformation because I definitely did not proof read this. It should be 100% though.
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