anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
Was it too loose, or just sitting at just the right spot to hit something?
It loosened up over time. Just a tiny bit of movement before the exhaust pipes warmed up.
Was it too loose, or just sitting at just the right spot to hit something?
Which is perfect in my opinion. Changed mine to burble even in normal.The burbles are just that, burbles. It's not a pop's and bangs tune like you get from other tuners
Well. Im not happy with the amount of knock retard I am also seeing on EQT OTS stage 1. I'm in the same camp that at stage 1 that is tuned for 91 octane, I shouldn't need to go find octane boosters or E85 (which is not available anywhere near me). I dont really see the point if thats the case. At any rate, here are three logs. Hoping to get your opinions but I already know it doesn't look good.
https://datazap.me/u/scozr/log-1597002984?log=0&data=27-39-40-41-42
https://datazap.me/u/scozr/log-1597002984?log=1&data=27-39-40-41-42
https://datazap.me/u/scozr/log-1597002984?log=2&data=27-39-40-41-42
This car is meticulously maintained so I don't think it is maintenance related. It has 48 000 km and I just installed new RS7 plugs gapped to 0.026" as well. I do believe it is fuel quality related. This car has only ever been filled up with Shell 91. Never anything else, so I have that going for me.
You should consider getting a protune with EQT so they can dial it in specifically for your fuel. Plus you'll be getting a completely optimized tune that way.
Tighten up your spark plug gap first. I think eqt said .024 but can't double-check right now. Also with your kr that's fuel issue for sure. He shouldn't have to dial back the tune that much for one person that can't get decent fuelWell. Im not happy with the amount of knock retard I am also seeing on EQT OTS stage 1. I'm in the same camp that at stage 1 that is tuned for 91 octane, I shouldn't need to go find octane boosters or E85 (which is not available anywhere near me). I dont really see the point if thats the case. At any rate, here are three logs. Hoping to get your opinions but I already know it doesn't look good.
https://datazap.me/u/scozr/log-1597002984?log=0&data=27-39-40-41-42
https://datazap.me/u/scozr/log-1597002984?log=1&data=27-39-40-41-42
https://datazap.me/u/scozr/log-1597002984?log=2&data=27-39-40-41-42
This car is meticulously maintained so I don't think it is maintenance related. It has 48 000 km and I just installed new RS7 plugs gapped to 0.026" as well. I do believe it is fuel quality related. This car has only ever been filled up with Shell 91. Never anything else, so I have that going for me.
I understand your point and I'll consider it but I still think its stupid that that may end up being the solution. Didnt really want to spend all that extra cash when maybe they can dial the 91 tune back a bit so that were not all detonating our engines apart on what is supposed to be a fairly mild remap.
I understand your point and I'll consider it but I still think its stupid that that may end up being the solution. Didnt really want to spend all that extra cash when maybe they can dial the 91 tune back a bit so that were not all detonating our engines apart on what is supposed to be a fairly mild remap.
Does your part of canada have the ethanol free or the 15% ethanol fuel or whatever? I remember seeing/reading some stuff about this from the Stratified pages. I can't remember the exact details, but it was like part of the area had really good (15% eth) fuel and the other was really crappy. If it's the ethanol free or low ethanol 91 then that is likely the reason it's not performing as expected. One of the worst pump gas' out there apparently.
Yes we have ethanol free 91. Well at least Shell does. I'm surprised to hear that its that bad.
So no ethanol in the gas at all in your area? And to your other post there's a lot of guys running an OTS tune without knowing about what knock retard they have. You could also use Torco octane booster. It wouldn't take much to raise your octane level a couple of points and then check the knock retard.
Try other stations too, some cars just don't like shell from what i've seenJust the 91 at Shell here doesnt have any ethanol. 87 and 89 have 10 or 15% or something like that. I'm gonna have to go look at other stations to see if their 91 octane fuels have ethanol. That I'm not sure about.