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Old 03-12-2012, 12:07 AM
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Adjusting BLM's/AFR

Hey everyone, i am still trying to learn everything i can about tuning the prom. its hard to fit in with engineering classes though my question for eveyone is:

would it be beneficial for fuel mileage to set a target AFR for something like 15-15.1? i do all highway and about a mile city on each side of my commute and its all flat. if i set a ratio of 15, would i have to readjust BLM's back to 128 or would that negate the higher ratio?

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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

Your ECU already provides a DFCO as well as highway mode.

It can be edited for A/F and other parameters.

In general CL you can enlean as well. Keep in mind E10 is like 14.2-14.3/1. good gas is 14.7/1. There is a lenghty rite up in stickies.
search Raucher.

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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

i have adjusted BLM's to 128 with a 14.76 AFR, enabled highway mode to 16.3 in my main highway load range, and have DFCO and Decel enlean enabled. with all of those i am still getting 16.5 mpg on the highway. i was wondering where else i could squeeze out mileage. i am shooting for at least 20 highway.
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

Originally Posted by Ronny
In general CL you can enlean as well. Keep in mind E10 is like 14.2-14.3/1. good gas is 14.7/1. There is a lenghty rite up in stickies.
search Raucher.
Are you saying with E10 fuel the stoich ratio should be changed? I will look for the writeup...
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

Yes in constants "stoich value". stock L03 is set to 14.7.
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

Are you saying with E10 fuel the stoich ratio should be changed? I will look for the writeup...
i am running E10 i believe. would it be better to set it at 14.2-14.3 AFR? more fuel efficient? it would be slightly richer but in turn would the engine be working that much less and get better mileage? i have read through alot of the stickies and tried to follow them as closely as possible but for the last two tanks at least my mileage hasn't changed at all. thanks for the help guys its greatly appreciated
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

That I dont know. It uses stoich value for one or more of the calcs. It may use stoich value for OL calc. Not sure. the mean lean rich 02 values I believe are used for CL calcs to provide the PW result.

need to read the sticky on prop gains. thread I recall started by me. Raucher posted his write up in it. Explained there.
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

In order to actually change CL AFR it's necessary to change the o2 voltage targets.
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

I puller this out of Raucher paper.
STOICH:

The value labeled 'stoich' needs to match the O2 sensor AFR switch
point. On the '747, this value is located at: 0x2AA. The value is 147,
for 14.7 AFR.

Conjecture: This stoich value, plus the R/L O2 error boundries, define
the O2 sensor output levels. This ties the O2 sensor calibration into
the PW equation.

As the R/L O2 Error Boundries define actual O2 sensor stoich switch
point in output volts. The 14.7 AFR switch point of the O2 sensor is
now 'calibrated' into the PW calculation.

If a different fuel is used, with say a stoich value of 16.1, by
placing the value of 161 at 0x2AA, the PW is again calibrated for
that fuel. If you now want to command the ecm to change the PW enough
for a 15.3 AFR, by using 153 in the PW calculation, the PW will
be increased the proper amount to produce that AFR (in open loop).

Remember that when in closed loop, the stoich value is used in
the PW calculation. In open loop, the desired AFR is used in the
PW calculation (say, when it's 5 degrees out, and the engine is
first started, the desired AFR might be 9.0).

Another example: Say a new O2 sensor was developed, for gasoline,
that costs $3.00. Good deal. However, the stoich switch point output
voltage is at 625mV, opposed to the current sensors switch point of 450mV.

By changing the R/L O2 error boundry table values, this new O2 sensor
can be calibrated for the PW calculation. Instead of the tables
straddling the 450mV value, set the table values to straddle the new
625mV O2 sensor value.

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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

I think this is the key: The use of fuel. In WI we have reg gas, E10 and soon E15. So you need to place in that constant what fuel is being used.

"If a different fuel is used, with say a stoich value of 16.1, by
placing the value of 161 at 0x2AA, the PW is again calibrated for
that fuel. If you now want to command the ecm to change the PW enough
for a 15.3 AFR, by using 153 in the PW calculation, the PW will
be increased the proper amount to produce that AFR (in open loop)."
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

i am using '165 6E and all i see for O2 settings is the time to hot times and the error reduction gain vs airflow. i think i will stick with 14.7 for right now at least. i have finals next week that are going to be a b****. after that i can play around a little more. are their other settings i can adjust to get better mileage? HWM, DFCO... i haven't dived into AE or PE yet i have been working on getting BLM's and spark dialed in
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

I thought Eanything was on it's way out? Especially with the end of the subsidy?
What is CL?

From what I read on highway you can go as far as 17:1 for mileage however this negatively affects emissions.
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

Originally Posted by Scorp1us
What is CL?
Closed Loop.

Here's a start of an EFI dictionary.
http://www.gearhead-efi.com/gm-ecm-p...ictionary.html
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Re: Adjusting BLM's/AFR

Originally Posted by EagleMark
Closed Loop.
*facepalm *

Just acronym overload. CL in my industry means something entirely different, but kinda related.
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