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I don't have a boost meter so I have to rely on speed measuring instead... In Europe the standard Mazda MPS 3 does the 0-100 mph sprint in 14.8 according to auto magazine testers...

The fact that make me thinking is that my 0-100 time with stock ecu is only 0.2 sec slower than with the Hypertech tune. (Cp-e nano, +500rpms and no limiters)...

I do have the Cobb sri, forge bov(red spring) and CS racepipe...and a pretty new engine since a bent a rod last summer...

Tuning advice anyone?

There is now way you car is only.02 sec faster on the flash unless you have something wrong. My car when it the flash was right was WAY faster than stock boost went up super fast, throttle respones was 1000 times better and my 60mph pulls felt way harder, granted I never timed them but just the driving experenece was BETTER. Is you boost running fine where are you peaking?
 
You're better off timing a speed in one gear. i.e. go 60-120 mph in 4th. There's too many variables involved in a 0-100 run to get repeatable results.
 
Shifting past 6k rpm you'll do 80 mph in third and 100 mph in 4th gear.

You sure I had some idiot in a BMW 850 in the highway and I was doing 130MPH an just hit 5th.I know my EVO would do 130MPH in 4th and it was only a
5-SPD.. BTW 850 was TOAST.. Loven the flash (cool)
 
I don't have a boost meter so I have to rely on speed measuring instead... In Europe the standard Mazda MPS 3 does the 0-100 mph sprint in 14.8 according to auto magazine testers...

The fact that make me thinking is that my 0-100 time with stock ecu is only 0.2 sec slower than with the Hypertech tune. (Cp-e nano, +500rpms and no limiters)...

I do have the Cobb sri, forge bov(red spring) and CS racepipe...and a pretty new engine since a bent a rod last summer...

Tuning advice anyone?

Also get a boost gauge, This should have been your first mod, BTW.
 
You sure I had some idiot in a BMW 850 in the highway and I was doing 130MPH an just hit 5th.I know my EVO would do 130MPH in 4th and it was only a
5-SPD.. BTW 850 was TOAST.. Loven the flash (cool)

Yes I'm sure. You were in 5th gear since 5th will do 130mph.
 
Just shifted to 5th, BTW.. ;),
If you are running 18PSI and the car is NO faster than stock at 15 PSI then you
probally have knock and the car is pulling timing, What gas do you guys have? =93 OCT??
 
98 oct RON = 93 AKI so yes...

How can you detect knock?

My car pulls really nice to 7000+ rpms and looses traction all the way in second if I want it to. The slightest bend and I powerspin my front wheels in third... so the car is running very nice...

But then I do the 1/4 mile testing, the Hypertech flash only makes the car 0.2 sec faster... And I don't understand why?

50-75 in third no improvement at all...

But the car feels fine...not slow at all...Strange eh?

Or maybe the extra power after 5500 rpms doesn't do much on the clock?

The only way to see knock is if you have a data logger or a DashHawk. 50-75 in 3rd may car rips. I was actually surprised last night on HW.. BTW stop running the RPMS to 7k. These turbos start blowing hot air up there. Really try to keep it at 6200-6500 at the most. 7k runs all the time = OH BOY

The 1/4 mile not sure man, If you read the thread on over on the other speed forum ( Maxican ECU) the kids goes from 15.8 to 14.1 1/4 time at the elavation thats really good. With that you should be closer to mid to high 13's I would think. Are you leaking Boost? What spring to you have again ( RED)?
 
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Just shifted to 5th, BTW.. ;),
If you are running 18PSI and the car is NO faster than stock at 15 PSI then you
probally have knock and the car is pulling timing, What gas do you guys have? =93 OCT??

Yeah whatever. As long you are having fun is what matters.(drive2)
 
98 oct RON = 93 AKI so yes...

How can you detect knock?

My car pulls really nice to 7000+ rpms and looses traction all the way in second if I want it to. The slightest bend and I powerspin my front wheels in third... so the car is running very nice...

But then I do the 1/4 mile testing, the Hypertech flash only makes the car 0.2 sec faster... And I don't understand why?

50-75 in third no improvement at all...

But the car feels fine...not slow at all...Strange eh?

Or maybe the extra power after 5500 rpms doesn't do much on the clock?

First of all, you're overrevving the sht out of this engine and, you got upgraded fuel pump internals, right?
 
I cut an average 8 tenths off my dragstrip times with this car over last year but, only picked up an average 1.5 mph. Turns out the fuel pump was running way under required pressure at the top end, slowing the car down as the ECU opened the pulsewidths to maintain commanded afr.

You have the same bad pump over there. Some people are lucky with these factory but, most that modify, need to get at this pretty early on.

I have my shift light set at 5400 rpm, on a downpipe, racepipe, CAI, Forge and TIP car, That'll seem low but, I flat shift the car at the track so I need room for the flare. I think part of the key to durability on this motor, when modified, is to not rev it right to the redline.
 
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Nice work Vader, an info the the pump and engines stability. I think along the same lines, As long as my A/F's stay true , I will save for the pump upgrade, $650 is alot for a pump but when put up against 4k for a new motor I think it's well worth it. I also shift right around 6k.
 
I cut an average 8 tenths off my dragstrip times with this car over last year but, only picked up an average 1.5 mph. Turns out the fuel pump was running way under required pressure at the top end, slowing the car down as the ECU opened the pulsewidths to maintain commanded afr.

You have the same bad pump over there. Some people are lucky with these factory but, most that modify, need to get at this pretty early on.

I have my shift light set at 5400 rpm, on a downpipe, racepipe, CAI, Forge and TIP car, That'll seem low but, I flat shift the car at the track so I need room for the flare. I think part of the key to durability on this motor, when modified, is to not rev it right to the redline.

Hmmmm. Wonder if lean high RPM operation is part of the reason for the blown DISI motors we've been seeing. Variances in the pump would account for why some folks blow at stock and some never blow despite big mods.
 
I'd call negative on that. Most people are datalogging in some way, The ecu fends off the lean mixtures very well. It keeps opening the pulsewidths wider and wider to hit commanded AFR, plus it'll slam the throttle shut if that doesn't work. I never saw AFR being out of whack while this was occurring. Eventually it just became so bad the fuel injectors were probably on nearly all the time and the car started to buck and heave.

Pump internals are a couple hundred bucks. I used PtP. Anybody with a few hand tools and a bench vise can do this job in about an hour.
 
But then I do the 1/4 mile testing, the Hypertech flash only makes the car 0.2 sec faster... And I don't understand why?

Don't know my boost levels, but did some gps measuring today...
0-100 mph
Stock (Cobb sri and CS racepipe) 14.43 sec
Hypertech tune (CP-e nano, +500 rpm and no 0-60 limiter) 13.39 sec

Please notice that I'm not a dragracer so I had some lousy 60 foot times:
Stock 2.60 sec
Hyper: 2.92 sec

1/4 mile
Stock: 14.41
Hyper: 14.25

0-60 mph
stock: 6.43 sec
Hyper: 6.36 sec

So I figure, Hypertech gives you about 20 whp...please notice that this is during a European Beta test!

Nicke,

Thanks for the reports you've been sending back to us.

I was reading through your posts here, and noticed something. Your 60' time is .32 sec slower with the Hypertech tuning. Could that be from more wheelspin? If so, that would account for why you are only .2 sec quicker in your 1/4 mile clockings. If the 60' times were equal, and you add in the .32 sec difference, you would be about .5 sec quicker in the 1/4 mile.

That would figure to be about 13.75 for your 1/4 mile time, which is more in line with what you got on your 0-100 test (13.39) with the Hypertech tuning. Comparing your stock 1/4 mile and 0-100 MPH times shows that you should have been close to 100 MPH at 1/4 mile stock, so your MPH should have been higher at 1/4 mile with the Hypertech also.
 
Hi Chris,
On the MS3 there is an optical encoder on the steering shaft that is used to cut boost when the wheels are turned beyond certain angles. What I'm asking is if your programmer defeats that.

It's not defeated by the traction control switch, so it works all the time.

Thanks!

Stamperman,

I think the sensors you're referring to are part of the Dynamic Stability Control System (DSC). The programmer does not defeat these sensors, or any other function of the DSC or TSC.

Chris
 
Hi Chris,

Been datalogging all different settings:

about 18 psi with Hypertech and about 18 psi without Hypertech...

That's why my car isn't any faster...

But it runs fine and its a lot more sensitive on the accelerator. Revs nice to... but not going any faster...


How are you running 18 PSI with out the flash??? Stock PSI is 15.
 
Good question, but possible explanation would be that you should also be running close to 18 psi without the flash. Opening up the exhaust raises stock boost levels. Peak64 seems to just have a race pipe. I don't know what other differences the Eurospec model has on either tuning or on the exhaust side. Maybe different mapping in their ECU? Maybe different stock downpipe? Dunno. I think their CBE is different, so changes on the exhaust side ahead of it may produce different changes in flow and boost capabilities.

But all of us running US spec cars with catless dp/rp are or should be seeing 17 or 18 psi on stock tune. My car does. And I know that some guys on stock tune with just a race pipe are getting hard load cut, suggesting that they are getting above 17.5 psi under certain circumstances.

But there are a lot of reasons that a car can operate at the same boost level as stock and get better acceleration with an aftermarket tune. It's not all about boost. It's about the load maps, AFR adjustments, changes to injector pulse parameters, changes in timing advance and many other variables that enter into the tuning process.
 
I'm a circuit racer, not a street racer so my standing start really could do with some practice. And yes, choosing limiters 0-60 off really spun the front wheels... that's why the time i slower...but I had higher speed, 103 miles/h compared to a 100 miles/h stock.

From my understanding there is a boost guard at 1.25 bar. Can you do anything about that in your tune?

Yes, when you select the option to remove the 0-60 throttle restriction, the programmer raises the boost cut in 1st and 2nd gear. We also raise the overall boost and load cut limiters, but we don't remove them.
 
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