qik1 Silver Donating Members 2,720 Member For: 15y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Loitering in SEQ Posted 07/11/12 05:45 AM Share Posted 07/11/12 05:45 AM I thought the computer could self adjust up to 25psi or so?Mine at the track sometimes demands abit extra due to load that's why we dont concerntrate on making a nice pretty 12.0 flat graph & tend to leave some fat in it especially at peak boost/torque. If using e85 it loves it anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 07/11/12 05:52 AM Share Posted 07/11/12 05:52 AM I bet someones going to ask soon why a retune is necessary if say upgrading to a 4" airbox from a ubp if it can self adjust on the fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/11/12 06:05 AM Share Posted 07/11/12 06:05 AM Ralph I get that the fuel gets trimmed for the lower boost setting automatically in open loop but if the car managed to run slightly higher boost for some reason does that still apply?Only within the fuel trims which max out @ 25%, which is 25% of the calculated pulse width.Simplfied can possibly run into lean afr issues and if the timing tables aren't correctly calibrated for the higher boost pressure you can run into issues with pinging 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 13y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 09/12/12 01:04 AM Share Posted 09/12/12 01:04 AM Where do you guys pick up a rpm signal for the e boost2?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/12/12 01:16 AM Share Posted 09/12/12 01:16 AM you need a ford motorsport (or similar) tach driver that converts the output of the crank angle sensor into a 5v square wave signal that the Eboost2 input requires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 13y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 09/12/12 03:46 AM Share Posted 09/12/12 03:46 AM Thank you wise one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freight Train New Member 19 Member For: 11y 4m 21d Posted 09/12/12 03:58 AM Share Posted 09/12/12 03:58 AM I think the biggest reason for not being able to increase the boost further then it was tuned to is more about ignition timing rather then AFR's, if you're in the low 10 afr then a 1 or 2 extra psi even if it didnt correct for it would not put you in any danger The increase in cylnder pressure is gonna be the killer, taking out boost from what it is tuned at takes away cylnder pressure so theres no issue in the timing sense that's the main reason for the need of tuning for upgrades that increase air flow, if the car is not tuned or not tuned in open loop then they can compensate for slight upgrades like cold air intakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 16y 5m 20d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 25/08/13 08:44 AM Share Posted 25/08/13 08:44 AM (edited) So im thinking of investing in an Eboost2, just wondering if they are dimmable, and where have you installed it ( dash etc)? Edited 25/08/13 08:44 AM by hawlass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 25/08/13 11:44 AM Share Posted 25/08/13 11:44 AM They auto dim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 16y 5m 20d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 26/08/13 06:37 AM Share Posted 26/08/13 06:37 AM Thanks for that mate, so where have you fitted yours? Given you have had yours a while, is there anything your not happy about with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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