MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE MITSUBISHI EVO 7-8-9 TUNING REV: 1.7a [email protected] Page 1 of 172 MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 œ INTRODUCTION TO ECUFLASH TUNING 12 1.1-INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 1.2-TUNING ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 13 1.3-REQUIRED EQUIPMENT 14 1.4-ECUFLASH INTRODUCTION 17 1.5-PROGRAM INSTALLATION AND SETUP 17 1.6-XML DEFINITION FILES 17 1.7-RUN ECUFLASH 20 1.8-SETTING THE USER LEVEL & DIRECTORY 21 1.9-SETTING THE DEFAULT COLOUR MAP 22 1.10-CONNECTING TO THE ECU 23 1.11-ECU OPERATIONS 24 1.12-READING THE IMMOBILIZER CODE 25 1.13-EDITING FUNCTIONS AND 3D GRAPH VIEWING 26 1.14-GETTING STARTED œ PRELIMINARY TUNING ACTIVITIES 27 SECTION 2 œ FUEL TUNING 28 2.01-INTRODUCTION TO EVO FUEL METERING 28 2.02-FUEL TUNING œ STOCK LO-OCTANE FUEL MAP EVO7-8-9 31 2.03-FUEL TUNING œ TUNED LO-OCTANE FUEL MAP EVO7-8 32 2.04-FUEL TUNING œ TUNED LO-OCTANE FUEL MAP EVO9 32 2.05-FUEL TUNING œ STOCK HI OCTANE FUEL MAP 33 2.06-FUEL TUNING œ TUNED HI OCTANE FUEL MAP 34 2.07-FUEL TUNING œ OPEN LOOP TEMP THRESHOLD 35 2.08-FUEL TUNING - OPEN LOOP LOAD THRESHOLD V RPM 36 2.09-FUEL TUNING - OPEN LOOP TPS THRESHOLD V RPM 37 2.10-FUEL TUNING - DECEL FUELCUT DELAY V LOAD 38 2.11-FUEL TUNING - ACCEL ENRICH BASE V ENGINE TEMP 39 2.12-FUEL TUNING - ASYNCH_ACCEL TPS V RPM LIMIT 39 2.13-FUEL TUNING - LIMP HOME LOAD MAP, TPS V RPM 40 2.14-FUEL TUNING œ AFR AND KNOCKSUM 41 SECTION 3 œ IGNITION TUNING 42 3.01-IGNITION TUNING INTRODUCTION 42 3.02-IGNITION TUNING œ STOCK LO-OCTANE SPARK MAP 47 REV: 1.7a [email protected] Page 2 of 172 MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE 3.03-IGNITION TUNING œ STOCK HI-OCTANE SPARK MAP 49 3.04-IGNITION TUNING œ CAT WARMUP RETARD SPARK MAP 55 3.05-IGNITION TUNING - ELIMINATING SHIFT KNOCK 56 SECTION 4 œ MIVEC TUNING 57 4.01-EVO IX MIVEC TUNING INTRODUCTION 57 4.02-EVO IX CAM TIMING 57 4.03-MIVEC TUNINGœ LIMIT ADJUSTMENTS 58 4.04-MIVEC TUNING - MAP DISCUSSION WITH EXAMPLES 59 SECTION 5 œ INJECTOR TUNING 65 5.01-INJECTOR SETUP INTRODUCTION 65 5.02-INJECTOR TUNING œ INJECTOR SIZE SCALING 66 5.03-INJECTOR TUNING - LATENCY 67 5.04-INJECTOR TUNING - SCALING & LATENCY EXAMPLES 68 5.05-INJECTOR TUNING œ NEW INJECTOR SETUP METHOD #1 69 5.06-INJECTOR TUNING œ NEW INJECTOR SETUP METHOD #2 71 5.07-INJECTOR TUNING œ EXAMPLE CASES 76 5.08-INJECTOR TUNING œ START PRIMER IPW V TEMP 77 5.09-INJECTOR TUNING œ START CRANKING IPW V TEMP 78 5.10-INJECTOR TUNING œ POST START ENRICH DECAY V TEMP 79 SECTION 6 œ BOOST TUNING 80 6.01-BOOST TUNING INTRODUCTION 80 6.02-BOOST CONTROL - AIRFLOW / BOOST LIMIT V RPM 82 6.03-BOOST CONTROL - BOOST V RPM 83 6.04-BOOST CONTROL - MIN LOAD FOR BOOST CONTROL 84 6.05-BOOST CONTROL - MIN TEMP FOR BOOST CONTROL 84 6.06-BOOST CONTROL - RPM/MPH CROSSOVER 85 6.07-BOOST CONTROL - BOOST CUT DELAY 86 6.08-BOOST CONTROL - WGDC V RPM 87 6.09-BOOST TUNING - 3-PORT BOOST CONTROL INTRODUCTION 88 6.10-BOOST TUNING - GM 3-PORT BCS 89 6.11-BOOST TUNING œ GRIMMSPEED EVO 3-PORT BCS 90 6.12-BOOST TUNING œ TACTRIX EVO 3-PORT BCS 90 6.13- BOOST TUNING œ 3-PORT BCS INSTALATION 91 6.14-BOOST TUNING - BOOST ERROR CORRECTION 95 6.15-BOOST TUNING - ERROR CORRECTION INTERVAL 97 6.16- BOOST TUNING œ 3-PORT EXAMPLE MAPS 98 REV: 1.7a [email protected] Page 3 of 172 MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE SECTION 7 œ LEAN SPOOL TUNING 100 7.01-LEAN SPOOL TUNING INTRODUCTION 100 7.02-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ LOAD THRESHOLD V RPM 100 7.03-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ AFR TABLE 101 7.04-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ START RPM 102 7.05-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ STOP RPM 102 7.06-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ MIN TEMP 102 7.07-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ DECAY TIME RICH SIDE 103 7.08-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ DECAY TIME LEAN SIDE 103 7.09-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ LOAD HYSTERESIS 104 7.10-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ AFR ENABLE 104 7.11-FUEL LEAN SPOOL œ AFR CLIP 104 SECTION 8 œ KNOCK TUNING 105 8.1-KNOCK TUNING - KNOCKSUM & OCTANE NUMBER 105 8.2-KNOCK TUNING œ OCTANE UPDATE THRESHOLD 107 8.3-KNOCK TUNING œ KNOCKBASE 107 8.4-KNOCK TUNING œ REAL OR FALSE KNOCK? 109 8.5-KNOCK TUNING œ DET-CANS 110 8.6-KNOCK TUNING œ ELIMINATING FALSE KNOCK 111 8.7-KNOCK TUNING œ ADJUSTING LOAD THRESHOLD V RPM 111 8.8-KNOCK TUNING œ ADJUSTING MULTIPLIER V RPM 112 8.9-KNOCK TUNING œ ADJUSTING KNOCK ADDERS 113 8.10-KNOCK TUNING œ KNOCK MULTIPLIERS EVO7 & EVO8 113 SECTION 9 œ ALS TUNING 114 9.1-ALS TUNING INTRODUCTION 114 9.2-ALS TUNING - TRIGGERS 114 9.3-ALS TUNING - TIMERS 115 9.4-ALS TUNING œ AIR INJECTION TIME V RPM 115 9.5-ALS TUNING œ MAXIMUM IGNITION RETARD SETTING 116 9.6-ALS TUNING œ RETARDING THE IGNITION MAP 117 9.7-ALS TUNING œ JUST THE POS AND BANGS PLEASE! 117 SECTION 10 œ MISCELANEOUS ECU FUNCTIONS 118 10.01-LIMITS - SPEED 118 10.02-LIMITS - REV LIMIT 118 10.03-THERMO FAN - DUTY CYCLE, SPEED BELOW 20KPH 119 10.04-THERMO FAN - DUTY CYCLE, SPEED ABOVE 20KPH 120 REV: 1.7a [email protected] Page 4 of 172 MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE 10.05-THERMO FAN - SPEED SET-POINTS & HYSTERESIS 121 10.06-EGR CONTROL - IGNITION ADVANCE DURING EGR 122 10.07-EGR CONTROL - DUTY CYCLE V LOAD V RPM 123 10.08-EGR CONTROL - DUTY FACTOR V TEMP 123 10.09-INTERCOOLER SPRAY CONTROL 124 10.10-IGNITION_COIL CHARGE TIME V BATTERY VOLTAGE 125 10.11-IGNITION_COIL CHARGE TIME CORRECTION V VOLTS 125 10.12-ALTERNATOR œ CHARGE MAP 126 10.13-ALTERNATOR œ G TERMINAL DEAD ZONE 126 10.14-IDLE - RPM CONTROL V TEMP 127 10.15-IDLE - STABILISATION CONTROL 128 10.16-IDLE œ ISCV STEPPERMOTOR DEMAND V TEMP 129 10.17-IDLE - TIMING AT IDLE & IDLE STABILITY 130 10.18-SENSOR CALIBRATION œ MAF SIZE 131 10.19-SENSOR CALIBRATION œ MAF TEMP/BARO CORRECTION 131 10.20-SENSOR CALIBRATION œ MAF SCALING 132 10.21-PERIPHERY BIT PARAMETERS 133 SECTION 11 œ EXPANDING MAXIMUM LOAD CAPABILITY 135 11.1-EXPANDING THE LOAD SCALE FOR HIGH BOOST 135 11.2-EXPANDING MAXIMUM LOAD & FUEL LIMITS 137 SECTION 12 œ TUNING WITH CAMS PRIMER 138 12.1-CAM TUNING - INTRODUCTION 138 12.2-CAM TUNING - SPARK MAP FOR STARTING & IDLE 138 12.3-CAM TUNING - IDLE STABILITY TIMING CONTROL 139 12.4-CAM TUNING - IDLE CONTROL ISCV SETTINGS 140 12.5-CAM TUNING - HI-OCTANE SPARK MAP 141 APPENDIX 2: LOGGING BOOST OR AFR WITH EVOSCAN 142 A2.1-INTRODUCTION 142 A2.2-BOOST LOGGING INTRODUCTION 142 A2.3-ROMS CURRENTLY COVERED 142 A2.4-MAP SENSOR SWAP 143 A2.5: PRESSURE CONVERSIONS 143 A2.6-ROM MODS FOR USDM EVO9 ROMS 88590013, 88590014, 88590015 144 A2.7-LOGGING BOOST IN EVOSCAN/MITSULOGGER 147 A2.8-INCREASING LOGGING BAUD-RATE 148 A2.9-WIRING THE 3-BAR MAP SENSOR TO EDM & AUDM EVO9 148 REV: 1.7a [email protected] Page 5 of 172 MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE A2.10-SENSOR PART NUMBER 148 A2.11-LOGGING AIR FUEL RATIO IN EVOSCAN 148 APPENDIX 3: ECU PIN DESCRIPTIONS AND WIRING 149 A3.1: EVO7 ECU PIN FUNCTION & WIRE COLOUR 150 A3.2: EVO6 ECU PIN FUNCTION & WIRE COLOUR 151 A3.3: EVO9 ECU PIN FUNCTION & WIRE COLOUR 152 A3.4: EVO1 TO EVO3 & RVR ECU PIN CONFIGURATION 153 A3.5: EVO4 TO EVO8 ECU PIN CONFIGURATIONS 153 A3.6: EVO 9 ECU PIN CONFIGURATION 154 APPENDIX 5: MISCELLANEOUS EVO ROM FILE IDENTIFIER 155 APPENDIX 6: 2-BYTE LOGGING & MUT TABLE SETUP 156 APPENDIX 7: INTAKE HARDPIPES & IDLE CONTROL ISSUES 158 APPENDIX 8: OBDII CONNECTOR & CLEARINGFAULT CODES 159 A8.1-OBD-II CODE INTRODUCTION 159 A8.2-MITSUBISHI ECU SELF-DIAGNOSTICS & FAULT CODES 159 A8.3-OBD-II DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 160 A8.4-CLEARING A FAULT CODE WITH EVOSCAN 161 A8.5-CLEARING A FAULT CODE WITHOUT EVOSCAN 161 APPENDIX 9: OBD-II POWERTRAIN FAULT CODES 162 A9.1-P00XX FUEL, AIR METERING & AUX EMISSIONS CONTROLS 162 A9.2-P01XX FUEL AND AIR METERING 163 A9.3-P02XX FUEL AND AIR METERING 164 A9.4-P03XX IGNITION AND TRIGGER SYSTEMS AND KNOCK SENSOR 166 A9.5-P04XX AUXILIARY EMISSION CONTROLS 167 A9.6-P05XX SPEED, IDLE & AUXILIARY INPUTS 169 A9.7-P06XX ECU AND AUXILIARY INPUTS 170 A9.8-P08XX MANUAL TRANSMISSION 171 REV: 1.7a [email protected] Page 6 of 172 MERLINS EcuFLASH EVO 7-8-9 TUNING GUIDE List of Tables Table 1..................................................................... ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMNS 13 Table 2........................ TYPICAL INJECTOR SCALING AND LATENCY PARAMETERS 68 Table 3...............................................................GM 3 BAR MAP SENSOR CALIBRATION 81 Table 4............................................ROUGH GUIDE TO LOAD v BOOST LEVEL - Evo9 83 Table 5.....................................................................................................RPM per MPH Guide 85 Table 6........................