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Old 08-12-2008, 08:44 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Slaught and Rob- I hear ya about cam changes. You want them predictable and smooth... And you an get there with a little tweaking....

Use those cam settings in the map I sent you. That will cure much of your issues...

Here's the best situation. Load a track map and a street map... Obviously you don't have to do this, but since you can- why not since we know what works best on the track isn't always the best on the street. You can switch between maps just by flipping a switch in the cabin, so there's no reason to compromise with a single map

On the track map, you basically make your cams switch at the best RPM for power (probably in the low 5,000 range), and never let them switch back down from a TPS drop. So, set your TPS trigger for something very low like 15 degrees (remember idle is between 10 and 12). That way you won't have your cams switch back down unless you drop below the rpm limit or come completely off the throttle..... You might recal that's similar to how the stock ECU worked. It didn't have a load based cam change. It just switched even if you feather-footed past 6,200 rpms...

The above is not great for the street if you lower your cam switch RPMs because your cam will be switching on light accell through town everytime you rev past your engagement rpm, which is now low enough (in the low 5,000s) that you'll be switching cams about the time you want to shift when you don't want to be around town. In our cars even light accell has you in the 5,000 rpm range--- for me anyway...

So the ideal street map will switch the cams with some load on the engine. I like the switch to take place around 43 degrees TPS. It has been a good compromise for street and aggressive driving. That allows a nice load based switch when I'm feeling froggy, but when I crusie to dinner with my wife, she doesn't have that loud high lift switch over despite shifting at 5,500 rpms or so...

For the track, flip the "map flipper switch" that came with the EFI kit and switch to your track map that will keep those cams on strong in high lift even as you modulate around the sweeper.

Slaughter (and possibly Rob), As far as the abruptness of the change, that's not the EFI, it's the tune. As I recall, your map has a boatload of fuel and hardly an ounce of timing. Those two put together, will cause your car to basically burp on all the gas (which isn't burning) and lack of timing it's getting (or not getting) during the change, and if I had to guess that burp is the abruptness you're feeling at the change. The physical cam switch is instant for both the stock and EFI ecu's, but the feeling you get during the switch is inevetably related to fuel and timing...

Hope that helps a bit...

Best,

Phil
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