"flood clear" wideband calibration?
#1
"flood clear" wideband calibration?
Has anyone tried this on an Evo?
http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/f...ead.php?t=3063
http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/f...ead.php?t=3063
Hi,
Here's a trick for a quick free-air calibration of the LC-1 and LM-1 that will work with modern ECUs that have a "flood clear" function. With those the injectors won't fire when the gas pedal is pressed fully down while cranking (to clear flooding). On most cars 10-20 engine rotations should be enough to clear out any leftover exhaust gas, depending on sensor location and exhaust system volume.
Switch the engine back off before you get off the throttle though, so it wont inadvertantly start.
I tried it on a 2000 Honda Civic. 5-6 Seconds cranking at WOT was enough for the LC-1 to show the same O2 content as in free air (freshly calibrated with the sensor out before I tried it). Results may vary with your setup, but you can easily try it for yourself. Post the results, as others might want to use that too.
Regards,
Klaus
Here's a trick for a quick free-air calibration of the LC-1 and LM-1 that will work with modern ECUs that have a "flood clear" function. With those the injectors won't fire when the gas pedal is pressed fully down while cranking (to clear flooding). On most cars 10-20 engine rotations should be enough to clear out any leftover exhaust gas, depending on sensor location and exhaust system volume.
Switch the engine back off before you get off the throttle though, so it wont inadvertantly start.
I tried it on a 2000 Honda Civic. 5-6 Seconds cranking at WOT was enough for the LC-1 to show the same O2 content as in free air (freshly calibrated with the sensor out before I tried it). Results may vary with your setup, but you can easily try it for yourself. Post the results, as others might want to use that too.
Regards,
Klaus
Last edited by AutoXer; Jul 17, 2006 at 06:27 PM.
#2
Update:
I tried it. It started.
How bout a different approach. Could you suck in clean air with a shop vac through the tailpipe? I guess there wouldn't be a very good chance of the engine landing at TDC between the exhaust and intake stroke. hmmmm...
Guess I could just not be lazy and take the O2 sensor out...
just food for thought...
I tried it. It started.
How bout a different approach. Could you suck in clean air with a shop vac through the tailpipe? I guess there wouldn't be a very good chance of the engine landing at TDC between the exhaust and intake stroke. hmmmm...
Guess I could just not be lazy and take the O2 sensor out...
just food for thought...
#4
Originally Posted by sbiggi
Just drive your car and declerate. On decel the ecu shuts off the injectors and just pumps air.
I later calibrated by letting the car sit for over a day... then calibrating before cranking it over. I got the same sort of readings that I got using the decel method.
Thanks for the comment.
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