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Discussion starter · #4 ·
Not gonna happen... I tried long ago to get our users to play.... no bites
Well you got 10 pages of discussion. That's pretty good. I'll collect that data for you. I have a CATA but I don't think there would be much difference.

I've collected:
Group 1 - Field 0Group 1 - Field 1Group 1 - Field 2Group 1 - Field 3Group 10 - Field 0Group 10 - Field 2Group 15 - Field 1Group 20 - Field 3Group 21 - Field 3
Engine Speed - (G28)Injection QuantityHigh Fuel Pressure - (actual)Coolant - Temperature (G62)Mass Air Flow - (actual)Boost Pressure - (actual)Boost Pressure - (actual)Engine Torque - (actual)High Fuel Pressure - Control ValveQuantity Measuring - Control Valve
/min mg/str bar°C mg/str mbarPSI Nm % %Air/Fuel Ratio

PSI and Air/Fuel Ratio are calculated. Have you changed your thoughts on what you want collected since your original post?

I'm still collecting and validating data. At this point nothing really stands out as to what the Malone tune does. Maximum boost (24psi), and fuel (73mg/str), and pressure (1960bar) seem unchanged. I have only looked at max min values at this point with data collected at reg. speed.
 
I'd be curious to see both EGTs and Boost before and after. I could collect pre-tune CATA data that would align well with Lars's post tune as we have nearly the same vehicle. I've considered doing it but am worried it runs the EGTs too high.
 
When I got my tune, Malone was basically in my backyard. I asked him various things about the tune. He said they don’t change boost, it’s mostly in the fuelling.
 
You make power with fuel, timing and air in a diesel. The end. What exactly are we trying to accomplish with this thread?
 
When I got my tune, Malone was basically in my backyard. I asked him various things about the tune. He said they don’t change boost, it’s mostly in the fuelling.
Hmmmm.... the best thing about tuning a diesel is getting to runs tons of boost without worrying about predetonation. Keeping it lean with more boost means you actually make power from the fuel instead of turning it into abrasive soot that clogs your rings, sandblasts the cylinders, and getting sky high EGTs.
 
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Hmmmm.... the best thing about tuning a diesel is getting to runs tons of boost without worrying about predetonation. Keeping it lean with more boost means you actually make power from the fuel instead of turning it into abrasive soot that clogs your rings, sandblasts the cylinders, and getting sky high EGTs.
These turbochargers are TINY. they're already out of their efficiency zone in stock form, much less when tuned.

Timing and fueling make the biggest difference in these motors with stock turbo.
 
These turbochargers are TINY
Yeah, I guess I'm used to 80s turbocharged vehicles where everything had massively oversized turbos with the boost set as low as possible from the factory. They didn't have intercoolers, and didn't have a lot of field data yet for if small engines could survive boost.
 
Yeah, I guess I'm used to 80s turbocharged vehicles where everything had massively oversized turbos with the boost set as low as possible from the factory. They didn't have intercoolers, and didn't have a lot of field data yet for if small engines could survive boost.
100 percent agree. Heck, most German cars are still coming under boosted from the factory but not the Touareg. They're off map and running warm even stock. There are European options for bigger turbos but not a ton of power to be made, easily, for the 3.0 TDI
 
Discussion starter · #17 ·
That's weird... I always thought sensors measured stuff
I'm just used to PSI for boost so that's converted from bar.
I haven't found how to data log the lambda sensor... air fuel ratio is calculated from mg of air and mg of fuel.

My analysis so far

With a stock tune but full emissions delete, max exhaust temp is 856c

in order to attach I renamed it from .csv to .txt
 

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Discussion starter · #18 ·
I'd be curious to see both EGTs and Boost before and after. I could collect pre-tune CATA data that would align well with Lars's post tune as we have nearly the same vehicle. I've considered doing it but am worried it runs the EGTs too high.
full emissions delete stock tune I am seeing EGT's of 856c

you can keep the tune stock with an emissions delete, or even do a partial delete like delete EGR and SCR but keep DPF. I have not heard anybody doing that but I think it makes complete sense. DPF's do better with high EGT's to burn off the carbon. EGR reduces EGT's (EGR is disabled during regens). I don't think SCR has any negative effect on EGT's or fuel ratio, but with high EGT's you will use allot more DEF. So deleting EGR (which we all hate) helps with the DPF carbon burn off.
 
Discussion starter · #19 ·
Hah, I read boost out over OBDII and it peaks at 50psi. I've long suspected the reading I'm seeing was off by some integer multiplier, sounds like probably 2x.
remember you are reading absolute pressure not relative pressure, so it will be 15psi high.
 
Discussion starter · #20 ·
When I got my tune, Malone was basically in my backyard. I asked him various things about the tune. He said they don’t change boost, it’s mostly in the fuelling.
I didn't see any change in max boost or max fuel, but they could be changing the fuel delivery curve between min and max which I wouldn't have seen in my simplistic analysis.
 
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