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Moto Board => Tech => Topic started by: rule62 on October 23, 2009, 03:48:47 PM

Title: Base ECU trim setting and and PCIII ?
Post by: rule62 on October 23, 2009, 03:48:47 PM
After removing my airbox lid and installing a set of slip-ons, I had a local guy set my base fuel trim to +14 or 16 points using some software and an interface he had with a Palm device.  The bike has always run pretty well, but just lately I was able to procure a PCIII USB for my bike. 

Knowing that my ECU is already set richer than stock, if I load a canned map from PCIII, will the map override the ECU base setting or will the map just use the richened base setting and go from there? 

I know that a dyno run and custom map is the only real way to go.  I'm just trying to figure out if I want to load a canned map that's close until I can schedule some tuning time, or if a zero map would be the best way to go with regard to the ECU richening that has already been done.

Thanks
Title: Re: Base ECU trim setting and and PCIII ?
Post by: Speeddog on October 23, 2009, 04:14:43 PM
The PCIII only works with the signal that is being sent to the injectors, so it will add or subtract from that.

Very likely it won't matter anyway, I don't recall any canned maps having any entries in the 0% throttle boxes.

The effect of the trim adjustment becomes smaller as the throttle opens and the rpm comes up.