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Cadillac XLR LH2 Tuning – Tune 7A Timing

Today’s test was to add 2 degrees of timing advance in the mid-range except in knock-sensitive areas, and up to 4 degrees near redline.  This builds the timing to be closer to the MBT table.

XLR Tune 7A-0348 Comparison to Tune 6G-0312

The result was more KR in the midrange, which is not good.  Overall today’s test came out as lower calculated HP/Torque than the prior 6G-0312 test except in the 6000-6400 range where it gained 5 hp.

XLR Tune 7A Weather Corr

Weather correction data table https://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_hp_dp.htm

XLR Tune 7a-0348 HpTuners

Uncorrected HPtuners output at peak HP.

Reviewing 7A, in a classic ‘Don’t do two things at once’ mistake I took the AFR 0.5 richer at 6400 rpm, so that could impact the tip-over in today’s run.  I will take that out, and look at the spark level desired at 6800 rpm.  I also plan to re-test AFR at 12.8:1 instead of current 12.5:1.  I tested that in Tune 2 but I want to recheck.

XLR Tune 7A-0348 to 6A-0312 Timing

 

This chart shows the LOSS of timing due to KR for 7A by increasing the timing, except above 6000 RPM.

 

 

 

 

Cadillac LH2 Engine Dyno Curve data table

As part of my ongoing tests for the LH2 VVT 4.6L V8 in my XLR I wanted more info than the published engine dyno from Cadillac offered.

XLR LH2 Virtual Dyno Plot vs Values

To build a data table, I took the image of the engine dyno, and overlaid a line graph over the image, then modified the data table for the line graph until it perfectly or closely followed the engine dyno graph.  You can see the spreadsheet line as dashed blue in the image.

Here is the resulting data table:

RPM LH2 Engine Dyno
1000 41
1500 75
2000 102
2500 131
3000 154
3500 188
4000 226
4500 264
5000 287
5500 306
6000 312
6400 320

Having more exact data from the engine dyno lets me compare it to the results I am seeing in detail:

XLR Tune 6G comparison to Virtual Dyno and Engine Dyno