The recent MegaSquirt thread has made me realize a couple of things.
1 - There's not enough visibility of what the stock electronics are capable of with the Turbonator code. That's mostly my fault, and I intend to start doing something about it.
i. I've been meaning to make how-to videos for tuning for a while now, and I think I'm finally motivated enough to actually do them. I looked thru YouTube again, and there is basically NOTHING. Not really a surprise to me, but it's something I think can be fixed easily.
ii. Need a better write up (help file?) on how the various tables work. This is probably on me, too.
iii. Need a better write up for using ALL the various features in MP Tune. Any volunteers?
What else needs to be done to make tuning the stock-based Turbonator cals easier and more visible?
2 - There are some features we could add to maybe sway the fence sitters over to the stock side (Darth Vader voice - 'you don't know the power of the stock side!').
So, what features would you like to see in the next generation of Turbonator cals? Some ideas I've had are:
i. 3D tables. The SBECII has them, it's not a stretch to imagine porting them over to the SBEC and SMEC. I've already done this with some of the smaller features (dwell control, for example).
ii. Better boost control - the TIII and SBECII already have very good boost control, but they're so adaptible that they're complicated. So, I want to create a simplified version of the TIII/SBECII boost control with the minimal adaptives that the T1/T2 have.
iii. NLS (No lift shift) - Spark cut is already working, so this should be easy enough to implement. It will need a clutch switch added to most cars, though.
iv. Slew control/traction control - This would be an extension of the current launch control that would help prevent tire spin by controlling the acceleration of the engine in a given gear to calibrated line.
v. Boost vs. Gear - I know Reeves will vote for this one, if I can add it to the LM! Calculating the gear ratio is the difficult part. The boost control table is easy to add.
So, please post up you'd like to see in the next generation of Turbonator cals, and what platform (LM, SMEC, SBEC) you'd like to see them on.