Driving An Engine With Base Pfc Tune

[kaige]

Just wondering if its going to do any damage to my engine driving around with the base tune on my pfc while im waiting to get a tune?

[paulr33]

From the PowerFC FAQ (in my sig)

Can I drive around without it being tuned for a few days? Months? ?

You can drive the car around as you would normally but you should take care not to put stress on the engine. Basically don't fang around in it, as you could be running unsafe A/Fs etc and just causing more damaged. Best to get it tuned. Make sure you watch the knock levels if you do this to make sure there isn't excess detonation.

[nizmo_freek]

What about with nismo 555cc injectors and z32 afm? will the car still be able to drive around on the base map? im thinking of driving my car to my tuner (1 1/2 hours) will it still drive fine and be safe? or should i put it on a trailer instead.

Also have another questions (sorry to hijack your thread Kaige) should i install the 555's and z32 after i have done the self idle learn procedure with the stock injectors and afm, or should i install the 555's and z32 and then do the self learn idle?

Cheers

[paulr33]

yes base map will be fine provinding you dial in the correct injection and afm correction and settings

[paulr33]

my recommendation would be to reset PFC

turn key to ON but not START

then dial in correct inejector setting and afm

then once done turn to START and do self idle adjust

[nizmo_freek]

my recommendation would be to reset PFC

turn key to ON but not START

then dial in correct inejector setting and afm

then once done turn to START and do self idle adjust

So do the self idle learn with the nismo 555's and z32 afm?

[paulr33]

yeah i would do that if it was me

just make sure you selecgt the right AFM, make sure its a genuine z32 and make sure you dial in the right latency and correction for the injectors

[nizmo_freek]

yeah i would do that if it was me

just make sure you selecgt the right AFM, make sure its a genuine z32 and make sure you dial in the right latency and correction for the injectors

Awsome, ill give it a shot when my injectors and afm arrive, by the way do you happen to have the correct latency and corrections values for when i upgrade the stock injectors to nismo 555cc's, i worked it out a while ago but have lost the peice of paper i worked it out on

Thanks for the help.

[paulr33]

nismo 550s are in the PFC FAQ, check it out

[nizmo_freek]

Ok, so ive worked out 66% for correction (please correct me if this is wrong), but i cant seem to work out the latency, im guessing i need to find out the latency off the nismo 555cc's and then subtract 0.528 msec for the stock injectors to work out the latency right?

[kaige]

I never did a 30 minute idle self learn for the pfc because i was to busy trying to get my engine started... should i reset it and dop this again before i get a tune?

[sinistaGTR]

yes