SD2 tuning

[Steve Wood]

Mail him a log

[good2win22]

Spoke with Eric. Emailed him the log to get his take on it.  Spoke of my concerns and confusion. He's a good dude.  I'll let you know what I hear from him

[Scoobum]

I say a prayer every nite wishing for Eric to introduce traction control in his 5.8 chip...

[good2win22]

Eric got back with me and the log of the 10.98 run had zero's in all the cells of every table.  I don't know what happened.  Has all the info when I look at it.  He says if you save the log after turning the key off, this sometimes happens.  Really getting tired of all the little glitches with PL and SD2

[Scoobum]

I always leave the engine running when saving the file after each run. I assumed it was like the Scanmaster. If you turn the key off...then you lose the data.

[gusszgs]

PL pisses me off!! You hit the record after burnout save file at end of the 1320.......... then go to review and you have half the run. Too inconsistent IMO. I've made my best runs with that thing unhooked and sitting in my P/U. Set the fuel and timing in Erics chip and watch the SM and let er rip!

[1KWIKSIX]

Hey Jim,
If you're disenchanted with the PL........

You could always ditch the PL and get the XFI Sportsman. Cal will build you a custom tune for your set up.
Hell, You can even still log your runs with it.


It uses Speed Density so you can Sell off your MAF, ECM with PL and translator & Turbo Tweak Chip to offset some of the costs.
Keep your laptop / tablet so you can save & view your runs.


"Just Sayin"

[Scoobum]

Not once have I had PL only save a part run. Not sure how long PL will record...but it's quite awhile. I start record when I get waved in at the burnout box...then save it on the turnoff road. Probably over a minute each time. Only thing I can think of is your getting a break in a connection somewhere while the car is in motion.

[Scoobum]

Reading the instructions says the maximum recording time for PL is 45 minutes...so I'm betting there's a minimum. Likely an adjustment somewhere.

[Scoobum]

Jim...power your laptop up and bring up PL. Press F3 or press the tab on the left that says Config and Download. Look to the far right bottom...and you'll see Min Record Sec. Type in the seconds you want for your record time. How many seconds is 45 mins? Lol!

[gusszgs]

2700 about what i need to run the 1/4    thx

[good2win22]

I've had lots of issues with the PL like driving down the road and the car starts running like crap with the SES light on.  Turn the car off and then start it back up and it runs like normal. Did the same thing another time but I had the PL up and running. Look at the parameters page and all the blocks are yellow with red 0.0 in the cell. It was like it lost connection with the chip. Turned the power off, key back on, try to connect PL and it won't connect. Change ECM, add a ground wire to the ECM case, get another PL board, clean the ECM again for connecting to PL. It seems to be functioning for now but when will it act up again?  I have yet to get the SM-G to work wirelessly. Hate to bother Bob about it when the cable works. He's a busy dude.  The glitch with the log is just the latest in the line of frustrations.

[Steve Wood]

sounds like most of your problems come from not having cleaned the ecm board well enuf.  Over cleaning can be bad too if you take too much off the contacts.   If the car sits for a long time, I think a little oxidation builds up on the ecm connector and causes weird stuff.  Usually just wiggling the PL female connector will fix it.  Never had any problems saving except for my failure to do so.

[Scoobum]

Jason, contact Bob with your specific issue. He had a glitch or two with the first batch. In regards to PL, I use nail polish remover and a soft rag to clean the board. I then use a plastic dish cleaner to clean off the contacts until I see them shine. You have to clean BOTH sides of the board. If you remember I cleaned the backup ECM back in August and it did a bunch of stupid shit. I hadn't cleaned the board well enuf. 2nd time up it worked fine.

[daveismissing]

Are they gold or tin? ECM and PL?
If they are both gold we shouldn't have oxidation of significance. The number of posts indicating fixes by reseating PL suggests they aren't gold.