mpg with powercommanderlll
#11
06-07-2007, 10:44 PM
RE: mpg with powercommanderlll
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That is exactly what you are doing. In your normal driving range (5% - 40% throttle and 2,000 - 4,000 RPM) your back to your stock map. You very well be running a little lean but that is what your going to have to do to have that 45+ Mpg. Lets say for example you are at 10% throttle and running 2,500 RPM your moving at a pretty good speed anyway so cooling would not be an issue. Your not going to be able to run rich and keep good gas mileage.
At idle sitting in traffic or while moving slow you can still set your bike to run alittle rich to stay cool. When you need performance you are always going to be greater than 40% throttle so as soon as you go over that throttle position you are again using the performance section of your map. You also don't have to go totally back to stock. Once you have this section of your map highlighted you can bring your map fields up or down with your pageup or page-down keys. This moves your numbers in a percentage so you can go down without going all the way back to stock.
These techniques are what DynoJet teaches in their tuning classes which I have attended. I've also performed the above on multiple systems including my own with great results. I'm actually getting around 50 MPG on the highway and around 42 - 45 in the city with the above setup. Like others have said your throttle hand matters too since if you go above that 40% throttle or the 4,000 RPM the performance section of your map kicks in. Don't blip your throttle at lights and when you want to conserve gas stay in these limits.
That is exactly what you are doing. In your normal driving range (5% - 40% throttle and 2,000 - 4,000 RPM) your back to your stock map. You very well be running a little lean but that is what your going to have to do to have that 45+ Mpg. Lets say for example you are at 10% throttle and running 2,500 RPM your moving at a pretty good speed anyway so cooling would not be an issue. Your not going to be able to run rich and keep good gas mileage.
At idle sitting in traffic or while moving slow you can still set your bike to run alittle rich to stay cool. When you need performance you are always going to be greater than 40% throttle so as soon as you go over that throttle position you are again using the performance section of your map. You also don't have to go totally back to stock. Once you have this section of your map highlighted you can bring your map fields up or down with your pageup or page-down keys. This moves your numbers in a percentage so you can go down without going all the way back to stock.
These techniques are what DynoJet teaches in their tuning classes which I have attended. I've also performed the above on multiple systems including my own with great results. I'm actually getting around 50 MPG on the highway and around 42 - 45 in the city with the above setup. Like others have said your throttle hand matters too since if you go above that 40% throttle or the 4,000 RPM the performance section of your map kicks in. Don't blip your throttle at lights and when you want to conserve gas stay in these limits.
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06-08-2007, 12:33 PM
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RE: mpg with powercommanderlll
Does not effect smoothness at all. Powercommander does some interesting things when moving from cell to cell to keep the transitions very smooth. When moving from one cell to another PC splits the difference for a period of time. This is why you don't feel the difference between cells. Now if you had a cell that was 50 going to a cell thats 0 you would but you just stay away from that type of tuning.
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