Cobb Custom Features: GT-R Secondary/Staged Injection and Multi-Fuel Tuning Guide and Information

Cobb Custom Features: GT-R Secondary/Staged Injection and Multi-Fuel Tuning Guide and Information

 

 

 


 

Intro:

With the introduction of the COBB Staged Injection and Multi-Fuel system, we've added a bunch of features, tables and monitors to allow you to tune the car with an extra 6 injectors that can supply additional fuel through either the stock fuel system, or through a secondary system.  We also supply tables that allow you to run a different injector size from your primary set allowing you to achieve stock-like driveability and idle quality, with the fuel delivery available to make big power.  The use of a secondary fuel system also allows you to take advantage of the software's ability to deal with multiple fuels and still achieve target air/fuel ratios even when using fuels with significantly different stoichiometric points like methanol.  

 

 

 


 

 

Staged Injection:

 

 

 

Tables:

 

 

 

Setup Tables:

 

Multi-Fuel Enable

This table will enable the ability to run a second fuel type through your staged injection system.  Allowing the use of other fuels like methanol etc. in conjunction with a separate fuel for your primary system.  The COBB Multi-Fuel system allows you to apply your own fuel density and stoichiometric ratio to the secondary fuel system to allow the appropriate amount of fuel to be delivered.

 

Values

A value of 1 in this table will enable the system, while a value of 0 will leave it disabled, allowing the staged injection system to run off of the primary fuel systems settings.

 

Additional Required Items for Use

A completely separate fuel system for the staged injection system consisting of a fuel cell/tank, pumps, fuel pressure regulator and fuel lines.

 

Tables activated and used by this system

 

 

 

 

Staged Injection Output Select

This feature has been updated, and selecting the secondary air injection as an output is no longer available.  This system will now only be activated through the secondary fuel pump output circuit.

Air injection output has been deprecated and is no longer able to be selected in the software.  

End User Greenspeed Update

Dealer Greenspeed Update

 

This table selects the output for the secondary injection activation.  Currently it is only able to go out through the secondary fuel pump circuit.

 

 

 


 

Activation Thresholds:

 

Calibration Note

We suggest setting activation and hysteresis values to avoid de-staging while remaining at high engine load. During de-staging fuel is stripped from the manifold walls upstream of the primary injectors, which doesn't occur in a smooth linear fashion. The result temporary fueling may be a concern while at high engine load, but is NOT a concern when the driver releases the throttle after a pull. During lift throttle, fuel cut will stop all injection, and the wall film from all injectors will be consumed uneventfully.

An example of activation settings which might induce the condition we are advising against would be: setting all activations very low, and using Minimum Staged Inj, Pulsewidth as the primary activator, with a small hysteresis. Pulsewidth generally follows the torque curve. If the torque curve tapers as the engine revs out, as many setups do, you may fall below Minimum Staged Inj, Pulsewidth and hysteresis, causing the system to de-stage at high RPM while at WOT.

Regardless of the activation thresholds you choose, using sufficient hysteresis values is another way to avoid destaging during pulls.

Another example of a way to avoid this would be using Injector Duty Cycle Activation Threshold as your primary activator, since duty cycle will continue to increase throughout the powerband. Keep in mind duty cycle will drop during high load gear changes, and set staging activations accordingly.

 

 

 

Boost Activation Threshold

Sets the manifold relative pressure threshold above which the secondary injection system will be allowed to activate.

NOTE: In order to activate the system all activation threshold limits will need to be met.

 

 

Boost Hysteresis

When Manifold Relative Pressure drops by this amount, the secondary injection system will be deactivated.

NOTE: In order to activate the system all activation threshold limits will need to be met.

 

 

Engine Load Activation Threshold

Sets the minimum engine load (Theoretical Pulsewidth) above which the secondary injection system will be allowed to activate.

NOTE: In order to activate the system all activation threshold limits will need to be met.

Engine Load Activation Hysteresis

Secondary injection will de-activate when theoretical pulsewidth drops by this amount under the "Engine Load Activation Threshold"

NOTE: In order to activate the system all activation threshold limits will need to be met.

 

 

Engine Speed Activation Threshold

Sets the minimum engine speed (RPM) above which the secondary injection system will be allowed to activate.

NOTE: In order to activate the system all activation threshold limits will need to be met.

Engine Speed Activation Hysteresis

Secondary injection will de-activate when engine speed drops by this amount under the "Engine Speed Activation Threshold"

 

 

Injector Duty Cycle Activation Threshold

Sets the minimum injector duty cycle (%) above which the secondary injection system will be allowed to activate.

NOTE: In order to activate the system all activation threshold limits will need to be met.

Injector Duty Cycle Hysteresis

Secondary injection will de-activate when injector duty cycle drops by this amount under the "Injector Duty Cycle Activation Threshold"

 

 

Minimum Staged Inj. Pulsewidth

Sets the minimum staged injection pulsewidth (ms) above which the secondary injection system will be allowed to activate.  Use this threshold to ensure the system doesn't activate and run a very small injector pulsewidth.  Value is in actual pulsewidth not effective, make sure it is set high enough that the injectors will not go below their minimum pulsewidth or into a non linear region of the primary or secondary injector.  Safe values are generally 2-3ms at a minimum but will vary based on your injector choice.

NOTE: In order to activate the system all activation threshold limits will need to be met.

Minimum Staged Inj. Pulsewidth Hysteresis

Secondary injection will de-activate when "staged" injector pulsewidth drops by this amount under the "Minimum Staged Inj. Pulsewidth"

 

 


 

 

Primary Fuel Settings:

 

Primary Fuel Density (Multi-Fuel)

When running Multi-Fuel these values are used in the staged injection pulsewidth calcuation in order to account for differences in fuel density when using multiple fuel types.  The "Stock" values in these tables represent the fuel density for flex fuel/ethanol varying from 0% ethanol content to 100% ethanol content.

 

 

Primary Fuel Stoich. Ratio (Multi-Fuel)

When running Multi-Fuel these values are used in the staged injection pulsewidth calcuation in order to account for differences in the stoichiometric ratio for the fuel being used when using multiple fuel types.  The "Stock" values in these tables represent the fuel density for flex fuel/ethanol varying from 0% ethanol content to 100% ethanol content.

 

 

Primary Injector Flow

This table determines the flow rate of the primary fuel injectors to be used in the staged injection pulsewidth re-calculation. Set these values to the manufacturer specified flow rates for each differential fuel pressure. These values may differ from the injector scalar used in your standard tuning tables.

Note: DO NOT adjust these flow rates for use with ethanol fuels as is commonly done with the standard tuning injector scalar.

 

 


 

 

Secondary Fuel Settings:

 

Secondary Fuel Base Pressure (Multi-Fuel)

This value specifies the differential fuel pressure (base pressure) of the secondary fuel system and is used as the x-axis lookup value by the "Secondary Injector Flow" table.

 

Related Tables

 

 

Secondary Fuel Commanded Lambda (Multi-Fuel)

This table allows you to specify the commanded lambda fueling for the secondary fuel in Multi-Fuel mode. This lambda value is applied to the "Secondary Fuel Stoich Ratio (Multi-Fuel)" value to determine a commanded air-fuel ratio for the secondary fuel. If using Methanol as a secondary fuel, these values will generally need to be much richer (lower numerically) than those for gasoline, ethanol, or race gas. A simple way to populate this table is to switch your display values to metric and copy the lambda values from your Fuel - Low Det. table.

 

Related Tables

 

 

Secondary Fuel Density (Multi-Fuel)

This table is enabled when running Multi-Fuel mode. This value is used in staged injection pulsewidth calculations to account for fuel density differences between the primary and secondary fuels.

Values

Stock values populated in this table are for gasoline other common values you may want are

E85 - 0.782 g/cc

Methanol - 0.792 g/cc

 

 

Secondary Fuel Stoich Ratio (Multi-Fuel)

The value in this table is used in staged injection pulsewidth calculations in order to account for the difference in ideal air/fuel ratio (stoich point) between the primary and secondary fuels.

E85 - 9.765:1

Methanol - 6.45:1

 

 

Secondary Injector Flow

This table provides the flow rate used in the staged injection pulsewidth re-calculation for the secondary fuel system. Set these values to the manufacturer specified flow rates for each differential fuel pressure. These values may differ from the injector scalar used in your standard tuning tables.

Note: DO NOT adjust these flow rates for use with ethanol fuels as is commonly done with the standard tuning injector scalar. If fuel trims during staged injection do not match primary only fueling, you may need to adjust these values from expected flow rates to compensate.

 

 

 

 

Secondary Injector Latency

This table specifies injector latency across battery voltage and differential fuel pressure for the secondary injectors. This table uses the primary fuel system fuel pressure unless Multi-Fuel is enabled. When Multi-Fuel is enabled, make sure your "Secondary Base Fuel Pressure (Multi-Fuel)" table value is set to the base fuel pressure for your secondary injectors as determined by the regulator when referenced to atmospheric pressure.

 

 

 


 

 

Transition Fueling:

 

Transition Compensation (Staging)

This table determines the amount of global fuel compensation for each injection following the transition from staged to un-staged, this allows you to account for wall wetting changes that can cause a rich condition directly after turning off the secondary set of injectors. The x-axis is in engine cycles since going staged, you can log this parameter to help fine tune the transition compensation.

 

 

Transition Compensation (De-Staging)

This table determines the amount of global fuel compensation for each injection following the transition from un-staged to staged, this allows you to account for wall wetting changes that can cause a lean condition directly after turning on the secondary set of injectors. The x-axis is in engine cycles since going staged, you can log this parameter to help fine tune the transition compensation.

 

 


 

 

Monitors:

 

 

 

Fuel Pump (Sub) Status

Units: On (1) or Off (2)

A status flag for the secondary fuel pump where 1 equals active and 0 equals inactive.  Helpful for tracking fuel pump transition as well as secondary injection activation when using the secondary fuel pump as the activation signal.

 

 

 

Inj. Duty Cycle

Units: % of time active

Measurement of injector duty cycle in percent of time active..

 

 

 

Inj. Duty Cycle (Staged)

Values: % of time active

Measurement of injector duty cycle for the secondary injection system in percent of time active.

 

 

 

Inj. Pulsewidth 1 Final (Post Compensation)

Units:Milliseconds

Final pulsewidth for the injector on cylinder one after all compensations.

 

 

 

Inj. Pulsewidth Cyl. 1

Units:Milliseconds

Measurement of actual pulsewidth on cylinder one.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Airmass Ratio

Units: %

Percentage of the airmass being combusted by fuel injected by the secondary injectors.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Corrected Lambda

Units: AFR/Lambda

When multi-fuel is enabled this value will represent the final closed loop lambda targeted based on the standard commanded lambda and staged injection secondary commanded lambda.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Cycle Counter

Units: Engine Cycles

Number of engine cycles that have taken place since the staged injection system has activated or deactivated.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Secondaries Active Status

Units: On (1) or Off (2)

A status flag for when the staged injection system is activated where 1 means the system is active and 0 means it is off.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Secondary Injector Latency

Units:Milliseconds

The current secondary injector latency as calculated from the Secondary Injector Latency table.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Secondary Lambda

Units: AFR/Lambda

When multi-fuel is enabled, this represents the commanded lambda used by the secondary injector fueling calculations as looked up in the Secondary Fuel Commanded Lambda (Multi-Fuel) table.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Staged Pulsewidth

Units: Milliseconds

 Injector pulsewidth as it would be when secondary injectors are active, this value is calculated whether secondary injection is active or not.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Threshold Flags

Units:

Value

Description

Value

Description

01

Engine Speed Threshold

02

Boost Threshold

04

Engine Load Threshold

08

Injector Duty Cycle Threshold

16

Minimum Staged Inj. Pulsewidth

ADD

Multiple Threshold

Current status of all staged injection activation thresholds, when multiple thresholds have been exceeded their values are added together.

 

 

 

Staged Injection Transition Compensation

Units: %

 Fuel compensation currently being applied by the staged injection transition compensation system, this value is pulled from either the Transition Compensation (Staging) or (De-staging) table.

 

 

 


 

 

 

How to Tune:

 

 

 

Mechanical and Electrical Systems Setup:

Set up the vehicle with primary and secondary injectors such that all mechanical systems are in place and ready to support 12 injector systems.  There are currently two sources for injector driver hardware required for to support auxiliary injectors for GTR.  

Visconti Tuning:

https://www.viscontituning.com/products/gtr-12-injector-conversion

Linney Tuning 

http://www.linneytuning.com/product/asnu-12-injector-kit/

In order to install the 6 additional injectors you will need to do one of the following 

  1. Run an aftermarket 12 injector manifold such as Boost Logic OR AMS (these are expensive but support higher airflow for extremely high HP applications) 

  2. Run a converted stock manifold with a 3rd fuel rail added that is purchased on a core return basis or done at a machine shop. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accesstuner Calibration:

 

 

 

Tune with the Primary injectors only at first

 

Tuning process 1 (starting a brand new 12 injector tune): 

  1. first tune the car on 6 injectors as normal. 

  2. set up the fuel injectors in using "injector scalar" and "injector scalar flex fuel" as you normally would for a standard or a flex fuel tune.  

  3. Tune the car using low ethanol and low boost so that fuel demand is low and can be satisfied by the primary injectors. 

 

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