Stock B20VTEC has very rich idle
Stock B20VTEC has very rich idle
I have a fully rebuilt B20VTEC, stock block, B16 head, stock injectors, Edelbrok performer x manifold, 70mm throttle body and a high flow fuel rail. Relatively light build. I tried a stock b16 base map, stock Integra type r base map and I believe even a GSR base map all of which gave me a 10 AFR reading. With throttle it goes more around 12-13 as I would more expect it to. I also noticed when I let off the throttle there seems to be a slight delay before showing the lean reading but that could be nothing as I’ve only got to drive the car for a few mins. I know it’s a base map and it’s not gonna be perfect and needs to be modified but what should I be looking at to fix the idle AFR and how should I got about adjusting fuel properly? It stays at the same idle AFR from cold start to operating temp. I messed with over all fuel and took away up to 29% over all and it made idle more around 12.2 but when I tried 30% it would go full lean and not even try to run. I don’t think that’s the actual way to fix the issue I was just trying to get a feel for how much it was over fueling but the drastic jump seemed off to me. Any guidance on how to get a manageable fuel map is appreciated. I know it needs a legit tune but for a stock set up I feel it should be a bit more straight forward to get a decent running tune in the mean time
Re: Stock B20VTEC has very rich idle
Do you have a wideband?
Re: Stock B20VTEC has very rich idle
My bad man I never saw this response. But yes I have an aem wideband with the white wire going into D10 ELD with the resistors cut and my parameter is set to look for it at D10. I’ve tried a bunch of tunes and basemaps all of which do the same thing. It idles at straight 10 and if I slowly push the throttle down it stays at 10 but when I’m moving I’m around 12.5 - 13ish. I didn’t really touch ignition timing much but I did have to retard my distributor a lot just to get timing at the right spot
Re: Stock B20VTEC has very rich idle
It sounds like the injectors are flowing differently than what would be normal. You will have to try making fuel trim adjustments then fine tuning it in the fuel tables.
Re: Stock B20VTEC has very rich idle
I’ve tried base maps as well as maps from the vault people had luck with with stock injectors and I’ve always had this rich idle. I was thinking about trying another set of oem injectors I think I have some lying around. When I adjust trim I take away about 25-30% overall fuel and it goes to like maybe 12.5 at idle and then 1% more taken away and it goes full lean and wants to die or actually just dies on me. And in the tables in order to get close to 14.7 idle I have to drop it drastically and raise it drastically for when I start putting a load on it