K-Pro 4 / Flex fuel options

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Corey872
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K-Pro 4 / Flex fuel options

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Probably going to pull the trigger on the "4" soon. Had a couple questions about it and the flex fuel options:

1) I have everything tuned well and have been running E85 for the past 6+ years. I notice the fuel/timing tables seem to be set with "0% ethanol" as the baseline or zero and increase fuel / ignition advance from there. Can these tables go negative? ie - I would most likely use E85 as the base / zero and remove fuel (negative numbers) and retard timing (negative advance) from there. Is it acceptable to put negative in the cells?

2) I notice some of the tables in "Flex Fuel" are based on 'engine coolant temp' instead of 'ethanol %' (ie Ethanol ECT Compensation, Ethanol Cranking ECT Compensation) How do these relate to ethanol %? It seems like they are simply changing fuel based on coolant temp (which is already covered under "Fuel Compensation" and "Fuel Trim")?

3) Is there a recommended ethanol sensor for use with this? and/or what type and range of E sensor output is required?

Thanks!
Corey

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Re: K-Pro 4 / Flex fuel options

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1. No. Just reduce your overall timing tables and add it back in via the ethanol compensation table.
2. The ECT tables are applied on the basis of 100% ethanol content. See the help file below. Basically they're there to add a lot of fuel when the temperature drops below about 50 degrees, and the ethanol stops vaporizing.
3. See http://www.hondata.com/help/kmanager/fl ... htsub=flex. Any of the sensors will work. One of the sensors is smaller (13577429) and the other two are almost identical, and both have mounting bolt holes.
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