ALL-SPORT Mode

[ITEM9]

I wanted to start getting familiar with FlashPro, so I decided to begin by playing with the "Target throttle plate" tables, which affect how the SPORT NORMAL & ECON modes respond to throttle pedal inputs. I wanted all three modes to throttle exactly the same way as the SPORT mode, so I could have more consistency with my shifts in the other modes. Also it would be nice to start up in a "SPORT mode", of sorts, instead of always having to push a switch to get going in my preferred setting.

Ok, this should be easy right? Copy-paste and done... NOPE. The graphs would still change slightly between ECON/NORMAL and SPORT tables. Why? The Load Indexes are different for SPORT and they are grayed-out, so they can't be changed. So even though the numbers in the cells are the same, they will correspond to a slightly different location on the "X-axis". Ok, no problem... Compensate for this difference by interpolating the SPORT calibration with the ECON/NORMAL Load Indexes...

I came up with an Excel spreadsheet to interpolate between the two different sets of Load Indexes and also a way to convert from ECON/NORMAL>SPORT on the second tab. Linear Interpolation along each RPM row was the way I went about it, so it won't be perfect, but it should get close enough. I didn't feel it was that necessary to make it any more complicated with a more sophisticated method to get marginally increased accuracy. I copy-pasted back into Flashpro and saved it. I then flashed the car with the new calibration and took it for a spin...

And it worked! I would press the different mode switches, mid-acceleration, and they all behaved the same. I could feel no difference between them. Sweet!

Here is a gif I made comparing the SPORT calibration and the ECON/NORMAL calibration generated from the interpolator:



I have linked the Excel spreadsheet interpolator below. You can just select-all-copy-paste the data from FlashPro manager into the spreadsheet and it will interpolate! Copy-paste back into the other table in FlashPro and you are done!

CR-Z SPORT NORMAL & ECON - Linear Interpolator.xlsx

I also linked my ALL-SPORT calibration for a stock 6MT below. This is the only change I made to Hondata's stock 185 calibration.

CR-Z 6MT 185 ALL-SPORT.fpcal

Let me know what you guys think!

[lldsandsll]

you're an evil genius. if i had a preference, i'd want sporty response, with econ RPMs at cruising speeds, of which none of the 3 modes offer (AT).

[Varmint]

Yum. Very nice work.

[christopher]

item... DO YOU HAVE A LIFE? DO YOU WORK?! HA HA .. But we still love for all the wonderful info you throw up. .. *thums way up

[ITEM9]

Originally Posted by christopher

item... DO YOU HAVE A LIFE? DO YOU WORK?! HA HA .. But we still love for all the wonderful info you throw up. .. *thums way up

I will say this... If I had a girlfriend, none of this would be possible.

[christopher]

Touché! Ha ha

[wicked1]

I tried this last winter when i got the fpro, but could never get econ to act like the other modes. Sport and normal would be the same, but econ was still sluggish. I figured there was something going on outside of the throttle map for eco.
Well, good excuse to find my fpro and play a bit.....

[lldsandsll]

Originally Posted by ITEM9

I will say this... If I had a girlfriend, none of this would be possible.

He is correct. As someone who is recently single, best decision ever. Who knows, maybe I'll just drive up and hang out with Item9 one day for the hell of it.

[ITEM9]

Cool. We could install that OEM nav then too.

[gearhead313]

Man, i miss throttle cables.


thats interesting that you cant slam the initial tables from sport down to econ/norm... So there is a completely seperate area for the load index or you can over lay it with the throttle graph? ...i'd really like to play with this myself!