DIY Street Tune

I'm writing this because I believe anyone can tune and troubleshoot their own car. Plus I don't see a lot of activity on this part of the forum, I want to bring back the idea of being self reliant.

I'm not saying I'm an expert, I have just learned some while tuning my own EP3 for the past couple years. This is not for power, just to get the motor run more efficiently with your parts.

I will not be going into too much detail because I am assuming you guys are familiar with KManager and how to use it.

Please refer to the sticky on the main Tuning page on tips and Hondata's Guide .
http://www.ephatch.com/forum/showthr...-Guide-to-Kpro

http://www.hondata.com/techtuning.html

Adjust all fuel maps so that their flat and parallel to each other based on the highest value of that column. It'll most likely run rich and that's ok. This is not necessary, I found this be a little faster to tune this way and it'll be easier to take care of part throttle later on. The map would look much smoother as well.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lcbang127qf13rn/Fuel.png?dl=0

AF
Take care of this first.
Set to "Open Loop".
Enable CEL to blink when it detects knock.
Select appropriate pressure Tables. (NA, Boost, 3Bar, 5Bar)
Record Datalogs

While referring to the datalog, generally, I tuned AF levels to be around...
NA - 13.5
Boost - 12.5

Make changes to appropriate fuel map as necessary.

Save "kals" as a different name so you can revert if needed.

Knock
With the fuel maps taken care of, knocking is limited to ignition. We all have heard that too much advance/retard is bad. There are two distinct "knocks" to be aware of:
Before TDC (Pinging can be heard)
-Correction, Retard ignition

After TDC (rely on CEL knock light).
-Correction, Advance ignition

Create a new graph template to at least show the following:
IGN
KNOCK COUNT
RPM
AF

IGN is the angle which the spark is injected before TDC. This is very useful when troubleshooting with knock after TDC.

Cam Profiles
Refer to Hondata's Cam Tuning Guidelines...http://www.hondata.com/help/kmanager...ngletables.htm
OR
Copy and paste the original angles.
OR
Dyno

Part Throttle
Process is practically the same as when tuning WOT. When looking at the appropriate table that you want to tune. Look at the location of the red box and adjust the columns to your best judgment. Try to replicate the same conditions as best you can to verify the correction.