QR25 Throttle Not opening

Maurice Hilarius maurice@harddata.com
Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:57:41 -0500


With regards to your message:

>From: "Daniel Kort" <dkort3@netzero.net>
>To: "SE-R List" <se-r@lists.deskmedia.com>
>Subject: QR25 Throttle Not opening

>While doing some datalog's on my Spec, I came across something that has me
>puzzled.  Just for the heck of it I decided to log the TPS value to see how
>the drive by wire system reacts, and the results have me baffled.  For some
>reason, the ECU will only open the throttle 85%.  Can anyone come up with a
>good reason for this?  I have relogged on several occasions and always get
>85% with the pedal on the floor.

>Thanks for any input.

>Dan

 From what I am told by certain individuals who are presently working on
reprogramming ECUs for these, this is a "feature" to help with fuel economy.

As it is, these already chew a LOT of gasoline under hard use..

With our best regards,

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