Desert Sasqwatch
Goblin Guru
Nice cruise. Bet there are a lot of people going the other way wondering what the heck that was they just passed. 
JCas Tacoma Wa city easy entry 07 LS #188 "REGISTERED"
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Jcas
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We took a 750 mile run over last weekend and one case got the best look over of all. We where flying down the freeway at 75ish and passed a horse trailer and crew cab pickup with a dog hanging out the back window. That dog watch us pass by with such a look we thought he was going to jump over into our car lol. I am sure once we passed by he ran up to the farmer and said we gotta have one of them there cars.Nice cruise. Bet there are a lot of people going the other way wondering what the heck that was they just passed.
And yes you get the looks young, old, male, female. They all look and gas station stops......they take awhile.
Jcas
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We have discovered that you wear problems on the outside because they seem to blow off when you take a drive like that one.
Waterdriver
Goblin Guru
That is a nice drive up by Alder Lake. Probably even more fun in the Goblin!
Sorry to hear of your loss.
Sorry to hear of your loss.
Jcas
Well-Known Member
Well another step closer to a finished Goblin. I found a super charger at a local wrecking yard for 100 dollars. It had 125,000 on the odometer so I hope it is okay. So we will collect the rest of the parts over the next month or so and then......... Zooooom maybe ziiiiip fits better
Ross
Goblin Guru
I copied this private conversation to your build log, so that others can help us too. I'm still a newb with HP Tuners, but willing to learn!
Wierd. That shouldn't happen. If you reflashed the old file, it should go back to the way it was. Seems like something has changed outside of this.
HP Tuners has a repository where we can download other peoples tunes. You can compare your base file to make sure that your car's tune is stock (but don't load it into your car).
1305430974.hpt
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt
Engine: 2.2 L4 - Manual
Submitted By: Killa B
Why would a clutch switch reduce torque in 1st & 2nd?
My F35 transmission only has a reverse switch, so the PCM doesn't know what gear it is in, and therefor can't do torque by gear.
You have the F35 too, right? So your car doesn't know what gear it is in too.
I wonder if it is a temperature thing. Maybe by the time you got to 3rd gear, there was enough heat in the engine, and it came off of choke circuit. The emission stuff you changed might have effected the cold start. Just a theory, but it makes better sense considering what was changed.
Check for me the emission stuff - I'm not sure reloading a tune changes the MIL evap code stuff. Maybe those changes are still in your engine tune.
Now we have 2 dumb sobs playing with stuff!
Wierd. That shouldn't happen. If you reflashed the old file, it should go back to the way it was. Seems like something has changed outside of this.
HP Tuners has a repository where we can download other peoples tunes. You can compare your base file to make sure that your car's tune is stock (but don't load it into your car).
1305430974.hpt
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt
Engine: 2.2 L4 - Manual
Submitted By: Killa B
My 2006 Cobalt has a clutch switch for the cruise (which I removed) and a 2nd switch for the engine start.
Why would a clutch switch reduce torque in 1st & 2nd?
My F35 transmission only has a reverse switch, so the PCM doesn't know what gear it is in, and therefor can't do torque by gear.
You have the F35 too, right? So your car doesn't know what gear it is in too.
I wonder if it is a temperature thing. Maybe by the time you got to 3rd gear, there was enough heat in the engine, and it came off of choke circuit. The emission stuff you changed might have effected the cold start. Just a theory, but it makes better sense considering what was changed.
Check for me the emission stuff - I'm not sure reloading a tune changes the MIL evap code stuff. Maybe those changes are still in your engine tune.
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Jcas
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Yes I have the f35 trans and that is what I thought to was that the ecm had no way of knowing what gear it was in. Temp has no bearing to problem as it does it from cold to 190 which is it normal run temp. I am wondering if the after market cruise put the ecm into limp mode and if I have a problem with the unit because I have had a P0606 code pop up during this adventure as well so I am going to run with both unplugged for a bit and see then plug switch back in without after market cruise. But it seems funny that this limp mode only happened when I played with files still makes me think it is something I did somewhere. I was careful so I thought as to not mess with things I knew nothing about.
But test run last night with switch unplugged was the best it has ran since I put switch and after market cruise in. Back to the Holy Crap that car moves.
But test run last night with switch unplugged was the best it has ran since I put switch and after market cruise in. Back to the Holy Crap that car moves.
Karter2026
Goblin Guru
Almost positive you have the F23 transmission
Jcas
Well-Known Member
You may be correct but I believe ECM still really has no clue as to which gear we are in.
My drive to work was great.......until the ugly monster raised its head again so it is not programming nor is it the clutch switch so unplugged cruise control module and we will see if that did the trick. In any regards if playing around that area fixes the issue then I know where to look for the problem as both are within inches of each other
Karter2026
Goblin Guru
You are correct. sent you a pm
Jcas
Well-Known Member
ok here is the first file pulled from my ECM
goblin62320.hpt
This is the last file but has ran the same on both. I have the battery disconnected from the Fuse box for past 10 mins or so have turned key and lights on to make sure of any left over juice gets used LOL
goblin62420c.hpt
Ross
Goblin Guru
I took Killa B's stock file, and copied the 'stock' settings to your tune file goblin62420c.hpt to make you a new file that is stock, and for your PCM.
This should return you PCM to a stock tune.
You will want to reset your STFT and LTFT if you try this in your PCM.
This should return you PCM to a stock tune.
You will want to reset your STFT and LTFT if you try this in your PCM.
Jcas
Well-Known Member
Okay you lost me here for a second STFT? And LTFT? Once you tell me I know I will slap my forehead
Ross
Goblin Guru
Maybe who ever tuned your PCM did it for a reason that we are unaware of. You can compare the 2 tunes in VCM Editor and see the differences. (Ctrl+5 will show the differences)
Putting the tune back to Chevy stock is not perfect for our Goblin, but it might be closer than the tune you have.
Resetting STFT and LTFT to zero will start the engine learning process from zero. If you don't reset these, the learning process starts from the old settings, and will just take longer to learn, but it will learn. The reset is in the logging software - VCM Scanner, Vehicle, Controls & Special Functions.
Putting the tune back to Chevy stock is not perfect for our Goblin, but it might be closer than the tune you have.
Resetting STFT and LTFT to zero will start the engine learning process from zero. If you don't reset these, the learning process starts from the old settings, and will just take longer to learn, but it will learn. The reset is in the logging software - VCM Scanner, Vehicle, Controls & Special Functions.