Sometimes time I get the impression that most of the tuners in all that websites are with at least Phd phd in science or at least master degree in physics.. based on post like yours
What`s so wrong for rough estimation by using factor of 0.84? And excuse me if I`m wrong, but arent` there tables in the ECU that take care for correcting the fuel data based on the fuel temperature? I think there are..
Here is a Diesel density at 15 °C = 840 kg/m3 = 840 * 0.001 = 0.84 mg/mm3 based on the popular catalog data..
You think that for 80mm3 and above it will be producing such an enormous issue... Well here is a table with a correction factors (second column) based on temperature (again from the books)
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-40° - 1.0416 * 0.84 = 0.8749 -> * 80mm3 = 70.0 mg = +2.8
-20° - 1.0293 * 0.84 = 0.8646 -> * 80mm3 = 69.2 mg = +2.0
-15° - 1.0251 * 0.84 = 0.8610 -> * 80mm3 = 68.9 mg = +1.7
-10° - 1.0210 * 0.84 = 0.8576 -> * 80mm3 = 68.6 mg = +1.4
-05° - 1.0168 * 0.84 = 0.8541 -> * 80mm3 = 68.3 mg = +1.1
+00° - 1.0126 * 0.84 = 0.8505 -> * 80mm3 = 68.0 mg = +0.8
+05° - 1.0084 * 0.84 = 0.8470 -> * 80mm3 = 67.8 mg = +0.6
+10° - 1.0042 * 0.84 = 0.8435 -> * 80mm3 = 67.5 mg = +0.3
+15° - 1.0000 * 0.84 = 0.8400 -> * 80mm3 = 67.2 mg = 0.0
+20° - 0.9958 * 0.84 = 0.8364 -> * 80mm3 = 66.9 mg = -0.3
+30° - 0.9873 * 0.84 = 0.8293 -> * 80mm3 = 66.3 mg = -0.9
+40° - 0.9788 * 0.84 = 0.8221 -> * 80mm3 = 65.8 mg = -1.4
The usual fuel temperature should be in between -20° and +30°, where the properly tuned car will not allow you to to use the max IQ out of that range, so that 80mm3 from the example will be omitted if over.
The upper end over +30°C will be omitted, because if the fuel is over 30°C the the air I suspect will be for sure over 50-55°C and you`ll get all proper limiters kick in so we forget once again about that 80mm3 max IQ
Then in the regular range, you`ll get -10°where is 1.4mg difference. For +30°C you`re about -0.9mg below...
So here is my question : how "precise" you tune your cars? In micro grams so you get 0.3sec better result on the track?
What about the engine loses depending the engine temperature and environment, or that the owner will put fuel from fuel station XYZ and the fuel is.. crap?
I`m not professional in tuning, just like to read and test on my car.. So, my post is also just for the count :)))