What to Monitor in KTuner's TunerView Lite?

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What are the six most important things to watch/monitor on a Ktuner TunerView Lite screen in a tuned car? At the moment I have:

°C (IAT)
°C (IAT2)
°C (ECT)
Knck Ctrl
PSI (MAP)
V (BAT)

What do you watch and why?
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For me is essential to monitor: ECT1, IAT2, K.Control, PSI, STFT, AFR. I like to add at my 10 slot layout: LTFT, ECT2, IAT and the last one i use to change it sometimes, currently using for IGN.

  • ECT1: Engine coolant temperature, i never floor it until it's been at 80ºC for a few minutes.
  • ECT2: Just gives info about how the radiator is doing.
  • IAT2: Post intercooler air temp, affects ignition and performance if it is too hot.
  • K.control: Tells you about how much the engine is knocking or it's running happy. I don't feel confortable going past 0.7.
  • PSI: Info about turbo pressure, just to check is working fine.
  • STFT: If there is any problem with the tune, air leak, mix, this will probably tell you before you notice, this indicator is realtime info.
  • LTFT: Just an average of STFT over time.
  • IAT: How hot your intake is.
  • AFR: Current air fuel ratio (mixture), you should know the targets at different loads of your current tune to really understand and diagnose it correctly. Typical readings (depends on the tune) are IDLE 14.7 MID LOAD about 12 and WOT 10-11.
  • IGN: Current spark timing. Like to watch it (vs temps and load) if k.control is rising.
 

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For me is essential to monitor: ECT1, IAT2, K.Control, PSI, STFT, AFR. I like to add at my 10 slot layout: LTFT, ECT2, IAT and the last one i use to change it sometimes, currently using for IGN.

  • ECT1: Engine coolant temperature, i never floor it until it's been at 80ºC for a few minutes.
  • ECT2: Just gives info about how the radiator is doing.
  • IAT2: Post intercooler air temp, affects ignition and performance if it is too hot.
  • K.control: Tells you about how much the engine is knocking or it's running happy. I don't feel confortable going past 0.7.
  • PSI: Info about turbo pressure, just to check is working fine.
  • STFT: If there is any problem with the tune, air leak, mix, this will probably tell you before you notice, this indicator is realtime info.
  • LTFT: Just an average of STFT over time.
  • IAT: How hot your intake is.
  • AFR: Current air fuel ratio (mixture), you should know the targets at different loads of your current tune to really understand and diagnose it correctly. Typical readings (depends on the tune) are IDLE 14.7 MID LOAD about 12 and WOT 10-11.
  • IGN: Current spark timing. Like to watch it (vs temps and load) if k.control is rising.
I have a V2 and I literally watch exactly what @kytos has on his! I think that is what most people watch.
Then there some who get upset that we watch anything at all and see it as OCD, but, to each; his own!
 
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For me is essential to monitor: ECT1, IAT2, K.Control, PSI, STFT, AFR. I like to add at my 10 slot layout: LTFT, ECT2, IAT and the last one i use to change it sometimes, currently using for IGN.

  • ECT1: Engine coolant temperature, i never floor it until it's been at 80ºC for a few minutes.
  • ECT2: Just gives info about how the radiator is doing.
  • IAT2: Post intercooler air temp, affects ignition and performance if it is too hot.
  • K.control: Tells you about how much the engine is knocking or it's running happy. I don't feel confortable going past 0.7.
  • PSI: Info about turbo pressure, just to check is working fine.
  • STFT: If there is any problem with the tune, air leak, mix, this will probably tell you before you notice, this indicator is realtime info.
  • LTFT: Just an average of STFT over time.
  • IAT: How hot your intake is.
  • AFR: Current air fuel ratio (mixture), you should know the targets at different loads of your current tune to really understand and diagnose it correctly. Typical readings (depends on the tune) are IDLE 14.7 MID LOAD about 12 and WOT 10-11.
  • IGN: Current spark timing. Like to watch it (vs temps and load) if k.control is rising.
Thanks a bunch, very useful!
 

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For me is essential to monitor: ECT1, IAT2, K.Control, PSI, STFT, AFR. I like to add at my 10 slot layout: LTFT, ECT2, IAT and the last one i use to change it sometimes, currently using for IGN.

  • ECT1: Engine coolant temperature, i never floor it until it's been at 80ºC for a few minutes.
  • ECT2: Just gives info about how the radiator is doing.
  • IAT2: Post intercooler air temp, affects ignition and performance if it is too hot.
  • K.control: Tells you about how much the engine is knocking or it's running happy. I don't feel confortable going past 0.7.
  • PSI: Info about turbo pressure, just to check is working fine.
  • STFT: If there is any problem with the tune, air leak, mix, this will probably tell you before you notice, this indicator is realtime info.
  • LTFT: Just an average of STFT over time.
  • IAT: How hot your intake is.
  • AFR: Current air fuel ratio (mixture), you should know the targets at different loads of your current tune to really understand and diagnose it correctly. Typical readings (depends on the tune) are IDLE 14.7 MID LOAD about 12 and WOT 10-11.
  • IGN: Current spark timing. Like to watch it (vs temps and load) if k.control is rising.
I have a V2 and I literally watch exactly what @kytos has on his! I think that is what most people watch.
Then there some who get upset that we watch anything at all and see it as OCD, but, to each; his own!
I’ve been running a 6-gauge view for a while now, but I might switch it up to show more parameters. I typically have (from top-left to bottom-right):
  • Boost
  • IAT1
  • IAT2
  • AFR or Voltage or Coolant temp or IGN
  • Kcon
  • LTFT
 


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I’ve been running a 6-gauge view for a while now, but I might switch it up to show more parameters. I typically have (from top-left to bottom-right):
  • Boost
  • IAT1
  • IAT2
  • AFR or Voltage or Coolant temp or IGN
  • Kcon
  • LTFT
For me is essential to monitor: ECT1, IAT2, K.Control, PSI, STFT, AFR. I like to add at my 10 slot layout: LTFT, ECT2, IAT and the last one i use to change it sometimes, currently using for IGN.

  • ECT1: Engine coolant temperature, i never floor it until it's been at 80ºC for a few minutes.
  • ECT2: Just gives info about how the radiator is doing.
  • IAT2: Post intercooler air temp, affects ignition and performance if it is too hot.
  • K.control: Tells you about how much the engine is knocking or it's running happy. I don't feel confortable going past 0.7.
  • PSI: Info about turbo pressure, just to check is working fine.
  • STFT: If there is any problem with the tune, air leak, mix, this will probably tell you before you notice, this indicator is realtime info.
  • LTFT: Just an average of STFT over time.
  • IAT: How hot your intake is.
  • AFR: Current air fuel ratio (mixture), you should know the targets at different loads of your current tune to really understand and diagnose it correctly. Typical readings (depends on the tune) are IDLE 14.7 MID LOAD about 12 and WOT 10-11.
  • IGN: Current spark timing. Like to watch it (vs temps and load) if k.control is rising.
What value should the Ltft and stft be normally?
 

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What value should the Ltft and stft be normally?
Ideally, close to zero or zero. LTFT shouldn't go further than 10 worse case, and STFT will vary the most but shouldn't be higher than 5 at stable boost medium load. Some ecu disable closed loop at high loads so when that happen trims will show zero as there isn't any correction.
 

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For me is essential to monitor: ECT1, IAT2, K.Control, PSI, STFT, AFR. I like to add at my 10 slot layout: LTFT, ECT2, IAT and the last one i use to change it sometimes, currently using for IGN.

  • ECT1: Engine coolant temperature, i never floor it until it's been at 80ºC for a few minutes.
  • ECT2: Just gives info about how the radiator is doing.
  • IAT2: Post intercooler air temp, affects ignition and performance if it is too hot.
  • K.control: Tells you about how much the engine is knocking or it's running happy. I don't feel confortable going past 0.7.
  • PSI: Info about turbo pressure, just to check is working fine.
  • STFT: If there is any problem with the tune, air leak, mix, this will probably tell you before you notice, this indicator is realtime info.
  • LTFT: Just an average of STFT over time.
  • IAT: How hot your intake is.
  • AFR: Current air fuel ratio (mixture), you should know the targets at different loads of your current tune to really understand and diagnose it correctly. Typical readings (depends on the tune) are IDLE 14.7 MID LOAD about 12 and WOT 10-11.
  • IGN: Current spark timing. Like to watch it (vs temps and load) if k.control is rising.
That is awesome, and makes perfect sense to monitor all of those! How do we change this in tunerview lite on the Hondas dash to show only these? Thank you brother!
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