Stock tune 3-KR during WOT

[Yelpats03]

This all started when I noticed some knock going on. Since I don't have a RMM, I figure some knock is fine, but I started seeing a few times when the knock would go way high. I figure, without a RMM, ghost knocking being a thing, higher boost temps (AZ here) as well as other factors, this shouldn't be an issue.

And then one day I did my typical on-ramp pull and noticed the KR go up to 8. I thought that was super odd, so I did another pull (dumb I know), this time logging it to see if it was just noise. While the car actually didn't see 8 on the monitor, it did see 3 on the next pull I did in the logs.

Before I go on, here's a mod list:

CS HPFP
Full CBE (stock DP)
CS SRI Stage 2
CS TIP (Need a tune?? Website says not)
Forge V2 BPV
COBB AP V3
Autolite Iridium XP gapped to .03

I ran without the Cobb OTS maps because well, they're shitty. But I decided to test and see if that would improve my AFRs, KR, and a few other things. And it did in almost every part of the graph. With the only KR I'm seeing at low RPM of a maximum of 0.89.

Here are the logs for the two pulls:

https://datazap.me/u/yelpats03/stage...log=0&data=1-2

Log 78 being Stage 0, and Log 79 being the COBB S1+SF

Also, both the stage 0 and stage 1 tune have the WGDC set to -15% if there is overboost, if that's relevant at all.

EDIT: One thing I did notice as well - The stock tune has the throttle position all over the place while the stage 1 does not.

[LenSpeed6]

You should really invest in a tune and probably close the gap up with your plugs.

[Bertospeed3]

Yeah I wouldnt be sure where to start but a proper tune and plugs gapped .026-.028 definitely sounds like a good start

[Yelpats03]

Originally Posted by LenSpeed6 You should really invest in a tune and probably close the gap up with your plugs.

Protune was the next step when I get a DP.

Originally Posted by Bertospeed3 Yeah I wouldnt be sure where to start but a proper tune and plugs gapped .026-.028 definitely sounds like a good start

I still don't know where to start either lol. Considering I have mods that don't require a tune I couldn't figure this out. And I gapped them to .03 because that was within factory spec, but I didn't realize the OTS tune required lower. Guess I can go do that. Wasn't planning on running the OTS tune either, but if it's safer I will.

[tegxsi]

FYI
The factory plugs on my 2013 were running just over 0.025" gap.

[Vansquish]

Originally Posted by Yelpats03 Protune was the next step when I get a DP. I still don't know where to start either lol. Considering I have mods that don't require a tune I couldn't figure this out. And I gapped them to .03 because that was within factory spec, but I didn't realize the OTS tune required lower. Guess I can go do that. Wasn't planning on running the OTS tune either, but if it's safer I will.

Actually, according to the revised Mazda workshop manual for the L3-VDT engine, the spark plug gap is supposed to be 0.024" - 0.027".