[sperry]

Okay, I'm finally taking a look at these...

First off, I should have remembered to mention to log the throttle position (TPS). I'm just going to assume these logs are at 100% throttle, i.e. if the rpm is going up, you're flooring it.

Now, looking at the 2nd file (ecuExplorer [AF424-7066] 18-07-2010 12h27m39s, 3rd gear pull, right?):

First thing that's jumping out at me: there's a ton of knock correction in the logs. Like 8 deg around 2500-3000 rpm right as the boost is coming on, but then 6 or 7 degrees of correction all the way to red-line. I dunno too much about tuning the stock ECU, but on my hydra I've only seen like 1 or 2 degrees of knock correction and that's just when bouncing off the rev limiter which triggers the knock sensor. Then again the hydra is a much less sophisticated ECU when compared to the stock ECU... I don't know how much correction you should expect to see... but my gut tells me, that much correction is way too much.

Also, I find it odd that your ignition timing takes a really big dip between 2700 and 5000 rpm. Maybe someone with some real tuning experience can chime in about that... but I would expect to see more timing at low rpm while off boost, then less at high rpm under boost. i.e. I would expect to see the timing drop off at 2700 rpm like it does, but not ramp back up to 30 deg between 5000 and 7000 rpm.

Anyway, like I said, I'm no expert... all my experience is with my Hydra, and a tiny bit of screwing around in open source on the '02 WRX ECU. And everything I've done has involved a wideband AFR gauge... so I feel pretty lost w/o seeing the real-time AFR. I'd get the car over to someone that knows more than me and have them log it w/ a wideband. I'd offer mine, but it's hard-wired into my car and would require you to have an empty O2 sensor bung in your exhaust.

In the meantime, try to stay out of boost, and try not to floor it off boost... since that's where all the heavy knock correction is occurring. And keep in mind, I may be totally wrong about the expected values for knock correction on your car... I'd just err on the side of safety until you can get someone that knows what they're talking about to read the logs.