BTS will kick in with excessive EGT, not just KR. EGT is calculated with, among other things, ignition efficiency.

Yes, I am trying to not change BTS at all.  I was just surprised that I changed to 11.91 AFR and it was still getting such high projected EGT and was kicking me into BTS at 3500RPM. I am going to change my LAMFA to request a richer AFR sooner and see if I can prevent BTS activation this way.  If I can not safely prevent BTS activation, I will revert to stock tune and Look into getting a downpipe before attempting to gain anymore power.

Here is my timing. I read that 1.5-3 timing pull is good?

prj what AFR do you think is the best?
12.5 at 6000rpm?

He's not completely wrong.

Although if the car has stock cats, anything leaner will start to burn them up.

After seeing a car strugging to make 250bhp on stock cats with a "map" that had previously done 360bhp a year previous, it turned out the 0.82 request from the 2+ file was enough to kill the monolith in the primary.

"But hey", to quote an arsehole, what has that got to do with anything? I'm willing to bet big bucks that you've never had an EGT probe pre-cat on an EA113 with this particular configuration to prove me wrong. You're just waving your tiny arrogant virgin cock about again for the sake of appearing authoritative.

I haven't read anywhere that we should go .85 to redline on this engine stock... which seemed like what you were applying.  Also, none of my logs show me hitting .75 in mid range. I am just unsure of what direction you are suggesting I go. It seems that you are trying to convince me that I should go leaner, which IMO is not safe and that is probably why there is a built in fail safe for exactly this from the factory.  The problem with this stock engine seems to be prevented only by the EGT temps, and there is no information that I have found that would suggest anyone should go to .85, or even .8 to redline with 93 octane fuel anywhere.

While the most respectable tuners in the US aren't deviating much from the stock numbers of 10.5-11.2 AT MOST....  I am unsure why many people on this forum seem to suggest that we should change the BTS maps to .82 completely, and the like.  It is hard to tell what you are trying to say when you give vague responses.  Almost as if you are actually afraid to give any real information and are only quoting information you have read somewhere else.  I didn't mean any offense, it just doesn't seem like you are giving information in the best interest of the reader, but rather to make yourself seem superior and knowledgeable....

My knowledge on this subject is superior to you in every way shape and form.

And you know why?
Because your entire argumentation is "I haven't seen others", "What others do", "What I think others do".

Do you know why that is? Because you don't know shit. And you won't ever know shit if you continue this pathetic train of thought.

Let me give you an example of how I think:
"After rich best power any additional fuel is used to control ignition angle efficiency and also exhaust gas temperature, so let me put this car on a dyno and see where it makes the most power by setting a safe ignition angle, using short runs to prevent overheating and enriching in increments until the engine starts to lose power. Now let me advance ignition angle to the best possible at this operating point, use higher loads on the dyno and longer pulls to make sure I am not exceeding the specified component temperature limitations, and set protection functionality accordingly".

Do you know why that is? Because I know how an engine works and I can think for myself.
And I'm telling you from my own experience that running 0.75 lambda target is a total waste of time with the stock turbo. You will make less power, and you will not have any EGT issues even at leaner mixtures, because the stock turbo does not give enough boost at the top end where EGT becomes a problem. In laymans terms you don't need to chuck black smoke out the back to prevent meltdown when you're running 0.75 bar boost on top with the wastegate jammed.

It beats me though, where you read anything about "0.85 lambda" whoever said anything about that?
If you want to see my calibrations without any "vagueness" - the exact numbers I am using for everything - you can always pay me to tune your car.
I am not here to tune your car or anyone elses car, I am here to try and make you use that noggin of yours - but it seems lately it's more and more a waste of time, because we're flooded with snowflakes demanding instant gratification.