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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 09:07 PM
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is anyone using one to tune their conversion? where dos it plug into on the wiring harness?
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 09:13 PM
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Plugs into the dagnostic port. My buddy uses HPTuers to tune my car.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 07:05 AM
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You need to make sure that you put a diagnostic port in the harness. (Speartech put it in for me.) I use HPTuner too. It's good stuff.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 08:22 AM
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i use it all the time... right now, i even use it to keep a eye on my coolent temp everytime i drive.... contrary to what was posted here, the resistance curve of a 98 coolent temp gauge does NOT match anything close to what my stock temp gauge expects.... so i read it off the laptop until i can get the time to adjust it.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 01:57 PM
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I'm using it also. IMHO its a must have in a conversion car. Theres too many things that can go wrong during a swap, and having the software right there to diagnose a problem is well worth the money you spend on it. Trust me, I was banging my head on the wall with tranny problems for 2 weeks before I got the HPtuners, turns out it was a bad VSS.

I also use mine to monitor ECT and MPH, no speedo in the car yet lol.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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I also use mine to monitor ECT and MPH, no speedo in the car yet lol.
2nd test drive out, i drove to autozone...

when i pulled into the parking lot, a cop turned in behind me to remind me that the limit was 45.. not 65 (really it was only 55, but i wasnt going to argue)

i showed him my laptop with the gauges and it was like i brought out a little kid in him, he was freaking out with "ooh thats neat"... i basicly told him i didnt mean to speed, i jsut couldnt see the screen at that moment....

got a little verbal warning to get my REAL speedometer fixed.. lol.
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They have to catch me to give me warnings, or.... take me to jail.

I just hate to spend $300 on a converter box just to have it tell me what I already know........... I'm speeding. LOL Instead of it being called a speedo it should be called a "speeding ticket estimator".

I could go on.
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hey StngKlr

I am from Pittsburg texas!!! i have thought about trying to get on at the FPL power plant in paris and moving back to that area
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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I am from Pittsburg texas!!! i have thought about trying to get on at the FPL power plant in paris and moving back to that area
Cool, I'm always at the track, thats where you can find me on saturday's lol. Wheres Pittsburg? I've heard of it, just dont know where it is.
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it is a few miles form Mt pleasant
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it is a few miles form Mt pleasant
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whats funny is when i was in texas, i semi-regularly drove thru both your towns..lol
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so what were you doing in texas and where did you end up? I ended up in ms after i got out of the navy.
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Another vote here for HPtuners
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so what were you doing in texas and where did you end up? I ended up in ms after i got out of the navy.
i moved to dallas for two years and lived with some friends... worked as a machinest/mechanic at a prop shop on a small airport...

but i was the only one in the shop that didnt mind driving long distances... so i eventually ended up mostly driving the truck to various small airports around texas to deliver and pickup props...

really it wasnt a bad setup for me... i could easily drive 12 hours in one day.. you rack up alot more pay that way.. lol.
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