View Poll Results: Has HPP3 ever made your car perform worse?
Yes, My car performed worse on the HPP3 PP
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HPP3 question
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HPP3 question I have the HPP3 power program installed in my car right now. I just had a cam and headers installed about a month ago. I went to a 1/8 mile track yesterday to see how my car improved. I was disappointed in the gains. I improved between .1 and .2 seconds on the E/T and 3 to 4 mph on the trap speed. Have you guys see similar gains or could this be attributed to my HPP3 power tuning? I have seen some posts in the past that say the power tune can slow the car down in some instances. If this happened to you what was your situation?
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Originally Posted by 99 Black Bird T/A
BTW .3-.4 sounds like ~30 to 40rwhp gain
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think about the time/$$ to do an ASP pulley, that'll run ya more than a hpp3 on the open market, with belts, and labour for .1sec
same with that piece of plastic ram air thing that costs $200 and is made out of $5 material but gives .1
to some its worth it, to others its not.
With all the excitement with efilive and hptuner i think now is the time to BAIL your hpp3 , sell it quick to some loser on ebay and save your nickle for either hptuner or efilive(tuning edition).
by the time you sell your junk the hptuner will probably be out. lol.
same with that piece of plastic ram air thing that costs $200 and is made out of $5 material but gives .1
to some its worth it, to others its not.
With all the excitement with efilive and hptuner i think now is the time to BAIL your hpp3 , sell it quick to some loser on ebay and save your nickle for either hptuner or efilive(tuning edition).
by the time you sell your junk the hptuner will probably be out. lol.
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Originally Posted by 99-LS1-SS
Is that unreasonable to expect? I might be wrong but .1 seems too little of a gain for me.
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Originally Posted by 2xLS1
Need more info. What was the weather on the before and after runs? Not just the temps, but the D/A? What were the shift points on the 2 runs? The only way to really see what the HPP is doing for you is to log some data with and without the tuning. I have used HPP programmers on 3 different year cars with just bolt on mods with all stock internals. My experiences with the HPP is it did not help any with my 98Z or 99SS, but on my 00SS, I run about .2 quicker and 2mph faster with the tuning installed.
For the most recent run the weather was perfect. 45 to 50 degrees sunny. The altitude at this track is around 750 feet. Not sure what the D/A was but the I would say the humidity was around 60 to 70% (just a guess). It was a really nice day. The car hooked good that time too.
I think I am going to get the car tuned soon. I am going to sell the HPP3.
Wanna buy it?
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The Power Tuner III works with stock for the performance gainer programmed in. If you have done more than a lid then it will not be calibrated for that.
What it is best used for is changing the speedometer for gear changes; changing rev limiter; changing shift points for A4; Adjusting for different tire sizes; and to a small degree to firm the A4 shifting by adjusting pressure in trans.
It is still a usefull tool for those reasons.
What it is best used for is changing the speedometer for gear changes; changing rev limiter; changing shift points for A4; Adjusting for different tire sizes; and to a small degree to firm the A4 shifting by adjusting pressure in trans.
It is still a usefull tool for those reasons.
I say load the stock programming on and drive around a little bit and let the comp learn some stuff then go run it and see if it does any better. My friend had a cam in his vette and when he put it in the thing would barely run but after about a week the comp learned stuff and it ran like a raped ape.
