FI mail order tune?
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I got a mate here in Aus that's doing it for me, ain't tested it on my car yet, but his confident it will work, my last tune from him was a mail order n/a tune and dyno'd up perfect, let's hope this is the same, the tune his sent me is for a 5.7 lt maffless, 2bar map, using a standalone gearbox, and to suit 71lb injectors that he hi flowed for me. I'm the first mail order tune for turbo his done.
My ? would be "why"? Dyno tunes arent that much more, alot less than another engine. If its to get to the tuner, I drove my setup after installing fuel sys with 60's and the charger 60 miles to get it tuned and it drove like stock. I do have a stock cam though.
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Mail order tunes are generally good for H/C/I setups or bolt on cars where you can have a little wiggle room in the tune to be not spot on.
An FI car is a lot different and more crucial to having a tune that is spot on (and a more difficult one to get a good tune with via mail order). I would trust (and I have done this before) getting a mail order tune just to be able to drive the car around out of boost to check everything and be able to drive it. Then I would drive it to the tuner for a full dyno tune which is really what an FI car needs.
An FI car is a lot different and more crucial to having a tune that is spot on (and a more difficult one to get a good tune with via mail order). I would trust (and I have done this before) getting a mail order tune just to be able to drive the car around out of boost to check everything and be able to drive it. Then I would drive it to the tuner for a full dyno tune which is really what an FI car needs.
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i have a Truck and a 18 foot car hauler.....i just want to make sure things are squared away before the dyno tune..i would hate to tow the car all the way to RPM and find out something was wrong..
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guys...im looking for a base tune to get the car running to check leaks,cooling and get fluid through my trans..thats it...it will certainly go to the dyno...shouldnt that go without saying?..ive already sent Ryan @ RPM a message about a base tune since he is only 35 min from me..just waiting for a PM
Lol I can't beleive people actually replied with ways to run boost with a mailorder tune. The most critical part of the whole deal...
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guys...im looking for a base tune to get the car running to check leaks,cooling and get fluid through my trans..thats it...it will certainly go to the dyno...shouldnt that go without saying?..ive already sent Ryan @ RPM a message about a base tune since he is only 35 min from me..just waiting for a PM
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yeah, i hear ya...i should have added more info in my first post..dont know anyone with HP tuners..all my friends run ford motors in their fox bodies ...LOL
Just checking, ya never know. All this info wasnt in your original post. On a side note, If you have or know someone who has HP tuners the shop doing the dyno tune might send you a free "canned" tune just to do what your wanting and get the car to them ready to dyno with no problems...
Well then, I was running a "FROST" tune for a year or so that was tuned for boltons before I went to FI. I simply changed the plugs and installed the fuel pump and harness with larger injectors and drove the interstate 60 or so miles to the tuner.
guys...im looking for a base tune to get the car running to check leaks,cooling and get fluid through my trans..thats it...it will certainly go to the dyno...shouldnt that go without saying?..ive already sent Ryan @ RPM a message about a base tune since he is only 35 min from me..just waiting for a PM
You should be fine.
installed my D1SC, fuel pump, left out the injectors, and didnt connect the blower, just left the stocl lid on and drove it 60 miles to the tuner 0 problems. got there, installed my 60# injectors, connected the blower to the TB, and he put a base tune in it and started going to town. dont even waste ur money on a mail order.... go to the dyno and get it done right... like mentioned before, on a H/C/I car, itd work...still not the best, but for FI, Dyno all the way.....it densest take much to pop a motor with FI when it comes to tuning...
A lot of times if you just want a mail order tune just to get it to your tuner for the full dyno tune, they will refund the difference of the mail order tune. Not everyone does this, but many do, and at that point it's almost foolish not to get the mail order tune to drive it for the full dyno tune.
An estimated mail order tune would be better than no tune at all.
An estimated mail order tune would be better than no tune at all.
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im coming from a pushrod ford 302 background and without a tune or chip my 302 would not even idle or anything...
will the LS 4.8 with 60lb injectors and a LS1 MAF start and idle decent without a tune?
will the LS 4.8 with 60lb injectors and a LS1 MAF start and idle decent without a tune?
the injectors may give u some issues. leave em out and just run the injectors that ur current tune is tuned with until u can get it to a dyno then swap em when you get there. takes 15min.